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| Time Marches On; Het, James/OFC, 2004, Sequel to 'The Shortest Week' | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: August 18, 2012, 1:22 pm (12,217 Views) | |
| Sol | February 2, 2013, 8:08 pm Post #166 |
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Oh my god! Zara leaving! No, no, no! That sounds pretty bad right now. James was so cute in the one, trying to make her stay. Hope she'll be back soon and without too much dramas. I really enjoyed this chapter!
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| CarpeDiemBaby | February 3, 2013, 3:01 am Post #167 |
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I think she didn't have to give him too much explanations to James. She just had to leave. You know, teach him a lesson. The way he acted was too selfish and Zara didn't deserve that, and just saying I'm sorry, he thinks he can fix the things up? Moar! I'm loving this!
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| myparanoid | February 3, 2013, 10:59 am Post #168 |
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Frantic
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^Totaly agree More plz
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| -DJ- | February 3, 2013, 12:24 pm Post #169 |
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Blackened
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Thanks for the comments guys Anna and I stayed up until around 4am talking about James and what happened between us. Maddy woke me up gurgling in the cot. I took her out and onto the bed I was sleeping on in Anna’s house. She played with the panda James had gotten her on tour. “Da!” she smiled and when she did she wore the exact same smile but minus teeth. I dressed her and brought her downstairs to watch cartoons while I waited for Anna to get up. I had my phone turned off since I left yesterday so I checked my messages. Twenty two new messages. I hit the play button. Message One. “Hey…um… I know you said not to call for a while but I miss you both. Alright bye” Message nine. “Just letting you know you left a few bottles here…I don’t know if you need them or not…hope you’re okay” Message fourteen. “Still not picking up? Can’t you just come home? The house is so empty, Zara. Please call me back soon. I love you” Every single one was from James. The last message was just a lot of breathing and ended with a “fuck”. His voice in all of them was a mix of frustration, anger and sadness. “Morning. How are you feeling?” Anna asked me walking around in her underwear and an old t shirt then settling on the couch beside me. “Shitty. James left over twenty messages on my phone” “Whoa. Did you call him back?” “No” “Are you going to?” “Maybe…I don’t know” “I wouldn’t…leave it for a while. So, I thought we could do something today?” “Like what?” “Well…I think you should make a fresh start y’know? You should go get your hair done, buy some new clothes, some make up…” “You just want an excuse to do those things!” “C’mon it’ll be fun!” “Maybe you’re right” “I am! I’ll go get ready then we can go!” she jumped around excited. We drove to the salon a few blocks away. The place was full of really attractive women and I felt completely out of place. This wasn’t my thing at all. I sat in the chair in front of the mirror while Anna took Maddy and told the hairdresser what to do to me. I was slightly nervous. He came over and fluffed my hair around and made faces in the mirror and decided what he was going to do. He put a black gown around me and brought over a tray with two bowls on it. My hair was brushed out and he began to put some wet stuff on my head with a brush. He coated every last strand of my hair and put a grip in it then walked away. “I’ll be back to you in forty minutes okay, babe?” I looked over at Anna and she gave me a thumbs up. “Is it supposed to burn?” I asked her. It felt like my scalp was on fire. “That just means it’s working, Zara c’mon…” she said as if I was supposed to know this stuff. I’d never dyed my hair before so I obviously didn’t know if it was supposed to hurt. The very camp hairdresser came back to me and washed the stuff out of my hair at the sink whilst massaging my head. It felt good to spoil myself. I sat back in front of the mirror. “Blonde?!” I gasped.I didn’t recognize myself. I had always had black hair but now it was a dirty blond color. He combed out my hair and began to cut it. He chopped a huge amount of hair off, at least six inches. He continued to chop into my hair, giving me layers so my hair sat on my shoulders. When he was finished being a wizard with the scissors, he blow dried it and it felt light and fluffy. “You like?” I nodded running a hand through it. It was different but I could get used to it. “Fabulous. That’ll be $220.50” I gave Anna a murderous look. I had no idea it cost that much for a haircut. Dammit. I gave the guy the money and took Maddy off Anna. She gave me a strange look because she had only seen me with dark hair but then started to play with it so I took that as a sign of approval from a baby. “Now we have to get your eyebrows done” Anna chimed. “Why?” “Zara, you can’t walk around with blonde hair and black eyebrows” I huffed and we walked to the beauty salon next door. The girl who worked there took one look at me and knew exactly what to do. She took me into another room and made me lie on a bed. She put some paste thing on my eyebrows for a few minutes and then started to pluck and shape them with a tweezers. When she told me to get up I checked myself out in the mirror and apart from my eye area being quite red, my eyebrows were brighter and suited my hair better. I met Anna in the waiting room and I paid the girl $40. We went across the street for some food before we continued shopping and whatnot. “Wow, Zara. You’re fuckin’ sexy now” she said taking a sip of her Diet Coke. “Thanks…?” “If I was a lesbian, I’d bang you myself” “Can you not talk like that around my daughter please?” I laughed. “Just saying…James is gonna be pissed that he let you go now” I nodded eating some fries with my daughter on my lap. My phone rang on the table and James’ number flashed on the screen. I looked at Anna as to whether to answer or not but she was too busy checking out a guy so I answered. “Hello?” “Hey…how are you?” “I’m okay” “Cool…so I was thinking maybe we could meet up and talk?” Anna turned her attention back to me and noticed I was on the phone and mouthed “James?” to me. “Can you hold on a sec?” I covered the speaker with my hand. “He wants to meet up to talk” I told Anna. “When?” she whispered. “When?” “Um…I don’t know. Tomorrow? Maybe you and Maddison could come over and I’ll cook or something?” I covered the speaker again. “Tomorrow” “I don’t know…it’s up to you, Zara” I had to make up my mind quickly. “Hello?” he asked thinking I had hung up. “Yeah I’m here…I can meet you tomorrow” “Sweet. Is 3pm good for you?” I could tell he was smiling. “See you then” “Okay. Love you” “Yeah, bye” I closed the phone shut and was given a disappointed look from Anna. “What?” “You are so dumb you know that?” “But you said—“ “He’s going to think you want to get back together now” “But I want us to be together” “Yes I know that and you know that but you don’t want him to know that! You need to play hard to get so he’ll see what he’s missing, so he’ll appreciate you and treat you better when you do finally get back together” She was melting my head. “Whatever. I’ve to go to his house and he’s cooking dinner” “Don’t say I didn’t warn you when you go over there tomorrow and you’re like ‘aw James I love you so much’ then two days later he’s back to his old ways. That won’t cut it” I sighed and shook my head at her advice. I’d agreed to it now and I couldn’t go back on my word. “C’mon dumbass" she said picking up the purse. "We still have to get you make up and clothes…” Edited by -DJ-, February 3, 2013, 12:36 pm.
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| Sol | February 3, 2013, 1:02 pm Post #170 |
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Frantic
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I love it. Nothing else to say! I already cannot wait for the next update.
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| Broken, Beat & Scarred | February 3, 2013, 1:23 pm Post #171 |
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I'm finally commenting! I like this story a lot. James has been an ass, but I hope that he's going to be better from now on, assuming that Zara decides to try again with him. ![]() Update soon!
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| -DJ- | February 3, 2013, 1:28 pm Post #172 |
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Thanks Minna! Really appreciate it!
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| Phantomlady | February 3, 2013, 3:12 pm Post #173 |
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Sorry for commenting just now, but as always, I loved it Please, I need more of it
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| myparanoid | February 3, 2013, 4:45 pm Post #174 |
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Frantic
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Love it!
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| CarpeDiemBaby | February 3, 2013, 5:31 pm Post #175 |
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Cool the makeover part. James is going to faint! Moar!
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| -DJ- | February 4, 2013, 5:33 am Post #176 |
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The next day I looked in the mirror and still couldn’t believe I was blonde. I wondered what James was going to think of this. “Zara, are you up?” “Yep” Anna came into my room. “I have some clothes for you for later” she put some heels and a corset on my bed. “I’m only going to James’” “Remember what we talked about yesterday? Making him want you?” “I’m not wearing those” “Well what about these then? Go with the rock chick look” she threw some Doc Martens on the bed. “Yeah, these and some skinny jeans…real skinny” “Fine” “Yes! Tie your hair back and let me do your make-up” I wasn’t in the mood of arguing with her so I did as I was told. “I can’t believe I’m blonde” “I know, you’re like me now” she smiled. “I’m not dumb like you though” “Do you want to find out just how dangerous eyeliner can be, Zara?” she threatened me with the pencil. “Alright, alright” I sat back and let her work on my face. An hour later I was ready in skinnier than skinny black jeans, Doc Marten’s up half way up my leg and a tight plain black t shirt plus a really awkward push up bra she made me buy. Anna had given me smokey eyes and light foundation. It was…different to say the least. I pulled up to James’, well, our house at 2.50pm. I carried Maddy from the car and rang the doorbell. I could have used my key but it felt weird for some reason. “H—“ he opened the door and looked at me totally confused. He didn’t know how to react at all with his mouth literally dropping open. It didn’t really surprise me though, I’d left for two days and I’d completely transformed myself. Then it began to get awkward, he was just standing there gawking at me. “Can I come in?” He couldn’t come up with words so he just moved his head and stepped aside to let me in. I sat in the living room and it looked exactly the same as when I’d left. While he was in the kitchen cooking I noticed he’d left some paper on the coffee table with what I presumed were lyrics on it. I didn’t want to pry but curiosity got the better of me. I went to pick up the paper but as soon as I did he came in from the kitchen so I had to put it back quickly. “You want something to drink?” “Just water please” I risked it and as soon as he left the room again I read the lyrics written in his block handwriting. Was he the one causing pain With his careless dreaming? Been afraid Always afraid Of the things he's feeling Now a castaway They've all gone away They've gone away Forgive me Forgive me not Forgive me Forgive me not Forgive me Forgive me not There were lines crossed out here and there and obviously it wasn’t a song yet but I couldn’t help feeling I had influenced it in some way. He began to set the dining table and Maddison began to get sleepy in my arms. “I’m going to lie her down okay?” “Yeah s-sure” this must have been the first time he’d ever acted nervous around me. When I came back down he was putting food on our plates. “Hope you’re hungry” “What did you cook?” “Curry” “Where’d you learn to do that?” “Recipe off the internet. It’s good though” I sat at the table opposite him. The last time we did this he was asking me to stay with him and now he’d be doing it again. I dug into my food and it was good. “Your hair’s cool” “Heh. Thanks” “Why the change though?” “I just felt like I needed it…this is really good by the way” We ate the rest in silence and I felt really uncomfortable because he stared at me the whole time. He took twice as long to eat as I did. When we were done he cleared away our plates and we sat in the living room on different couches. He tidied up his lyrics quickly in case I noticed them. “Sorry for leaving you all those messages, I was just upset” he began. “It’s okay. How are you feeling…y’know after the other night” I asked him. “Better. Got some riffs going so that took my mind of things a little” “Why did you ask me here?” “To talk” “About?” “A few things…I thought about asking you to come back but…” “But what?!” I panicked immediately. “Maybe it’s best if we don’t…get back together. I mean, you’ve shown that you don’t need me around. While I was away you set up a fucking gallery on your own and you’re a great mom and I feel like I hold you back from doing things” “Are you breaking up with me?” I whispered and a single tear fell. “I’m not saying it has to be forever…but maybe for a while” His words were tearing me apart. “I might have done those things on my own but I didn’t want to do them on my own! It was because I had to. I wanted you there! I still do but then you bring me over here, cook me a nice dinner and you fucking break up with me?! Was the dinner a fucking peace offering or something?!” “It’s not like that, Zara” “What’s it like then, James?! I thought you were going to ask me to come home and I would have and we could have started over and…is there someone else?” the thought entered my mind suddenly. “NO!” “Don’t lie to me” “There is no one else I swear!” “Is it Susan because if it is—“ “There is no one else! What part of that don’t you understand?!” “I don’t understand any of this! One minute you’re calling me saying ‘come home I love you’ then you’re like ‘actually wait a sec, let’s just be friends’!” “You’re making such a deal out of something so small” “How the fuck is this something small?! My husband is breaking up with me! Did you just wake up yesterday and not love me anymore?” “Of course I still love you! You’re the mother of my kid for Christ’s sake! I want us to still be friends” “This better not be because you don’t want responsibility. I will make sure you’re in our daughter’s life” I stood up and pointed my finger in his face. I had never been this angry. “It’s not! I want to be in her life; I loved her more than anything else in the world! Can we organize something so I can see her regularly?” “Of course we can because you get whatever you want don’t you, James?” “What are you talking about? That’s not true” “Oh really? I did things for you that I would never do for anyone else, I moved away from home, I got married which I said I’d never do, I turned down two jobs for you, had a fucking kid and changed my whole life…for you! Whatever you wanted, I did! It’s always been about you” He didn’t answer me after that. “This is so fucked up…” I said quietly, wiping my eyes and there was mascara all over my hands. I walked upstairs to get Maddy. She was awake and smiling. “C’mon baby, we gotta go” I said picking her up and walked back down towards the front door. “You can come back and pick up your stuff whenever you want. Keep your key” “Dada!” she reached out her arms to him but he didn’t pick her up like she expected. “Bye sweetie. I love you” he spoke to Maddison and rubbed her cheek with his finger. I made sure I held back from crying until I was outside. I just wanted the earth to open up and swallow me whole. |
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| Powerslave | February 4, 2013, 6:52 am Post #177 |
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Bad Seed
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WHAT?! What the fuck is wrong with James!?! Why is he doing this?! Noooo James and Zara need to stay together! I need to know what happens next! James please get your act together! |
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| Shayniz21 | February 4, 2013, 8:59 am Post #178 |
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Poor Twisted Me
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Omg I like wanted to cry. What the duck is going on with James! This is bullshit! I want to smack the hell out of him. I need to know what happens next! |
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| CarpeDiemBaby | February 4, 2013, 2:16 pm Post #179 |
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Oh My God!... I mean... HOLY SHIT! Wait, there's must to be a huge reason for James's stupid behavior. I'm not buying this. Why is he beign such an asshole?! If you wanted us to hate him, you're doing a really god job. lol Keep writing!
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| Phantomlady | February 4, 2013, 8:42 pm Post #180 |
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Oh wait... What was that? Is James out of his mind? Mooooore please |
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