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 Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 11:12 pm
Donovan could hear footsteps approaching but remained laying back, staring at the ceiling. His heart ached, longing for its other half. Though he would never have admitted it to anyone other than Theo, his brother was his other half. In his mind, despite all the horrible things they'd done and said to each other, he still thought of them as two halves of the same person, and now that Theo was gone he felt... incomplete.
When he felt someone's eyes on him, he immediately assumed the worst and tensed up, quickly relaxing when he saw it was only Elizabeth. He glanced at the clock then sat up, looking at her. "Can't sleep?" he guessed.
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Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 12:00 pm
Elizabeth looked at the ground at his question. "I sleeped but..." she ran the answer off as she looked at him with sad blue eyes. "You can't sleep either by the looks of it." she said as she stepped inside his room and stood there, her arms crossed over her stomach gently, her stomach showing slightly.
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Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 11:25 pm
Donovan nodded slowly in understanding. He patted the bed next to him. It wasn't like he was going to sleep and he could use the company, at least while she still partially liked him. When she commented about him not being asleep, he shrugged. "Whenever there's a death in the family, I become a temporary insomniac," he explained. "At least until the numbness wears off." Of course, he wasn't completely numb, but he was close.
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 12:08 pm
Elizabeth walked over to the bed and stood at the side, not sitting down. She simply stood there and stared at him with a frown. She nibbled on her lip lightly as she listened to his comment, not saying anything back as she could not think of anything to say.
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 2:53 pm
Donovan watched her curiously but when she didn't say anything, he shifted uneasily. "Please say something," he said. "I've been alone for so long, I'm far more accustomed to silence than I want to be." Oh yes, he knew what silence sounded like and it was not pleasant.
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Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 4:42 pm
Elizabeth sighed slightly at his words. "There is nothing for me to say Donovan." she said in an mummer as she layed her eyes on his face. She uncrossed her arms and crawled onto the bed and sat in front of him on her knees, her eyes still locked onto his face.
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Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 11:26 pm
Donovan relaxed when she did finally say something, even if it was just her saying that she had nothing to say. He watched her face, even as she sat in front of him on the bed. "You really should try to get some sleep," he told her. "Tomorrow is going to be emotionally draining."
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Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 11:48 am
Elizabeth looked away from him as he spoke of sleep. "Even if I wanted to sleep I cannot. My nightmares keep me from a good rest." she shoke slightly as images from her nightmares went through her mind.
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Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 3:08 pm
Donovan sighed and nodded in understanding. He knew what it was like to suffer from nightmares. When he noticed her shake, he started to reach out but then pulled his hand back, as if uncertain whether he was allowed to comfort her or not. "You go get used to them after a while, or they go away," he said.
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Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 5:21 pm
Elizabeth closed her eyes as the images slowly faded from her mind's veiw but she continued to shake as she reopened her azure eyes to look at Donoban. "I know they will go away in time, but still." she let her voice turn into a whisper at the end as she hugged her shaking body. She tried to stop herself, but her body refused to.
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Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 11:33 pm
Donovan frowned and forced himself to move. He crawled forward and sat beside her, wrapping his arms around her and holding her to his chest. He may not have been as muscular as Theo had been, but he was still firm. Despite himself, he couldn't help but notice the feeling of her in his arms, her warmth, her smell. He could feel his heart beating in his chest. He could also feel the way it started beating faster and faster. "I know it hurts," he whispered. "but the pain does go away."
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 7:51 am
Elizabeth mindlessly drapped her arms Donovan's neck as she placed her cheek against his chest, closing her eyes half way. She listened to the beating of his heart, paying no attention to it becoming fast in beat, she simply just listened. "Yes, it does, it does." she said in a mummer before she lifted her head off of his chest and nuzzled it lightly against his neck. "Thank you."
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 3:16 pm
Donovan looked down at Elizabeth's head on his chest. It felt so right even though it shouldn't have been. When he felt her head leave his chest and felt her nuzzle his neck, he shivered. A burn crept up the back of his neck and he hoped it didn't show on his checks. Inappropriate thoughts started to gather in his mind and he had to force them away. "You won't be thanking me tomorrow," he murmured.
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 4:09 pm
Elizabeth shook her head as she kept her face against his neck. "Don't say that." she said in a whisper. She tightened her arms around him slightly and she slowly lifted her head and looked at him calmly, a small smile on her face.
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Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 4:15 pm
Donovan wanted so much to tell her the truth, the whole truth, everything. He wished he didn't know what was going to happen tomorrow, wished he was as ignorant as she was. But he couldn't and he wasn't. When she raised her head and looked at him, smiling, he didn't smile back. Instead, he raised a hand and brushed a lock of hair away from her face, tucking it behind her ear.
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