{"id":31554,"date":"2012-12-24T21:10:39","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T21:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/12\/24\/summer-and-tony-22\/"},"modified":"2012-12-24T21:10:39","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T21:10:39","slug":"summer-and-tony-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/12\/24\/summer-and-tony-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer and Tony"},"content":{"rendered":"

selfobsessedplayboy<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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iamthefirechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cOf course I feel it! I can \/taste\/ it. But it just isn\u2019t worth it to me to be used and tossed aside.\u201d Summer clenched her hands in her lap. It hurt so much, to think how close she might be, how much her own fears and doubts were holding her back. \u201cAfter all,\u201d she whispered, \u201chow can I believe you see me, really see me, if I become just another notch?\u201d She pressed her lips together hard, trying to deny the tears swelling up.<\/p>\n

\u201cPersuade me, make me believe what you say. I can\u2019t \/be\/ just the most recent girl you tumbled into bed with, I just can\u2019t.\u201d Not again, she thought. I need to be able to bond to someone, to know that they truly care for me. I can\u2019t go on just giving myself away. But the little voice at the back of her mind knew if he asked again, she\u2019d give in.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Tony threw his arms up a few inches and sighed. There was so much conflicting in his mind right now. But he knew there was some truth to her words, even if he didn\u2019t want there to be. An idea came to mind but he held it back a moment. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, Summer,\u201d he sighed, getting up to stand before the couch. His eyes met with hers once more just briefly before his voice filled the room again. \u201cHow about\u2026we go to dinner. Or to the park. Not a date, but just a meeting among friends. If it gets to be any more than that then\u2026well then I\u2019ll take you out for a real date\u2026,\u201d he let his voice trail off, looking to her and awaiting a response.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Please don’t — it’s not you — I’m just …” Summer stumbled over apology, denial, something before giving up. “Dinner. Yes. Okay.” She nodded a little, watching him, then stood up, head tipped back to keep her eyes locked on his face. “Maybe … not step quite so far back. First date, yes?”she said, trying for brave. She reached out, lightly resting her fingertips on his chest. “After all, that tension is there. I, um, I’m worth at least a dinner beforehand,” she tried to joke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

selfobsessedplayboy: iamthefirechild: \u201cOf course I feel it! I can \/taste\/ it. But it just isn\u2019t worth it to me to be used and tossed aside.\u201d Summer clenched her hands in her lap. It hurt so much, to think how close she might be, how much her own fears and doubts were holding her back. \u201cAfter … Continue reading Summer and Tony<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2959,3757],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31554"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}