Gazing at the Stars

[harv]

(OCC, February 2nd, sorry for bad title. Open to Harvey and Lottie.)

Sometimes, he wondered about that other him.

He remembered Linkara once telling him about a mystical version of himself from a far off planet with good comics. He vaugley wondered if doing a duet was out of question.

Harvey shifted his arms as he examined the stars. He remembered how Linkara had gone after the group aboard Comicron 1. He remembered the Plot Hole nearly consuming the house, but at the last second it being reversed.

And he wondered.. was there a God up there? Or was it just a kid playing Sims on a computer.

He grinned as he thought of IHeart, 90's Kid, Snob and Linkara. He smiled at the idea of Linksano and Sherlock Holmes working together.

And then there was Lottie.

Harvey Finevoice had actually been taken aback at how nice she had been. And how beautiful she was as well, with that lovely blond hair and those blue eyes. And she was almost like a female version of him, and he liked that.

(OCC, that's your cue)

[Charlotte "Lottie" Labouef]

"Hey there sugar. You alone? Need someone to talk to?"

Lottie meanwhile at first was by herself inside the house then she noticed Harvey outside and she adored the fact she and he were finally alone. This was her chance to give a final wooing call for him. Lottie, since she came, never really felt like she belonged, she loved the army sure and all the kids were great but harvey was the glue that convinced her to actually and perminantly stay. Lottie felt so much connections and similarities with harvey and everything about him always had a way to make her smile. She went over to his side and grinned naively at him, giving a sweet-meaning demeanor. She then commented again looking at the stars "Lovely night huh?"

[harv]

"Oh hi Lottie." Harvey smiled again, this time gentler than his usual smile, but still as mind blowing as his other ones. Lottie was one of the few things that kept him from just walking into the middle of a battlefield and surrounding. He waved his hands at the stars "Yeah, one of my favourite things is just sitting out here looking at the stars." He motioned for her to sit next to him "So, are you missing your friends?"

[Charlotte "Lottie" Labouef]

Lottie appreciated the permission to sit next to Harvey, and quickly sat down. She then looked to the stars again and grinned as Harvey spoke. She then remembered what he previous asked her. Which got Lottie into thinking, what were tiana and naveen doing while she was gone? She turned to him with a light frown and nodded "Yeah. I'm wonderin' what Tia is doin' while I'm gone. I hope she's not losing the restaurant or anything" Lottie then looked to harvey's hands then back to his face then asked "You feel like somethin's missing when you don't have your friends around?"

[harv]

Harvey thought about her remark for a second and then nodded "I guess. I mean, admittedly there's sometimes when I do prefer the odd moment to myself, but if the guys dropped out of my life completely, I'd be lost. They can be annoying, silly, vain, but at the same time, their sweet, and they will do whatever it takes. And I love them for it." He then straightened his hat. "Are you oaky? You know, with the war thing going on?"

[Charlotte "Lottie" Labouef]

Lottie nodded, satisfied with his answer, having a feeling it was like how he described it. It however also made her miss Naveen and Tiana, they were such good friends and having them not around was rather... lonely perse. She then confusedly turned as she had snapped out of her thoughts to hear what harvey asked her. Having to be honest, she responded sadly and trying to not sound TOO upset "Honestly. I can't stand it. The war here is hurtin' the poor kids and pretty much bringing people to focus more on that then life itself"

She gotten closer to him, suddenly feeling a chill in the air. She rubbed her arms and responded to defend herself slightly "Although I don't like it, it brought me tons of friends and people I can trust"

And you, Harvey She added in her head

[harv]

"I don't blame you." Harvey sighed, then noticed she was shivering slightly. He quickly slid off his jacket and handed it to her "I'll tell you something right now. Before I was plucked from my time, I'd already been a solder once, I swore I would never do it again. But..." he shrugged "I wanted to help my friends." He closed his eyes and muttered "This war is stupid."

[Charlotte "Lottie" Labouef]

Lottie gratefully took Harvey's jacket and wore it around her shoulders. She then listened to Harvey speak again and she felt bad for him. Harvey apparently was a soilder once and the only reason he came was to help the others, while she only came for sanctuary. She held his hand in sympathy and responded "You're right. It is. I gotta admit the only reason this war is being made is because Critic's enemy, ask what'shisname, wants it"

Lottie then frowned, Tiana's father also was a victim of the war but she shook her head knowing harvey was from a time a bit younger than hers and decided this was a different war. Lottie replied "Well, we can both agree that we need to stick together. The last thing we need is getting ourselves hurt without backup"

[harv]

"I have no idea what he planned to do. I just want to strangle his little weaselly throat til it really hurts." Harvey grinned slightly sheepishly "Sorry, don't know where that came from." He was silent for another moment, then nodded his head at her words "Yes, I wouldn't like that to happen to you. I'd.. I'd be lost if anyone took you." He quickly turned red at what he just said.

[Charlotte "Lottie" Labouef]

Lottie at first listened, smirking in amusement as harvey wanted to "strangle" ask thatguy, but then widened her blue eyes at Harvey's confession. He... He would be lost without her around? That was something deeper than just friendship. Could her feelings and the signs she saw were actually true? Did harvey deeply mean what he said as he promised to make sure nothing bad would happen to her? Apparently yes. Lottie took it in and replied "Really? You... you mean that?"

She didn't know what to say. She was so touched. Lottie never had a man say that to her. The only type of thing she heard was Tiana saying that to Naveen and as touching as that was, it wasn't HER as the main focus. Lottie replied after a while "Ya know. The war brought me to you, and I've been wanting to tell you how much you made me happy here"

[harv]

"I'm sorry, I was out of order, I-I" Harvey suddenly clammed up when Lottie started talking. He took a deep breath and nodded "Course I do. It's been really something, meeting you has been one of the best things of my life." He then blushed at what Lottie said "Really? I mean.. wow."

[Charlotte "Lottie" Labouef]

Lottie turned to Harvey, still touched by his words and smiled warmly as he replied that meeting her meant quite a lot to him. She leaned closer to him, caught in the moment and continued talking "Yeah really. You're a very sweet person. When I said to you I never met a man like you, I meant it. Many of the men I have are jerks. You are different" She sighed a bit thinking of her own world "You make me want to stay and I do want to stay. For you"

[harv]

Harvey suddenly widened his eyes as Lottie said about not wanting to leave as long as he was here "But.. but your friends! Your dad! What about them? You'll miss them, and-and as much as I'd love you to stay, I don't want to think that I'm keeping you away from the others. I would like you to stay, but I want you to tell me truthfully, if you had a choice between staying with me, and going back to your time, what would you pick?"

[Charlotte "Lottie" Labouef]

Lottie was indeed conflicted. Harvey had a good point. If she stayed, this meant not going back to New Orleans. Her life there would be over and her father and friends wouldn't be there. She did want to go back. She then considered Harvey to go home with her but she knew that he too had friends and possibly people who considered him as family that were here. Lottie then after a while responded "You're right... I'd miss them" It took a while but then she admitted "If I did had to pick between the two, I'd stay with you. Honestly, back home the money, the people, the time.... It's not worth it" She turned staring into his eyes and replying "It may sound foolish but you mean a lot to me"

[harv]

Harvey felt like he had been hit with a ten ton sledgehammer, he was finding it hard to belivie This angel in disguise, this beau-ti-ful girl would give up her fortune, her friends, her family her entire lifestyle to just stay with him. This meant no more flirting with dames, no more late night encounters after a gig... but it would be all worth it "Wow. I-I don't not what to say. I'm really glad you'll be saying, and who knows, maybe your freinds will come too."