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ds_flashfiction713 words with ‘Forgiveness’ somewhat heavily implied. This has been sitting on my hard drive in one guise or another for a long, long time. I considered submitting it to half a dozen challenges, but somehow never got it exactly right. One hopes that it fits this one.
Hearing is Believing
by chesamus
“Get in the car."
--
"Get in the car, Benton."
--
"Get in the car or I will kick you in the head."
"I don’t think so."
"You don’t think so? You don’t think I can or don’t think I will? Get in the car."
"I don’t think either, or both, and no."
[sound of a Baretta 9 mm bolt sliding]
"Get in the fucking car or I will shoot your hat."
[sound of two car doors slamming in close succession]
Some hours later...
"You ain’t gonna talk to me, are you?"
--
"Listen, Frase, you gotta talk to me. You gotta tell me what’s wrong."
--
"How can I fix it if I don’t know what it is?"
--
"Fine. Sit there and sulk, but sooner or later you’ll have to say something."
"I want you to take me home."
"I’m not taking you home until you talk to me."
"I want to go home."
"People in hell want ice water, but that isn’t gonna happen either."
"Kidnapping is a felony under Illinois statutes."
"Yeah, and I took you into Wisconsin so it’s federal. Wanna borrow my phone and call it in to the FBI?"
"Ray, this is childish, even for you."
"Don’t think pissing me off is gonna make me change my mind. I wanna know what’s wrong."
"If you truly loved me--"
"Do NOT go there, Fraser. Do not even look in that direction. I played those games with Stella, and I’m telling you right now I can’t do that with you. Just because I love you doesn’t mean I got extra-terrestial perception."
"Extra Sensory Perception, Ray. ESP."
"I don’t care how it’s spelled, I don’t got it, okay? So I don‘t know why you’re pissed, or why you’ve been doing the whole mime thing, and we are not going anywhere until I know why I’m suddenly pond scum."
"I should think it obvious, Ray."
"It isn’t obvious or I’da figured it out by now. I’m talented that way."
--
"Ben, Ben, come on. Talk to me. We promised we’d talk to each other."
"We promised many things, Ray. It appears you forgot that."
"I’ve never broken a promise to you."
"That wasn’t what it sounded like to me."
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"I heard you last Thursday. I heard you with that - that man!"
"Last Thursday? What man?"
"Don’t pretend, Ray. I heard you. I imagine everyone in the immediate vicinity heard you."
"Heard me what? Last Thursday? I didn’t go anywhere last Thursday, except to get my hair cut--"
--
"Oh, for gods sake, Benton, are you crazy?"
"I know what I heard. You were making those sounds, Ray, the same ones you make when I - when we - and he had his hands all over you..."
"All over - Sol was massaging my scalp!"
"He was fondling your hair!"
"He was not fondling my hair, or any other part of me!"
"It certainly sounded like he was."
"Then you weren’t listening right."
"I listen quite well."
"You hear fine. Sometimes I don’t think you listen at all."
"And just what does that mean, Ray?"
"It means I told you I loved you. How can you say you listen good if you didn’t hear me say that?"
"I - Ray..."
"You can’t hear me say that if you don’t trust me. You can’t love me and I can’t love you if we can’t trust what we say to each other. Do you trust me, Benton?"
"Yes, Ray."
"Then you love me?"
"Yes, Ray."
"And you believe me when I say love you?”
“Yes, Ray.”
“And all that other stuff?"
"I didn’t like hearing that, Ray. I don’t like knowing someone else can make you sound that way."
“So how’s about if he just cuts my hair and you massage me when I get home?”
“I - believe that would be satisfactory.”
"Good, cuz Sol’s been cutting my hair since high school and I’m not breaking in another barber."
"I’m sorry, Ray."
"You should be - and it better not happen again. I don’t do that mime crap too good.”
“Understood, Ray.”
“Let’s go home, then."
[sound of two car doors closing in a more friendly fashion]
"Ray, would you really have shot my hat?"
Hearing is Believing
by chesamus
“Get in the car."
--
"Get in the car, Benton."
--
"Get in the car or I will kick you in the head."
"I don’t think so."
"You don’t think so? You don’t think I can or don’t think I will? Get in the car."
"I don’t think either, or both, and no."
[sound of a Baretta 9 mm bolt sliding]
"Get in the fucking car or I will shoot your hat."
[sound of two car doors slamming in close succession]
Some hours later...
"You ain’t gonna talk to me, are you?"
--
"Listen, Frase, you gotta talk to me. You gotta tell me what’s wrong."
--
"How can I fix it if I don’t know what it is?"
--
"Fine. Sit there and sulk, but sooner or later you’ll have to say something."
"I want you to take me home."
"I’m not taking you home until you talk to me."
"I want to go home."
"People in hell want ice water, but that isn’t gonna happen either."
"Kidnapping is a felony under Illinois statutes."
"Yeah, and I took you into Wisconsin so it’s federal. Wanna borrow my phone and call it in to the FBI?"
"Ray, this is childish, even for you."
"Don’t think pissing me off is gonna make me change my mind. I wanna know what’s wrong."
"If you truly loved me--"
"Do NOT go there, Fraser. Do not even look in that direction. I played those games with Stella, and I’m telling you right now I can’t do that with you. Just because I love you doesn’t mean I got extra-terrestial perception."
"Extra Sensory Perception, Ray. ESP."
"I don’t care how it’s spelled, I don’t got it, okay? So I don‘t know why you’re pissed, or why you’ve been doing the whole mime thing, and we are not going anywhere until I know why I’m suddenly pond scum."
"I should think it obvious, Ray."
"It isn’t obvious or I’da figured it out by now. I’m talented that way."
--
"Ben, Ben, come on. Talk to me. We promised we’d talk to each other."
"We promised many things, Ray. It appears you forgot that."
"I’ve never broken a promise to you."
"That wasn’t what it sounded like to me."
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"I heard you last Thursday. I heard you with that - that man!"
"Last Thursday? What man?"
"Don’t pretend, Ray. I heard you. I imagine everyone in the immediate vicinity heard you."
"Heard me what? Last Thursday? I didn’t go anywhere last Thursday, except to get my hair cut--"
--
"Oh, for gods sake, Benton, are you crazy?"
"I know what I heard. You were making those sounds, Ray, the same ones you make when I - when we - and he had his hands all over you..."
"All over - Sol was massaging my scalp!"
"He was fondling your hair!"
"He was not fondling my hair, or any other part of me!"
"It certainly sounded like he was."
"Then you weren’t listening right."
"I listen quite well."
"You hear fine. Sometimes I don’t think you listen at all."
"And just what does that mean, Ray?"
"It means I told you I loved you. How can you say you listen good if you didn’t hear me say that?"
"I - Ray..."
"You can’t hear me say that if you don’t trust me. You can’t love me and I can’t love you if we can’t trust what we say to each other. Do you trust me, Benton?"
"Yes, Ray."
"Then you love me?"
"Yes, Ray."
"And you believe me when I say love you?”
“Yes, Ray.”
“And all that other stuff?"
"I didn’t like hearing that, Ray. I don’t like knowing someone else can make you sound that way."
“So how’s about if he just cuts my hair and you massage me when I get home?”
“I - believe that would be satisfactory.”
"Good, cuz Sol’s been cutting my hair since high school and I’m not breaking in another barber."
"I’m sorry, Ray."
"You should be - and it better not happen again. I don’t do that mime crap too good.”
“Understood, Ray.”
“Let’s go home, then."
[sound of two car doors closing in a more friendly fashion]
"Ray, would you really have shot my hat?"
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Date: 2005-07-24 01:04 am (UTC)"Ray, would you really have shot my hat?"
*dies laughing*
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Date: 2005-07-24 01:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-24 01:56 am (UTC)You know, I was just thinking. If this is a common theme in their arguments, then that poor GTO's doors must take so much abuse!! And that last line is just killer.
Yes, Fraser, I really do think he would have shot your hat.
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Date: 2005-07-24 02:25 am (UTC)Ray would totally shoot Fraser's hat. Of course, that would probably make things worse, but then he wouldn't have been thinking about that at the time.
You've made them so cute. I love established-relationship-cuteness, I do. Thank you for this!
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Date: 2005-07-24 11:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-24 02:39 am (UTC)"Yeah, and I took you into Wisconsin so it’s federal. Wanna borrow my phone and call it in to the FBI?"
Great job!
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Date: 2005-07-24 03:11 pm (UTC)“So how’s about if he just cuts my hair and you massage me when I get home?”
JealousFraser!
And that last line.... ::giggles::
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Date: 2005-07-26 09:42 am (UTC)I loved the last line but I loved the extra-terrestial perception more.
Basically, I loved it all. It puy a smile on my face. ^-^
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