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Post by Tiff on Jul 6, 2011 13:46:49 GMT -5
Monte pulled a plate toward himself and poked a hot dog with one of the forks, placing it on his plate before dishing out a massive spoonful of Mac n cheese. "What are you going to do for the rest of the day?" He asked as he put a small helping of salad on his plate and smothered it in dressing. "I could grab some movies or video games. Nothing that would remind you of Avery." He stabbed the hot dog a little aggressively and took a bite off the end.
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Post by Kelli-wa on Jul 6, 2011 14:16:03 GMT -5
She shrugged lightly as he asked his question. She started to get her things together for her plate and dished the macaroni for herself. She also got some of the salad and a hot dog. "I guess I'll just wait for the girls to wake up and eat. Then I'll wait again," she said lightly, although she wasn't sure how well that would go. She wouldn't have enough to keep her mind occupied. She nodded at his suggestion, "Yeah, that would be alright." She was engulfed in not knowing what to do. She hated being like this, she didn't like not wanting to think about Avery, but she was a walking disaster, at least for the day. "Tally is going to take me out to dinner. I think Zane might have been coming with her. You could probably come along if you like."
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Post by Tiff on Jul 6, 2011 14:28:43 GMT -5
Monte nodded. "Alright well then after lunch I suppose I'll just go grab some movies and other entertainment to keep you busy until dinner." He took another bite of his hot dog and then went to work on the macaroni. "I was going to do the dishes for you, but the way you're talking you need to do them yourself." He chewed and swallowed another bite of macaroni and pointed his fork at her. "If the girls wake up before you have a chance to finish, I'll finish for you alright." He smiled and shook his head. "Don't let my mom know how much I'm helping you, she'll start expecting me to help out at home."
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Post by Kelli-wa on Jul 9, 2011 0:17:30 GMT -5
Gracelyn nodded, she wasn't sure how much good that would do, but she wasn't sure she really cared. Nothing kept her mind off of Avery, not even her beautiful baby girls. She hoped the situation would get better with time, but she honestly wasn't sure. She shook her head this time, "No, I want to do them. You can go get the movies while I'm doing dishes. I can handle the fort by myself for a little while..." She smiled, trying to look hopeful, but he probably didn't buy it. She laughed at his last statement though, shaking her head, "Oh, don't worry. I don't believe she'd believe me if I did tell her."
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Post by Tiff on Jul 11, 2011 20:59:58 GMT -5
Monte finished off his macaroni and returned to his hot dog. "You taking Harper and Devyn with you to dinner tonight?" That seemed her only option. If he hadn't agreed to not seeing them for their well being and happiness he would offer to baby sit so she could have a baby free dinner. This decision wasn't making things easier for him or anyone else, but if he up and left when Avery returned, Gracie would be mad. "I'll watch them if you don't want to take them or if you don't have anyone else... I'll just blindfold them or something so they don't know me." He chuckled, but knew it wasn't funny. "Where is she taking you?"
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Post by Kelli-wa on Jul 15, 2011 12:30:54 GMT -5
Gracie smiled at him, "Thanks, Monte, but I'm going to have to take them," she said lightly. "I can't even think about leaving them so soon. I would've just said no and stayed home today, but Tally really wanted me to come for some reason... She didn't say anything about Zane, but she usually drags him along with her, which I'm totally fine with. The more people around me the better." She sighed lightly and looked back up at Monte. Why she'd made so much food she didn't know, she wasn't even hungry. She shrugged again at his question, "I don't know, really. It's a surprise."
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Post by Tiff on Jul 16, 2011 23:34:30 GMT -5
Monte nodded and finished chewing the large forkfull of salad he'd stuffed in his mouth. "Do you want me to come with you tonight?" He asked, unsure if she'd really been offering him an invite to dinner or not before. "I wouldn't want to hinder Tally's valent effort to keep your mind off Avery with my beautiful face in yours the entire time." He was sort of lying through his teeth, he really wanted her to see enough of Avery in him, to become comfortable with him, and maybe even let him hold her at the end of the day.
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Post by Kelli-wa on Jul 17, 2011 1:23:25 GMT -5
Gracie nodded, "Yeah, I want you to come." She licked her lips and forced herself to eat a bit more of her macaroni. She wasn't hungry, and nothing could change that, but she knew she should eat, at least a tiny bit. She looked up at him and smiled lightly, although it was kind of forced. "And I know you said you wouldn't help with the babies, but I really want you to..." She shook her head and looked down at her plate. "I can't deprive them of the only time they might get to spend with their uncle. I can't really deprive you of that either. It isn't fair of me." She shook her head. Unfair and selfish.
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Post by Tiff on Jul 17, 2011 10:42:51 GMT -5
Monte swallowed hard this time with nothing in his mouth, he couldn't have her feeling like she was the selfish and unfair one. "Thanks." He didn't really know how to rectify the situation, accept to except her offer and in six months to truly consider staying in town except for maybe a vacation type trip away. He put his fork down and put his hand over the hand holding her fork. "If you're done, don't force yourself. He was done eating too, he'd put away more than you'd think with the number of forks to the mouth. "I'll um, go grab those movies then." He got up and took his plate to the sink. "Be right back."
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Post by Kelli-wa on Jul 18, 2011 17:19:57 GMT -5
Gracie licked her lips, looking up at him as she felt his hand on hers. She nodded and let her fork rest on her plate. She sighed lightly and nodded again at his statement. She stood and started to clean up her plate as well. She set the dish beside the sink and went back to the table to get the leftovers put away so she could eat them later if she wanted. She bit her lip as she heard a whimper over the monitor and closed her eyes. Please be a false alarm... When she didn't hear anything else after a few moments she let out a relieved sigh. She continued and started to wash the dishes.
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Post by Tiff on Jul 19, 2011 14:51:25 GMT -5
Monte gathered a number of movies, a stack of playing cards, Uno and anything else he could think of that would help distract Gracie's mind from Avery. He tossed a change of clothes into a back pack, just in case, and made his way back to Avery and Gracie's place. He opened the door and went straight for the living room and the DVD player. He put Lord of the Rings in the player, thinking it was the longest, and farthest thing from Avery in his, Avery's, and Cadence's movie collections. "Gracie?"
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Post by Kelli-wa on Jul 19, 2011 16:01:51 GMT -5
Gracie wiped her face and tried to look like she hadn't been crying while he was gone. "Sorry, I'm still in here," she said, coming from the kitchen. She picked up the monitor and went back into the living room. "What'd you get?" she asked, not looking at him, but instead going over to the couch and staring at the screen. She hoped he wouldn't notice her tear-stained cheeks. She licked her lips and let out a sigh. "We've probably got enough macaroni and cheese to last us four years..."
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Post by Tiff on Jul 19, 2011 21:23:49 GMT -5
Monte pushed the close button on the DVD player and joined Gracie on the couch, he sat down right next to her instead of putting distance between them. His arms went around her shoulders immediately, pulling her back and into him. "I got Lord of the Rings and an entire book bag full of other entertainment." He smirked. "I left the porn at home, if you want though I can run over and grab it." He was kidding, hoping she'd smile and loosen up. "If Lord of the Rings isn't your thing I'm sure we can find something else.
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Post by Kelli-wa on Jul 20, 2011 17:41:59 GMT -5
Gracie let him pull her into him, honestly not even really noticing that it had happened. She laughed lightly and pushed him lightly in the ribs, moving herself away a little. "Oh shut up. This is perfectly fine. I'm alright with Lord of the Rings. I've actually never seen any of them, so I'm sure it'll keep my mind off of everything." She leaned her head back against the couch and let out a breath.
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Post by Tiff on Jul 20, 2011 18:05:41 GMT -5
Monte was satisfied for an entire minute as she let him hold her. It was over too quickly, but he had hope that something more might happen if he was patient. "Well I'm glad I found you something you haven't seen. I haven't seen it all the way through either." He grinned. "I always fall asleep."
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