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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2013 11:14:30 GMT -5
ha cute updates luv em ^_^ More please *gives kitty eyes*
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Post by celticbear on Apr 24, 2013 12:47:49 GMT -5
Emmet was not cut out for the life of luxury! Hope brunch goes well!
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Post by meg_cahill21 on Apr 25, 2013 8:23:32 GMT -5
poor emmet...update soon!
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Post by fallingn2ct on Apr 26, 2013 7:50:06 GMT -5
A specimen on display is exactly what he felt like. Glances from Ronnie's friends, questions from her parents friends. Above all was the shift in Ronnie, he felt as if she was attempting to show off to these people.
He skirted the table laden with food and made his way down the path. He spotted Austin wading ankle deep in the water and tossing shells,"Hey there!", he said sitting down to remove his shoes.
"Hi", Austin said tossing another shell.
"You get bored up there too?"
"Yeah", he nodded,"Too many people."
"I know the feeling," he waded into the water and enjoyed the sand between his toes and the cool rush of the water over his ankles,"This is more my speed."
"Mine too", the little boy looked up at him,"Does my mom talk about me?"
"All the time", he smiled,"So much that I asked if I could come here and meet you."
"You wanted to meet me?", he asked with surprise.
"Sure did", he laughed,"Thought we could maybe be friends. You know, hang out a little."
"Okay", he said with a grin,"Do you know how to skip the shells on the water?"
"I know about rocks, but not sure about shells." he bent down to find one,"Let's see here". He positioned his hand and with a flick of his wrist sent the shell skipping over the surface.
"That was awesome!", Austin said with a clap,"Can you show me how?"
"Be happy too".
For the next hour or so Emmet showed him how to skip the shells across the water. How he should stand, hold the shell, and the angle. Before they knew it, both of them were laughing and splashing as they skipped the shells over the water.
"Here you two are", Ronnie said with her hands on her hips, a playful note in her voice.
"Hey, mom", Austin said with a giggle.
"You're soaked!"
"We were learning how to skip shells!", he said proudly.
"May have gotten out of hand", Emmet said sheepishly,"Didn't think you noticed we were missing anyway."
"Of course I did", she said with a smile,"People are leaving and I hadn't seen either one of you for a while."
"Funny isn't it?", he came out of the water and sat down to put his shoes on.
"Okay, you're upset, why?"
"Not in front of your son", he said pulling on his socks.
"Austin, come on honey. let's get you dried off."
"Okay," he agreed reluctantly.
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Post by onyxfyrefly on Apr 26, 2013 8:07:50 GMT -5
I forswear a fight...
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Post by fallingn2ct on Apr 26, 2013 8:30:54 GMT -5
Ronnie followed Emmet hesitantly as they climbed the stairs. She knew he was angry, but wasn't sure why. She thought she had done everything she could to make him comfortable with her family and friends,"Are you going to keep me in the dark?"
Emmet closed the door to the guest room and looked at her,"You're right, I'm upset."
"About what?"
"About everything today! A surprise brunch and them I'm looked at like something under a microscope, your parents friends grill me, your father grills me. I came here to meet your son and spend time with the two of you, not for all of this."
"My father is acting like any normal father would and their friends are curious about you. I have never brought someone home before. As far as my friends go, well they act like girls my age do."
"And what about you? Parading around, trying to impress people. It's not who you are!"
"I wasn't trying to impress anyone!", she scoffed,"I was talking about you and the play and New York."
"No, that wasn't it. I saw a side of you that I have never seen. You were trying to one up your friends and show off to these shallow people who don't even know you. With your fake smiles and laughing at things that weren't funny."
"Where do you get off? You came here as my guest and now you have the nerve to tell me that I'm being fake?"
"Because you were! The Ronnie that I have known for the last few months, never shuts up. She tells it how it is, has no filter and just lights up a room. The Ronnie that I saw today is a spoiled rich girl who has to fit in with all her spoiled rich friends. That's not the woman that I love."
"What?", she said nearly stumbling at his words.
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Post by fallingn2ct on Apr 26, 2013 8:55:52 GMT -5
He could have kicked himself for blurting it out like that. His temper was getting the better of him,"Yes, you heard me correctly. I want to love the woman that started rambling on the first day we met and made me buy her coffee. I don't want to love a woman who will change who she is depending on who's around."
"I'm sorry", she said feeling a lump form in her throat,"Since my pregnancy I've never fit in with these people. Now it seems that if I just go along with them, then everything is fine. I act like they want me too and we all get along."
"What about your son? What about me? We love you for who you are. You didn't even notice that either one of us had disappeared. Does impressing your friends mean that much to you?"
"No", she said blinking furiously,"No, it doesn't."
"Ronnie, you're infuriating, irritating and sometimes I want to shove a sock in your mouth to make you stop talking. But I love you, I love you for the fact that I get to hear you ramble on about anything and everything. That you have a passion for performing and that you love your son.
But I will not stand by and watch you be someone that I don't know. So when you decide, let me know. For now I am going to pack my things and leave after breakfast in the morning."
She felt as though the air had left the room. She could see from the look on his face that he wasn't bluffing. He was going to leave and she was the cause. Why did she care about what others thought? Why should it matter?,"I'm sorry, Emmet, I am."
"I accept that, but I have some things to think about", he said folding clothes into the open bag.
"Please don't leave without me, that's not what I want."
"Then what do you want, Ronnie?", he asked in frustration,"Tell me!"
"Just you", she said as tears began to escape,"I just want you and me. For us to be together and to have Austin with us, I want to try."
He bit his lip as he stared at the flowered pattern of the quilt on the bed,"Then don't make that beautiful little boy feel like he comes second to anyone or anything. He deserves better than that and so do I."
"I know", she said bringing her eyes level to his,"Please don't go."
He sighed and felt his anger begin to diminish. He crossed the room and wrapped his arms around her. He listened to her mumbled apologies as her tears soaked into shirt,"Stop talking", he said kissing her softly, the salt of her tears mingling against their lips.
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Post by onyxfyrefly on Apr 26, 2013 9:57:57 GMT -5
I'm glad Emmet called her out, now let's see if she can keep her promise.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2013 10:31:16 GMT -5
oh wow what an update cant wait to read what happens next
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Post by celticbear on Apr 26, 2013 10:44:25 GMT -5
I'm glad also that Emmet put Ronnie in her place! Now let's just wait and see if she can keep her promise to Emmet and Austin!
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Post by meg_cahill21 on Apr 26, 2013 19:26:20 GMT -5
so call me strange or weird idc but this made me think of the notebook soooooo much. like that scene towards the end when ally and noah were fighting about Lawn or something and how noah wants her and only her and this whole thing....ya made me think of that for some reason, like it was all i could picture...anyways....i LOVED these two updates! my favorites so far! cant wait for the next one!
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Post by HburgEagle44 on Apr 26, 2013 22:27:33 GMT -5
That was a BEAUTIFUL update. I loved it, how Emmet called her out and how she had to be honest.... Please update soon.
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Post by fallingn2ct on May 1, 2013 8:56:57 GMT -5
so call me strange or weird idc but this made me think of the notebook soooooo much. like that scene towards the end when ally and noah were fighting about Lawn or something and how noah wants her and only her and this whole thing....ya made me think of that for some reason, like it was all i could picture...anyways....i LOVED these two updates! my favorites so far! cant wait for the next one! It's an honor to have such a comparison Thank you!!!
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Post by fallingn2ct on May 1, 2013 9:13:27 GMT -5
The next morning Emmet watched as Austin found the Easter basket hidden in the back garden. His small face a light with excitement as he pulled Ronnie's arm for her to follow him. Both of them barefoot and still in pajamas. There was an odd tug on his heart that he had never felt before.
He thought of the fight with Ronnie and how quickly he was willing to leave. He knew that he was in his right to feel the way he did and a large part of his heart hoped that she would keep her promise. He wanted that promise kept for Austin more than himself. The little boy deserved his mother to be there for him and to care for him.
By six o'clock that evening Emmet and Ronnie were on the train back to New York. He watched her as she stowed her things a took her seat next to him.
"What?", she said with a smile.
"I don't know how you do it", he answered.
"Do what?"
"How can you leave Austin and just jump on a train?"
She shrugged,"I've been doing it for a long time now. I guess we are both just used to it."
"What if you stopped doing it?", he asked picking at a piece of lint on his jeans.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean", he sighed, bringing his eyes back to hers,"What if you stayed in Wilmington with him for a while? Gave him a sense of what life is like with his mother."
She drew back and studied his face,"I've told you what the arrangement is. Why should I change that?"
"Ronnie", he began as he took her hand,"I love, please know that."
"I do", she answered still confused.
"I think you should quit the play and move to Wilmington for a while. Get a stable job and spend time with your son. I'm not judging you or trying to say you're wrong in any way, but Austin needs you.
Your parents are wonderful people and he is obviously doing well, but having his mother there. Well............ I just know what it was like having my own mother there for me when I was growing up."
"So, I'm supposed to walk into rehearsal tomorrow and tell Suzette I'm quitting?", she said angrily,"That I have to give up my dream because my boyfriend thinks that he knows what's best?"
"I didn't say that", he replied calmly,"Seeing you with Austin this weekend, shed a whole new light on everything. You love him and miss him. Why not be there with him?"
"Because, this is what I want to do with my life. Just because I have a son doesn't mean that I can't have this."
"Sometimes it does, even if just for a little while."
She pulled her hand from his and stared out the window. Her shoulders hunched and her back to him,"Guess we know where we stand."
"That's your choice, I never said that."
"You may as well have!"
He was taken back by the fire that burned behind the usually sweet eyes,"If that's what you want, then fine. When we get back you can get any of your things from my apartment."
"Guess this train ride just got longer", she stood up and crossed the aisle to an empty seat.
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Post by onyxfyrefly on May 1, 2013 9:18:55 GMT -5
Oh dear...
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