fandomhigh | Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part II

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Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part II

In order to give people a place to get away from the traffic jam of the buffet and information tables, most of the chairs and tables for guests were set up further out on the lawn, under a tall blue and gold tent. There was plenty of room for everyone to sit down and enjoy themselves, but it might not have all been dry. Did we mention being grateful that it was just water falling from the sky?

[OCD is up! This is the FIRST post for general mingling. Please use this post first, if your browser can handle the comment load. Roommates, fake siblings and teachers are all here and there's more room for mingling here. Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]

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"When did I say I wanted to break up?" Jaime asked, now sounding very, very confused.

'it's not that simple. It can't be. We're... from different worlds'

"'We have to talk about where things are going', you said. You said didn't want to make the same mistake with me that you did with Dinah." Still not looking at him, but her voice was cracking slightly that he'd forgotten even what he'd said. "When I asked, you said deciding when to break up without asking her."

"And I didn't want to do that again!" Jaime exploded angrily.

Was that so bad?

"And you didn't have to." Momoko kept her voice soft so maybe he wouldn't notice she was crying. "I picked a date for you. No need for you to talk to me about what day would be best. You didn't repeat your mistake."

"That doesn't make any sense!" Jaime snapped, his own voice rising as her grew softer.

She... She shrugged. "Did you really think I could sit beside you on a beach at sunset and chat about when would be the best day to just suddenly stop being with you?"

"Why in the world do you think that's what I wanted to talk about?" Jaime demanded. He knew this shouldn't be making him angry. But it was.

Continuing to go over it was fraying what little control Momoko had left and she really really wanted to go back to her room full of sugary ~~repression~~ goodness now, please.

"It'll be harder. We won't be able to see each other. We'll have more responsibilities," she dropped her head to her hands, recalling that night's conversation AGAIN. "And you kept talking about Dinah. Dinah, Dinah, DINAH."

"But it will be harder, and we will see less of each other, and we will have more responsibilities!" How was this confusing?

"And I kept telling you I didn't want it to be like with Dinah." How could he possibly be more obvious?

"And I was wanting to work harder! I said so! More planning things! Calls, visits!"

She turned back, not even caring that she was crying now, she was so upset. "But you kept saying how it wouldn't work! Kept bringing up Dinah and why you two broke up and that I should know but I didn't because I only ever thought of us being together, no matter how hard it would be."

"You didn't even want to talk about it!" Jaime accused. "You just stormed off!"

"Only after you kept saying nothing I said would work! That you just wanted to talk about when we would break up!"

"When did I ever say that?" Jaime demanded.

"'You know why Dinah and I broke up'," she utterly misquoted, but didn't want to think back to it again for the exact line. That was close enough.

"And you decided that meant I wanted to break up with you?" And just like that, Jaime's expression went from angry to flat-out betrayed.

"I ASKED!" She did not understand his expression or his anger. "I asked what you meant and you said you wanted to talk about breaking up because you didn't talk with Dinah."

Jaime's voice was soft. He tried to hide the hurt, but he rather doubted he was successful. "I said I wanted to talk about what we were going to do, and you thought..."

He choked off, not trusting himself to finish the sentence.

Momoko wanted so much to hold him and be held right now.

"Jaime, I don't know what..." She pressed her palms against her eyes, trying to stop the tears, trying to think. "I thought you wanted ideas. That we would figure out how to stay together even if we were apart. You're too important to me to ever think of not being with you. Even now, it hurts how much I miss you."

"But you just walked off!" Jaime accused, no heat in his voice, just... a sort of exhaustion.

"I didn't! Why do you keep saying that?! I totally stayed and tried to talk until the end!"

"What do you call flying away!?"

Ah. "That was after. I couldn't stay there and just pretend I was okay, Jaime." And he hadn't come after her. "Being in love with you and not being allowed to show it... I've done that; it hurts too much. I had to leave."

"And how are we going to figure out the tough stuff if you're just going to run away?" he demanded.

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Jaime knew they weren't fair, but they were said, and he couldn't take them back. And some part of him still felt they were fair.

She looked at him like he'd just stabbed her.

"I didn't 'run away'! What's left to figure out when you won't listen to any of my suggestions and just keep saying we had to break up?"

"I NEVER SAID THAT!"

Though now... well... maybe she was right.

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