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You look bored.

Bored?

Waiting.

...For?

An answer.

And what would the question be, love?

Does he love me as much as he says he does and will we be together again. Or did it all just stop meaning anything?

I always thought if you loved someone and they loved you, you were with them.

*Reaches out and snatches the ball in mid-bounce, grinning like a Cheshire. After doing just a little funky turn, he twists and lobs it gently back to her.*

*catches it giving him a weak smile*

Impressive.

*He smiles and takes a few steps back and opens his palms, gesturing for her to bounce it back to him.*

Thank you, I practice every day at noon. Sharp. Would you believe me if I said bologna bounces? *Arches an eyebrow and trails off.*

So what's up? I'm no empath, but I can tell that all's not well in smileyville.

*bounces the ball back to him*

I've just been living the worst month or so of my life and I just can't take being so unsure, hurt or messed up any more.

I feel like it's mind games and stuff just hurts, a lot.

*Returns the ball, but not until after adding a fancy little spinny wrist trick.*

Well, why not just.... *makes a wide gesture with his hands.* Dump him? Trust me. -Nobody needs that kind of torture.

*catches the ball before looking it over and then tossing it back at him*

Ever been in love, so much in love you've known you were meant to be together from the age of 2 7?

That's how it was with us, we've been in love for ten years and I don't want to dump him.

Watches quietly, her head following the ball.

*stops and looks at her for a moment*

Raises her eyebrow just a little.

You'll make yourself dizzy, or at least the people watching. half-smiles

It's actually good for the mind, means I don't have to think and people don't have to watch.

It depends what you're trying to forget.

Who said I was trying to forget anything? I am very sure I didn't

By not wanting to think about things, means there's something you want to forget. Or so I find in myself.

It usually means I've got a lot to deal with, a lot of responsibilities and I just need some time for me for a while. Doing something mind numbing shuts out all the voices for a while.

Shrugs Fair enough. Talking helps too.

I'm not one for airing all my dirty wears. Well sometimes I am but after a while you get tired of saying stuff to people because at the end of the day it's between you and the person or people involved.

Shrugs again. It was simply an offer.

Thanks but no thanks. Besides, this really is something between me and someone else.

*looks at the ball in her hand before tossing it and catching it again*

Doesn't help that I'm worried shitless about him either, if he's not careful he's going to throw his life away and never be what he's always wanted to be.

Maybe sometimes people need to be a little reckless. Make mistakes. Live for the moment. Be what they want to be in that second rather than looking years ahead. Makes life interesting after all, the unknown, the now.

And when a boy not even 18 is an alcoholic and get's himself clean only to fall back off onto the drink, tell me how that is interesting. That's destructive.

I saw what it did to him last time, it'll be worse this time, it'll be harder for him to come clean. He can't even admit it when he did once before. If he goes down that path then he will never be the doctor he's always dreamed of. No one will give him a licence, he wont even pass school.

That's not reckless, that's life destroying.

I own a bar, so I really can't answer that one laughs softly.

Maybe give him space for a little while, let him make those mistakes because after all, how do people learn?

Then as someone who owns a bar you should know that it's never good to allow an alcoholic to drink. It's not responsible. Not only that but he's underage, that's against the law. A bad thing for someone who owns a bar.

And what? Let him drink himself into a place he cannot come back from? He's worth more than that, everyone tells him how much they care and how they are proud of him.

I think he just needs to see him. But then this is stuff between him and I like I said. It's my worries for him, my concerns.

But if you're not aware that they're alcoholic, then what? raises an eyebrow. If you're not told then you do not know.

Then the person who his sponsor isn't doing all that good. But it still doesn't change the fact he's underage. A person like you could lose their job, their place of work, everything because of one person.

*shakes head*

And if they are there a lot and always drinking or drunk, it's a good sign. They crave drink, they crave it more than anything. They hide it, take it when they can and...it's not a pretty sight.

I know, I've seen drug and drink based OD's and such a lot in my life.

Fun. dryly Me too with the drugs, though not lately.

I've seen a few regulars, but that doesn't mean that they're alcoholics.

Almost every year I've existed. It's worse when it's family, worse when their dead and you've got to sit and wait for them, hoping they'll wake up.

Yes, but there's regular and regular. There are signs, how much they drink, how high the alcohol content, the mood swings. There's a lot of factors.

I don't want a call someday because he's in hospital or somewhere having his stomach pumped or worse.

Wow. Classy. Seriously. That... just wow.