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Post by PeroxidePirate on Feb 22, 2010 2:45:53 GMT 10
Title: Someone II Rating: PG Length: 175 words Competitor: Buriam Tourakom Round/Fight: 1/E Summary: ... well, maybe Kel doesn't tell the whole truth.
“Who is it?” Cleon asked. “Not that it's really my business, of course.”
“Please don't...” Kel began.
“Is it Neal?”
“No.” Not anymore.
“Owen?”
She almost laughed. “Don't be absurd.”
“Someone I don't know?”
Kel sighed. “It's someone you don't know well. Someone I can't be with. But it's still not fair to be with you when I feel this way... about someone else.”
Cleon laughed, but it was hollow and without joy. “I should do the right thing – be a man – and thank you for telling me the truth.” He looked at her, pleading. “But if you can't be with him anyway, couldn't we...”
If you can't be with him. She knew she should do the honest thing – be a woman – and correct him. All she said was, again, “I'm sorry.”
She sat alone in the garden for a long time after Cleon left, wishing desperately that Buri would happen past. Wisdom and good advice. But what were the odds of that?
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Post by Lisa on Feb 22, 2010 2:52:53 GMT 10
Oh, I love his assumptions. And I hope there's a part III coming up with Buri walking past.
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Post by greenie on Feb 22, 2010 19:46:08 GMT 10
*seconds Lisa*
This feels really real, I like the way you have Cleon guessing and making assumptions.
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Post by PeroxidePirate on Feb 24, 2010 14:17:49 GMT 10
Oh, I didn't mean to tease! And I just feel like Kel's way too much woman for Cleon, even though neither of them know it at the time...
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