Issue 1 Downtime

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 2:07 pm**

After Brigid had a chance to calm down, she set off into the woods, looking for signs of where Alex may have headed.

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 2:17 pm**

Alex was kind of out of the way, but wasn't too hard to find if you were actually looking for him. He was sitting against a tree, the remnants of the food he'd grabbed on the sly while people ate lunch sitting next to him ready to be taken back and disposed of.

He looked... well, not pissed, and not depressed, but... kind of resigned.

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 2:21 pm**

"...hey there," Brigid said, fidgeting a bit as she approached.

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 2:22 pm**

Alex looked up from where he slumped against the tree. "Hey," he said quietly. well, time to get this done with, I guess.

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 2:24 pm**

"Look, I'm... not going to yell at you."

"I know I'm still kind of... not making a good case for me not being some sort of weird, possessive psycho."

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 2:30 pm**

Alex just shrugged. "There ought to be a rule somewhere that once you decide everything's okay, stuff that happened before that can't come back to kick you in the ass."

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 2:32 pm**

"Well I mean... just for the record I think what Christie is doing is strange."

"But... you didn't do anything wrong."

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 2:35 pm**

"It was seriously one of the most awkward things I've done in my life."

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 3:03 pm**

"Yeah. I just... well, might have wanted to know before Haley threw it back in my face."

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 3:07 pm**

'Yeah, I didn't really think anyone was going to know. I mean, performance was for her dad, that's a lot for someone to put together just from me watching movies with her."

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 3:12 pm**

"The whole Haley thing has really got me stressed, you know?"

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 3:14 pm**

He sighed, giving a resigned nod. "Look, if you're thinking this was all a mistake, I understand,"he said.

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 3:26 pm**

"I think it just... hurt my pride a bit. Like everyone was laughing at me because you've got, like, a billion girlfriends."

"I mean, I know that's not true but that's how it felt."

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 3:29 pm**

"I don't see how anyone could laugh at you," Alex said, not really thinking before he said it.

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 3:37 pm**

"Haley made it sound a lot bigger than it probably is. She's really got it out for me, and apparently Christie too."

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 6:33 pm**

"Well that's funny, where I'm sitting it looks like it's me that everyone has it out for," Alex countered, maybe a little more forcefully than he'd intended.

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 6:35 pm**

"Well... I'm sorry if it seemed like I am."

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 6:43 pm**

Alex winced a little. "I'm sorry. I just... I thought all the bullshit was done with. Or at least, y'know, easing up."

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 6:44 pm**

"...she threw a tree at me, you know."

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 6:46 pm**

He sighed and nodded. "Yeah, I think 'crazy' might not have anything on Haley," he grumbled.

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 6:51 pm**

"Just saying. Made me a little cranky."

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 6:53 pm**

He sighed and nodded. "Yeah, guess I can see that." He looked up at her. "I'm sorry. You still want to give this a try?"

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 6:55 pm**

"...no more surprises, okay?"

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 6:57 pm**

"I haven't done anything since our date that you wouldn't approve of. I'm not about to go changing that," he said, smirking a little.

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 7:11 pm**

"...now how do you know what I would and wouldn't approve of?" She smirked.

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 7:31 pm**

He smirked, standing up. "Well, I just start thinking, 'what sort of things do I hope she wants to do with me?' And then I add them to the list of 'things she wouldn't want me doing with other girls.'"

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 7:50 pm**

"...bowling?" She teased.

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 8:14 pm**

"Definitely," he said, taking a step toward her. Oh, what the hell. "Can't have all these girls think that they can go bowling with a guy you're dating right?" he teased as he closed in on her, probably purposefully.

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 8:46 pm**

She laughed.

"That either makes me sound like a psycho, or like bowling is a really bad euphemism for something."

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 8:58 pm**

"Well, then we just get to decide what 'bowling' means," he teased. "And on the list of things that I don't do with other girls, how about this," he said, closing the distance between them and kissing her.

This time it got to be his idea, for once.

Posted: **Wed May 16, 2012 9:14 pm**

She was certainly open to the idea, and was smiling when their lips finally parted.

"...yeah, that goes on the list."

Posted: **Thu May 17, 2012 8:24 am**

He smiled back at her, fighting (with only moderate success) the blush that was threatening his face. "So... no letting any other crap ruin the trip?"

Posted: **Thu May 17, 2012 1:46 pm**

"I'll just toss anyone that starts something in the lake."

Posted: **Thu May 17, 2012 11:45 pm**

"Challenge them to mud wrestling," Alex said, nodding seriously.

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