What else should I be

[evalon]

i don't even know what to do here. by the time i got to the bar the attack had already started, and it was just a mess. Yuff was there, and he and Ralph were trying to think of how to get the people out when i came flying in. everything happened so fast after that; we managed to get the humans out, we were trying to work our way through Zane's men

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[goomba_ralph]

*cleanin some of the mess at the bar when Ev walks in*

Hey, baby.

[evalon]

*smiles some, walks over to kiss him before picking up a broom*

hey, babe. want me to start over there?

*motions towards the other end of the room*

[goomba_ralph]

If you could start over here?

*waits for her to come over by him, wraps his arms around her*

How are you doin?

[evalon]

*smiles at him and wraps her arms around him*

i'm good, how about you? other than the mess in here, i mean.

[goomba_ralph]

I prefer the mess in here than the one waitin for me out there.

*holds her tight then pulls back a little searchin her eyes*

How is Isabella?

[evalon]

*clenches her jaw a little*

there is no mess waiting for you out there.

*softens her expression*

Bella's going to be okay.

[goomba_ralph]

*smiles at her tryin to sugar coat things*

I love you, Ev. But theres a huge fuckin mess that I made and you can't protect me from it.

*relieved*

Good, any news on Eric?

[evalon]

Eric's prognosis is the same as Bella's, he'll be okay.

*reaches up and brushes her hand across his cheek*

you didn't make it, you just got caught up in it. and i can protect you from people who don't know the details.

[goomba_ralph]

*relieved about Eric too*

You don't have to protect me, Ev. You're right in that I didn't start this shit, but this ain't my first time around. I made crazy mistakes and people got hurt. You can't change that or fix it, as much as I love you and appreciate you wantin and tryin to.

[evalon]

no, but i'll be damned if i'm going to let you take all of the blame for this. you didn't know this was going to happen, Ralph. if you had, i'm sure Eric never would've even been scheduled to work.

and Bella's my fault. i shouldn't have gotten her involved, i should've made it more clear that she was not to come here with Kat.

[goomba_ralph]

I coulda guessed it was gonna come to this. It always comes down to something like this. Thats one of the reasons I had the spell. I wanted this place to be safe from the other parts of the business. Thats gone now.

*shakes head*

I knew there was some kinda trouble, Ev. I shoulda laid off all the regular staff until things were under control.

As for Bella, the gun play that put her into the hospital lead back to the afore mentioned problem stemmin from the business, but if she's anything like her double, do you honestly think you coulda kept her away?

[evalon]

*looks at him, wanting to take this burden of guilt off of his shoulders*

you were dealing with a lot of bad things at once, baby.

i don't know, probably not. it's only more of a reason for me not to have involved her in the first place.

[goomba_ralph]

And you could left her out of it? She was the one who told you about Kurt ain't she?

*smilin sadly*

Like I said, I love that you are tryin to absolve me here. But I know where I fucked up. I gotta accept the consequences of that.

[evalon]

yes, yes, but....

*runs a hand through her hair, frustrated*

you might not have fucked up at all if you weren't distracted with other things, and i have to take responsibility for that.

[goomba_ralph]

Cntrary to popular belief, Ev. I can run my business and this bar and have stuff goin on in my personal life at the same time. Granted they all collided the other night, but I ain't blamin you for any of what happened.

*sighin cause he can be sayin this better*

What happened here the other night woulda happened whether you and me took the path we took or not. Joeys uncle was coming for her and gunnin for me, it had nothin to do with you and everythin to do with that other situation. In fact if it wasn't for you. Bella, Kat and Yuffie? Who knows how much worse it coulda turned out.