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 Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 1:18 am
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~ • Carl • Cαsε[y] • Jøнηsøη • ~
See my awful life in a cage.
I'm suffering for years, but you don't care.
It was kind of unnerving to have Bella greet him and it pretty much caused a minor panic attack inside of the raven head. He would've returned the greeting, but the mere presence of Einian with Bella made Casey change his mind about both the greeting and the cocktail. Instead of being friendly he simple scurried back to his room. Casey thought that and felt as if it was madness if he was hoping to have everything return to normal. Waking up in an empty bed, knowing what happened, but doubting it's truthfulness had been somewhat unnerving for Casey and had so triggered weeks of staying in his room with as little human contact as possible. He was hoping things would've run it's course by the time he'd see his beloved billy-bee again, but his still felt as guilty as on that one faithful night.
I wish I could take it all back
“ Hey Case…”
Somewhat startled Casey looked back at his door finding Harold there. They shared a lip ring when it came to jewellery and Casey was convinced he had gotten one because Harold had one too. He had felt just as guilty with Harold as he now felt with Bella. Yet the source had been different. Convinced by the man's charms and style Casey had given it a shot, but a week later Casey had said no more because he was doubting his a** of. Yet instead of doubting less he felt guilty because he had broken Harold heart. Casey bit his lip thinking he was pulling of the same thing with Bella now. Yet was he really? Was he really in love now or just terribly confused. Casey was pretty sure he was simply confused and that he owed Bella a proper excuse and Harold a proper explanation for his behaviour in the last week. Despite being apart again for a second time -after Casey had accepted he actually love another man- Casey did feel the need to be around the man. It had been a mutual break up, because Casey had been doubting again and in doing so hurting Harold whenever he dared to speak up about his confusion. It had been five months now and Casey was sure Harold wouldn't fall into that doubtful trap that Casey was, again.
“ Whats going on Case? You‘ve been lurking in your room for weeks… and Bills downstairs while you‘re up here by yourself?”
Casey sighed to himself even though comforted a bit by Harold's hands on his shoulders. Sometimes it felt like they were still together, but it was just an illusion that genuine care created. Perhaps that was what happened with Bella... Casey had cared to much and screwed up another of his relations. Now... Casey really didn't want to do that same with Harold and kept it strictly to friends even though he couldn't go a month without Harold around.
"Does it look like I really know what's going on? I don't even know how to talk to her any more."
Casey looked down as his hand for a minute and then back to a face he still loved but denied a relation every waking hour of the day. Casey definitely felt torn and had had a better time to hide it when it came to his problems with Harold then he had been able to do now with Bella.
"It's better of as friends all over again."
Casey was sure Harold wouldn't like hearing the very excuse Casey had used when he had pushed Harold away the first time in relation to Bella. Yet Casey didn't think that man would freak out about it to much. Now it was truer than ever. Casey was sure he had done something very wrong especially with that best friend of his that had told him she rather had girls a long time ago. Now... All their claims sounded like a lie.
I'd rather be with Harold again, but now... It'll just like an easy way of comfort. Short lived like the last two times...
Exorcise my violent insanity.
Share my distressing grief and die with me.
-One death every forty seconds-
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 1:46 am
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[All poly's are in pictures]
“ Does it look like I really know what‘s going on? I don‘t even know how to talk to her anymore.”, Casey’s reaction to his question caught Harold completely off guard. ‘ What the hell have I missed?’ He hadn’t been the one to just disappear for a few weeks, and at first Harold had firmly believed that she just had to rush home for something. ‘ Now that I think about it…I did overhear something.’ Did Harold not know or something? ‘ Have they not been talking all this time?’ Something was horribly wrong. Worse than he had imagined; but, he hadn’t imagined a whole hell of a lot besides an argument. But Bill wouldn’t have left over some argument with Casey unless he said something like: I hate your guts and f***ed your brother. That being the worst Harold could think of at the time being.
“ It‘s better off as friends all over again.”, Taken aback even further, for a second the color drained from Harold’s face. It was like he’d been smacked in the face with a pot, and Harold wasn’t sure how to respond to that. Stunned, it took a moment before his brain started to work again. ‘ Guess there wont be a part two for us…’, Harold began to think when a horrific idea fluttered its way into his brain. Wait a minute…is he talking about you or Bella? Suddenly Harold’s eyes widened with anger, and he had to look down to hide the way his face had reddened. ‘ He wouldn‘t of…’ But he knew more than Bella of how often he questioned his sexuality. Shaking his head in disbelief, Harold stepped forward and ripped his ‘friend’ around.
“ You‘re not telling me something.”, His dark eyes seemed to blacken. “ I overheard Bella saying that her dad got hurt…but that’s not what happened is it?!”, The man was oblivious to how hard his right hand gripped his friend’s arm, but it didn’t matter. Harold demanded an answer, and he demanded it now.
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 2:20 am
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Cowboy and Codeslinger
𝕰𝖎𝖓𝖎𝖆𝖓 𝕵𝖆𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖗 𝕯𝖚𝖇𝖔𝖎𝖘XXXXXXXX
W A S P
one million keys to open your doors
one million scars to cover your holes
a million codes to open your doors
a million names to cover your floor
~ • • ☆ ★ ☆ • • ~
" I have a small apartment up town a little waze. Its only temporary, but it’s a place."
Well that sounds good
Was Bella looking for a new best friend or something? Einian felt like he was dealing with a blue moon. best not to miss a chance like this considering Iorwen hadn't shown a bit of interest the whole time he had been trying to get closer to the blonde.
Einian, however, hadn't been expecting Bella to clench her hand on his arm and that got out a tiny, tiny little yelp out of the man with the giant mohawk. It was then that Einian realized that seemed to be on the verge of break down. Come on now! He couldn't deal with Bella crying! Please don't do that!
" Sc…Pino is in the guest room…so if you wanted to move in right away…you could share…m…my room for a few nights. "
Einian was glad she kept on talking, but he wasn't quite sure what was bothering her that it seemed to crack her up. Because of her rather sudden turn in Bella's mood, Einian's excitement was smothered a bit and he seemed to think twice about what he was going to say. This had something to do with Casey hadn't it?
"Hey... Bell I'm not going to eat you or anything..."
Okay that probably was the crappiest attempt at a joke in history, but at least he tried, right?
"I can wait a bit longer if it's too uncomfortable to have me in your bed"
Einian wasn't sure if he was getting her back in her comfort zone, but for measure he gently rubbed her back a little, trying to tell her she wasn't asking Armageddon to come.
Don't say it's that bad...
~ • • ☆ ★ ☆ • • ~
I don't want to give people hope when there isn't any...
Why not? But we need hope! |
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 2:35 am
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 2:56 am
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:04 am
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“ Hey…Bell I‘m not going to eat you or anything.”, Bella actually laughed at the cheesy joke, which did was entirely accredited to her nerves being so out of sync. ‘ Well I don‘t know what your into.’ It was the most hilarious response she could think of, but it sent the wrong idea, and as she was not trying to put any moves on someone who was supposedly gay Bella did not comment the hilarious statement. Perhaps her nerves had improved; but, then he continued.
“ I can wait a bit longer if it‘s too uncomfortable to have me in your bed.”, Hearing Einen say: ‘have me in your bed’ was the strangest thing to ever hear echo into her ear canal. ‘ Am I dreaming this?’ Not in the ‘romantic’ dream state by that thought, Bella wasn’t sure if her prior assumption was accurate. ‘ I could have -sworn- he tried to put a move on me at the last party…maybe I was wrong…’ Feeling even more ill under her skin, Bella shook her head and reached forward to try and grab his hand. ‘ He doesn‘t sound grossed out…not like if I‘d asked Harold to a pajama party.’ Shaking her head, Bella tried to bat his shoulder as if he was speaking ‘crazy talk’.
“ Pfft. I wouldn‘t ask if it wasn‘t okay. I just feel really weird being here tonight.”, Bella purposefully flickered her eyes towards Casey’s bedroom, as if to further explain the situation without using any words. ‘ Come-on…get the hint…’
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:50 am
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[All poly's are in pictures]
Casey mumbled his name as if he was begging Harold to change his mind and take back his question. ‘ No you f***ing tell me!’ he was too curious to not know now; in fact, a fear of the unknown stabbed into his stomach. If Casey didn’t reveal his secret Harold might go stark, raving, mad from the uncomfortable pain.
“ Harold I never meant to hurt her…”, it was as if a record had broken and Harold almost lost his grip on Casey’s arm. Suddenly Harold began to crumble beneath a cold sweat, and his skin completely lost its dull tan coloring. ‘ No…don’t tell me this…’The man began to shake his head over and over in disbelief as his eyes widened in fear like an owl. ‘ You didn‘t rape her did you?’
“ I shouldn‘t have I know that…I want to tell her, but…”, Harold wanted to punch something. Kill something, rip something…but he couldn’t move. Just stared at Casey as if he was a ghost come to destroy him.
“ Harold I…”, Casey tried to hold eye-contact, but the way he hung his head only increased the horrific overdose of fear piercing all of Harold’s nerves. Losing more and more strength in his limbs simply from the guilty look on Casey’s face, and Harold could only keep shaking his head faster and faster as Casey just kept going. Not getting the hint at all that he couldn’t bear to hear what he thought he was going to hear.
“ I ******** her…”
Time stopped, and Harold immediately let go of Casey’s arm as if his friend was now ‘evil’ or ‘unclean’. Retracting his hand like a claw, Harold wanted to back away, run, do something. Throw something, kick something, or run away…but he couldn’t…He just stood there with that powder-white look of horror as Casey mumbled a worthless apology and ran from the room. His mind too jumbled for thought, the man seemed to become a statue, just staring at the place where Casey had been standing as if he had made the entire conversation up. That he was crazy and needed medication.
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:24 am
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Feeling rather depressed, Pino had ‘calmed down’ and stopped leaping with every step he took. Truth be told, young Pino was actually in this…solemn, quiet, state most of the time. His bubbly bouncing had been a rare fluke, and now it was over. ‘ How could I have thought that parties were fun?’ There was nothing fun about them. At least, not this one, and not at this point in time. It was like everyone knew how old he was, and his presence officially ruined the party. ‘ Sorry I dampened your parade sis.’, Feeling quite expendable, the boy was about to waft towards the couch when a voice drew him back to reality.
“ Well you look as lonely as a new boy in town.”, An angel spoke as she entered from the kitchen, and Pino began to float in the air. ‘ Is it really that obvious?’, Assuming that whatever chance he had with the woman was null and void, Pino just tried to smile his most attractive smile which resulted in a rather goofy expression being plastered on his face.
“ Want a drink darling?”, Pino’s eyes widened as he saw the beverage, and his hand raised to tug at his shirt collar. ‘ Pros: Saying no would be rude…She might like me better if I take it…Cons: Sis will castrate me and smash my ipod…I could get drunk and embarrass myself.’ Pino just stared at the glass like it was an incubus of viral plague for the longest moment. ‘ Well I really shouldn‘t be rude…’ and taking the glass, Pino took a long look towards where Bella had been standing and hurriedly drank a big gulp just in case she suddenly popped in and caught him in the act. ‘ Where did she go; anyway?’ It wasn’t like this house was gigantic for her to disappear into…and Pino started to feel worried that he had been ditched. ‘ She isn‘t in the bathroom again is she?’ Girls, strait or lesbian, tended to spend forever in the bathroom…even if it wasn’t their bathroom.
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:58 am
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 5:19 am
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 6:35 am
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Einen let out a laugh, and oddly enough Bella found it comforting. ‘ See? What was I worried about?’But alas, her heart was not so easily swayed. Every single gut instinct told her that Einen was trouble. She hadn’t seen the proof yet, but Casey couldn’t stand him, and it took a lot for him not to like a person. There had to be something besides the snake-like feeling she felt down her spine when their eyes met that backed up Casey’s belief. Unless it was purely jealousy, and Bella just couldn’t let herself believe such a thing. Jealousy made sense, but friends didn’t get that jealous over other friends. ‘ Not enough too…’ Closing her eyes as images of that night four weeks ago bombarded their way into her brain, Bella felt a weight settle back onto her shoulders that she thought she had conquered by suggesting a few days with Einian. Like hell I’m going away girl, the pain in her heart seemed to taunt, and Bella glanced away again. Once more putting up her shields like a gladiator.
“ Well, I was almost sure you were uneasy for asking me.”, Given her foul mood, the laugh she wanted to give never even bubbled to a giggle. ‘ You‘re more perceptive than I give you credit for.’ That should have been a comical thought, but somehow her chest muscles tightened in the effort, and the laugh she wanted to form only caused her body physical pain.
“ I‘d be happy to get out of this place. Casey‘s been annoying the crap out of me.”, Just hearing his name snapped a tiny heartstring. ‘ The sooner I get out of here…the sooner I wont have to hear about him or see him again. ’ That was a lie if she ever told one, and Bella’s face contorted under the pain. Not much mind you, a subtle hint of anguish in the form of a quiet frown that the darkness concealed. ‘ He can‘t actually think I want to be alone with him.’, Bella thought as her brain pictured Einian. ‘ But its just going to be harder to shoulder this without a friend. Casey had Harold to fall back on, and I have nobody. Nobody else I even want to spend time with, much less…’ Closing her eyes against such thoughts of physical intimacy, her mind re-traced the events leading up to that wondrous experience where Casey stormed outside looking quite handsome and dashing before grabbing her hand, going upstairs, arguing, and…
“ Have you gone mad!”, ‘ Yeah, it started like that.’, Woah; wait just one moment. Snapping her eyes open with a start, Bella whipped her body around to see an almost tomcat-like aggression in the real Casey’s face. The man sure looked pissed. As pissed as he had been that night and being so cruelly reminded was worse than a sledgehammer being smacked against her chest. Not hiding the pain on her face in the slightest, Bella wasn’t even aware of the fact that her hand had gripped Einian’s arm for support. As the whites of her eyes reddened and her skin paled over, Bella could do nothing else but glare at both of those men just to keep from bawling her eyes out. ‘ Why the hell are YOU HERE?’ Four weeks of ‘no contact’, not even bothering to ask where she went, and now here he was; demanding answers like a jealous boyfriend? Bella immediately turned away as a tear started to fall underneath her hair. That analogy was just too painful to think of, and her heart felt ripped from the chest.
“ Casey don‘t make a fool of yourself.”, Bella’s hand gripped his arm tighter as she seemed to motionlessly hide behind him and let the big, strong, man do all the talking. ‘ Thank you…’ She soundlessly praised, not knowing what she would do if he wasn’t here to give her support.
“ He‘s a lying little b*****d and--”, What would have -ordinarily- been grateful concern, Bella only felt a deep, strong, wave of anger flush within her core. Her expression muddled in-between being heartbroken and being enraged like a roaring phoenix, her lip quivered from the result of unshed tears as if it, too, couldn’t make up its mind which emotion to display more of. ‘ What do you care?! WHY DO YOU CARE?!’ Bella couldn’t understand it, though she desperately sought a reason, Bella’s eyes painfully clamped together because her heart simply couldn’t believe anything she could come up with. Unfortunately, the boys just kept talking faster than she could process her emotions.
“ Casey stop that you‘ve had too much to drink.”
“ What?” ‘ What?!’
The feeling seemed to be mutual. Casey wasn’t drunk. If he was drunk, he would have dragged her upstairs again to slam talk some sense into her. Furiously shaking her head, the movement unfortunately turned the water in her eyes into a small glob that cascaded down her cheeks. Bella wasn’t the type of sort to cry, ever, and that’s what made this moment all the more terrible. The shame of it all, crying like some girl. She couldn‘t help it if this entire event was reminding her of that night. She didn‘t even want to think about that night anymore; but she couldn‘t forget it. Not now, when it seemed to nearly be recreated almost perfectly. Except for Einian having a say and Casey being sober. ‘ God Casey! Why do you have to be like this?! Why can‘t you just be easier to hate!’, and grabbing Einen’s hand (for support) Bella just couldn’t handle being a silent mute. Not now. Not when she had been festering with all these unsaid emotions for four weeks all by herself. It didn’t matter how much she would regret them later, she had to tell him how she felt before she lost her nerve.
“ What.”, Bella had to pause to peel off a few strange of brown hair that had stuck to her cheek within the residue of a fallen tear. That shame being further displayed, Bella decided to turn her tears into arrows and purposefully use them as weapons of mass destruction.
“ Do you…care?…hmm?!”, Bella retracted Einian’s arm in a similar manner to the way Harold had pulled his claw off of Casey earlier this evening.
“ Why the <********> do you care!?!”, Bella was all fury now, and she walked forward to shove the man as lightly as she could while under the effects of rage. Her motive only to move him away from the doorway behind him.
“ Its not like you‘re any better!”, Bella paused to breath, swallowing the fluid choking her mouth.
“ You lie. You don‘t call. You don‘t care.”, The battle between heartbreak and fury began to change sides in favor of the former, and her entire face was riddled with it. As if she was trying to hate Casey so much when she didn’t, the girl’s facial muscles trembled in the effort of maintaining a death stare she didn’t completely mean. Oh her face was venomous, but there were holes in the fragment of her argument, and she couldn’t hide them completely. No matter how angry she was, which could very well have given the impression of more hatred than she felt. Speaking only loud enough for the two people present to hear, (that she knew of) Bella took one last vehement look at Casey before another large glob of water ran down to her chin and dissipated along her throat.
“ I take back what I said! I don‘t love you.”, leaving before she said anything else to wound her best friend in the world, Bella didn’t stop to notice Harold hiding in Einian’s room to eavesdrop, or how happy Pino was at whatever him and Iorwen were talking about. She just grabbed his shirt and dragged him out; completely ignorant of the drink in his hand. ‘ If Casey‘s right then fine. They‘re both rat bastards.’ Only thinking such a thing because she was angry, Bella just wanted to hurt him. Wound Casey enough to know just a smidgeon of what she was going through, so she half turned her head before leaving the front door and ignored anything else she might see. Especially eye-contact with -anyone-.
“ I‘m sorry about this…I‘ll see you tomorrow Einen.”, Completely ignorant of calling him the wrong name, Bella and the quite distraught Pino walked outside and closed the front door. The engine roaring to life just as Harold slipped out the back. The entire commotion being enough of a distraction for the raven-haired man to hide two very important things. A friendship ring that Bella had given Casey in high school, and a small bottle of Casey’s favourite cologne.
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:10 am
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 XXXXXXXXXXXXX  XXXXXXXXXXX XXXThe goodXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The badXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The uglybeautiful
“ What...Do you…care?…hmm?!”
Seeing Bella cry. That was a first in years and years. She had made it clear more than once that she actually hated crying more than anything. Now she was right there spitting bullets of words that hurt more than anything. That's it Casey, instead of fixing it, you've made an even bigger mess of it. Casey just couldn't help but notice that glee in Einian's eyes. That look that said, see, now I'm winning and you haven't proven anything. Little did the man with the Mohawk know that the girl being fought over had long ago confided that just found Einian just a tinge creepy, but not enough to agree with Casey's suspicions.
“ Why the <********> do you care!?!”
Because he's known her for years! Of course that obvious, he's just been showing it the wrong way in the last month or so. Yet Casey didn't get a word out, not a single protest, because he was damn sure the thoughts, these words had been festering inside her since the moment she left, leaving him to wake up on his own and feel horrible about everything that happened. The shoves... Well Casey felt like he deserved them and just underwent them.
“ Its not like you‘re any better!”
Wait? What? No!
"Bella..." Casey didn't even dare to utter his favourite nickname for her. His billy bee was more of a wasp right now. Buzzing whatever seemed to come to her mind, ignoring his weak protest. This was so typical, when it mattered Casey was a weak helpless man of no actions.
“ You lie. You don‘t call. You don‘t care.”
There seemed to be a shadow on her face of the Bella he knew. The Bella that cared and would be heartbroken when taken advantage of. Of course he didn't call! He couldn't exactly pick up the phone dial her number and expect to get away with some sort of lame shallow apology that didn't cover the load of what had gone wrong. He couldn't get away with 'Hey... About last night... I didn't really mean that' or 'Hey... Sorry I lost it and screwed you over!'. All the possibilities in the languages of the word weren't enough. Also... Casey never had gotten together the balls or the guts to even try.
“ I take back what I said! I don‘t love you.”
The worst she could said had come and it made Casey's face go to something of a beaten little puppy. Though that couldn't stop Bella any more. All that there was left to do, was watch her storm inside to get her brother and leave. All he could do was watch that truck blast away like the world was just about to end on this very lawn. In a way it had or at least to Casey. She gave her regards to Einian and than she was gone.
"Don't you dare talk to me..."
I wasn't even going to.
Einian though as he watched Casey go back inside. Oh he was happy now. This was a right a** victory if you asked Einian. He needed nothing more than victory drink to toast to it and damn well he was going to get it right now.
Casey on the other hand was trying to find his last ditch effort to make something positive out of the night. He wanted to find Harold, see how he was taking the sudden and rather shocking news. A short through the house turned out fruitless, Harold was gone and for some reason so was his cologne. Casey wasn't sure what to think of it, but what he didn't notice was that Bella's gift ring was gone. His mind tired with war Casey just locked the door to his room as well as he could and went to sleep.
Iorwen was quite surprised to find the interesting girl drag her brother out so quickly. All she knew was that the Casey kid came in with a bigger cloud above his head than she had seen before and Einian with a bigger smile than at the start of the evening.
Snap, there goes introductions... I'll probably never see her again
A bit demised by the news Iorwen went to Einian who apparently had decided it was a good time to down a cocktail in one big gulp.
"Well now I'm curious what happened?"
"Nothing"
Well... That was a dead end. Iorwen went away and enjoyed her evening some more before everybody had left. Tomorrow was a new day new opportunities and with a little luck she'd see that girl again. Iorwen couldn't help but be interested. She just had that kind of look in her eyes that attracted to blonde
-I stand corrected. It just wasn't meant to be-
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Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:51 pm
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During the drive home Pino hadn’t been bold enough to finish a question. His sister…so angry, it was a scary sight! She might just smash his ipod just for good measure with that evil face, Pino had thought to himself at the time even though Bella would never have done such a thing. In fear, the young man didn’t even look her way until they were almost at their friend’s house, and when he did… ‘ Woah! Who turned on the faucet?’ The tears in the house? A fluke. These tears? it was a blue moon. There was something not quite right about them. His sister actually looked like a girl from a chick flick movie. ‘ Okay something really bad happened…’ In the house, Pino had thought that this would all blow over, but now… ‘ Never seen her cry like this.’ Except three weeks ago…at the funeral. Wanting to be supportive, Pino reached over and touched her shoulder; and oddly enough, she didn’t bat it away.
“ I‘m okay, Pino…really.”, Both his eyebrows raised in the air, and Pino tried to smile reassuringly even though it looked pretty goofy. ‘ You say that…’
“ You‘re going to have to try harder than that Bell. What happened in there? I‘ve never seen you like this.”, his sister pretended to focus on the road for the longest time even though the car was parked in front of their friend’s home.
“ Its just…everything colliding all at once. First an argument with Casey…Then Dad…and now this. It’s the massive explosion of emotions is all this is. Probably long overdue with my no-crying policy.”, Pino felt for his sister, but a small part of him felt like there was more that she wasn’t saying. Then again, his sister wasn’t one to really share her feelings. The fact that he got this much out of her was progress.
“ Are you and Casey not friends anymore?”, Pino saw his sister turn her face away, and her hands seemed to lose their grip on the steering wheel.
“ I don‘t know…”, Pino had expected a ‘hell no’ to be honest. ‘ Come-on, you guys fight all the time…what could have happened that would break you guys up? Its like he‘s more your brother than I am.’ Scared, for reasons he could not logically explain, his sister leaned over and gave him a hug, and wanting to be compassionate the young man squeezed her back for the longest time. He didn’t let go until the tears stopped, and even then, they had waited a little while for all the lights to go off before heading inside. They talked about a great deal of things and feelings and Pino was grateful that he was still allowed to go to the house tomorrow.
“ I‘ll talk to Casey tomorrow, I swear.”, Pino knew that her nostrils flared when she lied, and Bella hadn’t lied to him before they went to bed.
Tossing up his bed on the couch, Pino thought he saw a silhouette of a person walk past the backyard window; but it could have just been his imagination. In all honesty young Pino slept like the dead, and once asleep, he could probably stay asleep through a hurricane. ‘ Things are hard right now…but we‘ll be okay. Bella‘s gunna talk to him tomorrow, and everything will be better.’ He fell asleep feeling quite optimistic.
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However sad Bella was the day before, Pino knew his sister to be somewhat cheered the day after arguments, so when he saw her sitting at the kitchen table staring down at her cereal, Pino waved and had a bounce to his step. As if to try and subliminally cheer her just a little more even though he doubted it was needed.
“ Morning Bella!”, Pino’s eyes widened. Bella didn’t answer and just kept staring at her cereal like a robot. Not even lifting the spoon to play with her food and procrastinate. Something wasn’t right, but he couldn’t place what was wrong. She didn’t seem mad or sad or broken. Well maybe broken, but she just seemed so mechanical. Pino had thought that over the day she would improve, that it was just that she wasn’t quite awake yet, but alas the condition didn’t improve. Whatever she did, she stared off into nothing. She didn’t even seem to contemplate or stare off into space. It was like a body snatcher had snuck into her ear canal and taken over her brain. There was nothing there, she just sat there most of the time. Even while getting ready for the party, she did it mechanically. What was worse, Pino was too scared to ask what was wrong. She was just acting so strange that he couldn’t form the words. When she spoke, he couldn’t even form a reply. It was like her voice was different even though it sounded roughly the same.
“ You ready to go?”, Bella asked before walking towards the door with zombie eyes. Pino immediately followed and hopped into the car before his sister suddenly changed her mind. All along the car ride, Bella didn’t talk, and Pino hadn’t expected her to. But what shocked him was when they turned on the street and she pulled off near the curb beside the corner. A good half block from their house. ‘ Why are we stopping here?’
“ Get out of the car Pino. I‘ll be back at eleven to pick you up.”, His eyes bulged open like a frog. ‘ What?! What about ‘I‘ll talk to Casey‘?!?’ Yesterday he was talking to his sister, today she wasn’t even the same person. When Bella made up her mind to do something, right or wrong, she just did it. She didn’t go back on her word when she meant something.
“ But sis!--”, Bella interrupted him, but her eyes were glazed over, ever watching the sidewalk that led to their house.
“ Just get out of the car Pino. I‘ll be here at eleven.”, The robot spoke again, and Pino unbuckled his seat belt but he didn’t get out of the car. Sitting forward, Pino tried to shake some sense into his sister, which didn’t even get him a response. Normally she’d whack him upside the head. ‘ What the hell is wrong with you!? Are you ill?’ It was like she died and came back from the Pet Semetary movie without being evil.
“ Come-on Bella. We‘re both going. You promised me yesterday that you‘d talk to Casey…make amends.”, Pino was being a sweet as honey and as cute as a button in his aid, as if using a softer tone and a happy smile would convince the robot who didn’t even tear her eyes away from the horizon. Suddenly some life seemed to jump into her skin, and his sister turned to face him. But her eyes weren’t natural, and she seemed to be using everything she had to appear more lively than she was.
“ Casey wont be here tonight. We‘re meeting at Jack‘s pub to talk over burgers like always.”, Pino’s eyes widened as he noticed Bella’s nostrils flare ever so slightly. She was lying, but Pino couldn’t come out and accuse her.
“ Then come in and say Hello to Iorwen with me.”, Bella slowly shook her head; once more melting into a robot.
“ Just get out of the car…I‘ll be here at eleven…”, Pino grimaced and tried to shake some sense into her again when she suddenly became anxious and frightened and shook him before he could move. Her entire face was white with fear, and Pino suddenly felt afraid just to see his sister acting even more strange.
“ Get out of the car! Right now! Get out of the car!”, Pino scurried faster than anything to get out of the car and close the door. She didn’t even wait for him to close it before starting her engine, making a u-turn, and leaving. As if she didn’t even want to accidentally drive past Casey’s house. ‘ If this isn‘t the twilight zone, I don‘t know what is.’ Feeling so ill to his stomach that he couldn’t process thought, Pino started to run towards the house. To tell Einian or Casey, somebody, what was going on. She wasn’t herself, she wasn’t even normal, he’d take that emotional crying girl any day to this. But a house away from Casey’s a hand reached out and grabbed his arm. Pino let out a small scream and almost fell over from surprise. It was just the guy from the party that he’d only seen for like two seconds. Looking at him, Pino thought there was something about him that was a little different, but he couldn’t place why that was.
“ Is she coming back?…”, The guy asked, and Pino let his eyebrows furrow in confusion. ‘ Why would he care?’ Pino suddenly felt like a refugee in an enemy camp. Turning his head to watch the place in the road where the car had been, Pino watched the empty spot secretly hoping that Bella’s car would pull back. That she would get out of the car, be herself, and walk into the house with him.
“ No…I don‘t think she‘s coming back.”, The guy nodded. He didn’t smile like the Grinch or anything; but, something about his nod didn’t quite sit right with Pino. What made it worse? The guy then said:
“ Good.”, and let go of his arm. ‘ Why do I feel like I‘m in danger?’, The two quick minutes to the house felt like twenty before Pino rushed into the house next to the other guy wearing make-up and searched everywhere for Iorwen. She was a girl, maybe she would understand why Bella was acting like a robot. ‘ If I approach Casey…I feel like this guy would be onto me…’ uneasy and anxious, Pino started to feel like Bella was in trouble. ‘ Stop thinking crazy. Bella‘s fine. She‘s fine…she‘s just…being a robot…’ Pino felt his blood run cold as he continued to look around for Iorwen.
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:09 am
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:05 am
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Looking about the room, Pino was relieved as heck when he saw the blonde; but not for male/female reasons that one might conclude. Waiting for the other guy to hear the commotion and rush upstairs, Pino let his heart settle before starting to follow them. Which in hindsight, was not the best idea.
“ I wouldn‘t go that way if I were you. He‘s been worse than yesterday.”, Was that possible? Pino felt his stomach tense up uncomfortably before he stopped walking and tried to reach for the blonde’s hand. Of course the boy monstrously failed; but, he had tried. ‘ If I can‘t talk to him, then I‘ll have to talk to you.’ Pino just wished she wasn’t so darn pretty; cause his hands were clammy at the thought.
“ Why are you back here?…I wasn‘t expecting you back. More something along the lines that you wouldn‘t be allowed to set foot here. Not with the way your…sister…dragged you out.”, Pino began to fidget with his hands. ‘ You have -no- idea…’The girl asked what his name was, and didn’t seem angry, so Pino swallowed his worry and tried to grab her hand and lead the blonde into the kitchen just to further hide from that guy who went upstairs. He honestly didn’t care to hear the last question he asked. What he had to say seemed much more important than introductions.
“ Listen…” He just then registered her question and nearly smacked himself in the face because of it. ‘ I‘m Pino. But…listen. Last night me and Bella talked about both being here today. We both agreed, and I know when she‘s lying…then we went to bed, and I wake up and she‘s a complete robot. I don‘t mean I see wires or anything, but she just pushed me from the car a block from here like she‘s scared of this place. I don‘t know whats going on, but she‘s just not being herself!’, Pino was frantic in his whispering, and his body began to pale in remembering the entire day, thus far.
“ She just shoved me out of the car and sped off like the mafia lives here…Somethings not right, and I feel like I‘m in the twilight zone.”, Pino almost gagged from worry, and he tugged at his collar uncomfortably. That guy that rushed upstairs gave him the creeps, and if not for not knowing which team Iorwen (the brunette at the party had told him her name) was playing for, he would have confessed those worries too. Pino was unfortunately far too trusting, and he now didn’t know what else to do but panic, and that wouldn’t solve anything.
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