[Backdated April 28th] Frustrations - OTA

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Alec found himself walking down the hall tense and unable to really form a coherent thought except a lot of swearing directed toward Peter. He hadn't expected to punch the kid - to really punch the kid. Even when they fought in the parking lot, Alec had held back. That punch - he had meant to hurt Peter. And then after, when he had he was pissed off that Peter hadn't defended himself.

In his walking as he dwelled on the events that just transpired, Alec saw the vending machine. That damn vending machine.

He closed the distance between him and it and then Alec began to punch it. Not the glass - that would be too easy - Alec punched the metal. The metal dented with each hit, his knuckles getting raw and bloody quickly from it.

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Re: Emma & Alec

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"Uh.. sure. Yeah." He wasn't overly attached to macaroni and cheese, but he did like spending time with Emma for some reason. He knew he could be a pain-in-the-ass so having someone who put up with him was always nice. She had some weird calming affect on him.

"If you want, I mean."

Re: Emma & Alec

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Emma had a higher tolerance than some for pains-in-the-ass who were actually pretty decent guys, and Alec wasn't that bad, really, as long as you gave him something to focus on instead of making trouble.

"It's kind of what I was talking about. Kugel's a good example of comfort food, even more for someone who grew up with it as part of their culture. Plus, making it could a kind of connection to your friend, when he's not here and your not there. And if you do get back there, you could make it for him, or teach him how to make it. There's a lot more there than just the physical ingredients or the process of baking it."

Re: Emma & Alec

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Alec opened his mouth to say he didn't need to feel a connection to Joshua, but for some reason the words didn't actually leave his mouth. His lips closed and he continued cutting the vegetables into the right size for the dish they were creating. He thought on her words, though. "So you think we remember all this then, huh?"

Re: Emma & Alec

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Emma wondered what Alec had been about to say. She felt like maybe she could guess, but maybe she was just... could you project someone else's feelings onto another person? Because that.

"I think it's better to assume we'll remember. If I'm wrong, we don't really lose anything by having believed we'd remember. But if we do keep all of this, and we haven't treated our time here as real..." She shrugged. "Or maybe I'm just not ready to accept not going home."