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Post by Morgan Row on Sept 23, 2007 20:48:35 GMT
"If you knew what Logan had done to him!" She replied, instantly riled.
She hated to admit it, but after feeling miserable for so long, the anger felt good. A welcome hot blooded rush of relief from depression, charging through her straight away.
"Of course he wants revenge anyway he can get it! He killed his best friend, my boyfriend, he-...he tortured his girlfriend, he slit his throat, of course he wants revenge!"
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Post by Arden Patricks on Sept 23, 2007 20:51:30 GMT
"Fuck no he didn't," I say in a low and angry voice. "Any of those things he did were justly deserved. Can you say the same about your precious Chris using unforgivable curses on me just for talking to him?"
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Post by Morgan Row on Sept 23, 2007 20:56:27 GMT
"Fuck yes, he did. You have no idea. Think about it," She replies coolly, "Oh? Will deserved to be murdered, did he? Maddie deserved to be cut up for no reason at all? And Ian deserved his throat slit simply because he was there?"
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Post by Arden Patricks on Sept 23, 2007 20:59:08 GMT
I shake my head, scared once again that I've chosen the wrong side in this feud. "I... no. It couldn't have been him. It couldn't have been him, especially not Will," I say in a slight panic, resting my head in a shaking hand. "You don't know what you're talking about, you can't."
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Post by Morgan Row on Sept 23, 2007 21:02:38 GMT
Her tone softens slightly, "He did. He killed Will. Polyjuice potion and the imperius curse, and he got Will murdered in his place. I know, because the potion wore off. How do you think I felt when my boyfriend suddenly morphed into his evil fucking psychopath of a brother?"
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Post by Arden Patricks on Sept 23, 2007 21:08:07 GMT
I shake my head, feeling pale. "Hell no..." I whisper. "No... Will was always decent... maybe Finley." I nod. "It's been Finley the whole time, it has to be. Or maybe Will himself."
But he was always the decent one....
Shut up, I tell my mind firmly. Logan has always been good, always protected me from my family... always been a good friend.
Then I remember what my brother said, and feel slightly sick again.
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Post by Morgan Row on Sept 23, 2007 21:09:58 GMT
Or maybe Will himself... The words ring out very loud and very painfully all around her head.
She could understand to a certain extent, that she was upset and in denial and being told everything she trusted about someone was wrong, but the insult ground on her memories like broken glass.
"Will was a decent man and he would never do anything like that! He was the better person all along!"
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Post by Arden Patricks on Sept 23, 2007 21:19:12 GMT
I shake my head, eyes squeezed shut against tears of fear.
"One of the best," Logan says, showing me that horrible Mark....
"How's your son? Dead, isn't it?" he asks with that horrible smirk....
"I was trying to protect you!" Fitzy shouts furiously. "No matter what he did... you always were defending him."
Logan tried to kill you once, remember? that voice asks in my head. Logan nearly killed you just 'cause you defended Killer... and Will pulled him away. Which of them's more likely to be decent?
I shake my head again, unwilling to believe it.
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Post by Morgan Row on Sept 24, 2007 15:04:39 GMT
She slumps down slightly, now half ashamed of losing her temper, but not regretting it.
The more people saw the bad in Logan, the better.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Sept 24, 2007 17:58:30 GMT
"He really is a monster, isn't he?" I ask quietly after a moment. "He's just like everyone said, what they've always said."
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Post by Morgan Row on Sept 26, 2007 15:47:36 GMT
"He really is," She agrees quietly, "I'm-...I'm sorry."
She wasn't sure what she was apologising for, half for losing her temper, half as sympathy, probably.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Sept 26, 2007 16:08:18 GMT
But he's still Logan, a voice in my head argues, and I feel sicker than ever at the idea that I might forgive him.
Have you utterly lost your mind?
"I'm sorry too," I nod, swallowing hard. "Will... Will was a good guy. Will was always the decent one. I'm sure he didn't deserve it." I try to very casually flick the wetness out of my eyes, not sure why I should be ashamed of crying.
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Post by Morgan Row on Sept 27, 2007 16:49:50 GMT
She nods heavily, looking down at her clasped hands in her lap, half because she didn't really want anyone to see her eyes so wet and swimming with tears, and half because she didn't want to let on that she'd seen Arden on the verge of tears herself.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Sept 27, 2007 17:02:05 GMT
I sit there in silence for a bit, having no idea what else to say, or what to do.
So that's it then.... Everything you thought was a lie. Chris was in the right the whole time, and Logan is a sick, sadistic murderer.
I shrug to myself, staring down at my hands, unable to fully comprehend it.
Logan was my hero... and Chris tortured me. How does that work?
And then I look up at Morgan, feeling guilty. I was hardly in the more pitiable position here... not that it was likely she'd want pity from me or anyone else. I smile sympathetically even though she isn't looking, and then look back at my hands.
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Post by Morgan Row on Sept 27, 2007 20:45:41 GMT
"I-...I know Chris isn't a-...Well, they're both as bad as each other," She tries for a weak smile when she looks back up at her, "I'd say we're both idiots for forgiving them time after time, right?"
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Post by Arden Patricks on Sept 27, 2007 20:52:26 GMT
"Yeah, I guess," I smile weakly. "They're both as bad as each other?" I repeat, feeling strangely hopeful and then shaking my head. "Seems like Logan's worse."
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Post by Morgan Row on Sept 27, 2007 20:54:41 GMT
"It'd seem that way, and maybe upfront, Logan is. But...you've never seen Chris when he-...it's like he's just as cruel, he's just not as open about it or like that as often. It's scary when he is though. I think they're both just...just...bastards." She settles on saying.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Sept 27, 2007 21:00:51 GMT
I smile slightly, lacing my fingers together and resting my head on them. "And yet they're our best friends...." I laugh weakly.
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Post by Morgan Row on Sept 27, 2007 21:02:38 GMT
"Which is somewhat sad," She laughs very slightly.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Sept 27, 2007 21:08:48 GMT
I shake my head. "I don't even remember why we became friends in the first place." I laugh weakly again. "And I definitely don't know why I always forgive him."
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Post by Morgan Row on Sept 27, 2007 21:12:11 GMT
"I can blame my sister," She laughs weakly, "If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't know him, or be obliged to forgive him. You said you were childhood friends? I guess you can't just forget that."
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Post by Arden Patricks on Sept 27, 2007 21:18:14 GMT
I laugh. "Yeah, but even then... no matter what he did, to me or anyone else...." I shrug and shake my head, then bite my lip. "Were you and your sister pretty close?"
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Post by Morgan Row on Sept 27, 2007 21:20:13 GMT
"Friendship is blind," She smiles weakly, "Yeah, me and Erin were close. She was my best friend."
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Post by Arden Patricks on Sept 27, 2007 21:27:16 GMT
"Sorry," I say quietly, shrugging at the inadequacy of that. Then I smile slightly. "The sorting hat told me, way back when, that I value my friends over common sense and all other values, or something like that."
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Post by Morgan Row on Sept 27, 2007 21:30:58 GMT
"Me too," She says softly, then smiles weakly, "Clever sorting hat. It told me I was too opinionated for my own good...and too scatterbrained for my opinions to make sense to anyone but me..."
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Post by Arden Patricks on Sept 27, 2007 21:39:05 GMT
I laugh slightly. "That's an awful arrangement of personality traits... doomed to try and convince people who will never understand you."
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Post by Morgan Row on Sept 28, 2007 16:20:18 GMT
She laughs slightly, "Oh well, I get by. And it's some form of entertainment to argue with people and then end up confusing them," She smiles slightly, "I like what it said to you better. Sounds noble."
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Post by Arden Patricks on Sept 28, 2007 17:48:46 GMT
I shake my head. "Not noble... not if I betray my own values for the sake of friendship." I shrug. "Although at least I don't try and confuse people for my own malicious entertainment."
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Post by Morgan Row on Sept 29, 2007 17:00:14 GMT
"I guess, it depends on the situation, I suppose," she shrugs slightly, then allows a slight smile, "Well, I have to find some way to entertain myself."
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Post by Arden Patricks on Sept 29, 2007 17:10:58 GMT
I laugh. "Well, try... I dunno. Multiplication tables in your head or something." I shrug, and my smile fades slightly.
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