A/N: Hello, folks! I'm starting this kind of late, but I hope it'll be OK! I got caught up with doing a zillion other things, but here we are now! Well, I can't think of what else to say! So, let's go! XD
PS: Thanks for apologizing, Scot. Once more, I'll say this: You don't accuse somebody of something so horrible, when you have no proof of it. I'm willing to put it behind me, though. I appreciate that you like my writing style, so I thank you for that. I'm hoping, if and when I do write a story like my past Home Alone stories, that the reviews will be a little kinder. You don't overly have to worry about that with this story, though. I also don't mind critiquing, but flat-out insults, I won't tolerate. Again, thank you. :)
Chapter 5: The Disagreement
Marv's PoV:
"You did it again, didn't you?" Harry and I are standing in the main room. He's standing right by the phone on the table. I just stand across from him, not feeling guilty, at all. I'm entitled to have some fun in my life. Even though it's with a married woman, I need her in my life. "You went out with that woman again, didn't you?"
"Harry," I begin to say. "Why are you so concerned about this? I mean, out of all the people I know, I'm surprised you're concerned about adultery."
"And, I'm surprised you're not so concerned about it,"
"Oh, come on, Harry," I need to try to defend myself. "For once in my life, a woman likes me. I mean, a woman actually likes me. How can I pass that up?"
Harry speaks in his eerily calm voice, "Hey, I've never had a woman like me, either, Marv, but I'm not about to commit adultery over it,"
"But, I'm just surprised you, my darker half, are so concerned about this!" I gesture my hand toward Harry.
"I'm not all bad, Marv. I'm not all good, either, but I'm not all bad. But, this…" Harry shakes his finger at me. "This is surprising to me, Marv. You're surprising me with this," He's still using his eerily calm voice.
"I'm surprising myself, too, Harry,"
"Are you that desperate for a woman, Marv? I mean, are you really?"
I think about it first, then reply, "Yes… Yes, I am,"
"That's just sad on so many levels…" he mutters to himself. I can still hear him, even though he turns away his head.
"Just let me see where this goes, OK? What harm can it possibly do?" After asking that, I realize the harm it could do—affect Peter and Kate's marriage.
"Did you really just ask that question, Marv?"
"Yes, I realize now what I just said…" I say, cluing in. I'm running out of energy, trying to argue my point with Harry. Even though he's right, I'm still in the right to have some fun with this woman.
"OK, so if you realize it, then why are you doing it?"
I gesture my hand at Harry. "If you would just meet her, Harry…" Yes, I'm taking this route. "She's a wonderful woman!"
"I quickly met her the other night, but barely. I'm sure she is a wonderful woman, which is why you shouldn't interfere with a perfectly healthy marriage,"
"How do you know it's perfectly healthy?" I'm beginning to be a little cocky.
"I don't know," Harry decides to be sarcastic back. He raises both of his arms at his side. "I'm just assuming it is!"
"Well, how 'bout I talk to her tomorrow? We can just be friends. She can even tell Peter about us, if she wants!"
"Oh, that's a real bright idea, Marv…"
"What's wrong with it?!" I exasperate.
"You don't tell the woman's husband that she's been cheating on him with you,"
"We're not cheating!" I exasperate, once again.
"Oh, but the idea is there, Marv…" Harry starts to walk away into the kitchen. "That's why you can't just be friends with this woman,"
Once Harry enters the kitchen, he heads straight for the fridge. That's something he always does—he can't enter this kitchen, without going into the fridge for something. This time, instead of a snack, it's a bottle of Coke he grabs from the fridge.
"Well, what do you expect me to do, Harry?"
"I expect you to nip it in the bud with this woman, before this goes too far," I seize up, once Harry says that. The idea of telling Kate I can't see her anymore, is going to be incredibly painful…
To be Continued…
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A/N: Thanks again! :D I hope this chapter is longer than the others! Well, Harry seems pretty adamant on Marv not seeing Kate again. How do you think that will go? I don't know, but Kevin somehow comes into the picture (in a later chapter)... Anyway, I believe that's all I have to say, for now! Expect Kevin's PoV again tomorrow! Ciao for now! XD
- Majora's Mask Freak184