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Post by Nakki on Jan 3, 2009 16:11:42 GMT -5
"CLAIRE?!" Alistair said suddenly, looking up at Jo with an incredulous look. "Of course NOT! It's you! I tho-" Suddenly he realized what he was saying and stopped short, his face turning red enough to match his hair and freckles. He looked away quickly, completely embarrassed. "I- I mean I- I sort of- uh- I- um-" he stuttered, trying to explain himself.
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Post by Lovenu on Jan 3, 2009 16:19:18 GMT -5
Suddenly Jo grew a big smile. She suddenly placed a hand on his cheek and turned him towards her, "I've always liked you too..." she suddenly moved in to kiss him. She didn't know why she was doing it, but she couldn't help herself. She was smitten.
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Post by Lexxi on Jan 3, 2009 16:20:36 GMT -5
That was when the front door opened to reveal a very happy looking Marie; her smile bright as she slipped over the threshold and set her purse down on a counter. “I’m home- Oh….” When she spotted Jo and Alistair upon the couch, she froze in her tracks with her expression quickly shifting to one of shock. This had certainly been a surprise. Not only was Jo there when Alistair was supposed to be babysitting, but they were sitting awfully close. It didn’t take a brain surgeon to figure out what they were doing. “Should I wait outside and give you lovebirds a little alone time?” she asked; trying her best not to laugh.
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Post by Nakki on Jan 3, 2009 16:24:04 GMT -5
Alistair looked up in shock a millisecond after Marie began to speak, his face frozen in horror. "OH GOD- uh- um, Marie, w-we weren't doing anything, I swear," he started explaining as he stood up. "J-Jo came over to drop off a book she'd borrowed and... um... she stayed to help me babysit these two. Those two are terrors when you're not around, you know that?" he asked her, remembering the trouble the twins had caused in an exasperated tone.
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Post by Lovenu on Jan 3, 2009 16:37:10 GMT -5
Jo frowned a bit, disappointed she wasn't going to get that kiss. She looked down sheepishly and smiled, "Ehe... You don't 'ave to pay... Me..." she said while rubbing the back of her head and her face turning bright red, "I'm... I'm sorry... It's my fault..."
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Post by Lexxi on Jan 3, 2009 16:38:48 GMT -5
Marie’s lips formed into a knowing smirk as he stuttered a mile a minute in front of her and slowly crossed her arms. Apparently, Alistair was that afraid of what she would think, but Marie didn’t mind. In fact, it brought her back to the start of the summer when she and Cali had first met. Her eyes held a certain sparkle as she listened, now tapping her foot in mock impatience. “Alistair, don’t try to cover this up by blaming the boys and Jo, don‘t you try to take the blame for him. I saw what you were doing.”
“Now, what do you suppose I should do about this? I mean, I left you in charge of my children and you had a woman over without me knowing. Not very professional Alistair. I think you should have to pay for your actions after this one.”
She was only teasing though as she smirked at the two and stood in front of the door looking like the typical, disappointed and stern mother. Truth be told, Marie just wanted to see how worked up they would get.
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Post by Lovenu on Jan 3, 2009 16:43:14 GMT -5
"No! No it really ees my fault... I just came to return a book and I-I-I should 'ave left..." she looked down and was shaking from nervousness, "He didn't invite me over! I asked him to sit on ze couch! I asked him wat waz troubleeng him! I waz ze one zat waz about to kiss him! Eet was all me Madame! Please don't get mad at him!" said a flustered Jo spazzing out and not even realizing it.
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Post by Nakki on Jan 4, 2009 9:53:57 GMT -5
Alistair put a hand to his face in despairing embarrassment as Marie continued to be angry and Jo tried to explain. For some reason, however, he was getting an odd vibe from Marie: under that upset layer of emotion was... amusement. Amusement?
"...Marie, I know you're playing with us," he said after a moment, exasperation in his tone as he folded his arms in annoyance. "You may have fooled me while I was surprised, but I AM a Psychonaut... and an investigator. Investigators are never fooled for long." Now he just felt stupid for freaking out like that, and was trying feverishly to regain his dignity.
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Post by Lexxi on Jan 4, 2009 10:10:41 GMT -5
Marie smiled and gave a small laugh at having been caught in the act.
She knew Alistair would catch on sooner or later if he were truly sorry. She hung her jacket up on the back of a chair and then went to her purse. “Brilliant deduction Watson,” she stated quietly; still laughing to herself a bit as she went through the pockets of the black handbag. She withdrew a bit of money and then turned back to them with her hands placed on her hips. “I can’t believe you even fathomed that I would be mad at you. You act like I’ve never been in love before. God, how do you think I ended up with twins?”
She lifted Alistair’s hand and settled a fifty dollar bill in his palm with the same smile upon her face. “Now, I’ll forgive you if you use that to do something nice for Miss Josephine. After all, she did do half the work I’m expecting.”
She gave him a wink and then turned to Jo. “And I would like to thank you for helping him with the boys. I should have known he would need help.”
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Post by Lovenu on Jan 4, 2009 11:12:45 GMT -5
Jo looked down sheepishly as her face turned bright red, "No, no eet's okay Madame he doesn't 'ave to split ze money wiz me... I..." she twiddled her thumbs and looked off to the side. Suddenly she realized she was being thanked, "Oh! You're... You're welcome Madame! I mean... I don't zink I 'ad to put up wiz as much as Monsieur Alistair, but you're welcome..." she said shyly as she glanced at Alistair and back at the ground.
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Post by Nakki on Jan 4, 2009 18:58:18 GMT -5
Alistair took the money without protest. "Um... of course, Marie," he said in reply to her request, trying to think of something that he could do. He stuffed the money into his pocket, thinking he could better consider what to do later.
"Uh... guess I'll be off, then," he said after a moment, pulling a smile onto his face and nodding towards Jo and Marie. "See you," the Psychonaut said, heading towards the door.
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Post by Lovenu on Jan 4, 2009 19:43:32 GMT -5
Jo suddenly frowned and ran after him, "Hey wait! You're just goeeng to leave? After we admitted zese zings to each ozer?" They were now outside the cabin, "Zat doesn't seem fair to me at all..." she said with a smile, "We were goeeng to kiss back zere weren't we?"
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Post by Nakki on Jan 4, 2009 19:57:55 GMT -5
Alistair turned to face Jo, his face going red again when he realized he'd almost forgotten about that during his frenzied apologizing. "Oh- uh... yeah... we were, weren't we?" he replied, giving a nervous laugh. This way he felt was so odd, even though it always happened when he was in love; he was thrilled that she liked him back, but still nervous for some odd reason. With those two feelings combined, it just made him feel so... dizzy, somehow. Or maybe that dizziness was from the way Jo was smiling at him...
"Uh..." Alistair said after a moment, having gotten caught up looking at her. "Uh... do you still... want... want that kiss? Or something? I- I mean..." he got out before he bit his lip to stop himself. He didn't know why he asked that... but it was probably because he still wanted it, however embarrassed that made him feel.
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Post by Lovenu on Jan 4, 2009 20:04:12 GMT -5
"Of course I do! We can use eet as a way to start our... Um... Relationsheep!" said Jo with a big smile on her face. "Finally... A nice guy... A nice guy who won't leave me for dead..." she thought to herself as she stared at him with hopeful eyes.
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Post by Nakki on Jan 4, 2009 21:22:54 GMT -5
Alistair grinned in happiness when she gave her reply, glad that she still wanted to. "Okay then..."
He stared into her eyes- they were so big and hopeful, and so pretty- as he carefully put his arms around her, pulling her a little closer. She was a bit short- though just about every woman Alistair had ever met was shorter than him- so he leaned over a bit to better reach her. Finally, he was close enough to give her the kiss: a soft one, right on the lips.
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