The Library; Monday [ 10/20 ]

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Cal realized that he could only convince himself that he wasn't really nervous for so long. All his efforts came crashing down when he managed to spill his coffee all over the desk and, in the scramble to clean it up, hit his head soundly from underneath, and then fell backwards only to smack his head against the wall as well.

And then, when he sat down, the chair fell out from underneath him.

Actually, once he finally did manage to sit down, button up his jacket in hopes to cover most of the coffee stain, and then cleaned up the desk, he told himself that maybe it wasn't nervousness after all at all! Fandom Weirdness! That had to be it! It was just Fandom giving him a bad, bad...really bad morning...

He let out a little groan, knowing he couldn't just hide under the desk, and waited for the oppression of his fate to just weigh him down completely and crush him.

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Re: First Period -- 10/20. -- NFB now plz!

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"It was noth--"

But Cal knew he didn't feel that way; he knew he felt uncomfortable, although he also knew that Ino was probably goading the emotions out of him. And he was hit hard with a simple phrase that cut him short: reasonably, and honestly.

"Okay, fine," he caved. "I'll talk to her about it. Happy?"

Re: First Period -- 10/20. -- NFB now plz!

[intraspective]

"I'll be happy when you do," she said simply. "Because then you're doing something, and not just thinking 'bout it."

Re: First Period -- 10/20. -- NFB now plz!

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Not all of us are do-ers, you know," Cal said, mostly idly, not wanting to drag it out or anything, but just to say it. "Some of us really are fairly content to just sit and think."

Re: First Period -- 10/20. -- NFB now plz!

[intraspective]

"Are you content?" she asked, one hand resting on her hip. "Happy with tying yourself in knots over things that you wouldn't have to worry 'bout if you got off your ass and went and asked people 'cause then it wouldn't be a worry and you'd know either way how it falls out. Isn't knowing better than not?"

Re: First Period -- 10/20. -- NFB now plz!

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Not always," Cal said. "And I am content. Most of the time. No one's ever going to be completely happy, Ino. There's nothing wrong with taking happiness where you can get it."

Re: First Period -- 10/20. -- NFB now plz!

[intraspective]

"No one's ever completely happy," Ino said. "And that's 'cause people are so scared of hurting each other's feelings that they don't say what's the matter and then things just fester and boil and then they explode and then people use that as an excuse to go 'oh, see? This is why we don't say anything, it all comes out like that.' But sometimes, with happiness, you've got to go out and drag it back to you."

"And sometimes, that means you've got to step on peoples' feelings."