[AGoDR] Lie To Me

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Rory could not have looked more grateful when Summer said that. She flopped her head on the table, forehead pressed against it.

Joyous tensed up somehow further and scooted a few inches away from her at the scene she was creating and turned partway to slip into a conversation with kids nearby as if he'd been talking to them all along. Lucky bastard.

Rory gave Jude a twitchy smile. "Do I get bragging rights...? I accept these bragging rights and I will turn them in so we never speak of this secret again."
 

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"Oh come on," Jude said, giving her his very best sympathetic look. "It's not a big deal. It's not like this ruins your image. You didn't just confess you're actually a conman. You just said you like romcoms."

Jude wracked his brain for something embarrassing to give her, something to even the odds. Only he couldn't think of anything she didn't already know. Most of his awkward secrets were... well, related to her, or things she knew.

"Okay, how about this. Ask me any one question, and I'll answer."
 

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Well, shit. Why'd he have to go and give her that? Rory didn't know what to do with that, she did, however, know she never wanted Jude to say her name and 'romcon' in the same sentence ever again. She could just hear Travis' laughter, Broen's comments, and Janelle's... squealing.

She shook her head, lifted it and rubbed the bridge of her nose. Rory gave Joyous a look, but he was still pointedly ignoring them. He was a bit of an asshole sometimes.

"Can I put it in my pocket and use it later?"
 

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"Nope," Jude said. "I'm not that stupid. If I let you put it in your pocket you'll spring it on me at the worst possible moment. So you need to come up with something on the spot, so it's less awful."
 

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Oh shit. Oh shit. Oh shit...

She bit her lip and looked around as if trying to find some escape route.

"Fuck. Fine. Uh. If there was one thing, back in our world, that you could have changed what would it have been? Like one event that could have gone differently. And before you say the Gultha, not them. That can't be your answer."
 

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One thing that would have gone differently.

He didn't have to think about it. Not really. He knew what he'd have picked. But it felt too real, too raw, and he glanced away, considering for a moment just lying. Saying something like I wouldn't have gone in the house or I'd have been more open about who I was with people.

But that wasn't what he'd change, and he promised her honesty.

"I'd he talked to my dad more. I'd have asked more questions. Made sure he knew that I really cared. I can't even remember what my last words to him were. Something small and pointless. I'd have made backups of photos. I'd have been more careful with my things. I wish that had all gone differently."
 

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Rory was quiet. She nodded. She imagined it would be something like that. Rory hesitantly wrapped an arm around him, grinning. "Thanks for being honest, Jude. I can always count on you. But never say romcon, oh my God."
 
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