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Sapphire Maddox. I would say I was pleased to make your acquaintance, but we both know I'm anything but.

[cormachamilton]

"Why don't you just admit you're in love with me, Hamilton?"

[cormachamilton]

She was right. Amidst all the emotions that whir around inside of him - anger (at himself, mostly, but also partly to her for making him feel the way he did), regret (did he really have to go and say something so stupid?), and fear (he could just walk away right now and not have to deal with any of this), to name a few - he had to admit he was right. You couldn’t just throw stuff like that around. He’d have the exact same reaction if the roles were reversed. His throat closed at the very thought. If. As if they’d ever be. As if Maddox could ever have feelings, let alone direct them towards him. This whole blow up was idiotic, and Cormac was hit by the sudden urge to just pretend this had never happened, and let the two of them live their lives separately. It wasn’t as if anything good would come of it. “You don’t control what I say, Maddox, ” he said as he straightened his back, trying his best to play it off as if it were still a part of their bickering. “But since you didn’t have any of your brilliant wisdom to share this time around, I do believe I’ve won.”

[sapphire-maddox]

A short, but loud, scoff escaped her lips upon hearing what Cormac Hamilton had to say in response to her outburst (which she had rightfully conducted, might she add). "Obviously," her words continued to leave a bitter taste on her tongue (and hopefully his), if not only to mask the confusion and hurt she was feeling after his supposed confession. "Every word out of your mouth is illy placed and completely ridiculous!" However, his next set of words hit her harder than she expected and much harder than she had prepared herself for. In a matter of moments, she could feel her heart in her throat and her chest and her toes all at the same time. The corner of her eyes stung and her hands buzzed. "That's not fair." Her stature (and very possibly the brick wall that she supposedly encased her heart in) began to crumble. If Cormac were to listen closely, he may even catch the tremble in her voice. "You can't throw something like that in another's face and expect win. You can't emotionally manipulate someone in such a way and use it as a war strategy!" Now, if he were to look closely, he would be able to see her eyes pooling. "That's not how it works."

[cormachamilton]

Cormac was rarely ever at a loss for words. To those who knew him at all, this was obvious. He was to share his obvious disgust for something, shaking his head at anything he considered childish or nonsensical. If not that, then he was spouting off some relevant fact that anyone knew but him. Or he was asserting his dominance or superiority, referring to everyone by last names, as if they were his subordinates rather than his peers, or even his friends. The root of it all was that Cormac was always involved into a conversation, and he was always in control. He made sure of that. But this. This wasn’t a situation he had experience in. This wasn’t something he could read up on (unless he dared pick up one of Juliette’s wretched magazines, and even then he doubted it would have advice for him). His eyes followed her to where she sat, only a few feet away from him. Cormac couldn’t help but notice that she didn’t seem to be making eye contact. He cleared his throat, though unsure what to say after. ” ‘m sorry about this,” he muttered, suddenly extremely interested in the patterning of the tiles. Fuck his life.

[sapphire-maddox]

Sapphire's eyebrow rose at the sound of his voice, though her eyes never left the rim of the tub her red fingernails used to fill the bathroom with anything but awkward silence. Momentarily, her green eyes flickered in hopes they would meet his blue, but the moment she found he had been more interested in the tile, they were directed towards her shoes. "As amusing as it is to think you're apologizing not only for me, but for you, Hamilton," Sapphire began, fingernails leaving the tub to peruse her dark hair. "You've no reason to apologize for the fact that I allowed Easter to drag me into another one of her tricks to get us in a room alone together." Perhaps it was a good thing Sapphire hadn't tried drinking for the first time tonight. With a large dose of courage, the brunette finally lifted her eyes towards the blonde and allowed a small smirk to slide across her lips. "So," there was another slight pause and the fact that she had been rambling hit her like a bullet in the back, causing her cheeks to slightly redden, "I'm also sorry." As soon as her words had left her tongue, Sapphire's eyes quickly darted to his pair of shoes, smirk slowly disappearing. 

[sapphire-maddox]

"I don't want to hear you have a boyfriend."

[cormachamilton]

"Well?" was the only word Cormac could drag out. "I don’t." His mind quickly jumped frantically to think of reasons that those words would possibly part his lips. The boy really did have to watch himself before he started spewing things he clearly didn’t mean. (Clearly). “I don’t want to hear you go on about some gremlin child that I could care less about.” That seemed appropriate, and true enough. Cormac’s thoughts went back to when he was still at Rose Valley and had to put up with the sickeningly delightful four foot mass of irritation. One that Sapphire seemed to like, for no rationally explicable reason. “Honestly, Maddox.. You have to know when to stop. You act as if I could care about your boyfriends, really.”

[sapphire-maddox]

"I never mentioned a name, Hamilton." Sapphire continued to spit out her words, his only continuing to infuriate her. "And even if I was dating Teddy, what on Earth makes you think that I would want to share every detail of that relationship with you?" Another humorless chuckle left her mouth, hand clutching at her hair. She spun on her heel momentarily, taking a moment to collect herself without staring at the face she really did not want to see ever again. When the last bit reached her ears, however, she turned once more, anger bubbling over. "i didn't bring him up! You took the liberty to mention that you never thought anyone would waste their time on me and I was only trying to prove you wrong! Honestly, what makes you think I want you anywhere near me? And what makes you think I'm dumb enough to think you want to know about me?" 

[sapphire-maddox]

"I don't want to hear you have a boyfriend."

A humorless laugh fell from Sapphire's brightly painted lips upon the impact of those words, her tongue running along her back teeth and jaw locking. They had been fighting ("like old times," Sapphire would describe it as, if it had brought back lovely memories - but it hadn't) and no one seemed to be shocked at the idea, for even after nearly two years of not seeing the two together, no one tried to keep them civil. No one had tried to separate them and no one was going to, judging by their choice to walk by the screaming match. Maybe they knew something Sapphire didn't. Maybe they knew of the ridiculous confession it would bring from the blond in front of her and maybe they knew that the two still had plenty to work out. After hearing his words and realizing how much anger they had caused the brunette, she began to think they were right. "You have got to be kidding me," she shouted up at him, an almost grin spread across her lips expressing the frustration she was being dragged through. 

[cormachamilton]

"Why don't you just admit you're in love with me, Hamilton?"

—- ”Because you could never love me back,” he spat out, after her constant insistence. It was just like the pair of them to get into an argument about this. What had originally started as a heated clashing of egos (though admittedly filled with undeniable sexual tension) ended in whatever this was. These two often got like this, persistent that the other was simply so rude to them because they were jealous or insecure or - most commonly, it seemed - in love. If only Maddox knew how true her words were. Well, she would know, at least, because after a particularly annoying evening, with no shred of patience left in Cormac’s body, the truth tore from his lips. He bit his bottom one tightly, so tightly in fact that he was worried that it would start bleeding, but it was the only sign of being taken aback at the words that had come out of his mouth. The rest of his body was tense and still, not moving an inch, his eyes staring directly into hers, as if dating her to make the next move.

[cormachamilton]

[sapphire-maddox]

The moment the words left his lips, Sapphire felt her throat close. The frustration filling her veins never dwindled, but the venom in her eyes diminished bit by bit with every agonizingly slow moment she stared up at him. An indescribable, incomparable weight crushed her chest making it hard to breathe and her heart to pulse with pain. For a solid minute - though it felt like years, in all honesty - all Sapphire could feel was her demeanor slowly soften. Until a thought occurred to her - an epiphany that only caused her eyes to sting and blood begin to boil once more. Her head slowly shook as she tried her very best to keep back tears.What if he was only looking for a confession? She would never put it past him - not after hearing all of the things he was perfectly capable of saying. He only wanted to win the argument, right? Why else would he say something like that. He was Cormac Hamilton and she was only her. But, dear god above, did she wish the words falling out of his mouth were true. "Don't say that," she spat, hand moving to clear her face of the stray hairs. "You can't - you can't throw something like that around, Cormac! Life doesn't work like that." 

[cormachamilton]

Cormac avoided Sapphire’s insistent gaze, instead drilling his dark eyes into Easter’s head, who seemed to pay no heed to them and continued to laugh and take continuous swigs from the bottle in her hand. She seemed to have no idea the mess she had just put him in. He tried to keep himself calm, to keep from the fear from appearing on his face and from his beating heart to jump out of his chest. (Though, of course, that wasn’t physically possible). “Jozet, honestly” he started slowly, using his no-nonsense tone, “this is ridiculous. You can’t honestly expect us to do this.” However, it seemed the alcohol running through her veins kept her from realizing the severity of his words, and instead only caused her to jump up and pull on his wrist. With a sigh, Cormac stood up before swatting her hands away. Easter clapped in delight. He gave Maddox a look, somewhere a cross between ‘you’re on your own’ and ‘God help me,’ before walking in to the bathroom a few feet away from the circle, closing the door behind him before collapsing on top of the toilet seat.

[sapphire-maddox]

Sapphire's eyes have found the ground the moment she came to the realization that she was being ignored; her heart soon joining them when she heard him speak. She shouldn't have been disappointed and she knew that the disappointment clashed with the intense fear her heart kept time with. In fact, she only head Easter's joyful clapping because it hadn't stuck to the beat of the heart pounding against her chest. Her green eyes darted towards the two, mouth instantaneously going dry at the look she received. With much preservation and all the strength in her body (which isn't much, mind you), Sapphire slowly pulled herself to her feet. "Easter, I really don't think this is a good idea." Her voice remained steady and her expression held it's very annoyed, venomous look and yet the only reaction she got was a push towards the bathroom Cormac had just walked into.  

With a huff and a roll of her eyes (to convince both her audience and herself that she had no want to participate in this ridiculous game), she twisted the doorknob and took a step inside. The moment she had shut the door behind her, the familiar click of the lock (apparently this game was taken very seriously, for the doorknobs were manually switched so others could be locked in). Her eyes immediately directing themselves anywhere and everywhere in the small bathroom but him, mind racing and hands buzzing. For a few moments, Sapphire only stood there, checking herself in mirror every now and then before she finally took to sitting on the rim of the tub. Her lip caught in her teeth, she absentmindedly drummed her fingers on the inside of the tub, making sure her eyes stayed glued to her jeans. 

[sapphire-maddox]

Sapphire should have known. She should have known that the moment Easter mentioned Spin the Bottle at a social gathering that included her and Cormac Hamilton, she was screwed. She should have broken free of Easter's grip on her wrists and ran in the opposite direction as soon and as fast as possible. God, it was just her luck. That's all Cormac Hamilton ever seemed to do to her: doom her with bad luck. The whoops from an obviously buzzed Easter and the terrified looks from both the tall blonde and herself didn't better the situation either, she was sure. Except now she couldn't feel her legs; now she couldn't seem to get off of her spot on the floor to venture into the closet with her bad luck charm. Panic bubbled in her stomach and her hands tugged excessively on her hair as her eyes were glued to Cormac, begging him to talk their way out of this one.  

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