DT10 - So far so good...

[Alex Carpenter]

"Yeah, you think that's not bothering me?" he shot back, without any real force to the comment.

[Kay Haddock]

"Doesn't exactly seem that way from the outside." she frowns slightly.

[Alex Carpenter]

"Yeah, well you want me to be an asshole, so I guess not," he shot back, more bitterly than angrily.

[Kay Haddock]

"Just... don't hurt Brigid, okay?" she says, at least trying to sound angry.

[Alex Carpenter]

"You think I want to? I don't want to hurt anyone! And that's kind of hard with stuff like this!"

[Kay Haddock]

"Oh yeah, I'm sure everyone's just throwing themselves at you and it's totally not your fault."

[Alex Carpenter]

"Well... yeah, kinda."

[Kay Haddock]

"Whatever... Doesn't change the fact that you need to, like, learn to say 'No' or something, I dunno."

[Alex Carpenter]

"Not like you guys aren't confusing as hell or anything," he muttered.

[Kay Haddock]

"Oh yeah, sure, we're the confusing ones Mr. 'I can't help kissing all those girls'!"

[Alex Carpenter]

"Hey, I stopped trying to solve things by kissing someone the first time it backfired on me," he shot back.

[Kay Haddock]

"Oh shut up. You were just pissed I wouldn't do it on a stupid dare."

[Alex Carpenter]

"Well, why shouldn't I be?" he countered, oh-so-brilliantly.

[Kay Haddock]

Kay groans and rolls her eyes. "I take it back, you're not confusing. You're so predictably 'dude' it's like... ugh!"

[Alex Carpenter]

"What the hell is that supposed to mean!" Alex countered angrily. And honestly.

[Kay Haddock]

"Forget it. Just make up your freakin' mind, will you."

[Alex Carpenter]

"Yeah, well, whenever I try to do that you start yelling at me."

[Kay Haddock]

"The hell are you talking about?"

[Alex Carpenter]

"Oh whatever," he said. "At orientation, at the pool, now, whatever. Just tell me what you want me to decide already so we can skip all the 'getting pissed at Alex for doing the wrong thing' stuff again."

[Kay Haddock]

"Oh yeah sure, so you can blame me when it back-fires on you. Forget it!"

[Alex Carpenter]

"Oh for... what will it take to make you happy! I'm starting to think that you just like being pissed off or miserable!"

[Kay Haddock]

Kay blinks. Something about that must have really caught her off-guard.

[Alex Carpenter]

"Whatever, nevermind. Can't yell at me more if I know the secret, I guess."

[Kay Haddock]

"Secret? What... what are you even talking about?" she says, almost sounding... worried?

[Alex Carpenter]

"How to make you happy! It's like every time I get to talk to you, you make up some excuse to get pissed at me or pretend I'm being mean to you or something!"

[Kay Haddock]

"That's because you are. I don't want to be miserable. I'm only talking to you cause now you're being mean to my friends too." she frowns.

[Alex Carpenter]

"When! When have I ever been mean to you!" He thought for a split second, then quickly added, "And it doesn't count if you started getting nasty with me first!"

[Kay Haddock]

"We just went over that! Just... forget it. Do what you want. But don't be surprised if it ends with Brigid throwing you through a window, I guess." she grumbles and tries to step past Alex.

[Alex Carpenter]

He put out an arm to stop her. "I said when you haven't started being nasty to me first. Name one damn time."

[Kay Haddock]

She opens her mouth to say something but closes it again.


"So what, I'm just beating you to the punch..." she mumbles as she pushes past him.

[Alex Carpenter]

"Just like being pissed off, like I said," he shot back, continuing on his way in the other direction.