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Spoilers: 1.07, Communication Breakdown
Because Annie clearly didn't like Auggie's way of handling the Liza Hearn situation
She feels like she's looking at another person. That tousled hair, that smile, those shirts, it's all so familiar, and yet so foreign. It isn't the secret that bothers her. It isn't the ex girlfriend or even, if she's being honest, the crazy, rebellious night time train ride escapade (although she could have done without the drama and the doubt).
No, the thing she hates is that every time she sees Auggie, the friend, she sees another person just underneath the surface: Ben, the seducer, who uses women for sex without a second thought. It's strange – she never really thought she'd ever feel anything but hatred and disgust for Liza Hearn, but now here she is identifying with her. And it's not like she can tell Auggie that she thinks what he's doing is wrong when she does a similar thing to people every day, but it feels different, to be on this end of the string pulling.
Kissing is one thing. Bringing up past relationships is one thing. Pretending to love someone…it's just…well, sleazy is the only way she can describe it. It's sleazy. And that doesn't fit with her picture of Auggie, the trustworthy, loyal companion who is courteous and kind and always ready with a friendly smile or an encouraging speech.
And the worst part of it was his promise to end it as soon as he had the information. Like breaking a woman's heart as soon as possible was okay. Like that was supposed to make her feel better, knowing that as soon as he got what he came for he would leave her by the wayside, alone and heartbroken. She used to think Liza Hearn didn't have a heart, but this whole situation is like déjà vu all over again.
Knowing that he's been sharing his bed with her for at least a few weeks and that he can talk of dumping her so casually, so off offhandedly, makes her sick. "I'm running an Op on her." So simple. So easy. No emotions, no mess, no fuss, no concern over the woman whose love life he's toying with. How can he feel nothing for her? How can she not see that the person she let in is the only one who couldn't care less? How can she be so blind? Annie almost feels sorry for her, in that part of her heart left for kindred spirits and pitiful souls.
And then, after the whole nightmare with Natasha was over, the only thing she could look at was his firmly buttoned shirt and jacket, and even as she smoothed his collar, she swore she could see the hickeys, carefully hidden underneath.
The man who is sleeping with Liza Hearn is the man she swore never to get involved with again. And if this is who Auggie used to be before he got stuck behind the desk, she's rather glad she never knew him when he could see.
Review! Be nice - please?
Yes, it is a bit "anti-Auggie," but Annie was upset over the whole incident.