Cheer up, emo Peddle!

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A very morose Billy sat at the breakwater near the docks, idly chucking pebbles into the ocean.

Bennie had been gone for a few days, and he found himself missing her company terribly. For her ... interesting physical appearance, she was definitely quite the character.

And she'd just up and left.

Scowling, he threw another rock into the ocean water and watched it splash with a satisfying plop. After all he'd confided in her - he'd never actually spoken so candidly about certain things in his life to anyone before - and she just left.

He was kind of angry. But then again he'd kind of suspected it. That she would leave eventually.

Splash.

He really didn't know where else to be. The bed-and-breakfast had turned from a lovenest to a place rife with tension in the space of a few weeks, and he found himself barely able to stomach it at the best of times. He also realized that it hadn't seemed so bad in the brief period of time Bennie had been around.

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The woman in question was reclining a little distance away with her chin on her arms, watching him with absent and fond interest.

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Still, he was so caught up in being in a mood that he didn't notice - just kept tossing rocks into the ocean.

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Finally she shifted and flipped a rock of her own, only to wince and mutter as the rounded pebble hit him squarely on his already wounded conk.

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"What the..." He looked in the direction the pebble had flown and brightened immediately when he saw her.

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She pointed. "(The currents are strong, there's not much left of the boat.)"

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"(Oh, out there.)" Anyone who had sense kept their boat well away from that part of the bay. "(We know better than that,)" he explained. "(Give it a wide berth every time.)"

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"(You're missing alot.)" She turned and crawled back into the water, vanishing for a moment before she returned with his missing pillowcase, which was bulging and clinking as she dragged it ashore.

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"(Well, we don't plan on cheating death.)" He chuckled as he watched her lug her booty up onto the rocks. "(Nice haul you've got.)"

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"(It would depend on your definition of the word." She cocked her head and looked at him, her black on black eyes meeting his.

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"(Well, then, you're not included in my definition.)" He smiled. "(You're too pretty to be a freak as far as I'm concerned.)"

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"(Pretty)?" One eyebrow and the corners of her mouth went up.

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"(I can explain my beliefs.)" She rolled him from his back to his side as though she were going to roll him in the water, her enhanced strength making the exercise effortless.

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"(Well I can't explain mine. Not about this.)" He gasped and eyed the water with a fearful look. "(Please don't put me in there. It's too cold.)"

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"(It's not that cold! I just came out of it.)" She rolled him another turn, her webbed hands strong but gentle on his side.

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"(You're a very comfy rock.)" She settled her chin on her arms a little more comfortably.

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"(Gee, thanks,)" he said, smirking.

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"(My comfy rock,)" she asserts hesitantly, her blush invisible beneath her fur.

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Bennie looked back at him. "(You're cute.)"

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"(Okay, so I wasn't hard of hearing. And you're pretty, but I'm not going to hold that against you.)" His smile turned soft, and he reached out and tucked an errant strand of hair behind her ear.

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She closed her eyes, unconsciously turning her face toward his hand.

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"(Are you too proud to take a gift,)" she asked a little sadly, handing the loaded pillowcase over.

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He hefted it over his shoulder and smiled at her. "(Maybe.)"

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"Ah," she said, ignoring the rain as she looked out to sea and felt embarrassed. "(I can put it back.)"

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"Git!" she orders. "(Hurry and get inside. I'll catch up. Go on.)"

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He sighed. "(Fine,)" he declared, walking as fast as he could up and around the rocks and finally up the hill to the house.