Lori was fuming. Emotionally fragile?! She thought. "I am so not
emotionally fragile." She said aloud.
Knowing she wouldn't be able to get rid of all her anger unless she beat something up. So she headed to the indoor Self Defense classroom where Self- Defense was held when it was raining. There, punching bags curtained the wall. Going to the heaviest and therefore hardest punching bag, she started to beat it.
Lori didn't know how long she was doing it for, before she heard a staged cough. Turning around in mid punch, she saw Logan leaning against the doorframe with upraised eyebrows.
"Go away Logan." Lori said wearily. "I really don't want to talk about Piotr right now."
"What'd he do?" Logan growled as he unsheathed his claws.
Lori turned around and leaned against the punching bag. "He said I was emotionally fragile."
"And that's why you're trying to beat up a punching bag?" Logan asked disbelievingly.
Lori nodded, a bit angry that Logan didn't think she was in the right.
"Lori, all guys say that." He said, laughing. "It's to make them feel like you need them to be big and manly. Piotr is no exception to that rule."
"Are you serious?" Lori asked, skeptically.
Logan nodded. "At least once in a man's life, he will say it. And the get slapped down by his girlfriend because of it. Usually he learns his lesson after that, but sometimes not, in which the woman has to beat the snot out of him the next time he does it."
Lori sank to the ground and put her head in her hands. "I made a total fool of myself, didn't I?"
Logan nodded sympathetically. "Yeah, you did."
Making up her mind, Lori got up and walked out. Calling over her shoulder before he was out of earshot, she said, "Thanks Logan."
Instead of going to find Piotr to apologize, she went straight to her room, feeling the effects of the day already, even though it was only 8:00.
There, she collapsed onto her bed, asleep within seconds.
Lori dreams:
She was in a dark room, trying her hardest to block out the pain. They hadn't given her any anesthesia, so it was all she could do not to scream.
"I'm nearly done, my Jackal." A man said. Lori screamed as he once again came upon her with a scalpel.
Lori screamed and woke up, sitting straight in her bed.
As she tried to collect her thoughts while tears ran down her face, both Piotr and Logan burst into the room.
Sobs wracked her body as Logan sat down and held her.
"Shhh," he said soothingly. "It was a nightmare Lori, nothing more. He can't hurt you anymore."
Somehow he seemed to know what Lori's nightmares were about, and Piotr, who was standing there, watching, was jealous.
Lori continued to sob into Logan's chest as more students began to appear, looking for the source of the scream.
Finally, something he could do! Piotr made his way to the door, telling everyone to go back to his or her rooms, and that everything was under control.
After he had finished, and everyone had gone, he turned around to see Lori and Logan had pulled away from his or her embrace and was now sitting on the edge of the bed. Piotr shut the door to the bedroom and joined them, so that he was on Lori's other side.
He wrapped an arm around her shoulders and she placed her head on his shoulder.
"Are you okay?" he whispered to Lori as Logan got more agitated at their closeness.
Lori nodded, but didn't say anything. "Lori, you know that we're here for you." She nodded again.
"And that you can talk to us whenever you want?" Piotr said.
"I don't want to talk about it," was her choked reply.
"Lori," this was Logan. "Talking really helps, trust me."
"Maybe for you, but I prefer to sort things out for myself." She grumbled.
Piotr shot Logan a helpless glance over the top of Lori's head, and Logan shrugged.
"Alright," Logan said. But Lori, if you want to talk about it, you know where to find us."
Lori nodded again, and Logan motioned for Piotr to leave her alone.
Before he left Lori, Piotr gave her a single kiss on her forehead that left her with a smile on her face.
As they left the room, Piotr turned to Logan. "What now?" he asked.
"Now," Logan said, fixing Piotr with a look. "We talk."
Dundundunnnnnnn,
What will happen? Review and find out you shall, Mmm?
Knowing she wouldn't be able to get rid of all her anger unless she beat something up. So she headed to the indoor Self Defense classroom where Self- Defense was held when it was raining. There, punching bags curtained the wall. Going to the heaviest and therefore hardest punching bag, she started to beat it.
Lori didn't know how long she was doing it for, before she heard a staged cough. Turning around in mid punch, she saw Logan leaning against the doorframe with upraised eyebrows.
"Go away Logan." Lori said wearily. "I really don't want to talk about Piotr right now."
"What'd he do?" Logan growled as he unsheathed his claws.
Lori turned around and leaned against the punching bag. "He said I was emotionally fragile."
"And that's why you're trying to beat up a punching bag?" Logan asked disbelievingly.
Lori nodded, a bit angry that Logan didn't think she was in the right.
"Lori, all guys say that." He said, laughing. "It's to make them feel like you need them to be big and manly. Piotr is no exception to that rule."
"Are you serious?" Lori asked, skeptically.
Logan nodded. "At least once in a man's life, he will say it. And the get slapped down by his girlfriend because of it. Usually he learns his lesson after that, but sometimes not, in which the woman has to beat the snot out of him the next time he does it."
Lori sank to the ground and put her head in her hands. "I made a total fool of myself, didn't I?"
Logan nodded sympathetically. "Yeah, you did."
Making up her mind, Lori got up and walked out. Calling over her shoulder before he was out of earshot, she said, "Thanks Logan."
Instead of going to find Piotr to apologize, she went straight to her room, feeling the effects of the day already, even though it was only 8:00.
There, she collapsed onto her bed, asleep within seconds.
Lori dreams:
She was in a dark room, trying her hardest to block out the pain. They hadn't given her any anesthesia, so it was all she could do not to scream.
"I'm nearly done, my Jackal." A man said. Lori screamed as he once again came upon her with a scalpel.
Lori screamed and woke up, sitting straight in her bed.
As she tried to collect her thoughts while tears ran down her face, both Piotr and Logan burst into the room.
Sobs wracked her body as Logan sat down and held her.
"Shhh," he said soothingly. "It was a nightmare Lori, nothing more. He can't hurt you anymore."
Somehow he seemed to know what Lori's nightmares were about, and Piotr, who was standing there, watching, was jealous.
Lori continued to sob into Logan's chest as more students began to appear, looking for the source of the scream.
Finally, something he could do! Piotr made his way to the door, telling everyone to go back to his or her rooms, and that everything was under control.
After he had finished, and everyone had gone, he turned around to see Lori and Logan had pulled away from his or her embrace and was now sitting on the edge of the bed. Piotr shut the door to the bedroom and joined them, so that he was on Lori's other side.
He wrapped an arm around her shoulders and she placed her head on his shoulder.
"Are you okay?" he whispered to Lori as Logan got more agitated at their closeness.
Lori nodded, but didn't say anything. "Lori, you know that we're here for you." She nodded again.
"And that you can talk to us whenever you want?" Piotr said.
"I don't want to talk about it," was her choked reply.
"Lori," this was Logan. "Talking really helps, trust me."
"Maybe for you, but I prefer to sort things out for myself." She grumbled.
Piotr shot Logan a helpless glance over the top of Lori's head, and Logan shrugged.
"Alright," Logan said. But Lori, if you want to talk about it, you know where to find us."
Lori nodded again, and Logan motioned for Piotr to leave her alone.
Before he left Lori, Piotr gave her a single kiss on her forehead that left her with a smile on her face.
As they left the room, Piotr turned to Logan. "What now?" he asked.
"Now," Logan said, fixing Piotr with a look. "We talk."
Dundundunnnnnnn,
What will happen? Review and find out you shall, Mmm?