Sorry that it's taking so long to post what few chapters that I've written. But I have a good explanation.
My birthday is in two days.
I've got a new kitten.
My other cats have turned into vengeful howler monkeys.
And they are all driving me crazy!
Anyways...enjoy.
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'Honey' as it turned out seemed to be painfully shy around strange people.
The boy didn't really speak once Vinny was done with the introductions, he just nodded his head a little bit in acknowledgment of Vinny's words. After that, they all lapsed into an awkward silence until the guard came back carrying a tray and set it down in front of Honey, causing the kid to jump and sort of hunch his slender shoulders a little bit in an effort to kind of cave in on himself.
It was something that the three bros had seen often enough in bully victims and abuse victims. Which made them wonder which category Honey fell under. Had he been badly bullied? His name sort of suggested that he might have.
Or had he been abused by someone? If he had been abused then it was understandable that he seemed to hate having attention drawn to himself by other people. The guard moved away from the kid and got a funny look on his face, his expression almost pained as he said, "Eat something kid. Your far too thin." Then turned and walked away without another word. Leaving the four alone again.
Modo exchanged looks with his bros then glanced over at Honey, a curious look on his face as the kid quietly pushed his food away. Throttle automatically pushed the tray back towards the boy and said in a gruff tone. "Eat up."
Honey lifted his head a little bit and they all saw a small sliver of beautiful electric turquoise partially hidden underneath the boy's long dark hair. Honey stared at them for a second then lowered his head again and picked up one of the mayo packets that was laying in the corner of the tray and unwrapped the sandwich on his plate and started to fix it the way that he liked pausing from time to time to peek at them from under his bangs.
Giving them the impression that their staring was making him feel uncomfortable. They took the hint and started busying themselves with idle conversation while they finished up their food then sat back and waited for Honey to finish.
The kid barely ate half of his food before he stopped and seemed to be done, making the three wonder if their new friend had an eating disorder of some kind. They might have asked, but for the time being it was time for them to go back to their room.
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She looked around the room that she would be sharing with her cell mates, curiously. The cell was nothing like what she thought it would be.
There was two sets of bunk beds attached to the walls, there was a book shelf with four shelves, attached to the wall littered with thick poetry books, war books, history exct... There was a little closet like room against the far side of the cell that looked suspiciously like a mini bathroom.
She peeked inside for a second and jumped a little bit when the door closed behind her cell mates. She looked over at the three standing just in the door way staring at her and tried to suppress the urge to shiver.
Her cousin, Marick had told her when she had agreed to get herself locked up on false charges, that the three young men in the room with her would be her best chance at finding out what had happened to her older brother three years ago.
He'd also told her to tread carefully around them. That they were shrewd young men and would catch onto some of her more obvious secrets easily. He'd told her to keep her gender a secret and to try not to speak or show her face to anyone unless it was necessary.
He'd mentioned that he was fairly sure that the three guys would protect her no matter what might happen, but he had wanted her to be aware that they were dangerous too in their own right and that she should be wary of them. And she was.
She was very wary of them.
They were each almost seven feet tall, and their bodies carried more muscle than she had ever seen before. And while they seemed like pretty nice guys so far that could be an act. They could just be waiting for her to say or do something simply so that they could beat the hell out of her.
The tawny colored guy moved first, stepping away from the other two and moving just a little bit closer to her. She looked around in alarm and wondered if she could get past him quickly enough to crawl under the bottom bunk, but as soon as that thought crossed her mind she became aware of just how stupid it would be to get herself trapped there.
The guy must have sensed her fear, because he stopped just with in arms reach of her and tilted his head to the side a little bit and said, "If your scared go ahead and hide under the bed. We won't take it personally."
She blinked her eyes, feeling more than a little surprised by his soft almost soothing tone and tipped her head back a little bit to look up at him, her bangs slipping back from her face a little bit before she quickly lowered her head and shook it violently. She wasn't a coward and she wasn't going to hide.
No matter how much she might want too.
He smiled down at her and reached out and before she could react his hands were on either side of her face, framing it in his hands and forced her head back so that he could see her face and blinked at her in shock before saying, "Holy shit, kid. It's no wonder your so freaked-" Behind him his two friends moved closer to them so that they could see her face too.
The white furred one let out a low whistle and the gray furred one stared at her in shock. "Well, it's safe to say that we know why you were nicknamed Honey." Modo finally said in wary amusement.
"Jesus man, you look like a frigging girl super model." Vinny said in disbelief as Throttle released her and dropped his hands to his sides and sighed.
"Okay, Honey here is what's going to happen. Since your going to be staying in here with us; we're going to need to know some stuff. Nothing too embarrassing, just the basic information just in case you get hurt or something. First of all, we need to know your age and weight. Secondly, if you have any medical conditions then it's best to tell us so that we aren't terribly surprised. Third of all, we need to know your blood type and if you have any allergies. And I'm not just talking about hay fever. We need to know if your allergic to medicines too-"
She opened her mouth to ask why they would need to know those things when it hit her, that by knowing those things they would be increasing her chances of getting proper medical treatment if anything happened to her, and promptly shut her mouth and thought for a second.
She was seventeen. Almost eighteen. But because of her height and her build she wouldn't be able to pass herself off as a seventeen year old boy. So she would have to lie about her age and tell them that she was fourteen.
Which wouldn't cause much problems since she could easily pass for a fourteen year old boy despite her feminine features. "Seizures..." She said after a second or so, her smokey husky voice sounding a little strained even to her own ears as she continued to speak. "I just turned fourteen. I weigh about one hundred and six. Blood type, AB positive. Allergies are rag weed and cats. No allergies beyond that."
Throttle looked at her for a second then nodded his head then asked, "How bad are your seizures? We aren't going to have to worry about you biting your tongue or anything like that are we?"
"N-No. Nothing like that. I just get confused and I lose things, normally. I think the worst one I've ever had lasted four minutes and I ended up getting sick then passing out." The three stayed quiet for a second or so before one of them said.
"Alright Honey, you can have one of the bottom bunks to sleep in."