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I wish I could Forge into Christopher Nolan, but I can't...so Inception isn't mine. Just this storyline.
Ariadne inhaled the fresh air as soon as she stepped outside. She could feel the tension inside and she couldn't handle it anymore. In all honesty, she was furious with Arthur. He was letting Chloe treat her like crap and push him around. It frustrated her.
There has to be more to the story than Eames told me. I just wonder what happened. Arthur's never like this. He's never been a push over. And why would he let her treat me so badly? I thought he liked me, after all he did kiss me…
Ariadne let out an exasperated sigh and kicked a rock on the sidewalk.
"So much for that talk." She mumbled to herself. She really didn't want to talk to Arthur right now anyways. And she wasn't sure how she was going to handle working with Chloe and him.
"What are you doing out here alone?"
Ariadne spun around only to find Colin sitting on a bench.
"Colin. What are you doing here?"
"I believe I asked you that first." Colin chuckled. Ariadne smiled.
"I'm heading home." Ariadne replied.
"You guys stayed that late?"
"Well we went for drinks." Ariadne said.
"Ah, so my brother convinced you guys to go. Typical Eames." Colin scoffed.
"Well he suggested it. Chloe insisted we go." Ariadne didn't want to lie to Colin, but she also felt bad about informing him about Chloe. There was something strange going on between them too and she was already feeling uncomfortable with it.
"Yes. She's changed a lot over the past couple years." Colin sighed.
"What happened?" She asked, curiosity getting the best of her.
"That my dear, is a story for another time." Colin said, standing up and patting her on the back. "Go get some sleep. We have a lot to get done."
Ariadne nodded and waved to him. "Goodnight Colin."
"Goodnight darling."
Ariadne blinked and shook her head, still not able to grasp the fact that he and Eames were so much alike even though they're brothers.
She continued her walk home, internally debating whether or not to give Arthur the cold shoulder, talk to him as if nothing happened, or only answer his questions when he asked.
She sighed and decided that ignoring him completely might not be the best way to deal with things, she was supposed to be mature after all. But she wanted to ignore him. It would make her feel better and teach Arthur a lesson.
When she reached her small apartment, she had decided that she would only interact with Arthur if he talked to her first, she wouldn't bother with asking to talk to him, and if possible she'd get all her work done and leave as soon as she could.
If she was being immature, she was ok with it, but Arthur really did hurt her, especially after giving her the impression that he actually cared about her and wanted something more to develop from their friendship.
She laid in bed, her eyes drooping slowly. Her last thought before she fell asleep was of Arthur and what could have been.
Arthur was angry with Chloe, but mostly with himself. He let himself get manipulated my Chloe and their past. She was the one who ended it after all. He shook his head, not happy with himself. He broke his promise to Ariadne that they would talk about his past, and all this because he couldn't say no to Chloe.
Both Eames and Chloe could sense Arthur's uneasiness, but neither dared to ask him about it.
"Hey, I think I'm going to head out." Eames finally said. Arthur looked at him and nodded.
"Have a good night Eames."
Chloe stood up and placed her hand on Arthur's shoulder. "You ready?"
Arthur looked up at her and shrugged her hand off his shoulder.
"Chloe go ahead and leave. Get some rest."
"Aren't you going to walk me to my hotel?" She asked.
"No. You can make it there yourself." Arthur stood up and paid his tab. She frowned at him and nodded.
"If this is about her, you should just let it go."
"Chloe, leave now before I say something I'll regret." Arthur said through clenched teeth.
Chloe's mouth fell open and she nodded, walking out of the bar clumsily. Arthur felt bad about making Chloe go to her hotel alone, but he knew well that she was very independent and only asked for help when she wanted something. She easily manipulated people.
Arthur quickly left the bar and headed to the warehouse. He wanted to talk to Ariadne, to apologize not only for his actions, but for Chloe's. He just wasn't sure if it would make a difference.
"You know, if you keep letting her take control of you like that you're going to lose Ariadne and you'll just end up back where you started with her." Eames voice boomed from behind him.
"Jeez! Don't do that! How long were you behind me?" Arthur asked, clearing his throat and regaining his composure.
"About five minutes now. Don't change the subject. You know what I'm talking about." Eames sternly replied.
Arthur sighed. "You think she's mad at me?"
"Oh yeah. Pissed actually." Eames nodded.
"Great."
"Why you were ever with Chloe, I'll never understand."
"She was different back then. I don't know what happened. She changed, she's still changing." Arthur said.
"Colin has said the same thing." Eames frowned.
"She was never this bad at manipulating people. She used to be really kind too. I just don't know what went wrong." Arthur shook his head.
"I suggest you talk to Ariadne. She deserves it. And by the way she looked when she left, you're really going to have to push to get through to her. She opened up for you and you rejected her. She's not happy about it."
"And how would you know?" Arthur snapped.
"I'm a very approachable guy. She trusts me. And I'm not the one she's in love with so she confides in me."
"She's not in love with me." Arthur protested.
"Oh right, and you don't love her either." Eames scoffed.
"I barely met her a few months ago. No one can fall in love that fast."
"If you don't let yourself…or let them fall in love with you."
"What would you know about love?" Arthur sneered and instantly regretted it.
"You may find me completely heartless, but I'm not. If you don't want my advice, then go ahead and watch her be swept away by some other man. But if you'll listen to me, things will go great for the both of you. It's all up to you. Good night Arthur, and I do hope you can learn how to take that stick out of your…"
"Goodnight Eames." Arthur cut him off. Eames chuckled and disappeared into the shadows.
Arthur knew Eames was right he just had to figure out a way to get through to Ariadne.
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