So maybe this was going to be the real challenge for the two of them: Valerie looking vulnerable, and Brian actually being it. How had he gone from avoiding commitment like the plague to being the guy who said things like ‘there is no door’? He sounded like he was about to get on his knee and present her with a ring, which wasn’t what he meant. He just meant he didn’t usually cop out of things once he signed on.
Maybe he ought to apologize and blame being high. Or being a Pisces. Or a dude who played the piano. Whatever worked.
At any rate, he was glad she told him, even if there were parts of it he didn’t understand, and things about her psyche that he couldn’t figure out.
He swallowed. Don’t backtrack. Just keep going. “We can do that. The self-defense. I don’t want to be a liability, and if you’re right about that vampire, I need to know anyway.” He nudged the base of his beer bottle with his shoe. “C’mon, let’s get some food. If you want, you can start filling me in. Or we can just talk about whatever.”
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on 2013-11-03 12:22 am (UTC)So maybe this was going to be the real challenge for the two of them: Valerie looking vulnerable, and Brian actually being it. How had he gone from avoiding commitment like the plague to being the guy who said things like ‘there is no door’? He sounded like he was about to get on his knee and present her with a ring, which wasn’t what he meant. He just meant he didn’t usually cop out of things once he signed on.
Maybe he ought to apologize and blame being high. Or being a Pisces. Or a dude who played the piano. Whatever worked.
At any rate, he was glad she told him, even if there were parts of it he didn’t understand, and things about her psyche that he couldn’t figure out.
He swallowed. Don’t backtrack. Just keep going. “We can do that. The self-defense. I don’t want to be a liability, and if you’re right about that vampire, I need to know anyway.” He nudged the base of his beer bottle with his shoe. “C’mon, let’s get some food. If you want, you can start filling me in. Or we can just talk about whatever.”