A Moment To Breathe

-Deep Breath-
You ever have a week that felt like a month? I just finished on. Now that I have a bit of time, I think I'll do my best to update my Journal. Currently, I'm waiting for the Pizza to get here. Dad's out getting Sodas, the little one's are playing in the Basement, and The Boys are cleaning the kitchen. Mom's picking up Luke and Alex from Jenny's. They're going to spend the weekends up here durring the summer so that Jenny and Shawn can both work and not have to pay for Babysitting or Daycare.

( Prom was, well... )

( ...and then we went to a Party... )

( Saw some friendly faces... )

( Watched a movie... )

( Sometimes I just talk too much... )

( But things are always better than they seem. )

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Wanted t'talk with Claire t'night and ended up rousing her from a wisdom-tooth-pain-induced slumber (of sorts). Meep!  ^_^;;  Hope you feel better, Claire. Now I'm afraid t'get mine removed.  O.o

Echos of The Past

"Because you just don't do that." He said, straining to express something that was so obvious, so clear.
"Because you don't pick away at someone like that. Because you wouldn't want someone to do it to you. Because it's not something that's easy to take..." His voice sombered, dropping to a lower resonance, and his eyes got a far-away look to them.

"And, you know, it's not that anyone ever cares. It's not like they haven't had to put up with it their whole life -- if it could be changed, don't you think it wouldn've been by now? And that doesn't mean you don't try, but they don't know you, and they'll never know you. It's not like they'll ever even see you again!" He gestured wide to emphasize the remoteness of it all. His voice carried defiance, but pain showed in his eyes. Loneliness.
"It's not like you don't feel out-of-place as it is. It's not like it's not difficult enough meeting new poeople -- especially people who you like, and who you want to like you. If I don't care about someone, it doesn't matter what they say. But if there's someone who shines, someone who would be worth knowing... And even when I don't care, it hurts."

-Yeah, his laugh was really starting to get to me-

You don't do that, because even when they don't hear, they'll find out. Even when it can't touch them, it will. Ad the scorn of those we admire is the sharpest cut.