[i] "I guess... What do you want Adam..? I know I screwed up okay, I'm just going to stay indoors from now on... Maybe disappear like I promised. Either way, Oscar is never going to see me again."[/i]

[i] "You know he said he found me attractive. Like I'm supposed to believe that... That... That freak likes me when he goes and says something like that to me. Yeah right... I'm never opening up to anyone again. It only ever causes me pain..."[/i]

Adam curled his tongue within his mouth, letting her speak her mind, before he interjected with words of his own, words that were more or less cheesy, but that is what made them so true. Cheesy meant used, or common, and that often meant those words were right, and they were true ever more so in Erin's case. He let hidden smile slide over his lips as she cuddled into him. His arms placed themselves around her and he held her warmly once more, as he always loved doing, though to a lesser knowing of her own intention. His lips parted softly as she rested, and his turn to speak arrived. "He is right you know..." He paused for a moment, letting the moment seem to cull it's own air of emotion before he continued on. "You are attractive, more so then any man can imagine. You are beautiful Erin." He closed his lips and used his hand to brush the hair over her exposed ear softly before speaking once more. "You said once before the Aphrodite kids didn't like you, have you ever wondered why?" He asked her rhetorically while looking down at her fiery hair, and her beautiful skin. "It is because you have a natural beauty, you have something naturally, that they got because of their heritage. They are just jealous of you, that is all." His hands rested on her softly as he continued to speak, but also as he comforted her with his own posture and manner of holding her. "Nothing is your fault, you didn't screw up, you don't need to say silly thing like you are going to stay indoors, and you certainly aren't going to disappear." He stated with a soft voice, a voice less of stern words, and more of caring ones. His words conveyed that he didn't want her to leave, because it wasn't her fault, but they also conveyed that he couldn't lose her, not now. "You need to stop saying the things you do, about yourself, and about how you want to disappear. Those aren't who you are, not in the slightest. Other's don't understand, and they can't possibly attempt to understand without going through it themselves. You know that, I know that, and we both know that people who do that are just unaware of the spectrum. You are literally the most important person in my life Erin, do you really think you need to disappear, when you have friends who care about you, and a place to stay where you are accepted for being yourself?"

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(Going to put Chris' up later on this evening, I am having trouble with some things here at the house, and I need to deal with them.)