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_dawnie_

make yourself a photograph and laugh at me

Mar 17, 2005 09:45

Everything feels unsettled today. I'm not sure if it's Buffy being gone... still... or Avasa having to leave for a little while because of his grandmother's death, or just that I miss my friends and some of it's my own fault. Or maybe it's all of that ( Read more... )

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_janice_ March 17 2005, 23:37:09 UTC

I look up from painting to see Dawn coming backstage. I wave at her, trying to look cheerful, even though I'm still pretty upset about the stuff Jordy said the other night.

"Hi, Dawn. Decided to join the paint party?" I ask. After this is done, I'm never gonna want to see another paitbrush again.

_dawnie_ March 18 2005, 03:20:47 UTC

"Hey." She looks about like I feel: bummed and trying to hide it.

I glance around, trying to figure out what I should do to help. Finally I grab a brush and sit down next to her, dipping it in the paint and helping to fill in the large area of fake wall she's working on. "What's going on with you? Haven't talked to you in a while."

Because I suck and I'm a horrible friend.

_janice_ March 18 2005, 03:34:19 UTC

"I know, I've been really busy," I say, apologetically. "Any word about your sister or anyone?" I keep forgetting Dawn has these bigger problems going on.

I dip my brush in a darker gray and spatter it to approximate a rough texture on the wall. I know I'm being avoidy about talking about Jordy, mainly because I'm so hurt. Even though I know it probably wasn't really him saying that stuff.

_dawnie_ March 18 2005, 04:14:46 UTC

I set the brush down for a minute to tie my hair in a loose knot at the nape of my neck; I could just see me getting gray paint all in it. "Nah. I mean, I'm sure they're fine. It just gets tiring waiting to hear something. Thanks for asking, though."

I don't even know where to start, so I paint in silence for a couple of minutes.

_janice_ March 18 2005, 04:44:41 UTC

"So, how's Avasa? I haven't seen him around much since they finished the balcony." Ugh, why did I have to mention that? It just brought up the balcony scene and Jordy and Sophie and the weird priest guy. I'd done a reverse look up on the phone number and found out it was some cheap motel out near the highway. I'd been trying to figure out how to ask Scott to go there with me.

I sigh. The whole thing just sucks.

_dawnie_ March 18 2005, 05:02:31 UTC

"He's fine. I mean, his grandma died and he had to go out of town, but other than that, he's okay."

I glance at her when she sighs. "J? Remember how we talked about everyone acting weird?"

_janice_ March 18 2005, 05:08:30 UTC

"That's too bad about his grandma," I say, and then when she mentioned the weird I glance up at her.

"Ye-eah?" I say slowly. Guess there's no way around it, although I'm a little paranoid about discussing it here. I tried to remember if I'd mentioned to her about talking to Miss Dante, and then there was the priest guy and--man, she'd been totally holding out on Dawn.

_dawnie_ March 18 2005, 05:17:46 UTC

I lower my voice, noticing how odd her tone is. "I think we need to talk about it again, because things aren't getting any better. I think, I've been kinda out of it dealing with my own stuff and I've missed some things."

_janice_ March 18 2005, 05:45:16 UTC

"Yeah...there's been a bunch of stuff that's happened," I say quietly. "Miss Dante stopped me last week and asked me about Sophie, she thinks maybe there's magic going on. Whatever it is, it's not getting better, at all. Jordy..."

I hesitate, still not wanting to talk about it. "Well, he's gotten mean. And I'm afraid he's getting into stuff that's gonna get him in real trouble."

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