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Paulie raked his hand through his hair, then looked at his friend. "No, of course not. It was just.. ya know. Charades."
This was all very complicated, and hopefully Adam wasn't finding difficulty following what Paulie was saying. How did Paulie attain all this insightful wisdom? Must've been a gift. Mmhm. Adam seemed to seek further advice from him, but Paulie had the answer. He had an answer that, he thought, would just answer all Adam's questions. "You wanna know what I think, Adam?" Of course Adam wanted to know.. he was asking him flat out! Paulie just liked the sound of his own voice, however. "Kiss her."
Bam. In fact, if Paulie had been in Adam's shoes, that would have happened a WHILE ago.
"'Kay? Like.. figure out the timing, though. Have good timing," he counseled. "It's a right shame you didn't kiss her at the end of that heated conversation you guys just had. When she was stomping off like she does, you shoulda pulled her back and kissed her. You know, like they do in the movies." But there was no sense in thinking about that, was there? Couldn't go back in time without a timeturner, and frankly, that wasn't happening.
He shrugged. "It's just.. you can't stay hung up on her like this when she's just choosing to ignore your feelings. I think it's hurting you a lot, and you can't keep taking it forever." Sigh. Such troubles. "I think you've got to get a final answer about how she feels about you, and if she really doesn't like you in that way.. then I think you need to take a break from hanging out with her until you're really over her." And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, was what Paule had to say about THAT.
After Paulie's remark about summer, Adam must have read his thoughts, for a question about Tori came next. Honestly. THAT GIRL! If it had been anyone else, Paulie wouldn't have put up with the misery of a long-distance relationship. Tori. Wahhhhh. He frowned. "I wrote her twice. She sent me a howler, ya know? When she found out that I was in Lovers' Lair." He gave a small smile that didn't quite reach his eyes. "But yeah, I think she's been busy. Haven't gotten a letter back for a while now."
Adam gave a small nod as Paulie asked him if he wanted to know what Paulie thought, but he wasn't sure there was anything in the world that could have prepared him for what came out of Paulie's mouth.
"I should what?" Adam asked, a small stutter coming out at the end at the shock of the implication. He had turned his whole body now so that he was completely facing Paulie as Paulie went into a long explanation of why he should do this, when he should do this, and what he should do if things didn't go in his favor. All Adam could do was just sit there for a moment, looking at Paulie then returning his attention to the ground, then back at Paulie. He opened his mouth a couple of times but the words got caught in his throat, causing nothing but confused sounds to come out.
"Well...that's...wow," Adam said rubbing his face slightly.
"We almost did kiss once a while back when all that stuff with my parents was happening, but I've been taken for a while and she has and well the thought never really crossed my mind. But good timing you suggest? I'm not sure I know that there's ever actually a good time. I'm afraid if I'd even thought about it during our last meeting that she would have hexed me into next week," Adam said with a gentle shake of the head.
"But I agree...I don't know what else to do. I told her that I need an answer you know? That I can't go on pretending and that she can't keep dogging the issue...maybe if the next meeting goes better..." Adam mumbled more to himself than Paulie.
"I mean, do you and Tori ever fight? I know you don't seem to have the anger management issues that I do, but what do you when you guys have bad fights...if you have them that is..."
When Paulie mentioned that Tori sent him an owler, Adam raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Rough...did you explain that your silly best mate was already pursuing her?" Adam asked, attempting a chuckle to make the situation a little more light hearted. Of course it was difficult to be light hearted when Paulie mentioned she hadn't written in a while and looked so dejected.
"Maybe you should send her something a little more sprucy than a letter you know? Let a little of your creative and personality come through? There's loads of ways to enchant a letter right? Maybe we could think of something to get her laughing," Adam suggested, hoping that he wasn't stepping over bounds but wanting to at least offer to help since Paulie was doing the same thing for his girl struggles.