Rm 217, Tuesday, early evening

[fantastic_torch]

Johnny was sprawled out on Savannah's bed reading a current issue of motorcross. Thankfully his tongue fell from the roof of his mouth sometime during the night and he was able to eat breakfast and lunch today. Actually he ate two cheeseburgers in the cafeteria and tomorrow he'd hit the gym.

For now he was chillin' with one of his favorite magazines

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[walks_two_paths]

Savannah made her way slowly into the room, planning on calling her mom and seeing if she'd come help with some bandaging and pain relief.

When she saw Johnny was there, she gave him a faint smile and went over to him slowly. "Hey you."

[fantastic_torch]

"Hey you," he sat up a bit and set his magazine aside. "Where ya been?"

[walks_two_paths]

Damn it. He would ask that.

"Taking care of some business... and getting my ass handed to me for my trouble?"

[fantastic_torch]

All right, she had his full attention now and he sat up fully. "Tell me what the hell happened and what the hell you did."

[walks_two_paths]

"Look, I tried... I swear to you, I tried to keep my temper, Johnny. But then I got to thinking about what she did to you and I just got angrier and angrier and..." She looked down at the floor. "Got thrown into a wall... twice." Her voice was very, very soft.

[fantastic_torch]

He shot up off the bed. "What?" His voice wasn't soft at all. "Why didn't you listen to me? Goddammit, Savannah." Johnny moved towards her and started checking her over. "Take your shirt off, let me see you." No, he was not happy and it was obvious he was not asking her to do this so he could be a perv.

[walks_two_paths]

"I told you I tried!" She looked at him. "I damn well tried to keep my temper, and you can ask Eve! It's damn hard for me to keep my temper -- especially when someone I give a great damn about is screwed with." She started to carefully take her shirt off and stopped as pain shot through her shoulder and head. "I didn't have a spell prepared in time and I should have."

[fantastic_torch]

"What did you even go see her for, sweetheart? I'm good. I wasn't hurt or anything...why did you have to go see her?" Johnny cursed low and foul as she tried to take her shirt off. "You need to go to the clinic."

[walks_two_paths]

Savannah turned pale and her pupils were wide. "No. No clinic. Don't try and take me there, Johnny. Don't." She managed to get the shirt off. "Mom. Mom knows a strong healing spell that will ease the pain. Nothing in my head, neck or shoulder is broken. It just hurts and will be bruised as hell."

She didn't answer the why she had gone question.

[fantastic_torch]

Shit. He forgot how she acted before when he had mentioned the clinic and seeing her now, distressed, pissed him off. He wondered what the hell had happened to her before to make her feel that way. "Calm down, it's okay. No clinic, but you will call your mom or I will and she will take care of this."

He knew she didn't answer him and he reached out, running his hands down her arms, turning her so that he could look at her back. "Why did you go, Savannah?"

[walks_two_paths]

"I wanted to make her stop messing with you, Johnny. I didn't think she'd actually hurt me and get physical with a spell that threw me into the hall and the wall outside her office." She took in a breath. "Will you... can you call her?"

[fantastic_torch]

He shook his head as his fingers moved lightly down her back. "You promise me right now you won't go back to see her. I want to hear you tell me that, Savannah." Johnny was going to seriously hurt that woman. "I'll call her." He reached over for his cell and pushed a button. He had Eve on quick dial and quickly he left her a message.

[walks_two_paths]

"You... you want me to make a promise that both you and I do not know if I can keep, Johnny. I don't want to end up lying to you... because if she hurts you... I don't know if I can keep that kind of promise." She searched his face.

[fantastic_torch]

He took her face between his hands and caressed his thumbs back over her cheeks. "Listen to me, you let me take care of her. I know you are strong, I know you're beliefs are strong, but dammit Savannah, I don't need you hurt. I don't want you hurt. It just pisses me off because there is not a damn thing I can do about it after its been done."

[walks_two_paths]

Savannah murmured something and looked into his face as he spoke. "I don't want you hurt, either, Johnny," she said quietly. "She's evil and she's mean and if she were to really harm you..." She looked down.

[fantastic_torch]

"Hey," he said, ducking his head a bit so he could look at her face. "Nothing is going to happen to me. I promise. I'm... I'm here for you, Savannah."