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Run – Chapter 4
“Gertrude,” Lauren corrected with a smirk. “Hamlet’s mother.”
“Yeah, whatever,” they started walking again. Kenzi jammed her hands into the pockets of her too-tight jeans. “This girl—“
“Ophelia?”
“She’s coo-coo for cocoa puffs for Hammy Junior?”
Lauren adored her abuse of language, smiling to herself as they entered the West End and hearing Kenzi speak of Hamlet as if it were a soap opera, which it was. A very old soap opera. “Yes, head over heels,” Lauren answered, “She’d never been sure exactly how Hamlet felt for her and all she wants to know is Do you love me? Me for me?”
Neither of them even bothered to hide that it was Bo they were talking about now. “Walks like a duck, talks like a duck…”
As Lauren got Kenzi’s meaning, she slowed to a more relaxed pace. Perhaps it was as good a time as any for them to be silent and allow their private thoughts on love to have its moment of distraction. For such a strong and straightforward emotion, love left so many people troubled over love’s ambiguity and complexity, enough for plays to live on for centuries and for broken hearts to throw curses at happiness and lean on bad poetry to mend their breaks. Love and duty. Love and friendship. Love against love. Time did not ease mankind’s propensity to hurt or be hurt in the name of Love. The sorrows of love, they both mused, is timeless.
“Are you sure you still want to go?” Lauren broke the silence.
“I’m sorry, Lauren. Maybe this is what we need – a good healthy dose of what the fucks. It’s your turn tonight. I wasn’t much of a student but here we are! In London! Tea and Shakespeare! Learning shit! Tell me the rest of the story and let’s do this. Otherwise we both know what will happen. I’ll get you drunk. You’ll want to get up all on this,” she motioned her hands over her body.
“Yeah, right, no.”
“And then I’ll have to say, ‘Back off woman, I’m not that kind of girl.’”
Lauren dropped her eyes, smiling, both of them sharing a light moment. Then, the laughing stopped. Kenzi felt a wave of melancholy wash between them just as it had earlier in the flat. A blank stare swallowed whole Kenzi’s moment of delight at making Lauren laugh.
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Yes I was right chapter 2 and 3 are the wrong way around but still no biggie,Vex in hamlet ok ill bite but surely they will have herd about the dimise of pirripus , evony and rainer by now and can make there way home.