originally posted in:The New Dojo
"Wilson's right. Awkwardness is cute but being out in the open and confident is a lot more attractive."
[i] She says with a smile, running her hand through his hair playfully.[/i]
"That and the hair. The big wig government guys don't make you cut it?"
[i] She asks casually. [/i]
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[i]This had also crossed his mind. He'd been there before. Right after his father had died, he remembered being so caught up in his own hate that he didn't care about his life. He remembered screaming at Clarkson after a particularly brutal training session, telling the officer to kill him. Crow had scored a vicious swing on Jackson's lower back, and the boy doubled over, on the ground in intense pain. Clarkson had hit him a second time in the face, and drawn blood. He wondered if Riley's bravado was her attempt at suicide. [/i] Riley... if something's wrong, you know you can tell me, right?
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[i] She narrows her eyes at him with a smirk.[/i] "You think I wanna die? That's cute. Suicides for cowards Jackson." [i] She says bluntly. Although, even if she had known about Jackson's incident with Crow, she would've told him the same thing. [/i]
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Well, it looks like it from all the nice wounds... [i]he said, mildly sarcastic.[/i]
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"These wounds are from fighting three of the most powerful beings to ever live on my planet. I killed them so maybe people can grow up a little better than I did, without assassin's and murderers crawling the streets." [i] She says bitingly.[/i]
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[i]He raised an eyebrow, and a smile crossed his lips.[/i] So maybe you aren't such a hardass after all...
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"Oh fùck you." [i] the line was accompanied with a rude gesture that involved a finger between her ring and index fingers. [/i]
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Nothin' wrong with being nice every now and then, you know. It's ok to do it around people other than me. [i]He said, a sh*t-eating grin plastered on his face.[/i]
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"Dangerous territory Wolfie. Tread carefully." [i] She says blankly, nudging him none to gentle with her shoulder.[/i]
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Look I get paid to live dangerously. For Christ's sake, I even travel with Wilson. Can't get much more life-threatening. [i]He kept up the smile, feeling mildly bulletproof.[/i]
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"You don't get paid enough for this." [i] She says with a smirk, completely different thoughts running through her head. [/i]
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For what? Dealing with women? Can't be much worse than the CIA. [i]Screw it. He may as well push as far as he could. [/i]
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[i] She smirks and says nothing. Wolfe wouldn't figure out why he was screwing himself over for the time being, but he'd notice when the time came.[/i] "Lets go back to playing 20 questions. It was my turn I believe?" [i] She says, a devilish grin on her face.[/i]
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Yeah. It's your turn. [i]He flopped back onto the bed again.[/i]
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"Are you a virgin?" [i] She looks at him, face completely blank minus the extremely mischievous gleam in her eye. She enjoyed nothing more than Antagonizing Jackson, and she'd gone straight for the jugular. [/i]
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[i]He looked her back, the grin of a man who'd just witnessed the dog reach the end of chain, choked before it could bite him.[/i] Remember that girl I told you about from England, and the girl that came when we were stuck on Old Autumn Hill? [i]He figured she could make the connection there.[/i]
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[i] She punched him in the chest, not lightly, but not painfully.[/i] "Fùck you. I knew I didn't like that British bitch." [i] She mumbled.[/i]
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What? The accent's cute. [i]He said, shrugging it off.[/i]
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[i] Riley smirked. She remembered when she'd had an accent once. She hadn't been born in Angel City, but she might as well have. Thanks to Kyr.[/i]
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What? It's not [i]that[/i] funny. [i]He looked over at her, the look on his face like that of a puppy that didn't realize it had done something wrong.[/i]
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"No, it's nothing." [i] She said quietly.[/i] "Your turn."
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If it's my turn, I want the answer. What's the smirk for? [i]he said, a bit more seriously.[/i]
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"I used to have an accent, back before I was taken to Angel City by Kyr." [i] She says with a slight smile. [/i]
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Just when I was thinking you were out of secrets to tell me.... [i]He said, looking over to his armor.[/i] Where were you originally from?
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"Seera. A small city off the coast of our U.S., no bigger than a Hawaiian island." [i] She says with a shrug.[/i] "I was 8 when Kyr took me from there. I can retain the accent if I try really hard. But I'd rather not."
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You don't need to. I just wanted to know a little more about you. [i]He seemed genuinely interested, but he could sense that she didn't want him to push any further. Discretion was the better part of valor. There were times to push, and times to go no further.[/i]