Disappearing acts (456 hits)
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Submitted by breakfastmaster <largeswanker.at.aim.com> (View user info) at 2006-02-17 00:23:43 EST
"The reason I won't just let this go and leave you alone is not because I'm 'confused,' okay? My feelings are perfectly clear. I know you find it incomprehensible that I can love another man and love you at the same time, and that one love has nothing to do with the other, but it's true. I swear to God, it's true."
"Aimee..."
"What?"
"Fuck that. This is bullshit. I can't spell it out any more plainly. It's impossible."
"Why does it have to be? Really. I'm not asking for anything more than your friendship. I just want to be able to call you if I need anything, and to be able to expect you to do the same. Why is that such a horrible thing?"
"Because I can't be this close to you... and not think of us."
"That's it?"
"What the fuck? Is that not enough? I can't make myself not love you, Aim. Believe me, I've tried. I've tried so fucking hard to make myself numb. I've tried so fucking hard to make myself believe that our circumstances are just the way they are, and that ultimately, we're both better off because of them, but I can't keep lying to myself anymore. I have to have that intimacy with you... and if I can't have that, I don't want to be your friend, okay? Not now. Not ever."
"Please don't say that."
"The bottom line is this... if I'm with you, I have to touch you, to kiss you. That doesn't really vibe too well with the whole 'friend' thing, does it?"
"David... I..."
"Aimee, when I'm not with you, I'm not me. I've never connected with anyone the way that I have with you; I've never been so in love before... so willing to risk everything I have and am for that one other person. So comfortable... just so fucking content... I don't know, Aim.
"I don't think you have any idea of what you did for me. You saved my fucking life.
"I don't know... After years of trying my damnedest to numb myself to all human emotion, you came along and taught me that pain is not the only feeling that living things are capable of experiencing. Happiness. Passion. Hope. Love. Remember those? You brought me back to a place where I could convince myself that it might be okay to trust without the bullshit anxiety of betrayal.
"You became the recovered compass, the beaming star, the flickering wick in the dead of night. You were the guide that was essential to the future.
"Aimee, with you, all the pieces come together, and I love you more than anyone. And after stealing that, of all things, from me... after taking away from me the greatest thing I've ever been a part of, you're seriously asking me if we can still be friends, and actually expecting a yes from me? What a fucking joke."
"Okay... so where does this leave us?"
"What do you mean 'us?' There is no us, anymore. Of course you know that; that was your decision, after all... Either way, this is your problem. My only problem is how to get you out of my mind. How to erase you... delete every bit of you."
"Stop..."
"I can't do this. It's just too hard. You have to say good-bye, Aimee."
"I don't know how..."
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Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2006-03-01 08:43:50 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
You did it!
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2006-03-01 08:43:41 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Way to go!
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2006-03-01 08:43:24 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Congrats
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2006-03-01 08:42:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
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Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2006-03-01 08:42:21 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Well, I was gonna give you 5 +2's on your five lowest rated posts, but seeing as you only have one post thus far...have 5 +2's on this post. Thanks for playing the U2 contest!
Submitted by breakfastmaster (user info) at 2006-02-17 11:25:43 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I just figured the part about Kraven's dick was just too obvious. Like, what reader isn't going to pick up on that. I found it better unsaid-- no use in saying what everyone already knows.
Submitted by Kraven (user info) at 2006-02-17 10:57:45 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
Submitted by ertet (user info) at 2006-02-17 05:44:02 (#)
Ranking: -1
Same sort of shit happened to me (apart from the loving another man shit, she had your eyes out there mate), was going to plus 2 but:
"You became the recovered compass, the beaming star, the flickering wick in the dead of night. You were the guide that was essential to the future."
made me want to gouge out my eyes with a rusty spoon.
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Agreed, but i dont buy into the whole thing....
I almost did... untill i read that line. Dont' lie to us, thats WAY to intelligent for a girl who thinks "love" can be shared and limited to friends. I could have beleived it if it were more along the lines of "Thanks for everything you did, i'll never forget it and i dont want to lose your friendship but, Kraven's penis is bigger."
Submitted by simple_catalyst (user info) at 2006-02-17 09:46:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
"I want to be a good woman
And I want for you to be a good man
And this is why I will be leaving
And this is why I can't see you no more
I will miss your heart so tender
I will love this love forever
I don't want to be a bad woman
And I can't stand to see you to be a bad man
I will miss your heart so tender
I will love this love forever
This is why I am leavin'
And this is why I can't see ya no more
And this is why I am lying
When I say "I don't love ya no more"
Cause I want to be a good woman
And I want for you to be a good man"
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2006-02-17 06:44:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Not bad, and could be pretty good if fleshed out a bit.
Submitted by Bob_Dole (user info) at 2006-02-17 06:16:38 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
it's good work, and since everyone else is hammering this into the ground, i'll go the +2.
Submitted by ertet (user info) at 2006-02-17 05:44:02 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
Same sort of shit happened to me (apart from the loving another man shit, she had your eyes out there mate), was going to plus 2 but:
"You became the recovered compass, the beaming star, the flickering wick in the dead of night. You were the guide that was essential to the future."
made me want to gouge out my eyes with a rusty spoon.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-17 04:46:28 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I dislike the spelling of Aimee. This story didn't really go anywhere. However, I recently wrote a piece for Valentine's day - and the sentimental Mills and Boon style stuff is something that everyone has to write at some point. Do as I do, make sure this is an infrequent occurrence.
Submitted by MrSparkle847 (user info) at 2006-02-17 00:48:45 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Girls who spell themselves as Aimee automatically make me shout "-2 DIE," which just makes things really awkward.
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2006-02-17 00:48:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Aimee comes from aimer which is French for loving, Aimee is the loved one. Sad but true. G'luck.
Submitted by stupiddummy (user info) at 2006-02-17 00:35:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Your gonna get flamed soooo bad. I'm sorry I couldn't really relate to this piece.
Kind of confused me.