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Room 512, Midday, Sunday

May 16, 2010 14:42

places: 512, wtfwtfwtf, cannot fucking cope, fandom: ino, fandom: jacob, weirdness: my younger-older sister

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need_no_moon May 16 2010, 18:45:49 UTC

So yesterday's conversation had been... enlightening and Jacob couldn't quite help wanting to check up on Elena because of it. Besides, he hadn't seen her since graduation.

He knocked lightly on the half open door and stuck his head inside before an answer came. "Hey."

findingelena May 16 2010, 18:58:40 UTC

"Hey," Elena said, looking up with a quick nod. The smile didn't reach her eyes, but it was well-meant. "Haven't seen you in a while. Been busy with all the pretty girls?"

need_no_moon May 16 2010, 19:03:09 UTC

Well, there was an opening and he could either beat around the bush or just be upfront. "Depends if talking to your sister counts."

findingelena May 16 2010, 19:05:57 UTC

Elena was, hopefully, enough of a Turk that not much of that flinch showed. She sat up a little straighter.

"So you know how my week's been, then," she said, hoping it sounded light.

need_no_moon May 16 2010, 19:08:57 UTC

"Know? No, but I can take a guess," he was just going to sit beside her on the bed. If she had problems with it, she could kick him off.

findingelena May 16 2010, 19:17:24 UTC

She didn't. Instead, she sighed, running a hand through her hair.

"It's ... complicated," she said. That was not even close to the extent of it, but it got the right mood across. "Do you have any brothers or sisters?"

Deflection! Handy.

need_no_moon May 16 2010, 19:20:19 UTC

He nodded, watching her carefully but not pushing. "Yeah, I've got two older sisters. Not that I see them much, they both left La Push as fast as they could."

findingelena May 16 2010, 19:27:49 UTC

"Is it a hellhole?" she asked. Not malicious, just curious. "We both got out of the slums as fast as we could. I can't blame her for that one. You see a way out, you grab it with both hands."

need_no_moon May 16 2010, 19:29:09 UTC

"No, just boring," he replied, not that he thought that was the reason.

"She left you there?"

findingelena May 16 2010, 19:36:00 UTC

Elena shrugged. "Didn't have much of a choice," she said. "I was seven, eight? Something like that. Dad was still alive, so it wasn't like I was standing on the street corner starving."

She was fighting the urge for a cigarette. Trying to cut back. Some.

"What's boring about La Push?"

need_no_moon May 16 2010, 19:42:10 UTC

"Nothing, there isn't a whole lot there," he shrugged.

"What happened when your father was gone?"

findingelena May 16 2010, 19:45:29 UTC

"I was a Turk by then, myself," she said. "Left home, didn't look back. He might still be alive, I guess. I never bothered finding out. Just figured he went down when Midgar did, like almost everybody else."

So much here that she shouldn't be saying. She wasn't sure if she cared.

need_no_moon May 16 2010, 19:47:49 UTC

"I'm sorry," he said quietly after a moment's pause. "I think it'd drive me crazy not knowing for sure."

findingelena May 16 2010, 19:51:33 UTC

Elena shook her head, offering him a quick, sympathetic smile. "Don't be," she said. "You're probably a lot closer to your dad than I was to mine."

need_no_moon May 16 2010, 19:53:41 UTC

"Still..." he shrugged and reached out to touch her shoulder. "What about your sister? Are you close?"

findingelena May 16 2010, 19:58:59 UTC

She leaned into the touch, slightly, but shrugged. "Yes? No? I don't know. We fight a lot, but that doesn't mean we're not."

See above in re: complicated?

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