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Continuation of the Morgantown week post! You may still RP at the first post, this new post is just to help keep things tidy. :D For a more detailed account of this week, go to the first post.
WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY
- Winery
- Cooper's Rock
- Fall Coloring Page Contest
O Sparkly One is currently...sleeping!
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Date: 2012-10-12 01:16 am (UTC)*he doesn't stop for food, only lets Diana pee once, and manages to keep himself from crying or puking or putting his fist through the window*
*they cross the border into Maine at one in the morning. Everything's shut down except a twenty-four hour gas station and Dean stops there to buy some water and food for Diana, a couple over ripe bananas he can cut up for Maddie, and to get directions to Storybrooke*
*its another three hours there and they stop just outside the city, Dean's semi-parental responsibilities kicking in and he gets a motel room for the girls*
*they pass out on one of the beds and he sits in a chair by the window. He wants to text her, to tell her he misses her so bad it's killing him. But he knows it doesn't matter*
-Dean
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Date: 2012-10-12 01:25 am (UTC)Stupid, fucking key... *she mutters under her breath, resting her forehead against the door and trying again*
- Ruby
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Date: 2012-10-12 01:39 am (UTC)*as she laid in the bed, trying to get maddie to be calm, because she hadn't liked being disturbed from the slightly normal routine and the long breaks between Diana being able to pull off diaper changes and feedings in the car, and she was sure she could sense Dean's tension too*
*she looked out the window, to see Ruby walking by, she grinned a little, glad to see her, maybe she could make Dean be not so growly* Is that... *trails off, deciding that trying to ask Dean anymore questions right now would be useless, she would just go see for herself*
*she picks up Maddie, bouncing her soothingly as she gets off the bed and moves outside, walking over to Ruby, laughing a little*
Maybe it's not working because you're at the wrong room...
~Diana
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Date: 2012-10-12 01:49 am (UTC)*He hears the door click and his head jerks up just in time to see Diana carrying Maddie out the door*
Where the hell are you going?
Diana!
*he follows her out the door, ready to launch into a schpeel about how he was not in the mood for her hormonal teenage bullshit right now until he sees her at the room two doors down...talking to Ruby*
Jesus christ...
*he sees Ruby's panicked look and Diana's innocent smile*
*his voice comes out quiet and more strained than he was hoping for*
Hey sweetheart, bout time you showed up. You should...you should come get some sleep. Been a long day.
-Dean
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Date: 2012-10-12 02:03 am (UTC)I... Dean... *looks away and then at Diana* Wrong room. *she quickly palms the key so that Diana can't see the room number and gives Dean a slightly strained smile before moving over and slipping her arm through his.*
*she studies his face for a moment, trying to see...something...anything* The...longest day. *her voice breaks slightly before she turns and smiles at Diana* Come on, Little Mama...let's get you and the Monster to bed, huh?
- Ruby
- Ruby
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Date: 2012-10-12 02:09 am (UTC)*she says it's been the longest day*
Yeah, I know. Being in the car with this guy all day racing here to catch up to you has been no picnic. *grins a little to show ruby that there really is no harm done*
*nods, heading back to the room, looks between the two of them, not knowing what, but knowing something isn't right*
Everything okay? *directed at Ruby, not Dean, because Dean's not really talked much since they've started this journey*
~Diana
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Date: 2012-10-12 02:20 am (UTC)*he wraps an arm around Ruby's back and presses a kiss to the top of her head. It's not hard falling into that routine again but he hates the way she's so tense in his arms, not the way she usually is*
-Dean
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Date: 2012-10-12 02:23 am (UTC)That's all that matters.
*All she can think is why...? Why would he rush up here and drag them along? Why wouldn't he tell them? Why would any of it matter when he came out and said he didn't love her any more? Why would he? She's not the girl he fell in love with anyway. Not any more.*
*She hasn't slept since before she can remember other than drifting off a couple times on the bus...* Sleep sounds perfect.
- Ruby
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Date: 2012-10-12 02:32 am (UTC)*gives a tentative smile and goes over to wrap her arm around ruby, giving her a squeeze*
Good to have you back Mama Bear.
*rests her head on her shoulder for a moment, thinking that Papa Bear really can't function right without her now*
Come on. *leads the way into the room, climbing into her bed with Maddie*
~Diana
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Date: 2012-10-12 02:36 am (UTC)I... I'll just be a moment. *points to the bathroom*
I'm dying to wash my face right now.
*she hurries off into the bathroom and closes the door gently behind her, leaning on the counter and looking at herself in the mirror a moment before turning on the tap.*
- Ruby
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Date: 2012-10-12 02:40 am (UTC)*he takes out his old AC/DC shirt and a pair of boxers and then goes to knock softly on the bathroom door*
*Ruby opens it an inch and eyes him like he's the enemy*
*whispers, hoping the girls fall asleep quickly* Here *holds out the clothes* Just...thought you'd want something more comfortable to sleep in. *looks away* I'll shower until you fall asleep and then I'll take the floor.
*shuts the door for her and goes to find some clothes for himself*
-Dean
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Date: 2012-10-12 02:44 am (UTC)*Once she catches his eye she motions for him to come back over and then retreats back into the bathroom*
*she closes her eyes and takes a deep breath, letting it out slowly*
- Ruby
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Date: 2012-10-12 02:47 am (UTC)*he's pretty sure it can't get any worse than what she's already said to him but his nerves twist his stomach as he goes back into the bathroom, shutting the door behind him with a soft click*
*he sets his clothes down on the counter and eyes Ruby carefully*
*whispers* Hey, Ruby.
-Dean
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Date: 2012-10-12 02:53 am (UTC)Hi.
You can't sleep on the floor. What's the point of not telling her if you're gonna show her?
I...I don't know why you're here. Or how. I just... *sighs* You can't sleep on the floor.
*she starts to squeeze by him to go back out into the room*
- Ruby
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Date: 2012-10-12 02:57 am (UTC)I'm gonna tell her... I don't know how to tell her. I can handle you rejecting me, Ruby, I get it, you don't wanna be with me, you don't care what I think or what we had, fine. But Diana and Maddie...they will not understand. They will not understand that you don't want to be a part of their family anymore.
*he blocks the door with his body, but his face is gentle, not angry like it was yesterday morning but his eyes hold her gaze steadily*
You can hurt me if you want, Ruby, but I'm not letting you hurt my girls. So you figure out what you want to do, or get out. I'm holding up my bargain, I'm here to make sure you're safe but if you think I drove up here to beg you to love me again, you're wrong.
*he moves away from the door and steps around her, turning the shower on*
-Dean
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Date: 2012-10-12 03:09 am (UTC)I'm not a part of this, Dean. You made that clear. Don't presume you know what I want though... I would give anything.... The life in those pictures? You and those girls?
She's a part of that. Not me. I... I'm always gonna be in the outside of it looking in at what she had...
But don't you dare act like I have a choice. You love her...the me I can't remember. You all do. There's no room for me to have a choice. There's only room for me to playact at what I would... I haven't been able to eat since... God, why am I even...
Never mind. Sleep where you like.
Goodnight, Dean... *turns to slip out of the bathroom*
- Ruby
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Date: 2012-10-12 03:17 am (UTC)*realizes how loud he was and drops his voice down low again* That's fucking bullshit, Ruby.
You are the only person I know who would wake up in the morning with a man who would die for them, two little girls who think the sun rises and sets on her, and fucking feel sorry for herself. You don't remember? Too bad, we'll figure it out. We'll fix it or we'll tell you about every minute of our lives that you don't remember until you know it so well it's like you do. Or hell, here's an idea, we start over. You want me to fly back to the beach and make you fall in love with me again? Drag you to Venice and show you every sight we saw together, everywhere we kissed, make love and drink wine out of bottle, cause I'll do that too.
You, you are the one not trying here. Not me. I've done every single thing I can think of to help you, to try to get you to want to help yourself.
But all you want is a fucking pity party and to stomp up the coast crying about going back to a home that you didn't even like to begin with.
You had a choice. You've always had a choice. And you just made it.
*lets her go and starts stripping, to angry to care if she's in the room and what she thinks of him naked or if she's gone when he gets out. Everyone leaves. He remembers feeling this way when he and Ruby met. That it would end one of two ways. He'd get her killed or she would leave. And he was right*
-Dean
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Date: 2012-10-12 03:39 am (UTC)How dare you say I'm not trying. Everything I've done... You're right. I did make my choice. I wanted this...this life, but it felt like I was taking something that wasn't mine to have. Just because I didn't take this in stride...
*pokes him in the chest, right over the tattoo she keeps looking at part of her really wants to trace with her tongue. FOCUS, RUBY, FOCUS.* You say you've done everything. That you'll try all these other things like recreating memories we already shared together...
Put up or shut up, Dean. *her eyes search his face* Show me. Make me remember something.
- Ruby
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Date: 2012-10-12 03:45 am (UTC)*his face burns and he grinds his teeth together hard for a minute before he allows himself to say anything. When he speaks his voice is sharp, angry and his words come slow while he tries to control himself*
And why...the hell...should I? So you can reject it again, storm off again, cuss me out, hit me? Yeah, you're giving me a hell of a lot to fight for here.
*leans down until his face is just in front of hers*
No. You were right. The girl I love is gone. We don't know each other.
So get out.
*he opens the bathroom door, carrying the clothes he had brought for her and goes to the motel room door. He undoes the bolts and opens it.*
Go.
-Dean
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Date: 2012-10-12 03:59 am (UTC)Right... Easier to say you'll do anything than to actually follow through when I'm standing here... Easier to reject me first.
*doesn't move to pick up the clothes, just standing there in his t-shirt and boxers after snagging her room key*
Tell them I'm sorry... That I wish... *she glances over at the girls asleep, lightly touching the bandage he'd placed on her arm* I'll wish my wishes for them.
*turns to walk a couple doors down, barefoot, to her room*
- Ruby
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Date: 2012-10-12 04:04 am (UTC)You've made it damn clear you don't want me. So excuse me while I quit feeling bad about it. I've got kids to raise, things to hunt, you know, the usual.
So have a good night, Ruby.
*closes the door and locks it*
*he looks at the girls who had slept through the whole thing, thank god, and then sits back down at the table...trying to think of what he's going to say in the morning*
-Dean
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Date: 2012-10-12 04:25 am (UTC)*she goes in the bathroom and runs cool water over her now battered knuckles, wincing at the way it burns. she looks up at herself in the mirror and splashes cold water on her face.*
*the next morning, not long after she first saw movement in the room indicating Diana and Dean were both up, she knocks on the door with a bag of doughnuts and three coffees. She has dark glasses on to hide the circles under her eyes and tries to focus on the smell of the coffee, because the doughnuts are only reminding her of the syrupy sweet smell of the pancakes and french toast. She swallows and glances to make sure the long sleeves are covering most of her hands.*
Room Service. Open up.
- Ruby
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Date: 2012-10-12 04:29 am (UTC)*he came out to knocking at the door and assumed it was the maid, and went to open it to tell them they didn't need anything*
Hey we're f--
Ruby.
What are you-- *he wants to grill her, wants to ask who the fuck she thinks she is coming back here after the night before, but...she looks like hell. And he hadn't gotten around to telling Diana yet so he can't make a big deal out of this*
*he takes a deep breath and holds open the door, stepping out of the way*
-Dean
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Date: 2012-10-12 04:43 am (UTC)I grabbed some coffee too while I was out. *she's wearing a skirt and his t-shirt from the night before, with a long-sleeved shirt layered underneath and pulled over her hands*
Black with whiskey. Hold the whiskey. *sets his coffee on the table and takes one over to sit near Diana on the bedside table.* Pumpkin spice latte. I couldn't resist... Got one for both of us. *smiles*
*she sits on the edge of the bed and sips her drink, tenatively in case her stomach is still touchy* So Granny said she'd have rooms for us... Did I tell you she also runs a boarding house? I don't know if I ever mentioned that. *takes a deep breath and continues, still perpetually bracing herself for rejection, but she has to try.* It's only a couple hours up the road really. She sounded pretty excited about meeting everyone. *finally lets herself glance up at Dean*
- Ruby
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Date: 2012-10-12 04:56 am (UTC)*the words are out of his mouth before he can think about how he has to explain to Diana*
We aren't going to meet the gang, Ruby. Not like this. What the hell are you even--
*growls and shuts himself up when he sees Diana's expression, she's gone from worried to almost scared and he knows it's his fault*
Ruby, can I borrow you for a second?
*doesn't wait for an answer before stalking outside, leaving the door open behind him*
-Dean
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