10.04.2012

A Strange & Winding Road: Day 106

Poppy (to Vincent): Honey, I'm going to get up and make some coffee. Do you want anything?

Vincent (to Poppy): Coffee would be wonderful, thank you.

Poppy (to Vincent): Alright, coffee it is.

Vincent (to Poppy): Thank you, hun.

Poppy (to Vincent): Here you go, honey. You're looking pretty rough. Are you up to eating anything?

Vincent (to Poppy): Oh. No, I don't think so. Thank you, anyway.

Poppy (to Vincent): So, is this how things are going to be from now on, honey? Because, if you're not going to talk to me, I'd just as soon go back to the inn.

Vincent (to Poppy): No. No. Please. Please don't do that. I'm sorry, sweetie. I'm sorry, hun. I'm just not sure what to say.

Poppy (to Vincent): Well, this isn't all that easy for me either, honey... I'm still really upset with you & I know you're sorry about it, but I'm not even sure you understand why I'm angry.

Vincent (to Poppy): I was being insane.

Poppy (to Vincent): Well yes, that's part of it... but, not all of it. You-- you made me question our whole relationship, honey.

Vincent (to Poppy): What? I--I did what?

Poppy (to Vincent): Honey, you were willing to get yourself killed... after we got married & had a kid together. I told you I was willing to do it on my own. You made me believe that you wanted to be there & then to find out all that... It-- It really hurt.

Vincent (to Poppy): Wait. You think I don't want to be there for you and Victor? I... What? Why on earth would you think that?

Poppy (to Vincent): Perhaps it was the suicidal Hiiri hunt & the fact that you didn't expect to be the one left alive that did it for me. It made me think that we were just some obligation that you were willing to agree to because you knew you were checking out early and wouldn't have to live with the consequences.

Vincent (to Poppy): Hun, when I asked you to marry me, I never even once thought about Hiiri. I asked you to marry me because I love you, and I wanted to be with you, and with Victor. I-I know from the way I acted...

Poppy (to Vincent): I love you too, honey... but you can't blame me for being upset. You were heading down a dangerous road. And you left me questioning all of your actions... You should have just let me handle Hiiri.

Vincent (to Poppy): I didn't want you to have to deal with Hiiri, hun. And I KNOW, but I couldn't help but feel responsible for her. If she had done something... If she'd hurt you or something happened to you, I'd never be able to forgive myself.

Poppy (to Vincent): And, you didn't think of what it would do to us if we didn't have you... Heck, how do you think it would make your sister feel to know that her doppelganger killed her only family? You were being selfish, reckless & just plain stupid. You didn't seem to care what your being dead would mean to us, but then again you wouldn't have to worry about it.

Vincent (to Poppy): ... I-I know. I wasn't thinking. I'm sorry. Honestly, hun, I was prepping myself for something horrible to happen to, um, to me, because realistically... Those were the odds. But, I thought... God, this is... I thought if I wasn't going to survive, and I know how idiotic this is, I thought... Well, with Victor and all...

Poppy (to Vincent): What, honey?

Vincent (to Poppy): Um, well, I guess I thought that if I was going to commit suicide via psycho anytime soon, we'd get some kind of warning. I... I know the future's malleable, hun. I mean, I know there was no guarantee that I'd be OK, and I was stupidly, STUPIDLY, willing to chance it. I've always been a stupidly optimistic man. Jacob was right about me, hu

Poppy (to Vincent): What do you mean, honey, what was Jacob right about?

Vincent (to Poppy): There was only one way Hiiri was gonna be stopped, hun. We all know that. I-I wanted to kill her. I'm not as nice a person as I like to pretend I am. Or that you think I am.

Poppy (to Vincent): Heh... Honey, I know... But, I know what kind of person you want to be.

Vincent (to Poppy): Heh. I'm glad you do, hun. I haven't exactly been sure what to think, lately. Everything is just so... God... Why can't I fuck things up on a small scale like a normal person?

Poppy (to Vincent): Heehee. Because you're motto is go big or go home, honey. You wouldn't be you if it wasn't epic. Look, I love you. I want to grow old with you, but if you ever pull a hare-brain stunt like this again without talking to me beforehand. I swear I will take our son and disappear. Do you understand?

Vincent (to Poppy): I do. And, I certainly don't ever want that to happen, lover. I'm sorry.

Poppy (to Vincent): I'm sorry, too. Now, get over here and give me a hug because I've missed you. And, I really hate being mad at you, lover. You and I will figure out all this other stuff, so no need to worry.

Vincent (to Poppy): I love you, Poppy.

Poppy (to Vincent): I love you too, Vincent.