[Xander] Quietly Observing, Part IfikgirlOctober 26 2006, 19:42:42 UTC
Henry and Jason briefed Xander on the new arrivals on the way back to the house. Xander was happy to hear that one was a woman, happier to hear that she was a doctor - because he got the feeling that there would be a lot of need for doctors in the future and he was glad to know that at least one survived the fallout of The End of the World - and then his bubble was burst when he learned that she might be with the man she was traveling with. His happy thoughts and hormones further backed down when Henry pointed out that the pair had obviously been through some rough times and that the woman was a little bit skittish
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[Xander] Quietly Observing, Part II (complete)fikgirlOctober 26 2006, 19:43:26 UTC
And speaking of dogs, one poured out of the jeep and after yipping and running in excited circles around Kayla, jumping briefly on Henry despite Kayla's attempts to call it back, charged towards the porch and right into Xander’s lap. The dog barked playfully, gave Xander a huge lick on his cheek with that typical New person, play with me, play with me, I like you enthusiasm
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[Jason] Wanting to helpnewdawnjasonOctober 26 2006, 22:28:53 UTC
Jason smiled as Xander's reaction to Kayla. Yep, she was a cutie all right. But she seemed pretty attached to her companion, Jonas. Then the smell hit him. Blood, fresh blood. One of them was wounded. Before he could say anything, Kayla shouted, "Jonas! You’re bleeding." The woman kicked into doctor gear and headed back to her vehicle, saying she'd get her bag. The dog followed her enthusiastically.
Jason jogged over and met her at her Hummer. "Can I help," he asked sincerely. The smell of the blood wasn't bothering him like it might have the night before. He was more concerned that the guy had more than just a scratch. The scent told him this could be a major injury and without the ability to heal or fight off infection like a wereanimal, Jonas could be in serious trouble. He gave Kayla a concerned smile and ignored the dog that had started barking like mad at his approach.
[Kayla] Giving OrdersfikgirlOctober 26 2006, 22:48:12 UTC
"Aunt Millie, please!" Kayla scolded the dog knowing it would do no good. While the dog apparently had taken to Kayla, she hadn't taken to listening to Kayla. Aunt Millie only listened to Jonas marginally better.
She reflexively stiffened at Jason's approach, then gave herself a mental slap for doing it. So far, Henry and Jason had been nothing but hospitable, and Aunt Millie even liked the unnamed man with the eye patch, and hadn't started going nuts until Jason followed her. His offer sounded sincere and Kayla wondered if he had any first aid or EMS training, or was simply trying to be helpful
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Re: [Kayla] Giving OrdersbrikinneypaOctober 26 2006, 23:08:15 UTC
Brian was in the middle of searching for some seasoning for the steaks when he swore he heard barking. He stopped what he was doing and looked at Noah with a raised eyebrow. He then shut the cabinet he'd currently been looking in.
"I'll be right back." He said over his shoulder to Noah as he made his way out of the house and onto the front porch. He nearly tripped over Xander as he started to make his way down the steps, more concerned with keeping his eyes on the new comers than watching where he was going.
"Everything okay?" Brian asked no one in particular, preparing dinner all but forgotten now.
[Jonas] Taking OrdersfikgirlOctober 27 2006, 01:01:48 UTC
Jonas startled at the sight of another man stepping onto the porch. Despite the twinging in his shoulder and the warm dripping and spreading he could now feel, he tensed a bit. The weight of the gun in his waistband offered a bit of comfort, but didn't guarantee that he'd be able to protect Kayla in time.
(Stop right there, Jonas Ray,) he heard Lu's voice in his head, (You gotta take a chance and trust people and stop jumping at shadows. You can't live in the world like that.)
The pang of loss stung and Jonas pushed it aside. "Not exactly," Jonas called out. He turned to Henry, "My mother taught me to be a better guest than this. I don't usually come to people's homes and bleeds."
Jason raced past him, followed by Aunt Millie who continued barking up a stream. She wasn't in attack mode, more acting as though she'd found someone interesting, or was trying to figure out her pecking order.
"Aunt Millie! Ven aqui!" Jonas called out uselessly. He groaned, moving toward the house, "That dog never listens to me."
Henry took a look at Jonas and saw that the man was fading, so he put an arm out to support him. "Don't worry about the damned dog. Let's get you inside," Henry said as they brushed past Brian and followed Jason inside. He helped Jonas into the bathroom and sat him on the toilet.
Then he turned to the cabinet to bring out clean towels and a pair of scissors. "The shirt's no good, so I'm just gonna cut it off and save you the pain."
[Jonas and Kayla] The Doctor is InfikgirlOctober 27 2006, 02:37:30 UTC
"Gracias," Jonas said sincerely. He really hadn't wanted to think about wiggling out of the shirt. Kayla had urged him to wear a button down, but he'd opted for a t-shirt. (Listen to your doctor next time
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Noah stepped into the bathroom as Kayla spoke. "Boiling water and whiskey," he said, handing them to Henry. "It's too small in here. I'll hand in anything else you need." He stepped back out into the hall.
Henry plugged the sink and poured some of the boiling water from the kettle into it to wash his hands, and then he got busy acting the nurse to Kayla's surgeon, using up the rest of the hot water wetting the towel. Henry thought an order for Noah to put on a large pot of water, so they had more as soon as possible.
As Henry watched Kayla work, Henry wondered how she could know there was no infection. He could see that the wound looked clean- bleeding profusely, but clean, but there was no way to tell something like that just by looking.
With Henry's assistance, patching Jonas up (again) went fairly smoothly. Though Jonas squirmed a bit at first and gritted his teeth, once the three shots of vodka hit his system, he didn't seem to mind the stitching so much. Kayla hated to see him drunk, even marginally, because it reminded her too much of how she found him after he lost both Lu and Milagro, but desperate times called for desperate measures
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Henry could sympathize with Jonas- it didn't matter that he was hurt, he needed to be able to get done what needed doing. Henry had the feeling that it was protecting Kayla that Jonas most felt needed doing
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"Yes, please," Kayla said. "Then I can get cleaned up."
She ignored the look that Jonas gave her. Now that Jonas's wound was tended to, her curiosity turned up a notch. "Do all of you live here, Henry? In this one house, I mean?"
"All of us? That's a surprisingly difficult question to answer. Noah- the one who brought in the hot water and uh- anesthetic, he and I live here. The other three men all arrived in the last two days, so I'm not sure how long any of them are staying- Haven being so close," Henry answered as he set the things down and started to open Jonas's bag.
With the zipper half open, Henry stopped, looked up at Kayla. "Okay if I go in here?" he asked, indicating the duffle.
"Jonas, you have any top secret porn that you don't want Henry to see?" Kayla teased.
"Kayla, you know that's not where I keep my top secret porn." The reply came easily, if a bit slowly. "It's okay, Henry. I have a few shirts right on top there. Anyone of those will do."
The vodka was starting to get to him. Or maybe it was just the stress and tension from the bleeding and the worrying again. Whatever it was, Jonas felt like a nap might be nice.
Henry smiled to see the injured man cracking wise. Sure, it was probably the alcohol to some extent, but it still told of some relief of his pain and overall tension. "Nice to have a wife with a sense of humor," Henry replied, as he chose the topmost shirt and held it up to help Jonas into it as carefully as possible.
Kayla froze in the midst of repacking her bag. It wasn't that she was offended by Henry's words or assumptions - she supposed that was the sort of assumption that could be easily made. She froze because she worried about Jonas's reaction; they hadn't really talked about Lu -- or Peter -- since leaving Philadelphia. Ignoring the loss and pain seemed easier than acknowledging and talking it out. Kayla wondered how Jonas would react to such an immediate reminder of the loss of his wife and child and his still fresh widower status.
Jonas looked back at her over his shoulder, evidently not quite as inebriated as she thought. There was a seriousness to his eyes, an unspoken question that Kayla read there as We can pretend if you want.It was tempting. It meant no worries about any of these men trying to get close to her, although truthfully all of them had kept a friendly and polite distance. But the truth of it was they didn't know how long they would be here or how long they'd have to be among these people. Even Kayla wasn't so skittish
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Jason jogged over and met her at her Hummer. "Can I help," he asked sincerely. The smell of the blood wasn't bothering him like it might have the night before. He was more concerned that the guy had more than just a scratch. The scent told him this could be a major injury and without the ability to heal or fight off infection like a wereanimal, Jonas could be in serious trouble. He gave Kayla a concerned smile and ignored the dog that had started barking like mad at his approach.
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She reflexively stiffened at Jason's approach, then gave herself a mental slap for doing it. So far, Henry and Jason had been nothing but hospitable, and Aunt Millie even liked the unnamed man with the eye patch, and hadn't started going nuts until Jason followed her. His offer sounded sincere and Kayla wondered if he had any first aid or EMS training, or was simply trying to be helpful ( ... )
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"I'll be right back." He said over his shoulder to Noah as he made his way out of the house and onto the front porch. He nearly tripped over Xander as he started to make his way down the steps, more concerned with keeping his eyes on the new comers than watching where he was going.
"Everything okay?" Brian asked no one in particular, preparing dinner all but forgotten now.
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(Stop right there, Jonas Ray,) he heard Lu's voice in his head, (You gotta take a chance and trust people and stop jumping at shadows. You can't live in the world like that.)
The pang of loss stung and Jonas pushed it aside. "Not exactly," Jonas called out. He turned to Henry, "My mother taught me to be a better guest than this. I don't usually come to people's homes and bleeds."
Jason raced past him, followed by Aunt Millie who continued barking up a stream. She wasn't in attack mode, more acting as though she'd found someone interesting, or was trying to figure out her pecking order.
"Aunt Millie! Ven aqui!" Jonas called out uselessly. He groaned, moving toward the house, "That dog never listens to me."
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Then he turned to the cabinet to bring out clean towels and a pair of scissors. "The shirt's no good, so I'm just gonna cut it off and save you the pain."
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Henry plugged the sink and poured some of the boiling water from the kettle into it to wash his hands, and then he got busy acting the nurse to Kayla's surgeon, using up the rest of the hot water wetting the towel. Henry thought an order for Noah to put on a large pot of water, so they had more as soon as possible.
As Henry watched Kayla work, Henry wondered how she could know there was no infection. He could see that the wound looked clean- bleeding profusely, but clean, but there was no way to tell something like that just by looking.
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She ignored the look that Jonas gave her. Now that Jonas's wound was tended to, her curiosity turned up a notch. "Do all of you live here, Henry? In this one house, I mean?"
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With the zipper half open, Henry stopped, looked up at Kayla. "Okay if I go in here?" he asked, indicating the duffle.
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"Kayla, you know that's not where I keep my top secret porn." The reply came easily, if a bit slowly. "It's okay, Henry. I have a few shirts right on top there. Anyone of those will do."
The vodka was starting to get to him. Or maybe it was just the stress and tension from the bleeding and the worrying again. Whatever it was, Jonas felt like a nap might be nice.
He stifled a yawn.
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Jonas looked back at her over his shoulder, evidently not quite as inebriated as she thought. There was a seriousness to his eyes, an unspoken question that Kayla read there as We can pretend if you want.It was tempting. It meant no worries about any of these men trying to get close to her, although truthfully all of them had kept a friendly and polite distance. But the truth of it was they didn't know how long they would be here or how long they'd have to be among these people. Even Kayla wasn't so skittish ( ... )
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