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Rating: PG13 - mild swearing
Spoilers: Hello, Goodbye - Dawg Day Afternoon
A/N - some of the dialogue in this, and the other chapters are from H,G and DDA and even a little from HaSB (although I've changed around a bit) and that belongs to the fox people or whatever, so umm this is another declaimer I guess.
Pain, Doubt, Fate, and Love
Josh ain't gonna take it anymore ________________________________________________________________________
Oh, no. gotta get out of here be fore she realizes it's me.
Annie, didn't notice him, however someone else did.
"Man, that is sick--peeping at a blind girl."
Joshua looked up at the owner of the voice accusing him of being a pervert, horrified that he had been spotted. His horror only increased when he saw who the owner of the voice was. ---
Max
A very angry Max.
"Care to explain to me what you're doing here?" Max said in a very annoyed condescending tone. Joshua was so sick of that tone; whenever she used that tone she sounded as if she was talking to a child. She would give him a lecture, and make him feel like an idiot. When he first got out of Manticore he hadn't minded so much.
But he wasn't the little boy he had been before, knowing nothing about the world, about people, about friendship, and about love. Max had taught him well, he was a man now, and he knew about all those. He knew understood love, maybe even more then Max did.
"No."
Max was taken aback, and it took her a minute to gain her voice.
"Excuse me?"
"No."
"No what?"
Joshua had take a second to control his frustration.
"No, I don't care to explain to you what I'm doing here. It really none of your business."
Max was silent for a moment again. This had never happened before; she wasn't quite sure how to handle it. However, quick witted Max was not about to let him get away with that.
"None of my business? None of my business!?! Joshua, have you been huffing flea bomb or something? What hell were you thinking!?! What if someone had seen you!?!
Joshua ignored her questions, "You don't have to look after me, Max. I can look after myself. At Manticore I took care of myself. I took care of everybody else."
"It's different out here, Joshua listen to me if people had seen you here they would have killed you, or An-"
"No! I'm talking now! You listen! I don't want to hide anymore, and I'm tired of being alone. I need to be with people!"
Annie heard the yelling voices, and had ignored it for a while (yelling wasn't the worst thing she had ever heard in this neighborhood), however the voices were getting louder and starting to get annoying. She was about to go tell them off when she recognized one of the voices. Joshua..
"Joshua, if you want company I'll come over more and I'll get Alec and Cindy to, as well."
"Max you know that's not what I mean. I like you, Alec and Cindy, but everything reminds me of Annie. Books, chairs, sitting, eating...painting. I can't take it Max!"
"You have to hang on. It'll get better. I promise." Max replied in a small voice.
"Like how it's got better for you, Max?" he said quieter.
"Yeah,"
"Max..You need to stop this, you know it hasn't gotten better; if anything its gotten worse. You can pretend that you're over Logan, and that everything's fine but I know it's not, everyone does."
"It doesn't matter whether I'm fine or not!" Max yelled, angry now, "All that matters is that he's safe, and that he isn't dead!" tears were now streaming down her face.
"We're different Joshua; we're a danger to everyone who's normal! I mean, look what happened to Alec, and me! Do you really want to be responsible for Annie's death!?!"
"You're right Max, we are different! But so is she, maybe she'll understand what it's like for us, maybe-"
"Haven't you been listening listening! It doesn't matter if she understands or not it matters whether not you're willing to be held responsible for her death!!!!"
"Damn it Max, I'm not you!!!" Joshua took a breath and calmed himself; they were starting to get loud.
"Max, I'm not you," this time it was said in a quieter tone, "and Annie isn't Logan, our situation is different, there aren't as many things in our way as there are in with you and Logan."
"But-"
"Max let me finish please." He looked down at her pleading her with his eyes, she closed her mouth deciding to hear him out.
"Max I know there are risks, but there are risks in every kind of relationship...and I'm willing to take a risk."
"Would someone care to explain to exactly what kind of risks you people are talking about!?!" - the voice was neither Max's or Joshua's.
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Okay, people please I have no life, and I live for reviews. YOU MUST REVIEW!!!!! PLEASE I NEED REVEIWS!!!!! To prove my point, I will not post another chapter until I have at least 5 more reviews. - so there : p
Rating: PG13 - mild swearing
Spoilers: Hello, Goodbye - Dawg Day Afternoon
A/N - some of the dialogue in this, and the other chapters are from H,G and DDA and even a little from HaSB (although I've changed around a bit) and that belongs to the fox people or whatever, so umm this is another declaimer I guess.
Pain, Doubt, Fate, and Love
Josh ain't gonna take it anymore ________________________________________________________________________
Oh, no. gotta get out of here be fore she realizes it's me.
Annie, didn't notice him, however someone else did.
"Man, that is sick--peeping at a blind girl."
Joshua looked up at the owner of the voice accusing him of being a pervert, horrified that he had been spotted. His horror only increased when he saw who the owner of the voice was. ---
Max
A very angry Max.
"Care to explain to me what you're doing here?" Max said in a very annoyed condescending tone. Joshua was so sick of that tone; whenever she used that tone she sounded as if she was talking to a child. She would give him a lecture, and make him feel like an idiot. When he first got out of Manticore he hadn't minded so much.
But he wasn't the little boy he had been before, knowing nothing about the world, about people, about friendship, and about love. Max had taught him well, he was a man now, and he knew about all those. He knew understood love, maybe even more then Max did.
"No."
Max was taken aback, and it took her a minute to gain her voice.
"Excuse me?"
"No."
"No what?"
Joshua had take a second to control his frustration.
"No, I don't care to explain to you what I'm doing here. It really none of your business."
Max was silent for a moment again. This had never happened before; she wasn't quite sure how to handle it. However, quick witted Max was not about to let him get away with that.
"None of my business? None of my business!?! Joshua, have you been huffing flea bomb or something? What hell were you thinking!?! What if someone had seen you!?!
Joshua ignored her questions, "You don't have to look after me, Max. I can look after myself. At Manticore I took care of myself. I took care of everybody else."
"It's different out here, Joshua listen to me if people had seen you here they would have killed you, or An-"
"No! I'm talking now! You listen! I don't want to hide anymore, and I'm tired of being alone. I need to be with people!"
Annie heard the yelling voices, and had ignored it for a while (yelling wasn't the worst thing she had ever heard in this neighborhood), however the voices were getting louder and starting to get annoying. She was about to go tell them off when she recognized one of the voices. Joshua..
"Joshua, if you want company I'll come over more and I'll get Alec and Cindy to, as well."
"Max you know that's not what I mean. I like you, Alec and Cindy, but everything reminds me of Annie. Books, chairs, sitting, eating...painting. I can't take it Max!"
"You have to hang on. It'll get better. I promise." Max replied in a small voice.
"Like how it's got better for you, Max?" he said quieter.
"Yeah,"
"Max..You need to stop this, you know it hasn't gotten better; if anything its gotten worse. You can pretend that you're over Logan, and that everything's fine but I know it's not, everyone does."
"It doesn't matter whether I'm fine or not!" Max yelled, angry now, "All that matters is that he's safe, and that he isn't dead!" tears were now streaming down her face.
"We're different Joshua; we're a danger to everyone who's normal! I mean, look what happened to Alec, and me! Do you really want to be responsible for Annie's death!?!"
"You're right Max, we are different! But so is she, maybe she'll understand what it's like for us, maybe-"
"Haven't you been listening listening! It doesn't matter if she understands or not it matters whether not you're willing to be held responsible for her death!!!!"
"Damn it Max, I'm not you!!!" Joshua took a breath and calmed himself; they were starting to get loud.
"Max, I'm not you," this time it was said in a quieter tone, "and Annie isn't Logan, our situation is different, there aren't as many things in our way as there are in with you and Logan."
"But-"
"Max let me finish please." He looked down at her pleading her with his eyes, she closed her mouth deciding to hear him out.
"Max I know there are risks, but there are risks in every kind of relationship...and I'm willing to take a risk."
"Would someone care to explain to exactly what kind of risks you people are talking about!?!" - the voice was neither Max's or Joshua's.
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Okay, people please I have no life, and I live for reviews. YOU MUST REVIEW!!!!! PLEASE I NEED REVEIWS!!!!! To prove my point, I will not post another chapter until I have at least 5 more reviews. - so there : p