A is for Abstention.
He noticed after about thirty years what he was getting himself into.
It was stupid, really, to realize the truth and back away from it like it was a hostile animal, especially since the truth was only natural: She was a rather attractive female, and who didn't like giving attractive females gifts? (Excuses… Lies…)
But what bothered him was the reasons he gave them. Usually attractive females were attracted to attractive males. Attractive meaning they have skin. (Does she really care?)
And besides, in a way, wasn't it betraying Alison? (Excuses, lies…)
Wasn't it betraying himself?
Abstention |abˈsten sh ən|
Noun
1 an instance of declining to vote for or against a proposal or motion : a resolution passed by 126 votes to none, with six abstentions.
2 the fact or practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something; abstinence : alcohol consumption versus abstention.
Disclaimer: I don't own Skulduggery Pleasant, and the only thing hurt in the making of this fic was my dictionary... And my thesaurus, now that I think about it... D (Should I go molest an encyclopedia now, too?)