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 Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:25 pm
Wesley uncurled the blankets from where he had been napping. With the heat of the day full on him, he had just felt so tired that he curled up and had snoozed for hours. Now that he had resigned himself to the island and his defotmities, he was taking the advantage of the days where he didn't have to break up fights for rescue falling people.
Seeing Hailey walk back into the camp was a sure pleasure... until another person stepped into the clearing with her. A new one. No deformities. He shot Hailey a surprised look, trying to say, You've got to be kidding me. A NEW person? It then clicked for him. Clean person. Next to Hailey. He bolted upright, standing up quickly, issuing with his hands. "Back! Back! Are you crazy?"
He would certainly question Hailey thoroughly about her decision later.
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:42 pm
It only took several seconds after Hailey called out before a man appeared, looking like he had just woken up. Quicker than it had taken him to look over Hailey, Skye evaluated this other man. The first thing he noticed was the guys hands and bare feet, both which had a definite gray tinge and webbing between the digits. he sorted through his meeting with Hailey until he remembered her describing the infected people's symptoms. This had to be Wesley. He looked like a pretty decent guy, but then again, everyone looked 'pretty decent' to Skye. He could never possibly notice if the person had an evil aura about them, he was that naive. He also noticed that fact that the guy was waving his arms around, trying to get Skye to back off. So, Skye figured, this must be the guy who came up with the quarantine.
"E-excuse m-me sir," He politely told Wesley, "M-m-my name's Skye. Skye M-montgomery. I m-met Hailey in the j-jungle over th-there and asked her if I c-could come and m-meet some of the other, ah, the other p-p-people w-wi-with the disease. I d-don't think it matters now, c-cause I probably already got infected b-by all the m-m-mosquitoes f-fl-flying around and biting everybody. S-so its okay, I volunteered t-to come here!" He walked forward, towards Wesley, and for once he felt as confident as he pretended to be.
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:51 pm
Hailey stayed rooted to her spot, not moving forward or back when Wesley came into view. She placed a hand near her eyes, a motion to show she was a bit embarrassed by the guy. 'Honestly! Does he take me for an idiot?! I wouldn't have brought Skye here unless he came of his own free will knowing the risks and all.' She thought, somewhat annoyed now. It wasn't the fact that Wesley was over reacting to the newcomer but the fact....he had been sleeping! Her mood changed from annoyance to being just a tad bit pissy.
'Does he notice I'm gone? No! Does he care? Nope!' She thought, crossing her arms over her chest. "I all ready warned him before hand Wes, no need to get all worked up." Hailey replied in a annoyed tone of voice after Skye was done speaking. Her mood changed slightly hearing the guy stutter like so. Like before she bit the inside of her cheek, she couldn't have thoughts of cuddling the boy in front of Wesley! Or have them at all! 'Stupid hormones!'
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:13 pm
Hailey didn't seem pleased, and was shooting daggers with her eyes, but they seemed to fly everywhere as she looked about, not just at Wesley. Wesley was perturbed, at any rate, by the boy's strange response. Hailey specifically would of said it was contagious by proximitym he was sure, but even at that, in the boy's place, Wesley would have high tailed it out of there! He asked to come?
None if this made sense. Then something sparked in his mind, though... Volunteering himself, is he? Let's see how he likes it! "You want to volunteer? Fine. You're now a guinea pig. You've at least been close enough to Hailey to be infected, so let's see if this is actually proximity based ot not." He spoke louder, to make sure Hailey knew she was in this conversation. "For the next few days, let's keep close to him, see what happens. He might be joining the yacht club, or maybe this is proof we can reassemble of the castaways back here again." Wesley paused for a moment. "As another thought, who the heck are you?"
Maybe he'd been trying to find a cure for a little too long now.
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:24 pm
Guinea pig? That wasn't exactly what he had in mind - but he guessed that it would be at least slightly interesting. Even if Wesley was just a little bit more than intimidating... well, he really did want to see what would happen. Enough to stick around at least.
As for who he was... "W-w-well, I told y-you my n-name already. B-b-but, ah, I think I l-landed h-here th-three days ago, b-before that I had just f-finished h-hi-high school. Ah... I h-have some l-limited knowledge on s-surviving and I c-could h-help you g-guys catch s-some fish. Ah, that's about it. I m-met Leonard at the b-beach, but h-he sent m-me off to go g-get water. Then I m-met Hailey." He paused and gulped nervously. "I g-g-guess I wouldn't mind b-b-being a guinea p-pig... I g-guess..."
After he was done, he gave Wesley a kind of awkward, shy smile, feeling almost as if he was shrinking next to this guy who was obviously in charge of the situation.
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:32 pm
The energy from Wesley and Skye was causing some eletrical misfires in Hailey. One second she wanted to yell at Wesley for subjecting Skye to being a guinea pig. Then she wants to cuddle and coo Skye for stuttering so cutely. It was like a ping pong game going off in Hailey's body, one emotion trying to take control and poor Hailey...she was the ball between those two emotions. She turned her head over to Wesley, her eyes blazing with anger.
"If you listened to Skye, you would've heard him say his name! I swear you're an idiot at times! Hell, you didn't even notice I was gone!" She yelled, each word louder than the last. Turning to Skye she gave him a small pat on the shoulder. "Don't worry...I'll make sure Wesley doesn't do anything to torture you." Her words weren't laced with anger but honey instead.
Talk about bad PMS.
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:40 am
Wesley thought it quite impolite to say he didn't catch it through the stuttering. It seemed awkward, a boy so tall cowering slightly before him. Maybe the shoes added to it.. Heck, what do I even look like any more? He resisted the urge to scratch at his stubble. "Leonard is fine then? Interesting. Interesting. Goes to show that time might be a factor in contamination."
He then noticed Hailey laying it on thick with Skye. New guy, old habits, he supposed. Let's see if I can reel her in... "Dreams of you and the real thing are hard to tell apart, wouldn't you agree? Or is this the stranger you mentioned in the water?" He then purposely cleared his throught, making it appear that he had forgotten Skye's prescence. Let's see if she can get close with him knowing something's up. It was an old manuvuer he used in three-way negotations, but he didn't see why it couldn't work here
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:59 am
Skye nearly jumped out his skin when Hailey freaked out at Wesley and then, in a span that couldn't have been more than two seconds, went over to Skye and patted him on the shoulder sympathetically - completely calm, of course. When she started talking to him in that slightly bizarre voice, however, he couldn't help but tense up just a tiny bit. Breathing deeply, Skye forced himself to relax, chiding himself for getting basically getting scared by a girl simply touching him. He didn't want to be that wussy. In fact, if he had his way, he wouldn't be a wuss at all.
"Ah, H-hailey?" He asked in a slightly diminished voice, not wanting to set her off again, "I'm s-sure Wesley just couldn't understand m-me with my s-st-stuttering. S-sometimes people have a hard time unders-standing me... But thanks f-for sticking up f-for me! It's good to h-have some reassurance that I w-won't, ah, you know, d-die or s-something..."
Skye was, however, totally and naively oblivious to what Wesley was saying about dreams and people in water, etc., and instead began inquiring once more about the so called 'disease'. "S-so," he began, addressing Wesley, since he seemed to have the most knowledge of what was happening, "although everyone d-d-displays different s-symptoms, or, ah, different v-variations of the s-s-same symptoms, you b-believe it to be the same c-c-condition? If t-time is a f-factor, wouldn't L-leonard have changed already, since h-h-he was with you when y-you crashed? And d-do you have any theories as t-to what c-could have t-tr-triggered the d-disease? I'm v-very interested in h-helping you f-find a c-cure f-for whatever th-this is! I'd like t-to help in any w-w-way possible!"
Still totally oblivious to anything else.
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:14 am
Hailey plastered a fake sweet smile on her face hearing Wesley's comment about her. How she wanted to do something to the poor man for saying something almost sweet--when a woman was having her monthly visitor they turned from sweet as can be girls...to horrible blood craving vampires. The attitudes and feelings towards certain people could be switched. Like Wesley for instance, normal Hailey would stand by his side and be kind as can be. However, considering he didn't notice she was gone for an hour, went crazy over the new guy's appearance, didn't hear Skye's own introduction of himself, and decided to apply some charm into it...would give Hailey a logical reason to 'dislike' the man right now.
As oppose to Skye, she normally would be nice...but since he was stuttering like a fool, cute, tall and new to the island made it more appealing to go back to her old ways. Hunt down a man, get pleasure then leave....only problem with that plan was the leaving part. She wouldn't be able to leave Skye or anyone else from the island. Which would explain why she didn't go full out on getting the boy alone with her--some part was resisting the urge proving what sanity was left of her. Once Skye was done speaking the fake smile was turned to him...so he was against her too? Now she had another male problem on top of such a long list.
"I see....well then." She bit her lower lip, tears starting to well in her amber eyes. "If you two are getting along so nicely then I'll just leave! Far be it for me to get in the way of Wesley trying to some science experiment on you!" Her voice was raised in the end, turning her head the young woman marched away from Skye towards Wesley.
"And you!" A tear rolled down her face. "You don't even care how long I was! You think pretty words can calm me down?! They can't! And now you imply that I've been unfaithful?! HOW DARE YOU!" She cried, rushing away from both men to Wesley's blankets--she was claiming them to be hers for the time being--to curl up and cry.
What a emotional wreck that woman was during these troubling days.
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:09 am
Hailey's verbal assault was over sooner than Wesley could find words to say. He had done everything right - the words had come out exactly as he had wanted, and any other time she would have swooned in his arms, but why not this time?
She hasn't seen an unchanged in a long time, Wesley pondered, She hasn't really faced what she's lost. For years her appearance was everything. Maybe what she needed was to realized what she had gained through all this - a person who genuinely cared for her. Raising a finger to Skye in a 'give me a minute' fashion, he slowly walked his way to Hailey, her back turned. Going down on one knee to lean over her, he stroked her ear with an extended finger. With a voice as gentle as he could be, he said, "You know, if you wanted your face wet, we could have just gone down to the beach It would save you some trouble."
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:04 pm
Ah, together time. It was so nice, and so kind of Wesley and so... awkward. What made it even worse was the fact that now Hailey thought he was siding with Wesley, even though really, who even knew there were sides to begin with? Not Skye, for sure. And he felt really, really bad. He hadn't meant to 'side' with Wesley, in fact, he had been trying to do the opposite. He certainly hadn't wanted to make enemies with Wesley, who clearly believed or was close to believing that Skye was overstepping his boundaries with Hailey, and there was no way he wanted to make Hailey hate him. Of course, he always botched everything up, so instead of staying neutral, he had aided in making Hailey totally freak out.
At any rate, while Wesley was trying to comfort Hailey, Skye just kind of stood there - awkwardly of course. Should he attempt to say sorry to Hailey? Or was it not his place to go over there when there was already someone trying to comfort her? He decided to just stay were he was and keep quiet, at least until Wesley was done. Then he would try to apologize to Hailey.
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:51 pm
Tears continued to caress her cheeks. Hailey clung to the sheets as if her life depended on it. 'I want to be home! I want to be away from everyone here!' She whined mentally to herself. If she were home she could bear having her 'visitor' by the pool side or with some guy named Jean to massage away her troubles. but no, she was stuck on an island where most of the inhabitants were men and who didn't have a clue to how to deal with a woman in such a 'condition'. It was official, the entire world was against her--or at least for now it was.
Feeling a certain someone stroke her ear caused the woman to curl up into a ball. More tears welled up in her eyes, her front teeth biting down on her lower lip. Hailey stayed silent for a moment before responding back to Wesley in a small voice. "You k-know I w-would n-never do s-such a t-thing to you."
It seems Wesley's gentle words still had that special spark in them to calm the young woman down.
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:23 pm
Wesley smiled, still gently stroking the girl's ear. "Hailey, when we started this relationship, it was going to be a two way street, and you knew that. I'm not going to abandon you, not here, not now. Whatever comes our way, we can face it together, alright? No matter what happens, I'm here for you. Nothing you might say could change that." Wesley then took his hand, reaching under he cover for hers, squeezing it tight. She had to realize he loved her no matter her appearance, and direct contact with what she delt so loatheful was the best treatment he could prescribe.
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:50 pm
Skye really didn't know what to do. The only thing that really kept him from leaving was the fact that nobody had really dismissed him. Wesley had told him to wait... So Skye figured he should stick around, even if he was kind of being ignored. Instead of just standing around like an idiot, however, he figured he should at least try to be slightly productive. So he sidled his way over back to the edge of the forest, trying not to be incredibly loud, and started looking for some sticks that would serve as good fishing poles.
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Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:11 am
The switch in her body was permanently set on gush mode. Wesley was doing a damn good job of cheering the girl up, even holding her hand to enhance how much he cared for her. Hailey sniffed a little, trying to stop herself from producing more tears. her scaly hand continued to hold his smooth one for a few more moments, until she remembered Skye was around.
"I-I'm going to stay here...go and play with Skye...You b-better be nice to the guy. " She whispered before squeezing Wesley's hand.
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