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Chapter 3-
I walked into Cafe Nervosa where I was meeting Frasier, to find him there waiting for me. It was rare for him to arrive before me, so I was a bit shocked. I meant to point that out to him too.
He stood up as soon as he saw me, his cell phone gripped tightly in his right hand. "Niles, Lilith is coming. To Seattle. Tomorrow" Ah, so that would explain his complexion being the same shade of white as the aforementioned demon's.
"Are you sure? Did she call you?" Please let this all be a nightmare.
"No Niles, I'm just holding my cell phone because I wanted to know the exact second you asked you first, and certainly not last, stupid question of the day. Oh look, 3:47pm. A little later then usual aren't you?"
"Frasier, there's really no need to take this out on me. Now, let's try to think this through reasonably. Did she say why she came?"
"She just said that she wanted to see me."
"Oh good." He glared at me. "Do I have to see her? Last time she was here, she said some rather..rude things to Daphne." Rude being an understatement, but this was Frasier, and matters concerning Lilith had to be handled delicately.
"No, you don't have to see her, but, well, I'm a little worried. I don't want to do anything that could possibly jeopardize my relationship with Charlotte, and I might need your help."
"Like that time six years ago when you wanted me to keep you from sleeping with her?"
"Right. Only this time, you won't do it either!"
"You're damn right I won't! For one thing, I'm married-with a child I might add! And for another, there's no way I can do it because I wouldn't come near that witch if you paid me!" Maybe I'd over-reacted, just a little.
"Fine! But if she's the end of my relationship with Charlotte, well, then I hope you'll be very happy!"
"Why are you so sure you'll do something to damage this 'relationship?' If you ask me that seems to be a sure sign that you want something to happen between the two of you. And you only asked me to come along because you knew that eventually, I would have to leave-leaving the two of you to your devices!" I spat out the last word, and I was pretty sure I wasn't making much sense.
"First of all, I never asked you!" Yes, that's mature. "Secondly, you know as well as I do that our little trists only happen when I'm drunk, and that she seduces me!" He looked around to see countless Cafe Nervosa patrons staring at us.
I lowered my voice considerably. I hadn't been thinking of what we'd been shouting in a public place. "Did you ever once think that you might be sub-consiously getting drunk because you wanted that to happen? I mean, that sort of thing could only happen once with it being a mistake."
"Oh that's bull and you know it." He'd lowered his voice as well, also aware of what he'd done to his reputation.
"Is it?"
"Well, I'm almost positive I love Charlotte." Ah, he'd gotten himself into a trap.
"Almost?" He turned to me, his mouth half open. Why was I doing this? "And how positive are you that you don't still love Lilith?" That was one of the hardest questions I'd had to ask in a long time.
"Niles, please don't do this to me."
Chapter 3-
I walked into Cafe Nervosa where I was meeting Frasier, to find him there waiting for me. It was rare for him to arrive before me, so I was a bit shocked. I meant to point that out to him too.
He stood up as soon as he saw me, his cell phone gripped tightly in his right hand. "Niles, Lilith is coming. To Seattle. Tomorrow" Ah, so that would explain his complexion being the same shade of white as the aforementioned demon's.
"Are you sure? Did she call you?" Please let this all be a nightmare.
"No Niles, I'm just holding my cell phone because I wanted to know the exact second you asked you first, and certainly not last, stupid question of the day. Oh look, 3:47pm. A little later then usual aren't you?"
"Frasier, there's really no need to take this out on me. Now, let's try to think this through reasonably. Did she say why she came?"
"She just said that she wanted to see me."
"Oh good." He glared at me. "Do I have to see her? Last time she was here, she said some rather..rude things to Daphne." Rude being an understatement, but this was Frasier, and matters concerning Lilith had to be handled delicately.
"No, you don't have to see her, but, well, I'm a little worried. I don't want to do anything that could possibly jeopardize my relationship with Charlotte, and I might need your help."
"Like that time six years ago when you wanted me to keep you from sleeping with her?"
"Right. Only this time, you won't do it either!"
"You're damn right I won't! For one thing, I'm married-with a child I might add! And for another, there's no way I can do it because I wouldn't come near that witch if you paid me!" Maybe I'd over-reacted, just a little.
"Fine! But if she's the end of my relationship with Charlotte, well, then I hope you'll be very happy!"
"Why are you so sure you'll do something to damage this 'relationship?' If you ask me that seems to be a sure sign that you want something to happen between the two of you. And you only asked me to come along because you knew that eventually, I would have to leave-leaving the two of you to your devices!" I spat out the last word, and I was pretty sure I wasn't making much sense.
"First of all, I never asked you!" Yes, that's mature. "Secondly, you know as well as I do that our little trists only happen when I'm drunk, and that she seduces me!" He looked around to see countless Cafe Nervosa patrons staring at us.
I lowered my voice considerably. I hadn't been thinking of what we'd been shouting in a public place. "Did you ever once think that you might be sub-consiously getting drunk because you wanted that to happen? I mean, that sort of thing could only happen once with it being a mistake."
"Oh that's bull and you know it." He'd lowered his voice as well, also aware of what he'd done to his reputation.
"Is it?"
"Well, I'm almost positive I love Charlotte." Ah, he'd gotten himself into a trap.
"Almost?" He turned to me, his mouth half open. Why was I doing this? "And how positive are you that you don't still love Lilith?" That was one of the hardest questions I'd had to ask in a long time.
"Niles, please don't do this to me."