So, I had this on and off not really a thing with a friend for a while, but he made it all about how he head to earn me and that he was enough, and it's like, fight for me, not what you think you deserve? Not that these bottom-dwellers don't think they walk on water. But, reach a happy medium. Like, Danny just -- liked me. But, he did not pine for me for years before finally making a half-assed attempt at a declaration of love. Not that we -- we're not there yet.
( She winces. )
Ignore my monologuing. Sometimes I just like to hear myself talk. And, if I'm honest, I haven't... been thinking about Danny like I should. Just wallowing in him being across an ocean leading his coven like he should be doing. Oh my god, just pour that beer over my head and shut me up, I swear.
( Alice might realize, too, the more beer she sips, the more loose-lipped she becomes. And since these effects tend to amplify in a vampire, Lizzie is just spewing at this point. )
I mean, I'm ignoring my cliché Freshman despair, burying my head in the sand, focusing on my studies, not talking. Until now.
( She takes a long pause as her eyes narrow and find the rim of her cup, and then Alice's. She grabs Alice's and sniffes her cup before sniffing her own. )
But maybe you should be talking about it. Your feelings are your feelings. Burying them isn't going to help anyone, especially not yourself. You're allowed to be sad that your boyfriend is across an ocean.
Ew, that is so cliché. Sad? I should feel empowered. I trust him. He trusts me. We're going to go the distance. Literally, when one of us crosses the pond back.
( Or, so she confidently says, with just an undercurrent of ennui. )
[Alice looks up at her, tipping her head to the side.]
Empowered, sure. But having a full on ocean between you and your boyfriend is still a sad thing. You're allowed to feel that. It doesn't make you weak. And it doesn't mean you won't go the distance.
[Because their feelings are their feelings, and if she's learned anything from her mother and her aunt, people do better when they're not trying to suppress them.]
Only that my life now revolves around my long-distance boyfriend. You're right. I can do sad. I do sadness. I have never been one to shy away from my feelings. But, maybe, tonight, we just table them. We party.
( Is that enough? Does that work for her? She loves that she has a friend and she's been counseled. But they're missing a Halloween party.
I think, it's Halloween, right? I promise I'm catching up. )
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It feels like people who grow up in the kind of world we live in grow up a lot faster.
[Which isn't intended to be a criticism of her, or Alice. But just a fact that they've had to worry about some things other people haven't.]
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( And more selfsacrificing. )
So, I had this on and off not really a thing with a friend for a while, but he made it all about how he head to earn me and that he was enough, and it's like, fight for me, not what you think you deserve? Not that these bottom-dwellers don't think they walk on water. But, reach a happy medium. Like, Danny just -- liked me. But, he did not pine for me for years before finally making a half-assed attempt at a declaration of love. Not that we -- we're not there yet.
( She winces. )
Ignore my monologuing. Sometimes I just like to hear myself talk. And, if I'm honest, I haven't... been thinking about Danny like I should. Just wallowing in him being across an ocean leading his coven like he should be doing. Oh my god, just pour that beer over my head and shut me up, I swear.
( Alice might realize, too, the more beer she sips, the more loose-lipped she becomes. And since these effects tend to amplify in a vampire, Lizzie is just spewing at this point. )
You're totally my sister's type.
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[Alice is all for getting Lizzie out of her sad girl phase, and if the distraction isn't working, maybe actually articulating those feelings will.]
What do you mean when you say you're not thinking about Danny like you should?
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( She takes a long pause as her eyes narrow and find the rim of her cup, and then Alice's. She grabs Alice's and sniffes her cup before sniffing her own. )
What's in the beer?
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[Meaning the beer is in the beer.]
But maybe you should be talking about it. Your feelings are your feelings. Burying them isn't going to help anyone, especially not yourself. You're allowed to be sad that your boyfriend is across an ocean.
I MISSED THIS
( Or, so she confidently says, with just an undercurrent of ennui. )
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Empowered, sure. But having a full on ocean between you and your boyfriend is still a sad thing. You're allowed to feel that. It doesn't make you weak. And it doesn't mean you won't go the distance.
[Because their feelings are their feelings, and if she's learned anything from her mother and her aunt, people do better when they're not trying to suppress them.]
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( Is that enough? Does that work for her? She loves that she has a friend and she's been counseled. But they're missing a Halloween party.
I think, it's Halloween, right? I promise I'm catching up. )
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Alright, bet.
[She scans the room and catches an ascot out of the corner of her eye, and points to what seems like spare Shaggy and Fred.]
Want to go see if they're interested in completing their Scooby Gang?
[Hopefully the dudes won't be gross and they'll be able to make some friends.]