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Post by Tiff on Feb 19, 2011 0:31:58 GMT -5
He looked down at and shook his head. "I remember both trips." He looked up. "Though I can't say which time I enjoyed more, me knocking you into the pool fully clothed or..." He didn't want to bring up what they'd done, just because he'd think about it and remember it in such vivid detail he'd want her again. "You were afraid the ice would crack."
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Post by kristay on Feb 19, 2011 0:42:24 GMT -5
Aya smiled a bit wistfully as she too remembered the two trips they had made to the pool. "I almost forgot that you knocked me into the pool." She did remember removing her clothes in the water and finding them later on, that had been fun. Her cheeks flushed hotly. "Well would you have enjoyed being naked and shivering in half-frozen water?!" His second attempt at romance had been cute; the picnic on the frozen pool. Anyone after Monte would have an extremely hard time matching that.
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Post by Tiff on Feb 19, 2011 0:55:08 GMT -5
"With you...yeah." He grinned. "We would have just gone into shock after a little while and it would have been fantastic." He was joking, he didn't care much for the cold and he certainly wouldn't have enjoyed being in the frozen pool even if he was with a beautiful girl at the same time. "The ice didn't break though." He looked her over, his fingers running across the letters in his pocket. "I wouldn't be able to pull that off again if I tried."
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Post by kristay on Feb 19, 2011 1:00:19 GMT -5
She couldn't help it; his cockiness was something she had missed terribly. Aya's grin matched Monte's and she shook her head in amusement. "Fantastic huh?" Her fingers rubbed against her wallet and she leaned back, crossing one foot over the other. "Good thing it didn't." She glanced at him, her eyebrow raised. "I know I don't have the right to ask you this but please don't do that for another girl. Keep it between us, please..." Aya smiled a bit wistfully again and shrugged in a helpless fashion; she wanted the frozen pool story just between them and the selfish part inside of her wanted it to be something he did just for her.
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Post by Tiff on Feb 19, 2011 1:05:48 GMT -5
Monte grinned. "Oh yes, fantastic, because we wouldn't be thinking about how cold we were or how sick we were going to be or even how dead we could be, we'd just be going at it." He smirked. "And that is fantastic." He watched her lean against the wall and cross her foot over the other, he wanted to hold her again, to be the wall that she was leaning against. "I wouldn't dream of doing that for anyone else." He looked away, trying to keep his desire to hold her again off his face. "It wouldn't be the same, I'd just be thinking of you the entire time."
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Post by kristay on Feb 19, 2011 1:11:35 GMT -5
A burst of laughter escaped Aya at how seriously Monte could say it. She grinned and realized that this was the Monte that she had missed and loved and a part of her was happy that he was back. "God, remember how much of a jerk you were? You didn't even realize it was my first time till I cried!" She laughed at it though; he had offended her a lot but for some reason she had always stuck around. She knew she wasn't masochistic in nature but a part of her knew that Monte was someone special and she'd wait till he could prove it to be true. And he had. A spark of pride ignited inside her and she smiled. "Good."
Silence fell between them and she took the time to look at Monte. "You don't have to answer this but... Do you love her? D-do you love Serena?"
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Post by Tiff on Feb 19, 2011 1:35:08 GMT -5
Monte looked back at her and laughed. "You know you liked my jerkiness." He raised an eyebrow, daring her to prove him otherwise. "It was all apart of my charming scheme to get you to like me, give you something to entertain yourself with." He'd actually regretted being so awful to her, but if he'd been any other way, she would have been bored with him. "I stayed out of trouble at North Ridge for you." He took his hand out of his pocket and tugged at the front of it. "I joined the baseball team to help, but I was good. Avery got me blamed for something, but they sorted it all out and they took it off my record." He shrugged and shoved his hand back into his pocket.
He licked his bottom lip at her question and sincerely thought it over. "I don't." He replied. "I could one day, but I don't, and I might never get the chance to now." He was sinking back into that depressed mood again. He had great feelings for Serena and if he couldn't have Aya, which all fingers were pointing to big fat 'No's' here, then he'd want Serena and if she didn't want him now, then he'd give up, it wouldn't be worth it. There wouldn't be another cafe opening with a crazy beautiful girl snapping pictures of his eyes again or a girl throwing a temper-tantrum in the grass who would amuse him.
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Post by kristay on Feb 19, 2011 1:49:15 GMT -5
Aya rolled her eyes. "Yes I did; I don't know why but I did and god damn you and your stupid scheme because it worked too!" She laughed though; she wasn't really mad but she did enjoy talking about the past with Monte. It was a lot better than thinking about the future she'd have without him. A smile curved the corners of her lips when she heard about what he had done at North Ridge. "I'm really happy you did that and I know you're great at stuff like that I just didn't know how to force you into it." She raised a finger at him, her voice and expression threatening suddenly. "You better join the baseball team and bully Garret Walker into playing a good game. He's great but he's lazy and lacks motivation." She rolled her eyes at the thought of Garret and crossed her fingers that Monte would listen to her request-order.
Aya wanted a happy ending for Monte; and even if it wasn't with her, she wanted the boy to be happy. It was her greatest wish and so she looked at him, thought about what he said and thought about Serena even if it irked her to think about her. "Flowers. I know some girls say they don't like flowers but they're lying. Every girl likes them; even girls who are allergic to flowers like flowers." She folded her arms over her chest and thought about it some more. "That's going to be a start." Aya grinned at him and even if it hurt her to say it, the words fell off her lips in a tumble before she could keep them in. "I'm going to help you with Serena; I know you're a jerk sometimes and I really don't want you to screw this up with her. I'm not the type of girl to say 'If I can't have you, no one can'". She rolled her eyes at the thought before meeting his gaze. "I love you, you love me. These are truths that we can't deny or hide, but you should try this girl. She really cares about you Monte and I know she'll be good for you." If they were never going to end up together, fine. But at least Monte would be happy; that was good enough for her.
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Post by Tiff on Feb 19, 2011 2:16:02 GMT -5
Monte laughed. "If you hadn't gone away I never would have joined the team, I would have watched my own twin brother scramble to get a team together and laughed in your face if you'd asked me to join." He couldn't keep the smile off his face. It was the truth, everything he'd said, he would have said no just to spite Aya, but her being gone, he'd do everything for her and more. "I'll finish up the year on the team and try to kick Garret's ass into gear." He folded his arms over his chest and rolled his eyes. "He was a lazy player when we played him earlier this year, I doubt he'll change much." He shrugged and closed his eyes briefly, as if reconsidering the matter. "Though I don't know he might get a fire lit under his ass if he's put up against Avery and I, his dad might not like his star player being outshone by a bunch of underdog, transplants. I'll talk to him." He made a face. "Flowers? I'm not that kind of guy, isn't there anything else I can do? She'll just toss them into the back seat of my car and ( ) I'll be out thirty bucks." He was joking, thirty bucks was nothing to him and he seriously doubted Serena would be so cruel, he'd buy her a thousand yellow daisies if it meant she'd forgive him for his unintended offense. "Anything else I can do?"
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Post by kristay on Feb 19, 2011 2:26:55 GMT -5
(( GAH! xD <3))
Aya shrugged lightly and smiled. "Then me going away had good things too I guess. You're a good player Monte but sometimes I think you're just as unmotivated as Garret. You better kick his ass into gear or I'm killing both of you and then who'd take care of Gracie when Avery leaves!" She scoffed lightly and thought about Garret. "He will if you and I bully him too." She muttered under her breath.
Aya laughed at Monte's expression. "Hey trust me on this; do you think Serena will expect you to get her flowers? No, because she knows you aren't the type. This would be a pleasant surprise for her, believe me." She rolled her eyes. "As if I ever got flowers from you." She was teasing but it had been something she had wanted... But that was before. Aya thought about other things he could do. She shook out her hair as she thought and ran her slim fingers through the short locks. "Well, you could apologize and next time, tell her the truth." She thought about what she had just said. "I know she doesn't like me, but she has to know that nothing can happen between us now." Aya smiled in a resigned fashion. "Like it or not Monte Mondego, I've assigned myself as your new best friend."
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Post by Tiff on Feb 19, 2011 2:37:51 GMT -5
Monte sighed. "I suppose you're right, she won't expect it and she might actually listen to me." He rolled his eyes and then narrowed his eyes. "I didn't have a best 'girl' friend to help me out with this crap when I dated you, though I can't imagine myself listening to anyone, hell I didn't even listen to you." He watched her play with her hair. "What if I apologize and tell her the truth." He was hesitant about that word, wouldn't it mean telling her about what was just taking place right here on the roof? "What if she still doesn't forgive me and won't talk to me? Would you talk to me if I told you about how I'd kissed the girl I really want on the roof after our fight? I don't think so, she's going to shoot my balls off..." He frowned, he didn't like that nothing could happen between the two of them, that hurt as much as what he'd just been saying Serena was going to do to him, though her assigning herself as his new best friend made up for it a little.
"So, Garret? What's the deal?" He raised an eyebrow, he and Avery and the other North Ridge boys that were left had gone to the practice, and had they not played them before, he wouldn't have known the guy's name. "You have something going on with him, like you have with Dan?" He was curious, though if there was something there he'd be all for kicking Garret's ass.
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Post by kristay on Feb 19, 2011 2:48:08 GMT -5
Aya rolled her eyes and was tempted to pick anything up from the ground and throw it at him. "See? Don't say things like that to Serena. She may seem like she's hard and she won't be affected but she's a girl and that thing you always do? It's going to hurt her feelings!" She knew that she couldn't stay away from Monte and if they weren't going to be together? At least she'd help him get the one person who he seemed to like a lot.
Aya scowled at him, annoyed that he had even thought that something had gone on between Garret and her. "Nothing! He was being an asshole the day I met him. Assumed things; said you broke my heart... Stuff he had no idea about. I called him an asshole and left." She paused and grinned. "For some reason he followed me; not to apologize mind you but so that I could have someone to talk to. We've been friends since. They thought I'd beat him up; I would have if he hadn't surprised me like that." She shrugged and quirked a brow at Monte. "Jealous?"
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Post by Tiff on Feb 19, 2011 2:56:14 GMT -5
Monte groaned and kicked at the ground. "I'm no good at this shit. Maybe I should just stay away from you commitment crazy chicks and go back to having casual sex with random girls I find attractive. It's easier." He put his hands on top of his head and pulled on his hair a bit. "I need to get an ear piece and have you on the other end feeding me lines or something." He really had no idea how he was going to deal with getting Serena back.
Monte let go of his hair and tilted his head to the side. "Sounds familiar." He grinned and shook his head. "I think he likes you..." He shut up when she accused him of being jealous. Well yeah a little. "Why would I be jealous of Garret, it seems to me if I'm going to be jealous of anyone it should be Dan, he's getting your affection and attention."
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Post by kristay on Feb 19, 2011 3:01:34 GMT -5
Aya groaned and walked forward so she could hit him on the shoulder. "Monte!" She sounded whiny but she couldn't care about that right now; he was being a jerk again. "I'm not commitment crazy! Any girl wants a stable relationship; casual sex may be fun to some but they still want stable relationships. It's the undeniable truth of being female, we can't help it." She moved so she was beside him, leaning on the same wall as he was. "I know it's hard but it'll be worth it." She leaned her head against the same shoulder she had punched and sighed softly.
"Yeah he does remind me a bit of you actually. I like him though, he's a nice kid." She stopped and remembered how she had thrown a ball at his head in gym class. "I owe that kid cookies." She muttered to herself; she had forgotten. Aya glanced at him. "So you're jealous of Danian?"
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Post by Tiff on Feb 19, 2011 3:12:28 GMT -5
Monte laughed, though he still convinced that casual sex was easier and less shaky. "Ok, I won't do that, not if Serena actually falls for the flowers I won't." He put his arm around her shoulder as she placed her head against his shoulder. "I won't go back to New Orleans either if she'll have me back." He added.
"Is Dan like me too?" He asked, though from what he'd witnessed at the picnic it didn't seem that way. "You seem to be a magnet for assholes." He grinned down at her and shrugged the shoulder she was leaning on. "I think I can be without being ridiculed for it, thanks." He took a deep breath and rested his head on top of hers. "But I can't be one of those guys who won't let you be happy because I can't have you." He lifted the arm around her shoulder to her hair and pulled on it gently. "You going to hold it against me?"
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