feel_theflames
I didn’t like what I was seeing. Not one bit. At first I wanted to use her to get back at him, thought it was a wonderful plan. Something that he never expected and it was. But then there was something about her, a certain grace you could say. She truly was amazing and I wanted her for me. Of course that wasn’t really in the plan, Wolfram and Hart brought her back so they could use her. As much as I loved the idea of getting back at Angel I started to hate the thought of them using her.
I could see it in her eyes, the shock and sadness from the news that Holden had just told her. I guess that was something you’d expect. You see the way regular humans respond to such news as they are dying, I can’t imagine how it would feel for someone who was alive for hundreds of years to now find out she was dying from a human sickness. She’d forgotten what it was even like to be human anymore, let alone now have to die as one.
I wanted to do something for her, anything just to save her. I wasn’t even sure if there was a way but there had to be.
She wanted a minute along. Of course she would, I could tell it was eating her up inside but of course she wouldn’t show it, that wasn’t like her. I wanted to slap Holden right there and then, that look on his face was so fake. He acted like he cared but he didn’t. She meant nothing to him, just another way to try and get at Angel. Only thing he’d care about if she died was that their plan went to hell. She didn’t need that sort of bullshit.
I headed towards the door after Holland but before I reached it words came out of her mouth. Barely above a whisper but I could still hear them.
“When were you going to tell me? Why did you have to wait until now?"
I stopped dead in my tracks and turned around to look at her. I couldn’t even get a word out, all I could do was look at her. That’s when I made up my mind. I turned back around to look out the door. I waited till Holland disappeared down the hallway then went and closed the door so Darla and I could be alone in the room. Turning around again I took a few steps towards her.
“I knew for awhile Darla, but they knew longer. They didn’t tell me because they feared I was going to do what I did end up doing.” I took a deep breathe. “I started to try and find ways to help you. Ways that didn’t involve going through them because if you did they’d hold that to you. Make you pay them back by using you to get to him.” Once again the thought of getting to him I didn’t but by using her to do that I didn’t like one bit.
“I would’ve told you sooner but I wanted to wait till I could find something concrete to go on.”
I could see it in her eyes, the shock and sadness from the news that Holden had just told her. I guess that was something you’d expect. You see the way regular humans respond to such news as they are dying, I can’t imagine how it would feel for someone who was alive for hundreds of years to now find out she was dying from a human sickness. She’d forgotten what it was even like to be human anymore, let alone now have to die as one.
I wanted to do something for her, anything just to save her. I wasn’t even sure if there was a way but there had to be.
She wanted a minute along. Of course she would, I could tell it was eating her up inside but of course she wouldn’t show it, that wasn’t like her. I wanted to slap Holden right there and then, that look on his face was so fake. He acted like he cared but he didn’t. She meant nothing to him, just another way to try and get at Angel. Only thing he’d care about if she died was that their plan went to hell. She didn’t need that sort of bullshit.
I headed towards the door after Holland but before I reached it words came out of her mouth. Barely above a whisper but I could still hear them.
“When were you going to tell me? Why did you have to wait until now?"
I stopped dead in my tracks and turned around to look at her. I couldn’t even get a word out, all I could do was look at her. That’s when I made up my mind. I turned back around to look out the door. I waited till Holland disappeared down the hallway then went and closed the door so Darla and I could be alone in the room. Turning around again I took a few steps towards her.
“I knew for awhile Darla, but they knew longer. They didn’t tell me because they feared I was going to do what I did end up doing.” I took a deep breathe. “I started to try and find ways to help you. Ways that didn’t involve going through them because if you did they’d hold that to you. Make you pay them back by using you to get to him.” Once again the thought of getting to him I didn’t but by using her to do that I didn’t like one bit.
“I would’ve told you sooner but I wanted to wait till I could find something concrete to go on.”