Waking

[agirllost]

She doesn't remember her dreams. It's a blessing and she's not questioning it.
After getting to her Dad's room, she took a shower, too exhausted to be horrified by the red water slipping down her skin and circling around the drain. Her clothes were in a pile and probably had to be thrown out. After the shower, she changed into Angie's clothes

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[angela_edmunds]

Angela opens the door quietly to peek in on her. She sees that Kim is sitting up and smiles. "Mom?" she asks softly.

She looks rather exhausted herself, but she's all right.

[agirllost]

Kim pushes herself to a sitting position, blinking at the outside light.

"Hey," her voice is still a little rough.

There's a lot to talk about but she doesn't really know where to even begin.

"Come here."

[angela_edmunds]

Angela goes to her and sits on the bed, leaning over to hug her. Her tears are spent, and her mom doesn't smell like blood anymore, and she's whole and beautiful again...

Okay, so her tears aren't completely spent, and a couple of them drip down her nose.

[agirllost]

Kim hugs her back, feeling wetness against her neck and she pulls back to touch Angie's hair and look at her.

"I'm sorry you had to see that," she says after a moment.

[angela_edmunds]

Angela goes over to answer the door, as she was on her way to go down to the bar to get something to eat anyway.

"Hey Behrooz. I was just going downstairs. Mom's awake. Do you want to visit her?" She smiles slightly.

[angela_edmunds]

Angela nods. "She's okay. Let me make sure she's okay to see you, come on."

She leads him over to the bedroom door and peeks in. "Mom, Behrooz is here...he'd like to visit, if that's okay."

"Sure," Kim says, and sits up.

Angela lets Behrooz into the bedroom and says, "I'll be back in a little while."

And she goes out to go downstairs.

[action_antihero]

Jack comes back upstairs from a walk outside, moving quietly as he comes in incase Kim is still asleep. He hadn't been able to, and had headed out for a walk, instead of risking waking her an Angie as he jerked awake from another nightmare.

He slowly opens the door, peeking into see if she's sleeping, see if she's okay, and gives her a weak smile when he sees she's awake. "Hey, sweetheart."

[agirllost]

"Hey," she says softly, sitting up and looking at him.

She's not sure what to say for a few moments. "I'm sorry I stole your bed."

[action_antihero]

"It's not stealing when I offered it to you," he says, pulling a chair close to the bed and taking a seat. "How are you feeling?"

[agirllost]

"I don't think I gave you much of a choice," she looks over at him.

"Better," she answers honestly and after a moment touches his hand. "Dad, I -- what happened?"