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xmeg_manningx in gottobestrong

Give people a chance and every once in a while they'll surprise you.

Mar 20, 2006 22:18

In the almost two weeks since that night on the beach I'd seen Logan five times. We had one last weekend before school started and things got insanely busy for me again with all the assignments and extracurriculars I had, never mind babysitting. But I'd managed to make time for boyfriends in all of that before, so I didn't see any reason why this ( Read more... )

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logan_echolls March 21 2006, 07:07:58 UTC

I think I might be a step away from going to church with Meg just to be with her - and it's church. I don't need to explain that one any more. I've actually enjoyed the company and Meg Manning wasn't even on my radar two weeks ago until she decided to be the only decent person around Neptune ( ... )

xmeg_manningx March 21 2006, 08:08:50 UTC

"How could I not be happy about you giving Grace so much to smile about?" I pointed out with a as I settled back in the seat, "Today was really special for her." I wasn't sure Logan could ever really understand just how much today meant to my sister. To both of us really. "There's such a big gap between her and Lizzie so she didn't really have a built in friend like we did growing up... I think she's kind of lonely sometimes. I try to make time for her, but it's not always easy, you know? Anyway, she likes you. You made a good impression. You know, for the record." I told him with a smile. She wasn't the only one who liked him though. I'd dated before, but I couldn't exactly remember wanting to spend every available second together in quite the same way as I was with Logan ( ... )

logan_echolls March 21 2006, 20:23:38 UTC

"Well, your sister is much easier to get along with than mine," I commented with a small smile. I knew what there was like to have a huge gap in age or even differences with a sibling - but then again I had rarely gotten along with Trina, if at all. I'd been getting the feeling that Grace, instead of being the youngest child with the most attention, was sometimes overshadowed by her older sisters. She'd been quiet at first, almost afraid to do so much as laugh. "Just tell her it was a special day for me too," I told Meg ( ... )

xmeg_manningx March 21 2006, 20:52:24 UTC

"She's a good kid." I smiled when he said Grace was much easier to get along with than his sister. Only problem with Grace was when she wasn't being punished she was being completely overlooked because she wasn't acting out in extreme ways like Lizzie or bringing home perfect grades like I was. She was just a normal kid and somehow that wasn't good enough. It was so far from fair, and the only reason I wasn't counting down the days until I could get out of that house. I couldn't leave her there with the way things were. "Should I be glad I have yet to meet your sister?" I asked. He was smiling as he spoke, but I knew somehow that was more about Grace than his older sister. "And I'll make sure she knows that." I smiled again when he told me to make sure to tell her today was special for him, too.

"Well, how many guys actually want to take out the little sister of the girl they're still getting to know for an entire afternoon?" I pointed out when he said I was acting like it was a chore to take us to the movies and the park. "But yeah ( ... )

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logan_echolls March 25 2006, 21:23:53 UTC

I can't help but smile as she starts in on how hard I am to pin down. It wasn't exactly news. I had it like a switch I could flip. I had to admit there was a huge difference between spending an evening with a bunch of sex crazed 09ers and spending a nice afternoon in the park and the movies with Meg and her little sister Grace. Personally, during the time it had almost felt like I had forgotten I was with anyone but the two of them. I liked it that way ( ... )

xmeg_manningx March 26 2006, 04:50:44 UTC

"Huh. That honestly never entered my mind." I shook my head playfully before I laughed softly at his smile, "Probably should've, all things considered, now that I think about it." I added, mock seriousness in my voice for a moment.

I wasn't sure exactly where this thing with us was going to go right now, but we were still having fun getting to know each other better. Besides, it's not like there was some sort of great rush to make some sort of huge declaration of intentions to each other or anyone else, right? I think Logan and I had more or less decided without actually saying it that we were pretty much exclusive. Not that I ever really have been the type to date more than one person at a time. When I'm with somebody, I'm with them. Period ( ... )

logan_echolls March 27 2006, 10:28:24 UTC

"Well, I know Dick can engage in thrilling events like burping contests and crushing beer cans against his forehead, but occasionally I like my company to carry decent conversation or even be conscious," I told her with a teasing smile on my face. "Plus, this whole... dating thing, we'd have some sort of problem if I wanted to see Dick more than you."

There was only so much guy time until it became repetitively boring or verging on vaguely homosexual. Being with Meg was different - she was different. And there were hidden depths, sometimes to the point of worrying (because there was always something that was familiar in her) but I felt connected and I know that she did too. It was something, even if I couldn't name what had happened between us since day one ( ... )

xmeg_manningx March 28 2006, 07:18:43 UTC

"I think we might have to get your head examined if you ever tell a girlfriend you want to see Dick Casablancas more than you do them. I know he's your friend and all, but honestly? There are times I'm sure my IQ dropped just from watching him." I teased. I'm sure he's perfectly entertaining, but that whole idea of a decent conversation? I'm so busy during the school year that I would much rather spend time with people I can connect to than most of the people at school. "I'd say it's a good thing that you actually want to spend more time with me though... I'm kinda used to at least talking to you every few days now." I pointed out, stopping and kissing him softly for a moment before we continued heading for the car.

It was almost weird, given that we've only really spent the past two weeks out of the entire time we've known each other getting to actually know each other, how comfortable I feel around him. But this would be what, the sixth time in fourteen days we've spent time together? And we've talked on the phone a few times. Not ( ... )

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logan_echolls April 4 2006, 10:39:45 UTC

"Yes, exactly in that sense," I couldn't help but laugh. I'm sure that we provided the wonderful entertainment, however having even more cameras follow me around and try to document my life more than what had been documented and plastered on TV and/or the internet would be too extreme. My life is already some sort of soap opera without the rest of the world watching it. The place was always in the news for something and I was glad when Meg didn't even attempt to give me examples of just how fucked up Neptune really is. I didn't need the play by play. I had caught it all when it was going by.

I felt a grin draw on my face. Of course, whether purposefully or not we were cast into roles (metaphoric or not) because of who we were. "How about we take it as a combination of skills and the fact that you have a very pretty face," I teased her lightly, reaching out to cup her cheek briefly after we parked.

I want to mock a little at her words. You mean actors consistently abandon their family for work instead of being there when their wives ( ... )

xmeg_manningx April 10 2006, 06:55:16 UTC

"As long as skills factor in there somewhere, I'm happy." I smiled at his teasing, "I'm not naive enough to think looks don't factor in somewhere." Or to not realise I got fairly lucky in that department in a lot of ways. Not the least of which was the fact that any of the scars inflicted by my parents weren't exactly the kind people could actually see. No, that would draw too much attention. We just got chopped away at, bit by bit...

At least if they hit us, there'd be something concrete to bring to Child Services. Something concrete. Something more than those stupid notebooks that we can't exactly prove Dad forced Grace to write ( ... )

logan_echolls April 10 2006, 07:27:06 UTC

"Yeah, I think so," I told Meg. There was this game I played in my mind called Ten Years. I would look around at the outside tables during lunch time and figure out where different people would be - divorcee, dead, married and unhappy, alcoholic, success, disappeared, adulterer - what ever they were I couldn't imagine I would ever be wrong. When it came to Meg, she'd be happy and she'd do something that she loved. She'd probably get married and have her obligatory 2.5 kids with some guy who loved her for her. It would be perfect ( ... )

xmeg_manningx April 10 2006, 08:37:44 UTC

"Not like I even need to worry about things like that yet, the whole job conflicting with family thing. Have to you know, finish High School, then College. Then probably a few more years down the line before I actually have to worry about that." I commented with a smile, "But, still nice to know you think so too." Most people would probably tell me I could do better than that, but I loved kids, so really, who better than me for a job like that? Someone who actually cares ( ... )

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logan_echolls April 19 2006, 09:07:31 UTC

We were like friends who occasionally kissed. I don't know. It's sort of weird to not expect more from someone - to not wait as you or the other person starts to press buttons and push limits on comfort and a personal zone. It's not like I really expected to be in this relationship in the first place. It wasn't that I didn't want Meg. I just didn't need her that way in the sense of have to have now. I think maybe it's better that way because I'm laughing and sitting here with Meg instead of waiting or anticipating for what comes next ( ... )

xmeg_manningx April 20 2006, 01:05:03 UTC

"What does coming up with topics have to do with keeping my focus on you? I think as long as I actually keep up my end of the conversation I'm focusing on you." I pointed out, giggling, "Besides, didn't I do too badly keeping the conversation on the way here, did I ( ... )

logan_echolls April 21 2006, 01:11:20 UTC

"Like you're the only one keeping up the conversation," I stated, letting out a soft laugh myself. "I'm pretty sure conversation implies two people," I told her, amused, as she started to giggle herself. "Or are you expecting more on my part?"

She could be expecting that maybe. There was a majority of the girls I had been with who had talked my ear off rather than actually exchanged a conversation that was mostly one sided. There was something that happened when you talked with people - the majority of conversations.

It just felt as if they were waiting for their turn to speak.

But it wasn't like that with Meg it wasn't her words smothering mine in a battle that meant absolutely nothing. I'm pretty sure that we would have been making out by now - long forgetting the food - if this was all that it was. Really, saying useless words or trying to fill an empty void in another way. There was no comparison.

"Well, it could become a bet," I corrected, tilting the box of chow mein towards her as she dug out more. I had to actually think ( ... )

xmeg_manningx April 22 2006, 21:37:48 UTC

"I didn't say I was or that it didn't." I pointed out with a smirk when he said a conversation implies two people. "Just meant that with my scattered thoughts on the drive over we were bouncing from one topic to the next pretty easily." I wasn't expecting anything else from him than what I was getting. Good company and relatively meaningful conversation was more than I'd come to expect from most of the guys we went to school with when we were in even a remotely date like situation ( ... )

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