Room 307, Thursday Afternoon

[justbeingbay]

The night in Los Angeles had been uncomfortable. Nico and other-Victor had disappeared into a bedroom, and no one else felt like doing much beyond staring dumbly at the television. Xavin was the only one who seemed able to speak much, and she wasn't exactly a great conversationalist

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[genesishero]

Well... that phone message had been... foreboding. Evan had listened to it a few times before finally making his way to Bay's room, because there was something about the way her voice was shaking (and just something in the air, it seemed like, that was different today) that left him feeling a bit shaken himself.

He took a deep breath outside her room, squaring his shoulders, and then knocked.

"Bay...? Bay, it's Evan."

[justbeingbay]

It took a long moment for Bay to answer, long enough that Evan might have wondered if she was there at all.

"Yeah," she finally said, and went to open the door. "Yeah, um, hi. T-thanks for coming."

Curious about the movement, Old Lace leaned way over and sniffed at Evan.

[genesishero]

"Hey, girl," Evan murmured, a little surprised to see the dinosaur there as he lifted a hand to give her a pat on the nose. And, at the same time...

He glanced up at Bay again, his expression etched with worry. There was one person conspicuously missing from the room, given Old Lace's presence.

"What...?"

He didn't want to ask it. He wasn't sure he had the heart to hear the answer.

[justbeingbay]

Bay's red-rimmed eyes might have given the answer away, anyhow.

She stepped back to sit on her bed, gesturing for Evan to do the same. "Um," she said, intelligently. "So ... I talked Portalocity into letting Gert buy a ticket home. And I went with her, and -- she got stabbed, Evan."

She hadn't meant to tell it all at once like that, but once she started talking drawing it out seemed cruel.