A/N: This chapter is dedicated to Lily of the Shadow in order to wish her good luck at her recital! Oh, and you guys wanted some romance, so... Well, you'll see. 0 Thanks to the reviewer who reminded me to get my butt in gear on the romance part in this fic, I needed that. Just next time, ask nice, kay? And read between the lines! The romance is all over this fic, you just have to look for the little things. And never ever ever ever forget to review! (not that you would, you wonderful people you). enjoy! (thanks to Mikey for beta-ing, you're awesome my little debate buddy!)
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"I'm sorry! It's not my fault I have a song stu-"
((screams))
"WHAT!"
"Get it off!"
"Get what off?"
"Ewe! Get it off of me!"
"Sara! Hold still, stop jumping around-"
"Gross, ick, get it off!"
"It's just a spider!" ((flick)) "There, it's gone, you can stop jumping around like that, the closet's not that big! Whoa!"
"EEP!" ((falls))
"Oof!" ((catches))
((silence))
((awkward)) "Um... hi, Sara."
"Greg... you can let go now."
"Oh! Right!" ((lets go)) "Sorry, just I, you fell and you, er, I didn't want, uh..."
"Greg. It's not a big deal."
"Right..."
"And thanks."
"Huh?"
"For... you know. Stopping me from falling. I could have hit my head and what would we have done then?"
"Right... Good point. You're welcome."
((pause))
"So... you're afraid of spiders?"
((stiff)) "No! They just make me uncomfortable."
((laugh)) "That didn't seem like uncomfortable to me. Most uncomfortable people don't screech and jump about the thing that's making them uncomfortable."
"It's extreme discomfort!"
((laughs)) "Now that's just silly."
((smiles)) "I guess it is."
"Do you wanna keep playing?"
"Not really. I think we can have a conversation without playing a stupid game, right?"
"Hey, that game was not stupid. That was my life work!"
((laughs)) "Well, if you want to play, we can."
"Nah. Not that big a deal."
"I do... wonder one thing, Greg..."
"Yeah?"
"Why did you want to know about me and Hank so much?"
"I'm still not sure I want to answer that."
"I know... but it's been bothering me. And I know you don't think you want to tell me, but you can trust me. We've established that, I think, by being in here for so long, and we haven't actually even fought, really fought anyway, in a while and I just never understood why you didn't like him-"
"You didn't see that?"
"No!"
"Because he hurt you! Because he never cared about you as much as you cared about him, and it made you feel awful! Because he cheated on you and didn't seem to care! Because he treated you like some throw away instead of like a woman, a person, like a respectable human being! No guy deserves my respect, or even to be liked by me if he acts like that!"
"... I didn't know it bothered you that much."
"...Well, now you do..."
((silence))
((silence))
"Why?"
"Whaddya mean why?"
"Why does it bother you? I mean, it's not like we were great friends at the time-"
"So? What does that have to with anything?"
"Why would you care if I got hurt if we weren't friends?"
"... Wow, Sara."
"Wow what?"
((angry)) "Wow, that you don't know me at all!"
"What the- Greg, I asked a simple question!"
"Yeah, but if you had paid any attention to the things I'd been saying to you this entire time, you'd already know the answer! It doesn't matter to me if we're not friends! I still respect you!"
"I don't think it's just respect, Greg, that's why I asked!"
"Well what else would it be?"
"If you're too scared to admit it, I'm not going to do it for you and sound completely narcisstic!"
"Yeah, well, too late! I know what you're thinking, and it's not true. I don't feel that way about you! Maybe you should get over yourself!"
((shouts)) "And maybe you should grow up!"
((shouts)) "Yeah, well, IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE!"
"..." ((pause)) "What?"
((pause)) "Well, I just..."
((laughs))
"Hey! Hey, we were having an argument! You can't laugh in the middle of an argument, Sara! It's not allowed!"
((laughs)) "I'm sorry! It's just... HAHA!"
"Stop it! Stop - " ((chuckle)) " -it!"
"You're laughing too! Hehehe!"
"I am - " ((snort)) " - not!"
((laughs))
((laughs))
"Takes one to know one, Greg? Where did, haha, that come from?"
"I have, haHA! no idea!"
"We are so, hehehe, slap happy right now!"
"Hahaha! We are! I need, hehe, coffee!"
"And sleep! HAHA! SLEEP!"
"We need to get, hehe, out of here!"
"We need to stop, hahahaha, laughing!"
"All right, compose, haha, yourself." ((breathes))
((breathes)) "All right. I think, heh, we're good."
"Yeah, good."
"Hoo, that was fun."
((hiccup))
"Oh, shit."