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Harsh realities

Dec 15, 2010 22:03

WHO: reluctantlegend and wrong_sometimes
WHERE: The apartment.
WHEN: Backdated to Saturday, December 11th, afternoon and later Sunday, December 12th night.
WARNINGS: Cassie's temper.
SUMMARY: Josh has something to tell Cassie. She's not amused, runs away, and eventually... comes back.
FORMAT: Whateveriloqy

( Cassie was starting to feel like she had a home again. Like she belonged. It scared the hell out of her. )

cassie holmes | watcher, † josh newman | n/a

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reluctantlegend December 16 2010, 04:50:04 UTC

Josh was beyond upset with Scatty. No matter how many times he talked to her about it, she refused to stop hunting the Joker. She swore that she wouldn't let Cassie or Josh get hurt, but Josh knew she couldn't be everywhere.

Either of them could easily be snatched on the way to or from the apartment and while Josh liked to think he could take care of himself, he knew if someone as deranged as the Joker wanted to kidnap him, he probably would find away.

But she wouldn't drop it. And despite how much Josh actually really like having Cassie here, he had to be honest with her about it.

"Cassie?"

wrong_sometimes December 16 2010, 04:55:52 UTC

"Bedroom!" She called out, too lazy for the moment to get off the bed where she was reading a magazine. Some stupid teenage thing that she'd mock later, but was genuinely curious about now.

reluctantlegend December 16 2010, 05:00:44 UTC

Turning the corner into her room he gave her a small smile when he came in. She looked so at home here, like she genuinely enjoyed it here and felt at least somewhat comfortable. It made this talk that much worse.

"We need to talk," he said. That sounded so stupid saying it like that. "It's about Scatty. She won't- she won't stop hunting him. I've begged and begged her, but she won't. She swears she'll protect both of us, but she won't give up hunting him. I'm sorry."

wrong_sometimes December 16 2010, 05:07:29 UTC

I took Cassie almost a full minute to realize what he'd said and when it sank in, she didn't say anything right away. She just set the magazine down and sat up, dangling her legs off the edge of the bed and looking at the floor.

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wrong_sometimes December 19 2010, 06:01:01 UTC

It was a little more than twenty-nine hours later when Cassie found herself standing in the evening shadows by the dojo. The last night had been fairly miserable. She'd thought about going to Rory's, but realized that his girl was back and she didn't want to intrude. The restaurant owners had given her a place to stay above the place, but it smelled like fish and she was not going to smell like fish.

She even considered staying at Josh's school, but that was a school and she wasn't into that. She wanted something more normal, but she wasn't ready for that much normal. So here she was, skulking and debating if she really wanted to go in, or start looking for other options.

She hated her life right now.

reluctantlegend December 19 2010, 06:35:07 UTC

Josh had been feeling equally miserable, although he had a far easier time of things that Cassie. His misery was mostly from the teenage angst and mopiness he was feeling over Cassie being gone.

He was worried about her, half torn between going out and looking for her and being pissed that she left in the first place. He knew she was far more resourceful and capable than most people twice her age, but that didn't mean something couldn't happen to her.

Even meditating in the dojo hadn't helped him at all. Sighing, Josh pulled out his phone and dialed Cassie's number. It rang once before he got too nervous and hung up. He summoned up his courage and called again, only to hang up after another ring.

Finally he just settled on a simple, 'hope you're okay' text.

wrong_sometimes December 19 2010, 06:45:13 UTC

Cassie jumped when her phone buzzed, pulling it out and frowning when she saw the caller ID. Had he seen her out here? Was he gonna make a big deal out of it?

She almost answered the second time, but it only rang once. Reading the text, she almost shoved the phone back in her pocket. Instead she decided to call him back. What the hell right? At least she could find out if he'd seen her. Feel out the sitch.

The phone rang and she started to reconsider.

reluctantlegend December 19 2010, 06:52:16 UTC

Josh also jumped when his phone rang, surprised that she was calling him back. He wasn't sure what else he expected her to do after two hang ups and a text message though. Maybe she just wanted to let him know she was fine and chew him out some more.

"Hey, this is Josh," he said.

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