volume 1

[askedtobe.livejournal.com]

[ Peter has no idea how he ended up here, on a couch, listening to a bunch of middle aged women and a few other assorted people talk about Pride and Prejudice. He lost count of how many times he was nearly force fed a cookie by some woman claiming that he's too skinny, and this is starting to feel like all those dreams about showing up to class without any pants on.

He's barely said anything about the book since showing up, instead opting to just sort of listen, and nod every once in awhile. It's easier to just agree with everyone than to pretend he cares about a rich guy marrying some poor guy's daughter. Great, it's heartfelt and mooshy, he gets it.

Running a hand down his face, he flips through the book again for what feels like the hundredth time, stopping on some page to skim through a paragraph, while another woman starts to talk about the historical ramifications of things that Peter chooses to ignore. At this point, he's pretty sure he's forgotten why he even agreed to this in the first place. ]

So what do you think about the book? [ And it's the first question actually directed at him. Oh yeah, this is exactly like those pantsless dreams he used to have, and now he's just... at a total loss for words. ]

Comments

OMG I KNEW I LOST THIS COMMENT asdaja;f i'm so sorry

[askedtobe.livejournal.com]

[ good point. ] I'm not a hobby kind of guy.

No worries at all! <3

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

[She gives a small laugh, not unpleasant.]

Everyone has hobbies. Even me.

:3 <333

[askedtobe.livejournal.com]

[ He just shrugs, because he's still pretty sure he doesn't really need a hobby. ] Mine's saving the world.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

That isn't a hobby.

[She says this a bit more forcefully than intended, and checks herself back to a more normal tone.]

It's bigger than that.

[askedtobe.livejournal.com]

[ He forces a brief smile that's.. not really a smile. And it's completely obvious that it's not. ] Believe me, I know it isn't.

It's bigger than everything.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

If you understand that... [She pauses, as though she could finish the sentence any of half a dozen ways]

You're ahead of a lot of people.

[askedtobe.livejournal.com]

I used to believe that a lot more than I do now.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

You don't believe in saving them anymore?

[askedtobe.livejournal.com]

That i'm ahead of anyone.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

How cynical.

[askedtobe.livejournal.com]

People change.

[waterfell.livejournal.com]

Oh, they do. [Says the girl who's a mirror image of herself, all those secret resentments out to play while her kindness is stunted and choked.]

You changed, because you saw that other way didn't work. Is that it?