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Post by vamperious on Nov 10, 2011 21:47:38 GMT -5
He gave Posh a dirty look when she called him a pig. "I'm quiet clean Posh and you know it. And I guess If you wanna come over and help me clean I can help you both study?" He added more as a cover rather than just asking Claire to come over straight out. That was weird to him.
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Post by kimcora on Nov 12, 2011 0:47:39 GMT -5
Posh tensed slightly. She looked to Matt then to Claire. So he was inviting the girl over already? She wanted to say no, to make up some excuse to where Claire would agree not to go but Posh made herself stop. She couldn’t get involved, it wasn’t her place to be Matt’s guardian, he wasn’t even hers or would ever be. She looked away, pushing the hair from her eyes. “Sounds cool by me.” She said and Claire nodded after that. “Of course, anything to help…” She agreed, but turned to see Karen looking at her. She walked over to Karen and gave her a hug. Karen seemed surprised at first but patted Claire’s head as she hugged her back. “It was great getting to see you Miss Karen.” Claire said with a sweet smile, making Karen feel the sting of fresh pity and remorse come for the girl. “Aw sweet heart come visit me anytime…” She said, before Claire pulled away and followed after matt and Posh. Posh of course was driving and Claire slipped into the back to give Matt the room upfront. She was slightly interested in what Matt’s place would look like, especially since Posh mentioned it being trashed. She was curious to see what happened to it and that Matt seemed to be in a better mood. She was glad to see him at least feeling better from that whole Natalie business. She didn’t like seeing him looking so exhausted…
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Post by vamperious on Nov 12, 2011 11:52:29 GMT -5
Getting in the car he knew that Posh and Claire were coming over tonight. He wished it was under better conditions but what can you do. Once they got there He got out holding the door for Claire. Heading up to the house he sighed before opening the door. "Excuse the mess...She did a number on the place."
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Post by kimcora on Nov 12, 2011 15:41:47 GMT -5
Claire didn't know quite what to expect when he mentioned "she" had done a number on the place. When the door opened she walked inside and her mouth fell open. ""Oh-Oh wow.." Claire tried to say but her words were failing her. She made her way around the mess blocking the entrance and Posh came bend her. "watch out for the glass and books. Don't want two trips to the hospital." she said and Claire gulped. She headed over to a pile of books and knelt down, picking the papers and torn pages up. She looked over some of the covers, all of them geared towards Physics of some kind. She cocked here head to the side and looked up to find the dented door frame. She could only guess thatwas how he banged up his hand. "well this certainly is a mess, good thing you have help. Speaking of which, do you need anything for your hand?" She asked as she passed Posh oen of the not so damaged books and then what looked like a bit of a lamp.
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Post by vamperious on Nov 13, 2011 0:08:07 GMT -5
"No its fine thanks, and thanks to you both for helping me." He said he went back into the kitchen and started putting things away and throwing things out again. He was quite sure he was going to have to buy new things but at least he could have help getting the old stuff out. "Start where every you like. The whole house is this way..."
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Post by kimcora on Nov 13, 2011 17:39:26 GMT -5
Claire nodded, heading over to the living room to go ahead and get most of that finished while Posh took the hall and whatever Claire missed. Claire was working on sorting things out, getting the books and things off the floor. "Maybe she really is crazy..." Claire whispered when she found her fifth peice of glass that almost made a complete cup. She had picked up most of the books and got them sorted. The couch looked normal again and Posh crashed there after her long work with everything else once the living room and hall were clean. "Seriously I forgot how much crap you had!" She huffed, tossing a book on the coffee table and Claire fell back on the couch beside Posh taking the book with her. "I forgot how heavy a shelf was." She sighed flipping through a few of the pages and stopped on one of the first pages. Up in the right hand corner was "M. Schwartz" She blinked, her brow furrowing. 'Schwartz. That's the same name as the Physics Professor...' she thought, and suddenly thought back over things, she'd only met Professor Schwartz once and not for a very long lecture...but why would Matt have something of his? Unless...'No...no way, a teacher can't be a student right...maybe he borrowed the book?' She thought looking at the name for a bit more before thinking about Matt. He really was a nice guy, she'd have to repay him for being so nice. She closed the book and put it back on the table, listening to Posh whine about how mean Natalie was for leaving such a mess.
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Post by vamperious on Nov 14, 2011 10:22:05 GMT -5
"Gee thanks, I don't have much stuff, but I don't live in a dorm, I can't stand those." He smiled moving a box with his foot, his arm sore now, Bringing a glass at a time he brought them both some water. "Thanks for helping." He looked over the couch and found one picture that was never touch that was left on the wall it was a picture of Natalie and himself when they first started going out, Natalie had wanted a picture of them kissing. She insisted on hit, he stepped around them and pulled it off the wall. Looking at it he sighed, "She left me some thing to think about." He said throwing the picture on the table. His voice sounded disgusted, however he wanted to burn it but he didn't mind. He didn't want to go to bed in his own bed either because that was the last place they had slept together. Disgust was written on his face. He didn't care but he did at the same time. He had loved her a long while ago but ti turned from sweet, to bitter sweet to rotten. It was overly expected- she was expecting too much from too little.
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Post by kimcora on Nov 14, 2011 21:06:47 GMT -5
Claire watched Matt's face change as he went to grab a picture on the wall. He looked so disgusted and hurt...Claire didn't like that one bit. It made something in her chest feel like it was bring squeezed so much so it made her feel genuinely bad for how this whole thing went down. They must have really loved each other once... She couldn't help her own thoughts on the word once. Matt sure didn't look like it but perhaps did he still have feelings for Natalie somewhere down in there? And Natalie obviously still had some kind of attachment to him. 'But wait..why do I care? It's none of my business or at least it shouldn't be...' She thought not able to understand why that made her feel a slight drop in her mood. Sure Matt was attractive but how much did she really know about him? Wait why was she thinking that? She shouldn't be thinking that way. "Its alright Matt." Posh said, giving her friend a small apologetic look. Claire didnt know exactly what to say, not really wanting to say good riddance to someone she barely knew, though the way she drove him toggle point bothered her. So keeping her mouth shut, she sat up a bit and looked at the picture when he tossed it on the table . It was a nice picture, sweet and heart felt, something that made her realize just how close they were at one time. When she looked at Matt's face, that's when something clicked. Okay was it just her or did Matt look just like- "Schwartz...M. Schwartz?" She thought aloud then looked at him, really looked at him. So that was the familiarity she sensed in him. He looked completely identical to the Physics professor. Were...they the same person?
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Post by vamperious on Nov 15, 2011 21:31:52 GMT -5
When he looked at Claire's face when she said his name is froze never thinking she wouldn't have figured it out yet. Yet here she was being oblivious. He cracked a smile," Claire...Why are you looking at me so weird?" Looking at the picture then to back to her he was still a little baffled as to what she was staring at.
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Post by kimcora on Nov 16, 2011 20:27:50 GMT -5
Claire listened to his voice and blushed brightly. She felt her face fall for a moment as she realized just what a moron she'd just been played as. Sure she had trouble with faces and remembering names but that was no reason to not correct her. They hadn't lied perce but they hadn't exactly cleared up what she'd been lead to think this entire time, "Okay...obviously there was something big I was missing.." She said and Posh huffed, sitting up. "Took you long enough!" She said and looked to Matt. "Happy now she knows? Yes, Claire he's a teacher AND a student. He's not even that much older!" She looked at Claire who still seemed to be in a bit of shell shock. "Oh...oh." Claire said, with a blink and cleared her throat. "Um, sorry I didn't mean to-what I was trying to say was-I really um...." She didn't know what to say. She was embarrassed as hell and now they knew her oblivious plight. 'Lovely...'
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Post by vamperious on Nov 16, 2011 20:45:02 GMT -5
He laughed a little when Posh burst out but he replaced his smile with a nervous look. He didn't know how she would take it however she looked embarrassed thought so was he. "I'm not that damned old, I'm just a year older than you... I'm still a student, I just got a gig as a teacher since I'm a physics genius. It takes off my tuition. I wasn't trying to mislead you Claire, don't misunderstand."Nervous now he didn't want to make her uncomfortable with the idea of a teacher liking her but be tried...now ti failed and Posh made it look like he was hiding it from her...great.
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Post by kimcora on Nov 16, 2011 22:11:49 GMT -5
"Whatever geezer." Posh laughed, giving Claire a small nudge so that she woke from that stammering daze. Claire looked to Matt and gave him a faint frown that wasn't unhappy or anything but equally awkward. How could she have let something like that slip over her head? "Oh no, its not like I blame you or even, well, assume that you would want to hide something like that. It's just I'm a bit surprised myself why I didn't realize sooner." She gave a small laugh, a shy one as she tried to calm the quickly beating heart in her chest. So she had thought of her Physics teacher as attractive and now was bordering friendship with him and his old friend? 'What an event full day this is turning out to be..' She thought then pushed some of her hair out of her face. "Sorry. I'm a bit oblivious at times...I guess I only see whats black and white." She said hoping to make light of the situation and to show she wasn't really that troubled by this. Just worried this would affect the closest things to friends she had here in this strange country and school. "Ah...so can I still call you Matt or Schwartz or..." She wasn't sure just how this worked, making Posh giggle. "Yeah teach what's your preferance?"
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Post by vamperious on Nov 16, 2011 22:28:23 GMT -5
Looking at Posh he wanted to hit her. " Well Posh. When I'm teaching its Mr. Schwartz, when we are hanging out its matt...as it was always. Claire you may call me either. I have no preference but she ," He looked at Posh," Needs to learn a few manners still." it was more a joke, she usually called him matt in class too- it was whats ever to him really.
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Post by kimcora on Nov 17, 2011 0:18:36 GMT -5
Posh stuck her tongue out at him playfully and Claire simply nodded. 'Okay remember a year older, so that means he's till a student and not just a teacher....its so strange but its to pay his tuition so not really that strange.' She ignored her thoughts and shrugged. "OKay, Matt it is then, well, stilll is." She looked over the clean living room and knew they still had his room to finish and the other hallway.
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Post by vamperious on Nov 17, 2011 10:28:10 GMT -5
"Alright then," He said with a smile, taking a seat by Claire in the arm chair. "We still have the hallway...I can handle the bedroom. I have papers' I'm grading int here. A teacher can't let his students see those."It was a joke but he did have paper that needed to be graded in his room, thought they were in his school bag. "If you wanna do the office and the hall, I'd be grateful. " He said with a smile. Taking a sip of his water, hew as tired and his arm was throbbing but he was hiding it.
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