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Post by Jude on Jul 11, 2010 2:10:50 GMT -5
What is she thinking? He asked himself time and time again as they both stood there. His eyes traced over her, brows slightly knitted together. He could see this being something real. But he wasn't sure if they could ever get past this point and off the ground. Feeling the slight tug, he realized he was thinking too much, and quickly feel instep beside her. Ear buds danging at his feet, he pulled the wires up and around his shoulders so they could still hear what was playing. "What're you apologizing for?"He felt her chin slide into lay on his shoulder, a smile gracing his lips a moment. "You're a good man, Jude Carter," He huffed out a short laugh. " Sometimes I wonder." he replied with a soft smile. The cool summer night air felt great. The sky was that dark color of blue, the street lights lighting up the city streets as they walked. His thumb brushed her knuckle as their hands remained laced together. Leaning in he smiled, " Does this mean you like me?" He joked as he whispered into her ear.
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Post by Spyra Areleous on Jul 11, 2010 2:29:33 GMT -5
She sighed softly, shaking her head. It was hard to walk like that, though. He was significantly taller than her so she couldn't exactly keep her chin propped on his shoulder. Dropping to walk normally, she shifted a little so her temple was leaning against his shoulder now. Still contact; she was happy. At some point during their time walking in relative quiet, Heron scurried down her arm and into her bag again.
Spyra got lost in just walking, listening to the song ebbing from his earbuds. Her mouth was set in a straight line and half wanted to just go home. Because at home, alone, she could sit down at her type-writer and work this out. Give the situation different endings with characters playing the part of Jude, Spyra and... Baby-Mama... But then on the other hand... She wouldn't leave this, his side, for anything in the world.
His thumb rubbing over her knuckles made her draw her attention back to him, to the present. At his childish question, she rolled her eyes, smiling softly. Her eyes glittered a little in the moonlight as she turned to be walking backward, in front of him. "Yes," she replied softly, eyes on his. "Yes, it does." With that, she stretched up to kiss his lips. She didn't stop though, kept walking backwards, pulling him along so they didn't lose contact.
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Post by Jude on Jul 11, 2010 10:54:21 GMT -5
This was nice, just them, walking. Always having contact, always touching. A gentle sigh slipped from his lips as he smiled over at her softly. Then she was looking at him, a smile on her face. "Yes. Yes, it does."
Leaning into the kiss, his fingers skimmed her hips as she kept walking backwards. Every step she took, he followed. A soft laugh pushing from his lips as their lips met again. His hands snaked around her, picking her up.
There was a stone wall to the side of the sidewalk. Lips still pressed to hers, he carried her over to it and sat her down. Breaking the kiss he smiled, his hand reaching up to caress her cheek. He wasn't sure what to say, or if it was the right time to say anything. Instead, he sighed, lowering her head to rest on her shoulder.
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Post by Spyra Areleous on Jul 11, 2010 11:08:00 GMT -5
Spyra squeaked a little when he lifted her, hands immediately moving to his shoulders to secure herself. And then it was her legs wrapping around his waist as well and she was sealed close to him all over. Once she was seated on the wall, she kicked her legs a little, heels thudding against the stone. There was a giddy little smile on her face, like a kid on Christmas morning.
His head on her shoulder, Spyra's smile softened to something fonder. Threading a hand through his hair, she massaged light circles over the back of his neck. A little sigh left her chest and she so desperately wanted to ask more about this woman. Who she was, what she was like, when the due date was exactly... But she didn't want to ruin this moment. She didn't need to remind Jude of all that right now, not when he seemed at least a little relaxed and happy.
Trailing into giggles, she shook her head a little. "So why isn't Felix here with you?" she asked. "I miss that mutt... Even if he did steal my pizza last time..." She was only joking; she honestly did like his dog. Especially if it could talk and had said that it liked her...
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Post by Jude on Jul 11, 2010 11:15:01 GMT -5
Feeling her hands in his hair, he sighed, his eyes closing as he stood there leaning into her touch. "So why isn't Felix here with you?" she asked. "I miss that mutt... Even if he did steal my pizza last time..." Lifting his head, he smiled. "At the house.[/b"
"I mean if you want we can walk over that way and get him for a walk in the park and then... I don't know, walk you home?" He threw out as a suggestion. He wasn't ready to take her home, not just yet.
He wanted more time with her. More time like this right here. Smiling he leaned in, kissing her softly and lightly on the lips. Breaking a second later, his hand reached out, gently touching her chin.
"So what would you wanna do?"
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Post by Spyra Areleous on Jul 11, 2010 11:28:28 GMT -5
"All right," she answered softly, eyes meeting his steadily. Taking his hand in hers, she leapt down from the wall. "I like that plan." She liked any plan where she got to spend more time with Jude. Of course, her brother wasn't working the night shift anymore and therefore would be waiting up for her, wondering where she was... But that was okay. He could stand one night without her.
Pulling him toward the middle of the sidewalk, she realized she need some direction. "Uhm, left or right?" she asked, cocking her head to the side. She knew he lived at one of those houses for mutants but she wasn't sure which one or where any of them were, really. And that thought popped another question into her mind: What did the person running the house think of the pregnancy? Gosh, she really needed to get the thought of that out of her head.
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Post by Jude on Jul 11, 2010 11:36:26 GMT -5
"All right," she answered softly, eyes meeting his steadily. Taking his hand in hers, she leapt down from the wall. "I like that plan." He laughed, feeling the tug on his arm as she grabbed his hand and started off. He grinned, knowing she didn't really know which way to go. "Uhm, left or right?" He laughed softly, " Right." He tilted his head in the general direction. As they started walking, he smirked as the music changed to a more upbeat song. Pulling her close, he spun her back out and around. Smile wide, he pulled back to his chest. " I got moves you never seen before." He joked softly with a smile.
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Post by Spyra Areleous on Jul 11, 2010 11:54:44 GMT -5
"Right it is," she declared, heading off in that direction. She could hear the subtle change in the music but it was still a surprise when Jude pulled her close suddenly. They danced a moment, Spyra more just going along for the ride.
She laughed giddily as he pulled her back to his chest, eyes shining. Scoffing softly, she played along. "You ain't got nothing I haven't seen before, Carter." Fully aware of the innuendo there. Smirking, she pulled away and did a little dance of her own, spinning a small circle and moving her hips. Once she stopped, she met his eyes and grinned.
"Isn't this how I met you?" she asked. "Dancing your ass off in the middle of the street at night, singing at the top of your lungs."
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Post by Jude on Jul 11, 2010 12:01:54 GMT -5
He grinned down at her, holding her there a moment as she smiled up at him. "You ain't got nothing I haven't seen before, Carter." Is that right? He thought, watching as she let him go.
She moved then, a large grin on his face as he watched her dance. A soft laugh pushing from his lips he nodded. "Fair enough." He chuckled. "Fair enough." He repeated softly again, moving to grab her hand again.
"Isn't this how I met you?" she asked. "Dancing your ass off in the middle of the street at night, singing at the top of your lungs."
Walking a bit, he stopped again, twirling her around as he laughed. "Yeah, i remember." He chuckled. "Felix running around wild, and me singing my heart out. Sounds about right." He grinned. But boy, how things have changed. "I don't put Felix on a leash anymore." He told her softly, twirling her just enough so his arm was around her shoulder as they walked. "Every since this whole new... power thing. He's calmed down a lot. I call him an old man now, the way he calls me 'kid'." He laughed, shaking his head.
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Post by Spyra Areleous on Jul 11, 2010 12:11:30 GMT -5
She took his hand, easily, grinning back. Nodding as he recounted the evening, she added, "And then the being chased by some evil demon. There was that too." She shuddered a little, having mostly forgotten about that part. She was still a little shaky when it came to demons. Did not like them.
She settled against him as he wrapped his arm over her shoulders. Chuckling softly, she shook her head. "So mean to each other," she commented jokingly. "What's he like?" She paused a moment, considering that. "Is that weird? To ask what your dog is...like?" Laughing a little, she shrugged. Well, if it could talk it had more of personality then when it was just a dog.
She picked up the pace a little bit, now more eager to meet Felix... Re-meet Felix.
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Post by Jude on Jul 11, 2010 12:19:40 GMT -5
"And then the being chased by some evil demon. There was that too."
He rubbed his hand down her arm, smiling softly. "Yeah, that too." He tried to hold in a smirk, but failed miserably when he started laughing. Quickly gaining his composure, he smiled and cleared his throat.
"So mean to each other," she commented jokingly. "What's he like?" She paused a moment, considering that. "Is that weird? To ask what your dog is...like?"
He laughed easily, shaking his head. "No." He chuckled. "It's not weird. I mean he does have his own style." Taking in a breath he laughed softly, shaking his head as she picked up the pace. "Race you?" He smirked over at her.
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Post by Spyra Areleous on Jul 11, 2010 15:32:10 GMT -5
She nodded as he told her about Felix's own "style." Brow furrowing a bit, she let out a little laugh. "Jeez, that's weird. I'm never gonna be able to look at Heron the same way." She patted her bag gently, wondering what else her hedgehog had been thinking over the years. Guess she would never know... Just one more things the mutants had over on her.
"Race you?"
She paused a moment, considering that. "I dunno..." Fixing him with a faked look of admonishment. "As long as you promise not to transform into a horse or something again. 'Cause that's cheating, you know!" She grinned a little, challenging him. Okay, he could probably still run faster, even without cheating with his powers. But it wasn't fair if she didn't even get a shot!
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Post by Jude on Jul 11, 2010 18:58:32 GMT -5
"Jeez, that's weird. I'm never gonna be able to look at Heron the same way."
He lifted their hands to his lips, laying a kiss on her knuckles. "Just know he loves you, and that's all that matters." He smiled softly. "Heron, I mean." He chuckled shortly.
"I dunno..." Fixing him with a faked look of admonishment. "As long as you promise not to transform into a horse or something again. 'Cause that's cheating, you know!"
He laughed, grabbing a hold of her to stop her from walking. "Okay. The house is right up around that bend. No shifting, I promise." He smiled, placing a kiss to her cheek before preparing himself to run. "Ready?"
More than ever. He thought smiling over at her. "Set." He chuckled out, looking from her to the corner that they were racing to. "GO!" He gave her a good three second start before heading off himself.
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Post by Spyra Areleous on Jul 11, 2010 20:02:51 GMT -5
The light kiss on her knuckles made her blush softly but smile. And then what he said just deepened the coloring at her cheeks. "Yeah, I'll keep that in mind..." She murmured.
She stopped, sending him an incredulous look. He better not cheat. 'Cause if he did, once she caught up with him... Well, she didn't know what she would do as punishment... But it would be very bad and unenjoyable. She would make sure of that. The kiss before "Ready" had her laughing openly, eyes closing, head dropping back a little.
But then it was "go" and she took off. She had never been all that athletic but she could run well enough and she wasn't about to be beaten by him. Holding a hand against her bag to be sure that nothing happened to Heron, she raced to the corner he had pointed out, arriving there before him. She bounced around in a little circle, dancing and raising her arms in victory as she cheered. "Whoo! All right! Oh yeah! That's what I'm talking about!" she called out before breaking into enthusiastic giggles.
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Post by Jude on Jul 11, 2010 20:14:21 GMT -5
"Yeah, I'll keep that in mind..."
He laughed as he ran down the street. Clearly, she was outrunning him, but honestly he didn't care. He wanted to see her smile, and to hear her laugh. As he slowed to a walk, he laughed again, watching her antics.
"Whoo! All right! Oh yeah! That's what I'm talking about!"
He shook his head, stopping finally on the curb across the street from the mansion. "Clearly, I am defeated." He faked pouted a moment before smiling and reaching out for her hand. "Let's get you to Felix so he can lick your face." He chuckled, pulling her across the street, as he walked backwards.
They walked through to the backyard near the pool, and he threatened to throw her in a few times as they walked around it to the back door. Sliding it open he walked inside. "You want anything to drink?" He asked, pointing to the fridge. "Lemme go find him."
He quickly disappeared up the stairs only to reappear a moment later, Felix right behind him. "Spyra? Spyra!" He quickly took off through the house until he found her. Jude laughed, walking back into the kitchen and reaching for a water out of the fridge. "Come on, old man. Outside." He smiled, holding his hand out to Spyra. "Oh shit... Can you..." He slid the door open and set his water outside. "Can you watch him for a second? I forgot something."
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Post by Spyra Areleous on Jul 11, 2010 20:40:15 GMT -5
"Clearly," she repeated, dropping a soft kiss to his lips as he pouted. Laughing at his mention of Felix, she shook her head. "I don't know. I mean, don't I even get a dinner before I let this strange dog lick all over my face?"
She kept skittering away throughout their walk through the backyard. No way was she getting thrown in a pool. "No, thanks," she said to his offer of a drink. Leaning against the counter, she waited for him to find Felix. And then the dog was tearing through the house, bounding up to her. She laughed happily, dropping to her knees to pet him thoroughly. "Hey, boy. Hi! Jude said you missed me. I missed you too!" Ducking her face into his collar, she dropped mock-kisses there.
Rising, she followed Jude outside, holding his hand with the other stroking Felix's back. And then Jude was heading back outside. Passing him a curious look, she nodded and dropped comfortably to the grass, calling Felix over. Petting his back softly, she said, "Jude told me you can talk. Well. I'm sorry I can't understand you, but I hope you can understand me." Smiling softly, she scratched under his chin. "You're a very good boy, Felix. And I like Jude a lot. So... I know you do, but look out for him. Don't let him get too stressed or overwhelmed or anything, okay?"
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Post by Jude on Jul 11, 2010 20:49:12 GMT -5
"Hey, boy. Hi! Jude said you missed me. I missed you too!""Oh, I missed you too!" Felix barked out, leaning into Spyra as she petted him. As Jude walked back inside, Felix walked over with Spyra and laid down best to her in the grass. As she talked about keeping an eye on Jude, he panted, placing his paw on her leg. Jude came running back down the stairs, ordering a few ten year olds to plug something in for him. The back door still open, he reached out and grabbed his bottled water. Taking a sip, he watched as Spyra whispered to Felix. "Kid, she really likes you. Don't screw it up." Felix reprimanded Jude, his head tilting to look back at him. Jude smiled softly, turning as one of the boys came back and said it was plugged it. " Thanks." Shutting the door behind him, he set the radio down on the patio, and turned it on. A soft melody seeped through the speakers. Walking out into the grass he leaned down behind her and smiled. " Dance with me?" He whispered softly.
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Post by Spyra Areleous on Jul 11, 2010 21:03:57 GMT -5
Felix looked up oddly for a moment and Spyra noticed. Thinking he saw something behind her, Spyra turned. She saw Jude standing at the door, but he wasn't coming out yet so she only giggled softly, turning back to face Felix. "Hey, you. Don't let him know I told you that, okay? Just between us." She didn't need Jude knowing that she was worrying after him. She was, very much so. But... She didn't want things to get awkward.
She heard the music begin to play softly and cocked an eyebrow, curious. "What's that...?" she murmured. But then she could feel Jude behind her, bending over, asking her to dance. She turned, face close to his, eyes soft and sparkling. She caught him in a slow, involved kiss, hand dropping to his cheek, before she rose.
Pulling close, a little hesitantly, Spyra pushed her arms around his waist and laid her head against his shoulder. "Of course," she replied, already starting to sway to the music.
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Post by Jude on Jul 14, 2010 10:02:22 GMT -5
"What's that...?"
He laughed softly. "Me trying to get you to dance with me...?" He grinned, leaning into the kiss she was giving him softly. "Is that a yes?" He smiled as she rose to her feet. "Of course,"
Her arms were around his waist, her head resting against his shoulder. Smiling, her wrapped his arms around her, swaying to the soft music that was playing. His head dipped a bit, catching her eyes. "Lets try something." He grabbed one of her hands, and pulled them away from his waist.
One hand went to her waist, another holding her hand. "I'm rusty, please don't laugh." He chuckled, as he started to do the waltz with her. Four steps into it and he had stepped on her toe. "Okay." He laughed, grabbing her hand again and simply twirling her around and moving to rest her back against his chest as his arms encircled her.
"I think this is better." he smiled softly, leaning in and placing a soft gentle kiss to her lips.
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Post by Spyra Areleous on Jul 14, 2010 19:00:30 GMT -5
She was completely comfortable in that moment. And then: "Lets try something." He changed their positionings and suddenly it was like something out of a period romance. Okay, so she was wearing flats that looked like mice and had a hedgehog in her bag and he was wearing Converse, shorts and a tee. They were still waltzing. On a warm, summer night, outside... It was so freaking romantic Spyra wanted to go home right then and tap the scene out on her type-writer. "I'm rusty, please don't laugh." She smiled softly, eyes sparkling. "I could never laugh at something as sweet as this," she said honestly.
Spyra had never waltzed at all (her formal dancing was pretty limited to the leaping, kicking, thrusting that was Greek dance) but she found it pretty easy. Jude was leading after all, she just sort of had to follow what he was doing. It was going well...until the fifth or so step. His foot laid over hers and she let out a gentle "Ow." She was grinning though because, well, not even a second later she was spun around, back against his chest, arms around her.
Spyra laid her arms over his, fingers fitting between his. Her eyes closed softly and she nuzzled her cheek against his chest softly. "I think this is better." "Me too," she murmured back, readily accepting his gentle kiss. Swallowing softly, she admitted in a breath, "Fuck Jude Carter... You're gonna make me fall in love with you..."
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