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"I'M SO MUCH BETTER THAN YOU,"

lol_meme TYPED FURIOUSLY, HER FINGERS GROWING STICKY WITH SWEAT. "I'M FAR MORE ENDURING. I'VE GOT SO MUCH HISTORY!"

freethemarquee PRESSED F5, OVER AND OVER, HER CHEST TIGHT LIKE A PEEN-SHAPED BALL OF ANGER. FINALLY SHE PAUSED, AND READ THE COMMENT THAT APPEARED ON HER MONITOR. "HOW DARE YOU SAY SUCH A THING! ALL YOU WANTED WAS ATTENTION AND ADORATION. EVERYONE LOVES ME MORE, I'M SO DISTANT AND TOS-WATCHING!" SHE PRESSED "POST COMMENT", SIGHED ANGRILY, AND RESUMED HER F5-ING WITH NEW HATRED.

WHAT IS TAKING HER SO LONG?

freethemarquee THOUGHT, GETTING FRUSTRATED. ALL OF A SUDDEN, A NEW COMMENT APPEARED IN THE THREAD.

"YOU'RE RIGHT,

freethemarquee. ALL I WANTED WAS ATTENTION AND ADORATION... FROM YOU. TRUFAX!"

freethemarquee'S EYES WENT WIDE. DARE SHE RESPOND WITH ANYTHING BUT "LOL NO ONE LOVES YOU"? SHE SHOOK HER HEAD. NO, THE FLAMEWARS HAD GONE ON TOO LONG. NOW WAS THE TIME FOR HONESTY. "ALL THIS TIME, I THOUGHT YOU WERE A H0R, BUT REALLY ALL YOU WANTED WAS MY LOVE! BB, IF IT'S MY LOVE YOU WANT, IT IS MY LOVE THAT YOU SHALL HAVE."

lol_meme SAT ON THE EDGE OF HER CHAIR, AWAITING THE RESPONSE, BERATING HERSELF FOR OPENING HER HEART. I'M A FOOL! SHE THOUGHT. freethemarquee COULD NEVER LOVE ME! WALRUS! SHE CLICKED REFRESH WITH FEAR IN HER HEART, BUT WHAT SHE SAW MADE HER GASP WITH SURPRISE AND HAPPINESS.

"BB, BE MINE!"

lol_meme SPUN AROUND TO FACE THE VOICE BEHIND HER. IT WAS

freethemarquee!

lol_meme SPRANG OUT OF HER CHAIR AND FLUNG HERSELF INTO

freethemarquee'S ARMS.

"

freethemarquee, I THOUGHT --"

lol_meme BEGAN, BUT STOPPED WHEN HER BELOVED RAISED A FINGER TO HER LIPS, AND PULLED HER INTO A PASSIONATE KISS.

~*~

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CHARLIE WATTS, &C., CHAPTER 2.1
(Anonymous)
2006-11-20 02:07 am UTC (link)

CHAPTER TWO
THE MIDNIGHT RAMBLER

“WELL, WHY DON’T YOU JUST TRY CALLING HIM?” CUDDLERAY SOUNDED AS FRUSTRATED AS CHARLIE FELT. THEY’D TALKED IN CIRCLES FOR HOURS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT KEEF’S NEXT MOVE MIGHT HAVE BEEN. THE TROUBLE WAS, HE COULD HAVE GONE ANYWHERE. WHILE CHARLIE PREFERRED TO STICK CLOSE TO HOME, KEEF THOUGHT OF THE ENTIRE WORLD AS HIS PERSONAL PLAYGROUND. CONNECTICUT, JAMAICA, THE SOUTH OF FRANCE... HE HAD MORE BASES OF OPERATION THAN MOST PEOPLE HAD TROUSERS.

"YOU KNOW KEEF. HE'D RATHER STICK HIS HEAD IN A MICROWAVE THAN USE HIS MOBILE. DAMNIT, I WISH BOWIE HAD PAID A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION!" HE SHOT A GLARE AT THE SLENDER MAN FAST ASLEEP ON THE FLOOR. EVEN CUDDLERAY'S GENTLE PROBING AND SNUGGLY ATTITUDE HADN'T GOTTEN HIM TO REMEMBER MUCH MORE THAN HE'D ALREADY TOLD CHARLIE.

CUDDLERAY FOLDED IN ON HERSELF AND SETTLED DEEPER INTO THE COUCH CUSHIONS. HER EYES WERE CLOSED AND SHE WAS HUMMING SOFTLY. CHARLIE LIGHTLY TAPPED OUT AN ACCOMPANYING PERSUSSION LINE ON THE COFFEE TABLE. IT SOUNDED VAGUELY CARIBBEAN, HARDLY SURPRISING AFTER SPENDING THE NIGHT LISTENING TO CUDDLERAY'S TROPICAL LILT.

CHRIST, HE WAS SO EXHAUSTED HE COULD BARELY KEEP HIS EYES OPEN, LET ALONE KEEP THE BEAT. EVERY PART OF HIM ACHED TO FIND THE NEAREST BED AND SLEEP FOR A WEEK. WITH A START, HE REALIZED THAT HE STILL HADN'T CALLED IN TO REPORT HIS PROGRESS. HE FISHED AROUND IN HIS POCKETS FOR HIS MOBILE BUT PULLED OUT A HANDFUL OF COINS, HIS SPARE LIGHTER, AND A SCRAP OF PAPER WITH HIS OWN FACE SKETCHED ON IT INSTEAD. GROANING, HE PUSHED HIMSELF TO HIS FEET. "I'LL BE RIGHT BACK, CUDDLES. LEFT MY MOBILE IN THE CAR."

SHE WAVED VAGUELY AT HIM AND KEPT HUMMING. ON HIS WAY OUT, HE GRABBED HER CRUMPLED PACKET OF CIGARETTES AND SHOOK IT. DEFINITELY TIME TO BUY MORE -- AFTER A FEW HOURS WITHOUT A NICOTINE FIX, CUDDLERAY STARTED TO RESEMBLE ONE OF HER LESS FLUFFY RELATIVES.

CHARLIE PAUSED OUTSIDE LONG ENOUGH TO LIGHT UP. AS HE BLEW OUT THE SMOKE, HE NOTICED THAT THE SUN WAS JUST STARTING TO PEEK THROUGH THE TREES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. JESUS, WAS IT REALLY THAT LATE... EARLY? HE HADN'T PULLED AN ALL-NIGHTER IN YEARS, NOT SINCE THE BUNGLED OPERATION AT THE MARQUEEN'S MASQUERADE. THE GRAVEL CRUNCHED UNDER HIS FEET AS HE WALKED TO THE CAR. MAYBE WHEN THIS WAS OVER, HE'D PACK UP SOME EQUIPMENT AND HEAD OFF TO LOLSTRALIA, GET A FEW HOURS OF ABORIGINAL DRUMS ON TAPE. ADD SOME WAVES CRASHING ON THE BEACH, SEE IF HE COULDN'T DIG UP THAT TOY DRUMSET FROM "STREET FIGHTING MAN"....

THE MOBILE WAS RIGHT WHERE HE EXPECTED TO FIND IT, WEDGED IN BETWEEN THE CONSOLE AND THE SEATBELT BUCKLE. DAMNED THING WAS ALWAYS SLIDING OUT OF HIS TROUSER POCKETS AND HE COULD NEVER REMEMBER TO PUT IT ANYWHERE ELSE. THE DISPLAY LIT UP WHEN HE THUMBED THE ENTER BUTTON: SEVEN MISSED CALLS AND ONE TEXT, ALL FROM HQ. FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC.

HE QUICKLY SCROLLED THROUGH THE CONTACT LIST AND HIT SEND. NOT MUCH POINT IN CHECKING ANY OF THE MESSAGES. THEY WERE ALWAYS THE SAME: 'BACK ON THE ROAD Y/Y?' FOLLOWED BY HIS PERSONAL OPERATIVE CODE.

WHILE HE WAITED FOR HIS HQ CONTACT TO PICK UP, CHARLIE STRETCHED AND LEANED AGAINST THE HOOD OF THE CAR. WITH ANY LUCK, THEY'D HAVE AT LEAST ONE CONCRETE LEAD HE COULD FOLLOW.

"HAY BB," A GRAVELLY VOICE RASPED IN HIS EAR.

"HAY MARIANNE. WHAT'VE YOU GOT FOR ME?"

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	Re: CHARLIE WATTS, &C., CHAPTER 2.1 (Anonymous) 2006-11-20 02:15 am UTC (link)
	OMG ILU! :D (Reply to this)(Parent)

Re: CHARLIE WATTS, &C., CHAPTER 2.1
(Anonymous)
2006-11-20 02:17 am UTC (link)

GAWD, SHE WAS SO DAMN HOT BACK IN THE DAY. ALSO, EEEEEEE YOU'RE BRINGING MARIANNE IN!!

I LOVE THE CONSTANT MUSICAL UNDERTONES YOU KEEP TYING IN, TOO; THIS MAY BE A MYSTERY BUT YOU NEVER LET US FORGET THAT CHARLIE IS A ROCKSTAR FIRST AND FOREMOST! THIS JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER: I DON'T EVEN MIND THAT I'LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR TOMORROW FOR MORE, I'M SO HAPPY WITH WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM YOU SO FAR!

P.S. WHEN THIS MASTERPIECE IS COMPLETE, PLZ TO BE WRITING A SEQUEL: CHARLIE WATTS 2: LOLSTRALIAN BOOGALOO.

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	Re: CHARLIE WATTS, &C., CHAPTER 2.1 (Anonymous) 2006-11-20 02:29 am UTC (link)
	THIS IS QUITE LITERALLY THE BEST THING EVER. (NOT JUST IN FIC. I MEAN, EVER.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

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