LadyDove09

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She laughed as he threatened to drag her on the roller coasters. "I happen to love roller coasters thank you very much." She said sticking her tongue out at him. "They are a lot of fun actually." She shifted in her chair again trying to get comfortable. She figured taking him out and teaching him how to live life was going to be a lot of fun for both of them. She hoped that he wouldn't fight her on some of their adventures.

She shook her head as he mentioned taking her out to a decent restaurant. "See. I told you it wasn't so much my smiling face as it was the food that came with me." She loved teasing him. She didn't care what they did, if it made him feel better to take her out she was all for it.

Her mood suddenly changed as he mentioned owing her for all she had done, and offered to do. She sat straight up shaking her head. "James, listen to me. There is no price for what friends do for each other. That's how you know true friends. There is never any expectation of repayment. Friends help because they want to." Her face was deadly serious. She was not backing down on this.

"I will hear no more of this 'I owe you' stuff. Just remember, there is no price for what we give to each other."

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hmmm that could be tough. I am wondering if we can't find a way to keep the immortality, or negotiate with the Gods that he will age at a human pace now.

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She smiled a little and shook her head. "Hell when I was a kid, having a small handheld device that made calls and gave directions was still science fiction." It is always crazy the things you remember when you start thinking back. She could remember a few of those strange little things about growing up too.

She listened to his stories, and her eyes grew wide when he mentioned going on one of the first roller coasters. "Ummm didn't the first roller coasters often break the necks of riders?" She asked slightly horrified. "If that is the case I can see why you have never gone on one again, but they can be fun if you let yourself relax and enjoy the ride."

She sighed and shifted in the chair again. "When you're all healed up maybe we will try an amusement park. You might find you enjoy it after all." She wasn't going to pressure him, but it was important that he get out of his comfort zone. If she let him get comfortable and complacent, he would never make the changes he needed to to start living his life the way he was meant to.

"Maybe not an amusement park, but something out of the ordinary for you. Maybe Seaworld, or the Alamo. Act like a tourist, go do silly things, have fun. You know, start enjoying rather than dreading life."

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She laughed as he began to joke with her about being crazy. She shook her head and settled back into the chair, it was going to be a long night. "Therapy always sucks. I think that is the point, to make you so miserable you never want to get injured again." She said with a sigh. "You'll make it though. Although something tells me this isn't the first time." She said with a smile.

She just sat there in silence. It was hard to believe he was over one hundred years old. It was going to take her some time to get used to this. It wasn't something you ran across every day. What was she doing just sitting here accepting this like it was normal? Part of her rebelled against the idea, that there was something seriously wrong. The other part of her brain, well she always had been a little off center, why not just go with it.

"Do tell. We have all night, and no new movies." She said kicking her shoes off and curling up in the chair trying to get more comfortable. "You might as well share."

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She Smiled and brushed her thumb across his knuckles. "Of course I will be right here with you. We will get you through this no matter what happens. Of course I am not going to CALL you crazy." She said teasing him. She gently slipped her hand out of his and went about starting to clean up after dinner.

"You'll get the casts off... in 6 weeks. Let yourself heal up, unless of course you heal faster than normal. If that's the case I have a sawsall in storage." She said with a grin tossing the empty food containers in the trash and packing up full ones and putting them back in the bag. He would need left overs tomorrow to hold him over until they discharged him.

"So 150 huh?" She asked almost absently like her brain was still trying to process the information. "I bet you have some stories to tell."

(Sorry for delay and short. Got crazy here)

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"No more hiding, no more running." he said and that made her smile. "Glad to hear it." She said giving his hand a squeeze as he grabbed her hand. "It's not going to be easy you know." She sat back down still holding his hand.

"You are going to have a lot of times when you want to just hide away from the world, but you can't. That is when you HAVE to go out. Go to a bar, flirt with the cute waitress. You will have to keep that in mind." She leaned over and laid her head against the edge of the bed with a sigh.

"You are going to have to learn to let those old memories go. Grieve for them, cry, scream, throw a tantrum, but learn to let them go. They will eventually stop you from having the life you want to have. You have to communicate, you have to tell someone what is going on in your head. The more you talk, the better you get at communicating."

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She put her food down and took a deep breath. "Ok, so you irritated Apollo. Probably not the brightest idea anyone has ever had." She said slowly. The whole idea of the old gods being around a little hard to grasp, but hey, why not go with it. At least for now. She sighed and ran a hand through her dark auburn hair.

"Well, It sounds to me, and this is just a theory, that instead of embracing the lesson you are running from it. Have you ever bothered to get close to someone? I mean really close. Have them be the first person you think about in the morning, the last person you think of at night?" She sat up in the chair swinging her legs around so she was now sitting in the chair properly.

"You said you didn't know the meaning of having people close that you cared about. Do you yet? Could you get hurt? Sure! But you know what, so could I. Hell I did. I have lost friends and family. It has nothing to do with never dying James. I think the problem is you have never learned how to LIVE."

She stood up making sure he could really get a good look at her. "Life is all about loving, and yes sometimes losing. No one, present company excluded, lives forever. I mean sure. I could never make friends, never fall in love, never get married or have kids, but have I really lived my life if I hide away from all that?" She demanded to know.

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That sounds like a good lesson for him to learn.

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She glared at him her arms still crossed over her chest. "Perez Pity Party of one" She said grumpily. "You are not a coward, but you sir ARE an idiot." She sighed and shook her head. "I understand why you avoid people. That's not where my confusion is." She shifted in her chair crossing her legs again.

"Ok, you're cursed. Happens to the best of people." Oh she was being sarcastic she was irritated. "Why were you cursed, when did it happen, what were you doing, who cursed you."

She reached out and grabbed a carton of the abandoned Chinese food, and opened it. She hated pork, but that was what she was shoveling in her mouth right now. "You want me to believe you, then tell me the whole story." She said around a mouth full of food. "I mean I kind of get it. If you were being a pain in the ass, kinda like now... I totally get cursing you. I mean maybe not immortality, but totally would have made sure your bacon always burned."

She shifted so that her legs hung over the arm of the chair and she kicked them back and forth as she ate her dinner. "Seems to me if the whole curse was supposed to be a punishment, there is probably a lesson Right? I mean hell if I get written up at work, it is because I screwed the fuck up. and need a reminder never do that again." She said

"So spill. Tell me, were you living a life of crime? A cold hearted bastard who would rather count money while you watched orphans freeze to death in the streets." She had finally calmed down enough to realize she was eating the Mu Shu Pork and made a face setting the carton down while she reached for the veggie fried rice instead.

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Heading into work for a few hours. I will have my laptop with me though so I will be able to respond, but there will be a delay. I should be back on around 5 or so.