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Room 406, Late Afternoon

Oct 02, 2009 13:37

Hayley hadn't expected a visitor, let alone Roy Harper. The words he'd said stung in her head. Bianca wasn't a killer... but she was. She couldn't reconcile what he'd said with what she believed, and yet she couldn't shake off his words, either ( Read more... )

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tasenburn October 3 2009, 01:56:42 UTC

Elle had avoided the welcome because she didn't have anybody coming and why bother? It was still hurting that her father hadn't said he'd come. She was sure there was a reason, though, a reason that had nothing to do with her.

She needed to cheer up, she really did. So she figured she'd go to one of the few friends she'd made. Something had her going to Hayley rather than the other Elle, though. She knocked at Hayley's door and waited.

onlysmokesnics October 3 2009, 01:59:10 UTC

It took a moment, but Hayley cracked open the door. Her eyes were swollen and puffy from crying, but she was grinning, a little too widely.

"Oh, hi Elle," she said.

tasenburn October 3 2009, 01:59:46 UTC

Oh, that wasn't a good look. Crazy knows crazy, after all.

"What's wrong?" Elle asked, worried.

onlysmokesnics October 3 2009, 02:04:19 UTC

Hayley opened the door the rest of the way. "Oh, I've just been redecorating, that's all."

Over Hayley's bed was a few tattered remains of photos and newspaper clippings, her bedside trashcan filled with crumpled paper.

tasenburn October 3 2009, 02:06:05 UTC

"... that's more than redecorating," Elle said, blinking. "Why the sudden change?"

onlysmokesnics October 3 2009, 02:06:47 UTC

"...I don't know," Hayley said. She wasn't able to understand it, yet. "I just didn't want them looking at me, any more."

tasenburn October 3 2009, 02:13:10 UTC

"... did something happen?" Elle tilted her head as she walked into the room. "Do I need to hurt somebody for you?"

onlysmokesnics October 3 2009, 02:14:00 UTC

"I... don't know," Hayley said, her grin fading and turning to a frown. "I don't understand anything, right now."

tasenburn October 3 2009, 02:20:28 UTC

"Okay," Elle said gently, shutting the door before leading Hayley over to the bed. "Do you need anything?"

onlysmokesnics October 3 2009, 02:25:07 UTC

Hayley sat down on the bed, but leaned over to pick up a half crumpled picture of Bianca Steeplechase. A sharp featured woman, her face painted white, her hair green, and bright red lipstick in a killer's smile.

Hayley kept frowning, looking down at the picture.

"I don't know," she said again. "I just want it all to make sense."

tasenburn October 3 2009, 02:47:06 UTC

"Talk to me," Elle said, sitting next to her. "Something had to make you get like this. What was it?"

She hated seeing her friend in pain like this, positively hated it.

onlysmokesnics October 3 2009, 02:48:33 UTC

"Roy showed up," Hayley said. "He's... he's from home. I was sort of dating him, I guess."

She crumpled up the picture and threw it across the room. "He said some things, and I want to say he was lying but I don't know."

tasenburn October 3 2009, 03:25:43 UTC

"I can hurt him for you, if you want," Elle offered. "I mean, it's only fair since he made you hurt like this."

onlysmokesnics October 3 2009, 03:28:43 UTC

Hayley didn't want that. She shook her head.

"I just don't want to lose anyone else," she said.

tasenburn October 4 2009, 00:16:47 UTC

"Okay," Elle said with a nod. "Okay."

A beat.

"And at least you had a visitor. I got nobody."

onlysmokesnics October 4 2009, 00:22:41 UTC

Hayley scooted closer and took Elle's hand in her's.

"You've got me," she said.

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