Like All Good Fairytales (7/7)

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epilogue: and they lived happily ever after


Ten minutes before the interview concludes, David is interrupted by a phone call. In a move that should be unprofessional but is instead strangely endearing, he promises me ten additional minutes of his time before excusing himself to take the call.

He's smiling when he returns, and apologizes for holding us up.

"Dinner plans?" I ask, trying to sound casual.

I clearly fail, because David refuses to elaborate further, apart from shooting me a sly grin and saying, "Something like that."

We finish the interview amicably. David has plenty of anecdotes to share from the time he's spent on tour, and with his family. He remains notoriously tight-lipped about his relationship, only saying, "He's great. Some days I wish we were out, so we could do things together, like see a movie, or go out for dinner. But it's, uh, it's a trade-off, I guess, and so far we've had a really good run."

All too soon, my time is up.

Judging from the fact that David's first priority, once he's thanked me, is to sneak into the men's room with his cell phone, I'm going to say that "a really good run" is probably a vast understatement.

I may not know who the lucky leading man is, but I'm pretty sure this romance ends with castles, horses and riding off into the sunset.

Comments

[retice.livejournal.com]

So, fallenangels607 suggested I just send our conversation to you as a comment, because I honestly can't be any more eloquent right now, omh.

becca (9:22:08 PM): SPEAKING OF READING
becca (9:22:11 PM): READ
becca (9:22:12 PM): NAT'S
becca (9:22:13 PM): FIC
becca (9:22:28 PM): IT'S 21,000 WORDS, MADE ME CRY, IT'S AN EPIC AU
toni (9:23:05 PM): OMG IS IT SAD?
toni (9:23:17 PM): OMG I LOVE HER WRITING BUT I WONT BE ABLE TO READ IT IF IT HAS A SAD ENDING BB
becca (9:23:19 PM): NO IT'S BEAUTIFUL
toni (9:23:22 PM): OH GOOD
becca (9:23:25 PM): IT IS
becca (9:23:26 PM): SO EPIC

becca (9:24:17 PM): IT IS. INCREDIBLE.

toni (9:34:57 PM): "I guess I can stand looking like a preppy school boy for one night," he says, good-naturedly.

"Um," Archie says, as he follows David out the door. "I - don't schools have, like, age limits or something?"

toni (9:34:59 PM): AHAHAHAHAHA
toni (9:35:00 PM): NAILED.
becca (9:35:20 PM): OMG THIS FIC <333

toni (9:37:09 PM): why is this a table for one, why does the guy react like david is talking to himself
toni (9:37:20 PM): why is david ordering for one
toni (9:37:36 PM): *FREAKS OUT*
becca (9:38:03 PM): I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT
becca (9:38:05 PM): IT WILL HIT YOU
becca (9:38:07 PM): VERY SOON
becca (9:38:13 PM): AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO RE-READ WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY READ
toni (9:38:47 PM): CLEARLY ARCHIE APPARENTLY ISN'T THERE THOUGH
toni (9:38:48 PM): IS HE DEAD
becca (9:39:29 PM): JUST KEEP READING
toni (9:41:09 PM): "Yeah," Jason agrees. "The whole 'I'm dating a guy that only I can see' thing is getting pretty old, man."
toni (9:41:11 PM): AHHHHH

toni (9:48:07 PM): OH MY GOD I'M SO GLAD HE WASNT DEAD
toni (9:48:09 PM): AUGH ;o;
zip (9:48:15 PM): TONI
zip (9:48:19 PM): SPOILER ALERT
toni (9:48:31 PM): I'M SORRY BUT I'M SO NOT SORRY

becca (9:49:30 PM): TONI
becca (9:49:33 PM): I HAVE TO TELL YOU
becca (9:49:38 PM): THAT AU #3 IS MY FAVORITE
becca (9:49:45 PM): AND I THINK YOU'LL ENJOY IT TOO

toni (10:15:14 PM): omg Becca
toni (10:15:21 PM): I love you so much right now
rach (10:15:28 PM): *waves*
toni (10:15:40 PM): sorry, I'm reading really really awesome fanfic that Becca linked
toni (10:15:44 PM): and I might be flailing
rach (10:15:47 PM): ooohhhh
toni (10:15:49 PM): part 4 just about tore me up
toni (10:16:02 PM): I HAVE A WEAKNESS FOR COOK WITH CHILD OKAY
becca (10:17:04 PM): I TOLD YOU
becca (10:17:20 PM): I TOLD YOU THAT AU #3 (OR, I GUESS IT'S PART 4 BUT TECHNICALLY AU #3) WAS THE GREATEST
becca (10:17:22 PM): SDFLSKDFJLKDFJDFJ
becca (10:17:25 PM): IT IS SO AMAZING, JESUS.
toni (10:19:28 PM): AHHHHH
toni (10:19:31 PM): JUST IT REALLY IS
becca (10:23:19 PM): this fic is everything that is good and right in the world

toni (10:37:45 PM): OMG HE'S DEAF
toni (10:37:46 PM): sorry
becca (10:37:49 PM): I KNOW
toni (10:37:54 PM): I love getting huge flashes of insight
becca (10:37:55 PM): DID YOU READ THAT WHOLE CHAPTER
toni (10:38:00 PM): NOT YET
rach (10:38:01 PM): which one of them?
becca (10:38:01 PM): OMFG
becca (10:38:02 PM): OMFG
becca (10:38:03 PM): OMFG
becca (10:38:03 PM): OMFG
becca (10:38:05 PM): IT'S AMAZING
toni (10:38:11 PM): OKAY OKAY HOLD ON I'M READING
becca (10:38:21 PM): (also, how RIDICULOUSLY HOT AND ANGSTY was professor/student?!?!)
toni (10:38:50 PM): MY FIRST CLUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HIS SOUNDLESS LAUGH
toni (10:39:02 PM): BECAUSE I ACTUALLY THOUGHT TO MYSELF AS I READ IT THAT ARCHIE NEVER EVER LAUGHS SOUNDLESSLY
becca (10:41:48 PM): i love that with every new chapter, you don't know what's going on, but then it just unfolds in your mind without her ever telling you THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING: *EXPLAINS*
toni (10:43:32 PM): IKRRRRR

the rest

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toni (10:54:19 PM): BECCA
toni (10:54:22 PM): OH MY FUCKING GOD BECCA
toni (10:54:24 PM): THAT
toni (10:54:25 PM): AHHHH
becca (10:54:27 PM): RIGHT?!?!?!?
toni (10:54:28 PM): THAT THAT THAT
toni (10:54:30 PM): AHHHHHHH
becca (10:54:30 PM): FAVORITE
becca (10:54:31 PM): COOKLETA
becca (10:54:32 PM): FIC
becca (10:54:32 PM): EVER
toni (10:54:35 PM): OH MY GOD
becca (10:54:42 PM): I CRIED
becca (10:54:45 PM): AND I SQUEALED
toni (10:54:45 PM): OH MY GOD THAT WAS THE BEST ONE SO FAR, I'M GOING TO LIKE, SOB
becca (10:54:50 PM): I DID THAT
becca (10:54:54 PM): WELL, I DIDN'T SOB
becca (10:55:00 PM): BUT I TEARED UP QUITE A BIT AND THEN HAD TO DO SOME DABBING
becca (10:55:06 PM): SO AS NOT TO LET THE TEARS FALL
toni (10:55:07 PM): OH MY GOOOOD
becca (10:55:09 PM): ESPECIALLY WHEN COOK
becca (10:55:11 PM): HAD A FUCKING
becca (10:55:11 PM): DAUGHTER
becca (10:55:27 PM): WHICH IS MY #1 THING EVER SLDJFLKDFJLKDSFJLKJFK, AND THEN DEAF ARCHIE AND THE PROPOSAL JESUS CHRIST
becca (10:56:02 PM): AND, ALSO, THE CHAPTER IN TWITTER CONVERSATIONS WHATTTTTT
toni (10:56:03 PM): OH MY GOD OH MY GOD
toni (10:56:14 PM): I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS

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[mellowdee.livejournal.com]

THIS. I'M SORRY FOR INTRUDING ON YOUR COMMENT, BUT I WAS LITERALLY PRETTY MUCH SPOT ON EXACTLY WITH YOU AND YOUR FRIEND WHILE READING THIS MYSELF.

EXCEPT I HAD NO FRIEND TO FREAK OUT WITH SO I WAS SECRETLY FLAILING BY MYSELF AT HOME. D:

CAPSLOCK HAS BEEN THROWN OUT.

Re: the rest

[rajkumari905.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOSH I MISS YOU GUYS.

(Sorry Nat, couldn't resist)

Re: the rest

[epicflailer.livejournal.com]

LMFAO. NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR SPAM IN MY JOURNALS. THAT IS A CARDINAL RULE. <3

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[epicflailer.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOSH. OH MY GOSH, THIS. THIS. IT WAS LIKE COMING HOME TO CHRISTMAS AND THANKSGIVING ALL IN ONE. I - WHERE DO I EVEN BEGIN? THERE IS CAPSLOCKING AND SQUEEING AND FLAILING AND--

HI, THAT IS ALL THE ELOQUENCE YOU NEED HERE.

TYSFM. i'm just - i'm floored by the response this has been getting, oh my gosh, and all the feedback has been so sweet and AMAZING and THEN I GET ONE IN REAL TIME, PRACTICALLY, AFLSJEWOREWG. YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I RE-READ THIS. IT IS KIND OF EMBARRASSING. <33333333333333333333333