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A/N: A short chapter I'm afraid, but I'll have more up soon. Thanks for the reviews so far they have been great!
Slipping into the passenger side, she quickly glanced around. The car was beautiful she had to admit, plush leather seats, sleek wooden dash and not a spot of dust anywhere. It was so…him, she thought. She jumped when the driver's side door opened and he slid quickly inside, shutting the door with a quiet thump and sliding the keys into the ignition. She sat nervously, her fingers stroking her knees absently as she stole a quick glance to her companion. He was looking back.
" Why did you come Clarice?"
His voice was gentle as he spoke; the confines of the car and his proximity making it seem louder than it actually was. Pressed against the passenger door as far as should get, she turned her body to face him, one knee slightly resting at an awkward angle on the leather.
" You said I wanted to finish this doctor, what did you mean?"
They looked at each other for a while, a battle of wills. The time stretching until she finally conceded, her eyes dropping from his still shaded eyes to her knee.
" I…" she stopped, her eyes closing and a hand coming up to pull the hair from her face. She suddenly felt claustrophobic, trapped.
" Can I put a window down?" she asked, her hand already moving towards the control.
" If it will make you more comfortable then by all means" He hadn't even finished his sentence when the mechanical drone came to a stop and she leaned slightly back.
He watched the slight breeze whipped her hair, her face. Watched it touched her lips. His eyes followed the winds course as it flowed over her. Her voice snapped him out of it.
" I….wanted to know Dr lecter what exactly your plans are while you are here."
" Tut Tut Clarice, you disappoint me. I had thought after all this time we were above lying to each other. Try again."
They sat for another quiet moment, each studying the other.
" There are things…that have been said…that have left me…." She paused, her tongue refusing to form the words her mind was screaming at her.
" Go on" came his coaxing request.
" What exactly is it that you want me to say hmmm? That I'm confused? That my head and my heart are locked in constant battle whenever I'm near you? Is that what you want to hear? Or how about the fact that my life sucks? Hmmm? Will that keep you happy? Will the knowledge that I am a walking mass of contradictions shut you up?"
She stopped, slightly out of breath, her eyes leaving his and looking out the front windshield. She was trembling with anger, her arms coming up to cross over her chest.
" For now Clarice, for now" he smiled, starting the car and pulling away.
12.00 noon
A/N: A short chapter I'm afraid, but I'll have more up soon. Thanks for the reviews so far they have been great!
Slipping into the passenger side, she quickly glanced around. The car was beautiful she had to admit, plush leather seats, sleek wooden dash and not a spot of dust anywhere. It was so…him, she thought. She jumped when the driver's side door opened and he slid quickly inside, shutting the door with a quiet thump and sliding the keys into the ignition. She sat nervously, her fingers stroking her knees absently as she stole a quick glance to her companion. He was looking back.
" Why did you come Clarice?"
His voice was gentle as he spoke; the confines of the car and his proximity making it seem louder than it actually was. Pressed against the passenger door as far as should get, she turned her body to face him, one knee slightly resting at an awkward angle on the leather.
" You said I wanted to finish this doctor, what did you mean?"
They looked at each other for a while, a battle of wills. The time stretching until she finally conceded, her eyes dropping from his still shaded eyes to her knee.
" I…" she stopped, her eyes closing and a hand coming up to pull the hair from her face. She suddenly felt claustrophobic, trapped.
" Can I put a window down?" she asked, her hand already moving towards the control.
" If it will make you more comfortable then by all means" He hadn't even finished his sentence when the mechanical drone came to a stop and she leaned slightly back.
He watched the slight breeze whipped her hair, her face. Watched it touched her lips. His eyes followed the winds course as it flowed over her. Her voice snapped him out of it.
" I….wanted to know Dr lecter what exactly your plans are while you are here."
" Tut Tut Clarice, you disappoint me. I had thought after all this time we were above lying to each other. Try again."
They sat for another quiet moment, each studying the other.
" There are things…that have been said…that have left me…." She paused, her tongue refusing to form the words her mind was screaming at her.
" Go on" came his coaxing request.
" What exactly is it that you want me to say hmmm? That I'm confused? That my head and my heart are locked in constant battle whenever I'm near you? Is that what you want to hear? Or how about the fact that my life sucks? Hmmm? Will that keep you happy? Will the knowledge that I am a walking mass of contradictions shut you up?"
She stopped, slightly out of breath, her eyes leaving his and looking out the front windshield. She was trembling with anger, her arms coming up to cross over her chest.
" For now Clarice, for now" he smiled, starting the car and pulling away.
12.00 noon
