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Saturday

Wow, this keeping a journal thing is tougher than you'd expect. For one thing, there is that pesky little thing called life that brings many many distractions from it! For another, there is the issue of having a moment to myself to do so in peace. In any case, where was I?

Oh yes. Dan & Bella.

It turns out that they are now engaged. I was quite baffled while Daniel laid it all out in front of me, explaining the hows and whys of it all and that it was my urging him out the door that one night to take Isabelle out for some fun that got him set to thinking things, like what would he do if Bella ended up finding someone else, how would he feel, etc. I couldn't quite follow where he was going with all of this, since really, he's more the "boy of Bella" than "friend Daniel".

He said that later that night, when he called and she didn't answer, all sorts of things went through his mind and he fully expected her to be in someone else's home doing things that only HE should be able to do with her. It drove him to distraction and he finally ended up going over, using his key, and sitting on the couch waiting for her. He hadn't even bothered to change, just went over in his housecoat & slippers. If you knew Dan, you would know how unusual this was, as the man is the type that normally wouldn't be caught dead outside of his home without being dressed to the nines. It's part of what attracted him to Bella in the first place, as she is also one of those "just so" type people.

When she finally came tumbling in at 4 in the morning (three, I corrected him, to which he said "maybe in your home, when was the last time you changed the batteries on your kitchen clock?" and I could not refute this, as we both looked up to the offending time piece which indicated cheerfully that it was 3 o'clock RIGHT THEN... even though it was half past nine... ANYWAY:) he was quite distraught and pacing the floor. She tumbled right into his pacing and he hugged her like there was no tomorrow and then (and this is the rather amusing/annoying bit) he looked over her shoulder to see (wait for it...)

GABRIEL.

He was jack's raging anger at that point but Bella managed to calm him down and explain that she was only letting Gabriel in to call me up and see if I was still conscious. Dan didn't believe her of course as Gabriel had had his hand round her waist at the time, and he called me straight away. Apparently he and I had a very long chat on the phone (note to self: hire secretary or perhaps videographer to record my every drunken move next time, so I know exactly what I'm doing during those blissful [har har] moments where I don't know what exactly I'm doing).

So anyhow, apparently I was quite mean to Daniel and told him that of COURSE Gabriel belonged to me, and would he PERSONALLY see to it that the man was delivered to my door safely? Dan was kind enough to oblige only after procuring a promise from Bella to let him back in the door when he returned. When he deposited Gabriel at my doorstep, I nearly boxed his ears and told him that if he EVER questioned Bella's faithfulness to him again, I would give him more than just an earful of noise. Then I told him that if he didn't go up there STRAIGHT AWAY and DEMAND that Bella marry him, I would not speak to him again. (further note to self: perhaps stop drinking altogether, as I get too saucy for my own good.)

Well, it turns out that after Dan bashfully went back up to Bella, she laid it straight for him and told him that yes, in fact, she was considering going to town on poor Gabriel, as she was full up of his unrepentant refusals to show any sort of committment past having a tooth brush & a few clothes at her apartment. And that what was the point in their being together if she was always asked to put her feelings on hold? Then she really laid into him about his ex, and how it had nothing to do with her, so why was he punishing their relationship when the prior offenses were on the part of someone who she wouldn't have known had she ran straight into them? Then she told him to get out, and that she didn't want to see him again until his head was relocated on his shoulders instead of firmly up his arse.

I have to say, I was inwardly cheering for Bella, though trying to look sympathetic to Dan, nodding and tsk-tsking as he told me all about it.

Tick-tock, time ran out and I have to go see Birch. More later.

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Butterflies fluttered at 11/06/2004 06:54:00 AM
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