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[angela_edmunds]

Angela is watching the door. She sometimes focuses on her plate, but for the most part, she's watching the door. She'd seen Behrooz come back and stayed out of the way as Lyrae healed him.

She knew he was okay.

But she didn't know about her dad, or Chris, or her grampa, or Tony...

Underneath the haze of worry, Angela is very, very, very tired.

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[dragon_twin]

The door opens, but it's not her father, or grandfather. Not even Tony.

Just Melou, dusting off the front of his trousers and looking a little surprised to be here.

[angela_edmunds]

And before he knows it, about one hundred thirty pounds of teenage girl has run up and thrown her arms around him.

She's not crying, she's just so glad to see him.

[dragon_twin]

...that's a lot of teenage girl, especially considering how tall she is.

"Oof. Hey." He slips an arm around her waist to steady her. And him.

[angela_edmunds]

"Hey," she says, her voice shaky. She stands slightly away from him after a moment. "Sorry. I'm just really glad to see you."

[dragon_twin]

"It's all right. I can handle it." He smiles at her. "You've never been this happy to see me before."

[angela_edmunds]

"Maybe I just hid it better before." She smiles, but only slightly. She looks a little tired and worn.

It's been a long couple of days.

[dragon_twin]

"Maybe." He agrees, running a hand through her hair. "You ok?"

[angela_edmunds]

She sighs. "Not really. I'm watching for people to come back," she says softly. "My grandfather was kidnapped and some people went out to get him back. Including my dad. They left last night."

[dragon_twin]

Yep. Angela belongs to the unluckiest family ever.

"That's good though, isn't it?" He asks, giving her a gentle squeeze. "That people have gone to get him?"

[angela_edmunds]

"It is, but..." she bites her lip. "Behrooz came back, and someone had shot him. He's gotten healed now, but...no one else has come back," she finishes softly.

No tears. They're not there yet. Maybe later.

[dragon_twin]

"Behrooz went?" He's surprised. Behrooz didn't seem like the running off to rescue someone type.

"You been eating?" Best to get the focus back on her, because really, if people are coming back shot, he's not about to give her the standard 'everything's going to be fine'.

[angela_edmunds]

"A little." She doesn't have the heart to think of food. That's the usual way she works when she's upset.

[dragon_twin]

He knows.

"You should eat, take care of yourself. Come on." He leads her to a table. "We can share something. What do you want?"

[angela_edmunds]

"I'll eat some fries. I'm just not very hungry, but I'll eat." She sits down and tries not to watch the door for a while.

[dragon_twin]

"All right." He orders from a waitrat, with two cokes.

"Waiting's always the hard part."

[angela_edmunds]

A small smile. "Yeah, it is." She takes a breath. "How are things in Wales?"

She doesn't want to worry for a little while.