“I don’t know. YOu wouldn’t have an apology there? It needs to be a good one though, since I really messed up.” The bar tended shrugged sympathetically, although on the inside was fuming and repressing an eye roll, wondering why he hadn’t gotten a raise for the stuff he put up with. Only heaven knew why. Helen faced him as he talked, nodded when he paused, doe eyes and all. She looked enthralled. She felt rage. She also felt it was unjustified, so she forced it out. Forced a pleasant smile. He took her hands, she kept nodding along.
Dave left a soft kiss on her knuckles, Helen’s breath caught. “What do you say WE join Tommy TOGETHER and forget I was ever so stupid to leave such a cool and beautiful woman behind?” ahem “Wow, Dave. That’s… quite a speech.” Helen tried to make up a speech like he had, but it ended up being an awkward two seconds of staring at each other. Shaking her head gently, she cleared her throat. “Of course… babe.” It felt awkward on her tongue. So much for being an actress. “I mean, yes. Yes, let’s head over that way.” she said, sliding off the stool and pulling him along. She nestled up close, only for his ears. How romantic it looked. “Listen, Dave. I don’t care what you thought or why you did what you did. What matters is that you abandoned me like I was nothing more than a prop to further your own interests.” she looked up to him, smiled, to see if he was listening, then continued. “I don’t need your apologies or your empty promises. I want my dignity back, and I want to be treated like an actual person with feelings and worth. I’m not asking for much. Just do it for the cameras, yeah?” They made it back to Tommy, and Helen detangled herself from Dave. She let their hands intertwine, but otherwise looked happy go lucky. Like she hadn’t just been frank and brutally ruthless about her feelings. If there picture had been taken, no one would suspect a thing.
@LunaticLeviTheSecond - Dave
@ChayChay05 - Tommy
Was that… a lil toxic of Helen? 
#canbemanipulativewhenneeded ??