Spider, Part Twenty-One
"Phonecall"
by Vega
The phone rang three times before she picked up.
I had been chewing on my fingernails nervously as the different beeps and silences indicated the overseas dialling was occurring, and I had waited three rings before she answered, a scream building in my throat.
And now that she said "Hello," I was speechless.
He poked my arm gently and I jumped and said, "Hello. Mom...?"
There was silence on the other end of the phone. Then she took a deep shaky breath. "Oh my god... Aislin...?"
"Yeah Mom. I'm okay. I'm..." I looked up at him, and his blue eyes shone back at me with confidence. "I'm in a hospital - but I'm okay."
"My god, where are you honey!? I've been going crazy! You just VANISHED and I called the police, but they couldn't do a thing, and you've been gone for three months and how could you DO this to ME!?"
"I'm fine, Mom, I'm fine! I'm in Tokyo..."
There was another pregnant pause. "Tokyo?"
"Yeah, Mom. I'm in Japan. But it's all okay."
"It was those freaky relatives for your father's, wasn't it!? What did they DO to you, sweetheart, are you alright!?"
"I'm FINE, Mom. And my relatives are NOT freaky!" I flashed a glare around the room, intended for my mother, it caught the eyes of a tall man with silver hair, and a an elderly lady with red. They both smiled. "They found me and took CARE of me when I was hurt!"
"You're HURT?!"
"It's okay - I told you, I'm in the hospital."
"But what happened, how did you ... where did you GO!?"
"Listen, I have to go now, Mom."
"Don't you hang up on ME, Aislin Volpe!"
"Uncle Sesshoumaru called the police, Mom. They'll be there to let you know how to get here, give you my statement, okay? His driver will be waiting for you when you're done, and the plane is ready too."
"Plane, Aislin, what the Hell's going on!"
Heh - Hell indeed.
"Bye Mom. I'll see you in two days."
"AISL--"
The click of the phone being hung up was almost deafening.
I turned into his chest, into his warm arms, and felt his hand sink into my hair. "It's okay, Sister, it's okay."
"She'll never understand."
"We'll make her understand, Sister. We'll show her we're not monsters."
I cried myself to sleep in his arms.
~~~
We spoke at length, he and I, when I awoke. The others, who had crowded the hospital after they had learned that I had been the one to travel, and had returned, were sent to their homes. I had to promise several of them visits before they would give us space.
Even my uncle and great-grandmother left us in peace, which they had not done since I had arrived in hospital three months earlier.
"When I woke up and you were gone," he was saying, his chin resting on my head as I snuggled into his lap. "I thought Naraku had taken you. But then Kagome told me she'd seen you again... here... now... and ... and I did what you told me to do, Sister."
"What did I say?" I smiled and cuddled into his embrace.
" ' Forget your fucking pride', and 'just give it up'."
"Did I really say that?"
"Yes. And I did. I gave up on Kagome. And I decided to wait, instead."
"What for what?"
He kissed me, and smiled smugly.
"Ah. Smart Wolf."
"Phonecall"
by Vega
The phone rang three times before she picked up.
I had been chewing on my fingernails nervously as the different beeps and silences indicated the overseas dialling was occurring, and I had waited three rings before she answered, a scream building in my throat.
And now that she said "Hello," I was speechless.
He poked my arm gently and I jumped and said, "Hello. Mom...?"
There was silence on the other end of the phone. Then she took a deep shaky breath. "Oh my god... Aislin...?"
"Yeah Mom. I'm okay. I'm..." I looked up at him, and his blue eyes shone back at me with confidence. "I'm in a hospital - but I'm okay."
"My god, where are you honey!? I've been going crazy! You just VANISHED and I called the police, but they couldn't do a thing, and you've been gone for three months and how could you DO this to ME!?"
"I'm fine, Mom, I'm fine! I'm in Tokyo..."
There was another pregnant pause. "Tokyo?"
"Yeah, Mom. I'm in Japan. But it's all okay."
"It was those freaky relatives for your father's, wasn't it!? What did they DO to you, sweetheart, are you alright!?"
"I'm FINE, Mom. And my relatives are NOT freaky!" I flashed a glare around the room, intended for my mother, it caught the eyes of a tall man with silver hair, and a an elderly lady with red. They both smiled. "They found me and took CARE of me when I was hurt!"
"You're HURT?!"
"It's okay - I told you, I'm in the hospital."
"But what happened, how did you ... where did you GO!?"
"Listen, I have to go now, Mom."
"Don't you hang up on ME, Aislin Volpe!"
"Uncle Sesshoumaru called the police, Mom. They'll be there to let you know how to get here, give you my statement, okay? His driver will be waiting for you when you're done, and the plane is ready too."
"Plane, Aislin, what the Hell's going on!"
Heh - Hell indeed.
"Bye Mom. I'll see you in two days."
"AISL--"
The click of the phone being hung up was almost deafening.
I turned into his chest, into his warm arms, and felt his hand sink into my hair. "It's okay, Sister, it's okay."
"She'll never understand."
"We'll make her understand, Sister. We'll show her we're not monsters."
I cried myself to sleep in his arms.
~~~
We spoke at length, he and I, when I awoke. The others, who had crowded the hospital after they had learned that I had been the one to travel, and had returned, were sent to their homes. I had to promise several of them visits before they would give us space.
Even my uncle and great-grandmother left us in peace, which they had not done since I had arrived in hospital three months earlier.
"When I woke up and you were gone," he was saying, his chin resting on my head as I snuggled into his lap. "I thought Naraku had taken you. But then Kagome told me she'd seen you again... here... now... and ... and I did what you told me to do, Sister."
"What did I say?" I smiled and cuddled into his embrace.
" ' Forget your fucking pride', and 'just give it up'."
"Did I really say that?"
"Yes. And I did. I gave up on Kagome. And I decided to wait, instead."
"What for what?"
He kissed me, and smiled smugly.
"Ah. Smart Wolf."