« Prev 1 .. 23 24 25 .. 37 Next » Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first Author Topic: Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron (Read 6,222 times) Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 9:32:04 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Rhett gets it! "It is. Especially when you're not sure you're actually worth a damn thing to them." Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Rhett Shaffer Mentor Intelligence ....Hey yo. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 1,753 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 11:59:27 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Well, that's probably an overstatement." Rhett smiles. "You wouldn't be worth nothing to her, since she dated you in the first place." Back to Top   Theme Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 12:11:06 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "You might be right." But things had been fine when she got off the plane. He remembers how she looked at him when she saw the necklace and bracelet, how everything seemed fine, then how she must've already been seeing Eric behind his back even as he gave them to her. How almost the next time he saw her, she was suddenly so cold. It makes him want to vomit. "She's just pulled a complete 180, and I feel like an idiot for being strung along. But she could've told me to fuck off last time I saw her, that it was over, but she didn't, so I guess that's a good sign? She said she wanted me to talk to this friend of hers I don't get along with, smooth things out so she doesn't have to worry about him and I all the time, then we could talk more." It's unreasonable to get upset about it, but he does remember how she didn't even look up when he told her he still loves her. Didn't even dignify it with a single word. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Rhett Shaffer Mentor Intelligence ....Hey yo. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 1,753 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 12:16:52 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "So you already talked to her." Back to Top   Theme Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 12:24:08 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Well, not about this. I hadn't known yet. I'd just talked to her about things, in general. I wanted to apologise to her for my actions yesterday, because I was acting all fucked up, for putting people at risk by fucking up the mission, and... I dunno, I had no idea she was so angry at me about so many things. She hasn't even said most of it, but it's obvious she's been penning it up instead of saying even a word to me. I told her I wanted to fix it all and she told me to start by working things out with her podmate - I have, by the way." He sighs. "I'm not an idiot. Things need to be talked about, we can't pretend everything is fine and there's nothing there, sweep everything under the rug. That's not healthy, maybe it isn't that I've been just shrugging off anything she's done to hurt me, either. But I didn't expect all this - she looked at me like I was almost nothing to her, and then right after that I find out what she's been doing. You know it actually hurts worse finding out from Eric than if she'd just admitted it?" As if she just hadn't thought he was worth that much. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Rhett Shaffer Mentor Intelligence ....Hey yo. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 1,753 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 12:30:20 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Sounds like you already know what you have to do, then." Back to Top   Theme Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 12:35:20 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "It's like being on the edge of a high dive but being afraid of heights. You know you have to jump but you feel paralysed, too afraid of what might happen once you do." Especially when every single thing, no matter how little, feels like a sign he should've noticed, now, and hits him like a knife to the heart. "I need to do it but I don't want to do it today. I won't be able to stay calm, I'll either break down or completely flip out at her. I need that little bit of time to come at it with a cool head. But waiting's killing me too, so I don't know, maybe I'm screwed." He tries to laugh. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Rhett Shaffer Mentor Intelligence ....Hey yo. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 1,753 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 12:38:22 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I think the sooner you do it, the better." Rhett admits. "Let her see what it's done to you. Truly. If you're going to be open and honest with her, this is as honest as you can possibly be." Back to Top   Theme Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 12:53:44 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Tomorrow. I'm not ready; I don't think I could even look at her right now, let alone have a serious conversation." Too scared. Not willing to face the idea he's just not good enough for her. Downright sickened by seeing her and imagining her smiling and laughing like she would around him, but with Eric instead. The very idea Eric's ever kissed her, possibly done more he wouldn't say, makes him want to scream. If she appeared in front of him right now, he'd probably scream in her face, call her a traitor and a hypocrite. He'd either beg her to stay or tell her to get the hell out of his sight, forever. "You ever deal with something like this?" Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Rhett Shaffer Mentor Intelligence ....Hey yo. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 1,753 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 12:55:19 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Nope." Rhett looks away. Back to Top   Theme Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 12:57:04 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I won't pry, I just thought I'd ask." The way his heart is tearing itself to shreds right now, he can't tell if that's Rhett being evasive, truthful, or just not interested in talking about himself. "You sounded like you were talking from experience." Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Rhett Shaffer Mentor Intelligence ....Hey yo. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 1,753 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 12:58:04 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Nope." Rhett repeats. Back to Top   Theme Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 13:06:16 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Well, there was that time Rhett mysteriously shut himself in his room for a whole week... "All right, sorry." Just showing interest. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Rhett Shaffer Mentor Intelligence ....Hey yo. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 1,753 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 14:00:10 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Nothing to be sorry about." Rhett turns back with a smile. "So you're good now, then?" Back to Top   Theme Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 14:14:34 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "No, but I know what to do at least. Just have to nerve myself up enough." It's something, though, and that Rhett took the time at all to give him something to work with is appreciated. "Should I ask her why she never told me anything was wrong? Because obviously this has been building up." Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Rhett Shaffer Mentor Intelligence ....Hey yo. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 1,753 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 14:16:13 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Probably." Rhett nods. "It'll help put things in perspective, for sure." Back to Top   Theme Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 14:21:07 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Guess I will, then. She obviously didn't believe that she could - or just didn't want to." That's been eating at him since they talked, before he even knew what was going on. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Rhett Shaffer Mentor Intelligence ....Hey yo. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 1,753 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 14:45:59 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I'd be careful thinking anything is obvious until the two of you talk it out." Back to Top   Theme Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 14:52:32 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Makes sense. I thought it was 'obvious' I could trust her." He says that even as he's not looking at Rhett, but the watch she gave him. "Sorry, that was out of line. The anger talking." Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Rhett Shaffer Mentor Intelligence ....Hey yo. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 1,753 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 14:55:07 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Rgett frowns, but doesn't say anything. He's pretty sure he knows how this is going to end. Back to Top   Theme Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 14:56:27 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I'm going to try my best, I don't want it to end like this. Thanks for all the help." He doesn't see the frown because he's not looking up. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Rhett Shaffer Mentor Intelligence ....Hey yo. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 1,753 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 15:00:39 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Good luck, buddy." Back to Top   Theme Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 15:04:16 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Thanks." Still staring. "I might relax out here for a while. Feel like I'm gonna hurl if I get up." Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Rhett Shaffer Mentor Intelligence ....Hey yo. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 1,753 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 15:06:58 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Alright, I'll get outta your way then." Rhett starts heading for the door to leave! Back to Top   Theme Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 Pod 5: Rhett, Mike, Josh, Aaron « Jan 12, 2016 15:10:53 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "You're not in the way, but do what you like. Free country. Thanks again, I really do appreciate it." Aaron actually turns the sound on! Then starts idly flipping through channels. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... 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