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Post by Sunny on Aug 16, 2011 22:25:33 GMT
{name:Joelle#|#picture:2}"That's Janelle. We met in the bookshop a few days ago. She just moved here too." Joelle waved to Janelle hoping she would catch the hidden meaning of 'be back in a minute!'
Turning her focus back to Briar, she timidly asked, "So...how's your brother been?" Chewing on her lip Joelle awaited an answer.
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Post by Cayla on Aug 17, 2011 1:40:06 GMT
{name:Briar Woods#|#picture:5}"Oh he's....ugh" Briar looked around for something to say. She herself had only him last during the holidays. "He's well, you know. Himself. He still doesn't have a girlfriend..." Briar said trailing off and that she hoped Joelle would get the hint.
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Post by Sunny on Aug 17, 2011 3:35:31 GMT
{name:Joelle#|#picture:2}Still? Joelle's heart pounded. Still as in he hadn't dated since they broke up? Heart fluttering, Joelle restrained herself from from bombarding Briar with questions about Brian.
"Really?" she said instead. "That's...interesting. I should probably get back to Janelle now, but its been nice seeing you again. Maybe we could get together another time?"
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Post by Caitlin on Aug 17, 2011 9:39:53 GMT
{name:Janelle#|#picture:7}Janelle sat at her table, tapping her fingers on her now-empty coffee mug. She tried hard not to snoop, but she was finding it difficult to not stare at the blonde girl Joelle was speaking with. She was blonde, obviously, looking a little aloof and in her own world as she was speaking with Joelle. Eventually the girls gaze went over to Janelle and she hid her face, dropping it to the table and flushing a little, embarrassed. She had lifted her head soon enough, though, to notice Joelle make some wave motion towards Janelle. She was confused, did Joelle want her to come over and meet the girl? They looked like they knew one another, and they continued talking to one another as Janelle contemplated on whether Joelle wanted her to go over there or not. She decided she probably didn't, and was just giving her the notion that she'd be back there soon.
Janelle leaned back a little bit, still watching the two converse. She felt a little like she was invading their privacy, but it was just in her nature to always wonder what people were talking about. She decided to distract herself by studying the blonde woman a little more, hoping to sidetrack her thoughts of walking over there and trying to nudge herself in their conversation. She noticed a sketchpad underneath the girls elbow, and instantly labelled her as possibly a sketch artist? She couldn't tell, and suddenly wondered if this girl was any good at drawing and wishing she could get a peak at what she had been drawing. She shook her head a little, also noticing that the girl was around her age, if a little older.
Janelle looked back down at her coffee mug, deciding that she had stared and pondered enough, moving her thumb around the rim of the mug. She waited for Joelle to get back, hoping to suppress launching into an attack of questions on who was this mystery girl.
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Post by Cayla on Aug 17, 2011 12:58:42 GMT
{name:Briar Woods#|#picture:5}"Of course." Briar motioned her hand for Joelle to leave and go back to her friend. "Tell Janelle I said hello." Briar swiftly got up clutching her sketchpad and hurried out the door. Outside it started to drizzle so Briar tucked her sketchpad under her dress and hurried home.
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Post by Sunny on Aug 17, 2011 14:46:58 GMT
{name:Joelle#|#picture:2}Joelle got up from the table and hurried back to Janelle. "sorry about that." Joelle said, "I dated her older brother when I was on high school." Joelle watched Briar leave, feeling a swell of emotions flood over her. Brian... they whispered.
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Post by Caitlin on Aug 18, 2011 3:21:06 GMT
{name:Janelle#|#picture:7}Janelle studied Joelle's face. There was something there, sadness? She couldn't put her finger on it. "Want to talk about it?" Janelle asked timidly, hoping that she didn't sound nosy.
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Post by Sunny on Aug 18, 2011 3:35:27 GMT
{name:Joelle#|#picture:2}Joelle looked up at Janelle, and something in Joelle gut told her to trust her. "His name is Brian. I was....am...still...I loved him, and in a little way still do." Joelle gulped air, as memories threaded back to her. "We broke up when he left for college and I went to work here. Seeing his sister just reminded me of him." Joelle looked in Janelle's eyes. "I asked her how he was doing, and she told me that Brian still didn't have any girlfriends. Am I totally stupid for getting excited over that?" Joelle nervously sipped her hot chocolate, which was now more along the lines of cold chocolate.
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Post by Caitlin on Aug 18, 2011 3:43:36 GMT
{name:Janelle#|#picture:7}"I don't think you're stupid for getting excited over that. It sounds like you two were really in love. Maybe he still has feelings for you, that sucks about the whole college thing." Janelle cursed herself for always giving out awful advice, fidgiting and looking down at her hands. She knew she would be excited if she heard that Nathan didn't have a girlfriend yet. She wondered to herself if maybe he missed her, stupidly getting her hopes up.
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Post by Sunny on Aug 18, 2011 3:53:14 GMT
{name:Joelle#|#picture:2}Joelle smiled weakly. "I think we were. In love I mean." Joelle sighed. "I'd do anything just to see him again." Joelle looked at Janelle and realized she didn't know much about this girl's background "What about you? Any boys that hold your heart?"
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Post by Caitlin on Aug 18, 2011 4:03:23 GMT
{name:Janelle#|#picture:7}Janelle looked up at Joelle, biting her lip a little, "Not really. Anymore, I guess. It's a long story. His name was Nathan, we had met online and eventually met. When I was sixteen I had the rash decision to move out of my Moms house, seeing as me and her never had gotten along very well before, anyway. I finished high school, and I felt like my life was great. When I was eighteen Nathan proposed to me and I agreed. We decided that we wouldn't get married until I was twenty, but just a couple of weeks ago..." Janelle trailed off, biting down on her lip harder, trying to hold back the tears, "He decided that he would be better off without me. Without giving me a proper reason, he broke up with me and gave me a day to get all my stuff together and leave his house. My Mom offered to pay for my first months rent here, adding in the whole 'I told you so' in with it, and now I'm here. It's a little hard trying to not have him to rely on anymore, but I'm getting by so far."
Janelle smiled a little, memories of her and Nathan swimming back up to her. "I really did love him, but I guess some people just decide they don't want to be with someone anymore and I can't change what happened. I just have to try and move on, but it still hurts sometimes thinking about him."
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Post by Sunny on Aug 18, 2011 4:12:41 GMT
{name:Joelle#|#picture:2}Joelle grabbed some napkins from the holder and passed then to Janelle, noticing the tears pooling in her eyes. Joelle was nearly speechless, shocked anyone, any male, coulddo something like that to a girl like Janelle.
"What a jerk! You are way outta his league Janelle! Its one thing to break up but to do so without a reason? That's awful!" Joelle didn't like to sound mean and rude towards others, even others she didn't know but the whole thing with Nathan had shook her.
"I know that one day you are going to find an amazing man who will treat you right and never let you go Janelle! Trust me!" Joelle smiled. She hated to think it but she was almost glad that the incident with Nathan had gone down. Otherwise she may not have met the girl sitting across from her. She just wished that it had gone down without scarring Janelle.
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Post by Caitlin on Aug 18, 2011 4:21:15 GMT
{name:Janelle#|#picture:7}Janelle prodded at the tears with the napkin Joelle had gotten for her, listening to Joelle. She was happy that Joelle was her friend, she was such a great one. Janelle smiled, looking up at Joelle after the tears had passed, "Thank you, I really do hope so. I'm fine, really, I just had never loved someone before and it was a little hard to get back on my feet afterwards. I'm all good now, and I'm happy that I have a friend like you to share my life story with."
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Post by Sunny on Aug 18, 2011 4:39:09 GMT
{name:Joelle#|#picture:2}Joelle have a shaky laugh. "Love can really suck can't it?" she said "I'm glad your my friend too Janelle. I feel like I've known you my whole life." Joelle breathed deeply, trying to think of A subject that would take away both girls thoughts on their lost men.
"where did you move into?" was the first thing that came to mind.
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Post by Caitlin on Aug 18, 2011 6:18:16 GMT
{name:Janelle#|#picture:7}Janelle breathed out, happy with the subject change, "I live in the Berma Apartments. What about you?"
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