Mercy shrugged, trying to look uncaring and failing miserably. "Nothing to tell. He cares too much about me to be with me. So he dumped me and doesn't ever want to see me again."
"I should have known better," Mercy said quietly. "I let myself get involved, let myself start to fall for him. I shouldn't have. It just felt so -"
She shook her head. "Doesn't matter. I just belong on my own, nothing beyond a friendship or two, nothing close like that. Made that decision a long time ago and I should have stuck to it."
He sighed, compassionate, empathetic even. "Yeah, I feel ya. I know what it's like to give a lot of yourself to someone, only to realize they were able to just..." he trailed off for a second. "Yeah, I get it."
"Nothing that's mine," she said softly. "A few friends, a job I'm utterly unsuited for, a place in my friend's house. Well... there's my cat. But she's at home too."
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Date: Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 02:37 am (UTC)She shook her head. "Doesn't matter. I just belong on my own, nothing beyond a friendship or two, nothing close like that. Made that decision a long time ago and I should have stuck to it."
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Date: Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 02:46 am (UTC)It did. It did so much, but if she said more she'd break down and she was working very hard not to do that.
"Anyway. Help yourself to the brownies."
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Date: Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 02:48 am (UTC)"Just remember, the longer you keep it in, the more it's going to make everything around it rot."
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Date: Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 03:54 am (UTC)She wasn't even touching the Jag comment, sensing he was probably someone who'd just take any caution as a challenge.
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Date: Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 04:07 am (UTC)Not about anything really. Not tonight.
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