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Post by Kira & Lee Norris on Oct 31, 2007 13:50:04 GMT
Kira was mad as hell. Actually, she was having a hard time keeping still. She kept looking at Lee- but he was completely focused on Madeleine. He sucked up her every word and digested it slowly- absorbing it; convincing himself it was true. He'd surrendered the moment his lips had touched her's. Kira knew she'd lost him- and she hated it.
"It's like Jude said," she said, looking at him with another pang of anger. He'd bent down too. He'd just rolled over and played dead. She'd thought for a few seconds... that maybe... but no. He'd given up.
He'd failed her.
"You'll just have to wait and see, won't you?"
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Post by Madeleine Baudelaire&Russ Ford on Oct 31, 2007 13:51:27 GMT
Madeleine's eyes suddenly turned cold.
"Very well then," she said crisply. "Get out of here, all of you, unless you have anything else to say?"
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Post by Jude Dorrian on Oct 31, 2007 13:59:57 GMT
Oh, guilt. There we go. Jude winced involuntarily. It had to come eventually. But he wasn't sure what he was guilty about. Maybe it was the cold, hurt look in Maddox's eyes. Or maybe it was the bitter spite of the words that Kira had just spat out. He didn't like that. Not one bit. She clearly hated Maddox with every fibre of her being.
Hate was an awful feeling.
And Tommy was back on his mind.
He gulped. Hopefully, Maddox wouldn't take this in the wrong way...
Straightening up, Jude smiled at her- every inch of his beam radiating remorse. "Thanks, Miss Maddox. Gee, y'all really have been nice to us folk. We're sorry. All of us." He glanced at Kira as he said this.
Tameron sighed. "Believe it or not, he means that. He just can't say stuff without being stupid."
He winked at Maddox from behind Tameron's grumpy back.
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Post by Madeleine Baudelaire&Russ Ford on Oct 31, 2007 14:02:58 GMT
Madeleine caught Jude's wink, and laughed in spite of herself. "Fine. Now bugger off, the lot of y'all."
Her tone was now friendly, but she was cursing Jude's accent again. It was infectious.
"I'll see you at the party tonight."
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Post by Kira & Lee Norris on Oct 31, 2007 14:07:09 GMT
As the others filed out, Lee hovered beside Madeleine's bed. He was relieved, if anything. He hadn't been overly sure about how that was going to work out. In all honesty- and he really meant this- he agreed with Jude, but he knew that Madeleine needed his support. He understood her point of view- and respected that. And Jude had shown it respect too- in his own weird way. Even Tameron seemed to accept it- albeit grudgingly- on some level.
Kira was the problem.
"Are you coming, Lee?" she asked his coldly from the doors.
He jumped. "Um... no. No, I'm staying with Maddox- Madeleine."
"Fine by me," she said darkly- and her expression told him that she wasn't fine about it- at all.
As she slammed the door behind her, he winced, looking back at Madeleine. He smiled hopefully at her. Maybe she wouldn't comment on it...
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Post by Madeleine Baudelaire&Russ Ford on Oct 31, 2007 14:08:19 GMT
Lee smiled at her, and she used all the grit in her to try and smile tiredly back at him.
"Kira's mad."
It wasn't a question.
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Post by Kira & Lee Norris on Oct 31, 2007 14:12:14 GMT
Lee shrugged off-handedly. "A bit."
One of her eyebrows shot up.
"Okay, a lot," he relented. "But it's fine. I'll sort it out. Don't worry about it. It's not your job to worry about us."
She still didn't look convinced.
Sighing, Lee hopped up onto the bed beside her. It was probably against hospital regulation, but hell, he didn't care. Rolling onto his side, and pulling her down with him so that they were face to face in the bed, he slipped his arms around her, pulled himself closer, and kissed her softly.
"Don't worry," he repeated, kissing her again. "Kira's my job, not your's. Okay?"
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Post by Madeleine Baudelaire&Russ Ford on Oct 31, 2007 14:16:21 GMT
As he held her like this, Madeleine was finding it difficult to hold on to her worries about Kira.
"Sure," she muttered, moving closer to him and letting his heat warm her up - both literally and metaphorically. "Don't let Nurse Gornray catch you doing this."
He kissed her again, and she sighed gently.
"Should I even have to ask why she's mad?"
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Post by Kira & Lee Norris on Oct 31, 2007 14:47:09 GMT
Lee pressed his lips together. "Probably this."
Well, he'd just have to talk to her about it. It was funny how quickly and violently Kira could change her tune. At first... she was unsure of him and Madeleine, he knew that. But then it was okay. She supported them. She tried to help them stick together the first time around.
It was after he got dumped the hatred started.
Lee himself knew he must've been awful to watch. And the past week... his total dedication to Madeleine as she lay still and cold... He knew what Kira was going to say.
He was setting himself up to get hurt- again.
Lee's reaction was to kiss Madeleine again. It was comforting, to feel her warmth against him. But he half-wondered... what was going to happen now? Would Kira accept that he was in love with Madeleine? Would she forgive and forget?
Or would she boil in hatred and resentment forever... and force him to make the choice he no longer could be certain of?
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