Stay With Me

My name is Kieran Grainger and I'm just as broken as you are.

[alexis-grey]

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I’m grown, I can make up whatever I want.

[kieran-grainger]

You aren't sounding very grown. [sips at his tea]

[alexis-grey]

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Part of being grown is the freedom to act like a toddler.

[kieran-grainger]

I think you just made that up.

[little-annalise]

I'm cold..

[kieran-grainger]

You should ask them to get you more jackets.

[alexis-grey]

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Lalala, I’m not listening to you, I’m a grown woman and can call you a cutie if I so desire.

[kieran-grainger]

You're not acting very grown.

[alexis-grey]

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I’m older than you, you don’t get to tell me what to do.

[kieran-grainger]

I think I just did.

[alexis-grey]

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[Clutching the mug in her hands, she grinned.] But Kieran, you’re my favorite. And you made me tea. Just look at that adorable smile, my heart just grew three times it’s size.

[kieran-grainger]

You're terrible. Stop it. Behave.

[dailyjamiebower]

[alexis-grey]

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You…[Alexis blinked several times as she watched him make the drinks before smiling softly at his words.] You’re definitely the most preciously adorable person I have met in my entire life and I’m going to keep you forever.

[kieran-grainger]

Oh, stop it, behave yourself. Take your tea, and behave yourself.

[alexis-grey]

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Well shoot, I guess I’m going straight to heck.

[kieran-grainger]

[the beeping of the microwave makes him jump] Oh, that's the microwave, but you knew that, I'm sure. Most people would know that. Frighteningly loud. [he continues to ramble as he takes two empty cups, places two teabags (one in each) and then pours the hot water from the other cups into each empty cup] That was terrifying. Like a toaster. Or a Hoover.

[alexis-grey]

I’ll do anything to save my soul. Except the pond. I’m not going in the pond again.

[kieran-grainger]

This isn't going to work. The pond is the only option.

[alexis-grey]

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Appropriating your culture. Disrespecting your country. I’m a monster, really.

[kieran-grainger]

You're terrible. You've got to be stopped.

[alexis-grey]

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Stop, no, don’t say that they’ll put it on my record. “So what were you in an asylum for?” “Brits and their tea”. 

[kieran-grainger]

Alexis Grey: Racist. [he takes two cups and fills both with water before sticking them in the microwave, mumbling about how it felt wrong to microwave tea.]

[alexis-grey]

How am I supposed to know if there’s a teapot? You haven’t made tea since coming here?

[kieran-grainger]

Racist.

[angel-woods-kwi]

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I think you’re ridiculous.

[kieran-grainger]

That's a rude thing to say to a stranger. Am I being bullied? Are you bullying me?

[alexis-grey]

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It never has been. Now tea. Make it. Me Tarzan. You teach.

[kieran-grainger]

Is there a teapot? I wouldn't think we'd get a teapot.

[alexis-grey]

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One: It’s not the truth about you. Two: they aren’t lies and you can’t control my thoughts unless you’re a superhero, which I haven’t quite ruled out yet. Three: if you expect me to bend on the subject you’ve very much underestimated how stubborn I am. 

[kieran-grainger]

Mm, stubbornness isn't exclusive to you, then. 

[alexis-grey]

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Kieran, I really don’t mind it. Pinky swear. I never have. Now get in the damn room, I need caffeine. 

[kieran-grainger]

I'm going to continue to say the truth about myself in front of you, as long as you keep thinking lies about yourself. [enters the room]