Dresden drabble - part 10
Ok, this is just ridiculous, I really need to think of a title! And why the heck am I still calling it drabble? Anyway... -I missed classes today, that' why you're gettin multiple chapters!-
Title: Sorry, don't know yet -suggestions are welcome-.
Fandom: The Dresden Files.
Author: Lara Beckinsale.
Raiting: PG-13
Characters: Harry Dresden, Karrin Murphy. Mention of other characters too.
Timeline: Post-Changes (book 12)
Summary: Can they pick things up where they left them off?
It's a little story that started as drabbles but is now taking a force of its own. Hope I don't bore you to death, 'cause is not an action story, it's about feelings.
Disclaimer: Don't own them, just borrowing them for a while.
Continues from part 9
NO! I screamed in my mind. No, this cannot be happening. Not her too.
"No." I said firmly.
"That's the favor I needed to ask. You need to go see her. Really see her, with that wizard thing you do. See if the boy is..."
I didn't let him finish. "Why didn't you say something sooner?"
"Because everything seemed normal. And I... hoped. She started to get sick just recently."
"Hells bells!" I was furious at this turn of events. It was so unfair, she had given up a lot for this child. She was ready to be a mother, she wanted it. Dammit!
"Does she know?" I asked Kincaid.
"No, I cannot tell her something like this. Would you have?" In all honesty, I didn't know. I knew in my heart that I would try to protect her from such an awful truth, her own child a monster that could kill her. But I also knew Murph was tough and that she'd want to know.
"When we know something, we tell her." I paused, making up my mind. "I'll go right now... There must be a way... to fix this... to help them both, right?"
"I don't know, I wanted you to tell me." He answered, a sad expression on his face.
That way, I was back into Karrin Murphy's life.
I ringed the bell at her door and a minute later she was standing in front of me.
She was about eight months into her pregnancy. And she obviously kept taking good care of herself even in her condition. She always did, ate healthy and did lots of exercise. So she hadn't gained much weight really, just a round belly that was all baby. But Kincaid had been right, she looked tired, as if she hadn't slept in a week.
"Harry?" She looked up at me with her big blue eyes. Obviously, surprised.
I cleared my throat. "Hello, Murph."
"What... what are you doing here?" And I noticed with happiness the start of a smile in her face.
"I just wanted to talk to you for a second. If that's ok?"
"Umm... sure." She opened the door complitely to let me in. "Do you want some coffee?"
"You drinking?"
"No, of course not." She rolled her eyes at me. "But I can make some for you."
"Sure. Coffee sounds nice." She went to the tiny kitchen and I followed her. With she entertained with the coffee I had time to open my sight and take a look. What I saw left me speechless, and believe me that's not an easy task.
She was absolutely beautiful. I had seen her before with my sight as a beautiful angel with a sword of blue light always at reach. The first time she was in a pure white tunic, brave and fierce. But as the years passed, the tunic became stained with blood red and dirty grey. It was all metaphorical but I always interepreted that as how her encounters with the supernatural had damaged her.
There had been one thing constant though, she had always appeared smiling at me. In this sight of her, it was not different. She was smiling her most lovely smile. The one you rarely see on her and is reserved for when she's really relaxed. The sword was still in her hand and in the other arm she held her baby. He looked healthy and strong. Her tunic looked clean from her waist up. From the waist down though, it was soaked in blood. She was bleeding onto the floor, forming a pool of red at her feet. It was absolutely disturbing, so I closed my sight quickly.
She finished with the coffee and looked up at me.
"Harry? Are you ok?"
"I... " I blinked several times, trying in vain to clear the image out of my eyes.
"Harry?" She said again and touched the side of my face.
I couldn't let her know yet. I had to hold myself together. "I'm ok, just a little dizzy spell, umm... I have an ear infection." Good save, that one.
"Sit down." She said with authority. Of course, I obeyed and sit on one of the chairs at the table. She passed the cup with hot coffee. I noticed she poured herself some warm milk.
"What is it Dresden? You wouldn't have come if there wasn't something happening. I know you."
"It's nothing, ok? I know that you don't want me butting in on your life, but..."
"I never said that."
"It's ok, I told you I understood."
"Apparently, you didn't!" She said, angrily. "I never said... I said it was too complicated, and that I needed to try, to focus on this child, on his wellbeing. Don't say it like I threw you out of my life, like I was a cold hearted bitch who..." She was getting more upset with every word.
"Karrin, stop! I didn't mean to..."
"You know that it was hard for me too... That I lo..." She stopped there. "It wasn't easy. Nothing's been for a long time." She was about to tear up.
I sighed. I was a real idiot, making a pregnant woman cry. "I'm sorry... I didn't come here to fight or to recriminate anything."
"I'm sorry too, I'm making a big deal out of nothing... These stupid hormones!" She said frustrated. I chuckled, she almost killed me with her eyes. She took a deep breath.
"What are you doing here, then?" I remembered the reason, and I felt sick. But I couldn't just let it out on her like that.
"I just came to tell you that I'm back in Chicago, permanently. I was in Missouri for a while."
"Yeah, i heard..." I raised my eyebrows at that. "Thomas."
"Oh... I have a new apartment and I'm starting business again. I just wanted to tell you that if you ever... need me... for anything..."
She looked at me with such warmth. "Thank you, Harry." And smiled a little.
I took a little note pad and pen I kept with me all the time and wrote my phone number. I passed it to her. She took it and when she did, the tip of our fingers touched for a second. She looked up at me and bit her lip.
"I miss you." She said softly.
"I miss you, too." I answered. "I have to go. Got a thing I need to take care of."
"Oh, ok." She walked me back to the door.
"Good night, Karrin."
"Good night, take care, ok?"
"You too." I said and I walked out into the night with one thought in my mind. I was going to fix this.
Continues in part 11
Title: Sorry, don't know yet -suggestions are welcome-.
Fandom: The Dresden Files.
Author: Lara Beckinsale.
Raiting: PG-13
Characters: Harry Dresden, Karrin Murphy. Mention of other characters too.
Timeline: Post-Changes (book 12)
Summary: Can they pick things up where they left them off?
It's a little story that started as drabbles but is now taking a force of its own. Hope I don't bore you to death, 'cause is not an action story, it's about feelings.
Disclaimer: Don't own them, just borrowing them for a while.
Continues from part 9
NO! I screamed in my mind. No, this cannot be happening. Not her too.
"No." I said firmly.
"That's the favor I needed to ask. You need to go see her. Really see her, with that wizard thing you do. See if the boy is..."
I didn't let him finish. "Why didn't you say something sooner?"
"Because everything seemed normal. And I... hoped. She started to get sick just recently."
"Hells bells!" I was furious at this turn of events. It was so unfair, she had given up a lot for this child. She was ready to be a mother, she wanted it. Dammit!
"Does she know?" I asked Kincaid.
"No, I cannot tell her something like this. Would you have?" In all honesty, I didn't know. I knew in my heart that I would try to protect her from such an awful truth, her own child a monster that could kill her. But I also knew Murph was tough and that she'd want to know.
"When we know something, we tell her." I paused, making up my mind. "I'll go right now... There must be a way... to fix this... to help them both, right?"
"I don't know, I wanted you to tell me." He answered, a sad expression on his face.
That way, I was back into Karrin Murphy's life.
I ringed the bell at her door and a minute later she was standing in front of me.
She was about eight months into her pregnancy. And she obviously kept taking good care of herself even in her condition. She always did, ate healthy and did lots of exercise. So she hadn't gained much weight really, just a round belly that was all baby. But Kincaid had been right, she looked tired, as if she hadn't slept in a week.
"Harry?" She looked up at me with her big blue eyes. Obviously, surprised.
I cleared my throat. "Hello, Murph."
"What... what are you doing here?" And I noticed with happiness the start of a smile in her face.
"I just wanted to talk to you for a second. If that's ok?"
"Umm... sure." She opened the door complitely to let me in. "Do you want some coffee?"
"You drinking?"
"No, of course not." She rolled her eyes at me. "But I can make some for you."
"Sure. Coffee sounds nice." She went to the tiny kitchen and I followed her. With she entertained with the coffee I had time to open my sight and take a look. What I saw left me speechless, and believe me that's not an easy task.
She was absolutely beautiful. I had seen her before with my sight as a beautiful angel with a sword of blue light always at reach. The first time she was in a pure white tunic, brave and fierce. But as the years passed, the tunic became stained with blood red and dirty grey. It was all metaphorical but I always interepreted that as how her encounters with the supernatural had damaged her.
There had been one thing constant though, she had always appeared smiling at me. In this sight of her, it was not different. She was smiling her most lovely smile. The one you rarely see on her and is reserved for when she's really relaxed. The sword was still in her hand and in the other arm she held her baby. He looked healthy and strong. Her tunic looked clean from her waist up. From the waist down though, it was soaked in blood. She was bleeding onto the floor, forming a pool of red at her feet. It was absolutely disturbing, so I closed my sight quickly.
She finished with the coffee and looked up at me.
"Harry? Are you ok?"
"I... " I blinked several times, trying in vain to clear the image out of my eyes.
"Harry?" She said again and touched the side of my face.
I couldn't let her know yet. I had to hold myself together. "I'm ok, just a little dizzy spell, umm... I have an ear infection." Good save, that one.
"Sit down." She said with authority. Of course, I obeyed and sit on one of the chairs at the table. She passed the cup with hot coffee. I noticed she poured herself some warm milk.
"What is it Dresden? You wouldn't have come if there wasn't something happening. I know you."
"It's nothing, ok? I know that you don't want me butting in on your life, but..."
"I never said that."
"It's ok, I told you I understood."
"Apparently, you didn't!" She said, angrily. "I never said... I said it was too complicated, and that I needed to try, to focus on this child, on his wellbeing. Don't say it like I threw you out of my life, like I was a cold hearted bitch who..." She was getting more upset with every word.
"Karrin, stop! I didn't mean to..."
"You know that it was hard for me too... That I lo..." She stopped there. "It wasn't easy. Nothing's been for a long time." She was about to tear up.
I sighed. I was a real idiot, making a pregnant woman cry. "I'm sorry... I didn't come here to fight or to recriminate anything."
"I'm sorry too, I'm making a big deal out of nothing... These stupid hormones!" She said frustrated. I chuckled, she almost killed me with her eyes. She took a deep breath.
"What are you doing here, then?" I remembered the reason, and I felt sick. But I couldn't just let it out on her like that.
"I just came to tell you that I'm back in Chicago, permanently. I was in Missouri for a while."
"Yeah, i heard..." I raised my eyebrows at that. "Thomas."
"Oh... I have a new apartment and I'm starting business again. I just wanted to tell you that if you ever... need me... for anything..."
She looked at me with such warmth. "Thank you, Harry." And smiled a little.
I took a little note pad and pen I kept with me all the time and wrote my phone number. I passed it to her. She took it and when she did, the tip of our fingers touched for a second. She looked up at me and bit her lip.
"I miss you." She said softly.
"I miss you, too." I answered. "I have to go. Got a thing I need to take care of."
"Oh, ok." She walked me back to the door.
"Good night, Karrin."
"Good night, take care, ok?"
"You too." I said and I walked out into the night with one thought in my mind. I was going to fix this.
Continues in part 11