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chandler p. midgen ([info]thelibrarian) wrote in [info]valesco,
@ 2009-06-17 19:14:00


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Entry tags:chandler midgen, wendy midgen

Wendy dear!
"This is really nice of you," Chandler noted, shifting the ever-growing tower of scrapbook paper in his arms. They were every shade of the rainbow, many with glittery designs that twisted and swirled. Lots of pink, too, that was the main theme; pink hearts, pink bows, pink glitter, pink pink pink. Oh--Lavender too, of course, and Chandler's eyebrows rose as he spotted an aisle of the crafts store that seemed completely dedicated to the color. Huh. He had never actually attempted a craft outside of the tiny projects the library holds in the children's area, but Wendy's determination to create a baby book of sorts for her friend was opening up a whole new world of items to him.

Wendy was opening up a whole new world of a lot of things to him, but glue sticks and stickers was her current project.

Chandler still found it hard to believe that he was actually speaking to Wendy without stuttering, or that his throat didn't close up from nerves. All those years of being terrified to even say her name seemed like such a waste, but he did remind himself (often!) that they were just friends, and he could handle being friends. It was that whole---next level...thing that got his insides all jumbled and twisty.

"Does a person really need all this glitter?" he asked, honestly astounded at the jar of glitter that was nearly as heavy as a dictionary (he often based the weight and size of things off his books---that's what he knew!).



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[info]darlingwendy
2009-06-18 12:20 am UTC (link)
Was it selfish that Wendy opted to do a baby book for Psyke, half with the intent of asking Chandler to help her with it?

It was. But Wendy couldn't help it. Psyke deserved something this nice, anyway, and Wendy, being the best friend, of course had to be the one to do it! Getting Chandler's help was just a perk. A very large perk, but that was irrelevant.

At least, that was the mind-frame Wendy was aiming for as the object of her affections was helping her pick out shiny, sparkly things for her project. "Aiming" being the operative word. "Failing" being the accurate state of her being.

"You can never have too much glitter," she told him matter-of-factly, dropping on her knees to pretend to examine a shelf lined with stickies that made noises when you did things like tickle them so a) she wouldn't be tempted to grab his hand while they were standing so close to one another and b) so she didn't have to continue her bright, slightly fake smile by hiding her head. It wasn't that she wasn't happy to be with Chandler, because she was thrilled. It was just that it got more and more difficult to send subtle signal after not-so-subtle signal and have the man not acknowledge a thing. It took a lot to sap Wendy's chipper mood away, and Chandler Midgen was much, much more than "a lot." Wendy had steeled her nerves to make this the day she told him, this the day that she got those horribly stomach-churning, spirit-lifting, fidgety feeling of her consciousness. She opened her mouth to say "There's something I haven't told you before--" but all that came out instead was "Look, this one giggles."

A crafts store didn't seem a good place to reveal such feelings. Yes, that was it.

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[info]thelibrarian
2009-06-18 12:22 am UTC (link)
Chandler nearly let out a laugh of triumph as a sales associate offered him a basket, and he dumped everything they'd collected into it. It would now be much easier to add more to their pile, which he was sure was a goal of the day. Fill the basket to the brim, or buy everything in the store.

Maybe he should find a bigger basket...

He put the basket onto to tiled floor and sat cross-legged beside Wendy, to get a good look at the giggling stickies. "Oy, this might be more terrifying than it is cute!" he let out with a laugh, pulling his hand back quickly as the sticker began to quiver and shake with laughter, "I don't know how much an infant could appreciate it."

Stretching one leg out, Chandler realized that they had been walking an awful lot. They were very good at that, actually---well, well he and Wendy were good at...walking, they weren't. There wasn't a 'they' to compliment in such a manner, it was more of...it was really just two people doing things together. In a friendly manner. He swallowed awkwardly and rubbed the back of his neck, embarrassing himself with his internal defining of their rela----status----their being.

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[info]darlingwendy
2009-06-18 12:37 am UTC (link)
Wendy kept her eyes trained on the shelf and the products it had to offer, trying to pointedly ignore the fact that Chandler had sat down next to her. She shouldn't have assumed he'd do anything else, and of course she wanted him to. It was all very aggravating, this wanting him to do something, but then doing something so he wouldn't do whatever it was she wanted. It was not the straightforward thing to do, and Wendy was a very straightforward girl. Then she had to think about why she didn't want to do things straightforwardly, and that was a process that required much more thinking than Wendy could manage.

To put it straightforwardly.

Her lower lip threatened to stick out as she continued to observe the rows upon rows of stickers, each looking more and more grotesque, now that Chandler had said they might be frightening. She even refused to move her legs as a politely-baffled patron picked her way over Wendy's splayed lower-half.

"Well, I don't know what else to put in it! And we haven't anything else," disregarding the overflowing basket by Chandler, "and Psyke's baby book can't have nothing in it, what sort of best friend would that make me?"

She honestly couldn't have said where the unexpected childish outburst had originated from, and she was trying to halfheartedly stop it from releasing its full-force upon the unexpecting librarian and his fellow patrons, which was more than was usually expected of a Wendy tantrum. If she was being honest (which she was, but she wouldn't have told the truth to him), they had more than enough for three baby books, for varying genders, but Wendy didn't know any other way to voice this particular frustration other than petulance. Which wouldn't do very well, because Chandler was a librarian, which obviously meant he liked intelligent girls who didn't kick up a fuss for no reason, and Wendy wasn't intelligent, she was a Quidditch player. Everyone knew they simply didn't have brains.

"She's going to hate it."

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[info]thelibrarian
2009-06-18 12:40 am UTC (link)
"No she's not!" Chandler retorted immediately, pulling the basket forward to rest between them. "It's going to be great, because you made it for her!"

Oh, he meant that in so many different ways, but it would be smart to clarify before Wendy got the wrong idea. Or the right idea? Chandler had no idea what was going on. Well he did, but he didn't want Wendy to, because she was obviously very happy with the fact that they were friends, and that they could be comfortable around each other without any awkwardness. Not that Chandler ever made people feel awkward outside of himself, but.

"I mean to say---you're her best friend, and she'll appreciate any sort of effort. Any mother would love a showcase of their child, I would think." Chandler smiled calmly, pulling out a sheet of rather glittery paper. "And you're quite creative, so I'm sure it'll be a brilliant book!" His other hand dove in and he began pulling out ribbon and rhinestones (rhinestones?), placing them on the paper to get an idea of what it may look like. Oh, dear. Maybe he should let Wendy be the artistic one, here.

"Er, well---you'll do a better job than me," he admitted, feeling the flush go up his neck. "I would probably just...I don't even know what I would do!"

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[info]darlingwendy
2009-06-18 01:04 am UTC (link)
"I think that's lovely!" Wendy interjected, staying his hand on the page before he could move it and wreck the pretty design. See, this was just another reason why she was absolutely smitten with the man. She tucked her hair behind her ears and brought her legs up, resting her chin on her knees.

"I don't know why I'm being so irrational--I'm not usually like this," Wendy admitted, hugging her calves. She hoped Chandler had spent enough time with her to see she wasn't some sort of manic-depressive crazy, but her behavior certainly proved otherwise today. There was a brief pause where in she determined it would be much too awkward to say anything. And that, of course, was when Wendy's mouth decided to open itself and ask, point-blank, "Don't you like me at all?"

She literally clapped a hand over her mouth in horror as the words slipped out, eyes growing as large as saucers. Wendy didn't mean to tell him in a craft store, today, just out of blue. There was supposed to be build-up! Meaningful glances, at several false starts to the conversation.

Honestly, it was just like Wendy to go and muck up something carefully planned... Even if she was the one who planned it.

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[info]thelibrarian
2009-06-18 01:42 am UTC (link)
She may as well have told him to stop breathing. The thought raced through Chandler's head as his chest began to hurt from lack of oxygen. She may as well have, because he would've listened to her anyway because he was completely and utterly in love with the woman and would do anything for her!

Did she want him to breath?

Even more importantly, because Wendy's feelings for him were far more important than breathing, did she want him to like her? To fancy her, to---what was she saying?

He couldn't stop the few strangled and strange sounds that he released, but what could she honestly expect from him! Chandler had just managed to find an acceptable breathing pattern to use when he was around her, and now she had made him forget that he even had the ability to breathe! She was concerned that he didn't like her? She wanted---she wanted him to like her?

He was surely going to faint, but that would ruin over a decade of secret love and devotion.

"I---" Chandler looked down at his shoes, eyes wide as his mouth hung open; he was kind of hoping his tongue would figure out what he should say on its own, but no such luck. The only thing Chandler could think of was the truth. His father had always told him that honesty was the best policy, but if Wendy ran away screaming...he'd have something to say to his father, that was for sure.

"I've been in love with you since our first Herbology lesson of fifth year, Wendy."

He was sure he hadn't taken a breath; his brain would've had to have lost a ton of brain cells to make him think it was okay to say that, out loud.

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[info]darlingwendy
2009-06-18 01:58 am UTC (link)
Her stomach had knotted itself up ten times over whilst she was waiting for him to respond to what she had just asked. Any kind of response would have been fine, she told herself, just so long as he stopped gawking at her as if she had three heads! Because that certainly didn't do a lot for self-esteem purposes. Wendy knew she shouldn't have psyched herself up so badly this morning, she knew that could only end badly, but she did it anyway! And how much longer could these painful few seconds drag on, before--

The horrified look in her eyes was slowly replaced by one of stunned shock, her mouth still a giant "O." Of all the answers Wendy was expecting, the most positive one was "That's really sweet, Wendy! Maybe once we get to know each other a little better, we can talk about it." Which meant it was definitely not him confessing to having been in love with her since fifth year. Her mind couldn't even calculate how long that was, in its momentary stunned shut-down.

"You mean you don't think of me only as your annoying, jockish, not altogether terribly bright friend?" Wendy blurted out (this seeming to be the most effective way for them to have a conversation that went anywhere), severely pushing her luck by clarifying what he just said with such specific phrasing.

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[info]thelibrarian
2009-06-18 09:03 pm UTC (link)
Chandler looked simply aghast! How could Wendy think such a thing? Did he ever make any sort of expression to make her believe that he found her annoying? Maybe his attempts to hide his strong love for her had backfired, and had made her believe that he found her something like repulsive! Oh, oh no, he had to fix this, Wendy couldn't possibly be allowed to believe anything like that! His whole life had depended on the fact that she at least didn't hate him, and this would certainly turn her feelings into that!

Feelings! She had feelings!

"Not at all!" Chandler let out, turning to fully face Wendy. He'd never imagined he'd ever be able to say these words, but the fear of losing Wendy completely was causing some sort of hidden courage to bubble up inside of him. It was at least causing his mouth to say things he normally wouldn't; his brain and heart were running around frantically trying to stop his lips from moving. "I think you're brilliant, and smart, and beautiful, and--and kind, that's what I love most and--"

He paled greatly, "I just told you that I loved you, didn't I? Twice?"

Chandler cursed his brain for being so slow. His heart was still rapidly beating to catch up, but his brain had managed to make everything move in slow motion. Oh, oh dear. What had he done?

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[info]darlingwendy
2009-07-20 09:01 pm UTC (link)
The knots in her stomach hadn't undone themselves; instead, they only seemed to squeeze harder. But it was such a lovely feeling, that Wendy couldn't even bother to be bothered by it. She was surprised, relieved, overjoyed, and all other manner of loud, excited, and conflicting emotions. Wendy's head couldn't wrap itself around what Chandler was saying, that those six or seven months of agony were almost in vain (to think it had been even longer for him!) because her feelings did not go unreturned. The rest of her, however, and far wiser than her head had ever been, was already celebrating this revelation wildly and enthusiastically, her livelihood for the day, and hopefully for longer to come, fully restored.

"Chandler Midgen!" she squeaked, eyes stinging ever-so-slightly, since they were liable to start tearing in a snap--something she'd like to avoid, because she couldn't stand if a moment like this were ruined, "I love you too!"

So, with considerably less thought than she'd given anything else that she'd done this morning, Wendy pulled him forward by the front of his robes and gave him the biggest kiss she'd ever even thought about giving a person. And the fact that they were in a store of crafts, stuck in the corner by the stickers, so far as she was concerned, only made things better.

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