Author's Note: Okay, I know. The last chapter was short and confusing but definently adds to Gabby's character! Now you know why she's all upthight about certain things. Okay, enjoy!
Judgement Chapter Six
Gabriel slept like an angel that night, no dreams. Memories, not dreams. She remembered Erin's face, her smile, her laugh. She remembered every single time she had been mad at her and laughed, it was nothing compaired to death. Death was like a shadow to Erin. It was all behind her until she had to around and go back home, then it consumed her. She was just starting to realize, being the popular girl at school wasn't going to pull her D average up. She started to pull some decent grades when the bus crashed. Now she was dead, and Gabby was stuck washing the blood off her hands again, telling the policemen about the crash. She wasn't fooled, they hadn't given a damn about the kids who died. She hated them all. After Chris had shown her the ropes of a real relationship, she had enough. Lisa and Gabby ran from that town and never looked back. She smiled in her sleep. ~Never looked back.~
"How is she?" questioned Diamond. She stood on tiptoe to see over Virginia's shoulder as she was crouched down.
"She's getting better but she's still asleep. Go on and eat your lunch, I'll call for you if she wakes up, I promise." Virginia reassured her friend. Diamond nodded and turned away. ~Is it just me, or is her hair starting to get...curly?~ Virginia thought, amused. She walked back over to her cousin's bed and sat down on the corner. Gabby's eyes snapped open.
"She knows we can't sleep you know." Gabby said monotonously. She hauled her self out of the sheets and sat cross-legged next to her kin.
"I think she forgot that you're not human." Virginia said with a smile. She watched through the window as Legolas picked flowers with Pippin out in the garden for her bedside. "Quick, pretend you're still all tired and stuff, Legolas and Pippin are bringing you something!" she tucked Gabby back in and skipped out of the room.
"Flowers, how manly." she commented as Virginia nanced away. She tried to meditate but there was too much happening all around her.
"Knock knock." Legolas said as he walked in the open door. He placed the flowers at her feet. Gabby smiled and sat up, smelling the aroma of the flowers as she did so. Tulips, lilacs, and one rose nestled in the middle. Pippin appeared with a vase filled with water before leaving. Gabby knew what they were trying to do. She frowned at Legolas and walked to the outside rooms. Diamond was making some sort of pastry in the kitchen and Merry and Pippin were playing some card game with Virginia and Molly.
"We so euchred you!" cried Molly exasperated at the two shaking heads. She rapped one of them on the head and nodded furiously. "Uh huh! You said, 'the spade thingy' and we won three tricks!" she held up the cards as evidence. Pippin sighed at Merry.
"I object most profusely." he said. Everyone gaped at him awkwardly. "What? Can't I say something intelligent?" he whined. As he said so the world was righted again.
They were going camping soon. At least four of them were. If that's what you call traveling to Mirkwood on horse without a chain of Holiday Inn's anywhere near. When Virginia, Legolas, Gabby, and Molly left a month later, Diamond couldn't resist yelling a piece of information that caused Pippin to pass out.
"I'm going to see you next year, with a little one to come!" she yelled. Pippin stopped walking and fell right on his face. Gabby, Molly, and Virginia laughed a long time at this, the expression on Merry's face, exact to Pippin's. Surprise, happiness, and disbelief shone all over his small features. The largest feature that anyone could see was in fact, the sadness. Virginia was leaving and she knew he was probably sad but she didn't care.
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Legolas had enough of her stupid charades, she was so strange sometimes. One day your best friend, the next, angry, the next, saddened by the way you look at her. He was done with all his careful dances away from her fury. He was going to take it all on at once, if it killed him. He never got the chance. A waterfall was tumbling softly in the backround, something large hit the water.
Gabby stood at the top of the waterfall. She heaved her backpack in to see what Legolas would do. He flinched and looked up, and saw what she intended to do. He stood and began to run up to the waterfall when she jumped. A rush of water came at her like a car crashing into a wall. A smile spread over her face as the water slammed her body into a painful heap, and she knew no more.
Judgement Chapter Six
Gabriel slept like an angel that night, no dreams. Memories, not dreams. She remembered Erin's face, her smile, her laugh. She remembered every single time she had been mad at her and laughed, it was nothing compaired to death. Death was like a shadow to Erin. It was all behind her until she had to around and go back home, then it consumed her. She was just starting to realize, being the popular girl at school wasn't going to pull her D average up. She started to pull some decent grades when the bus crashed. Now she was dead, and Gabby was stuck washing the blood off her hands again, telling the policemen about the crash. She wasn't fooled, they hadn't given a damn about the kids who died. She hated them all. After Chris had shown her the ropes of a real relationship, she had enough. Lisa and Gabby ran from that town and never looked back. She smiled in her sleep. ~Never looked back.~
"How is she?" questioned Diamond. She stood on tiptoe to see over Virginia's shoulder as she was crouched down.
"She's getting better but she's still asleep. Go on and eat your lunch, I'll call for you if she wakes up, I promise." Virginia reassured her friend. Diamond nodded and turned away. ~Is it just me, or is her hair starting to get...curly?~ Virginia thought, amused. She walked back over to her cousin's bed and sat down on the corner. Gabby's eyes snapped open.
"She knows we can't sleep you know." Gabby said monotonously. She hauled her self out of the sheets and sat cross-legged next to her kin.
"I think she forgot that you're not human." Virginia said with a smile. She watched through the window as Legolas picked flowers with Pippin out in the garden for her bedside. "Quick, pretend you're still all tired and stuff, Legolas and Pippin are bringing you something!" she tucked Gabby back in and skipped out of the room.
"Flowers, how manly." she commented as Virginia nanced away. She tried to meditate but there was too much happening all around her.
"Knock knock." Legolas said as he walked in the open door. He placed the flowers at her feet. Gabby smiled and sat up, smelling the aroma of the flowers as she did so. Tulips, lilacs, and one rose nestled in the middle. Pippin appeared with a vase filled with water before leaving. Gabby knew what they were trying to do. She frowned at Legolas and walked to the outside rooms. Diamond was making some sort of pastry in the kitchen and Merry and Pippin were playing some card game with Virginia and Molly.
"We so euchred you!" cried Molly exasperated at the two shaking heads. She rapped one of them on the head and nodded furiously. "Uh huh! You said, 'the spade thingy' and we won three tricks!" she held up the cards as evidence. Pippin sighed at Merry.
"I object most profusely." he said. Everyone gaped at him awkwardly. "What? Can't I say something intelligent?" he whined. As he said so the world was righted again.
They were going camping soon. At least four of them were. If that's what you call traveling to Mirkwood on horse without a chain of Holiday Inn's anywhere near. When Virginia, Legolas, Gabby, and Molly left a month later, Diamond couldn't resist yelling a piece of information that caused Pippin to pass out.
"I'm going to see you next year, with a little one to come!" she yelled. Pippin stopped walking and fell right on his face. Gabby, Molly, and Virginia laughed a long time at this, the expression on Merry's face, exact to Pippin's. Surprise, happiness, and disbelief shone all over his small features. The largest feature that anyone could see was in fact, the sadness. Virginia was leaving and she knew he was probably sad but she didn't care.
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Legolas had enough of her stupid charades, she was so strange sometimes. One day your best friend, the next, angry, the next, saddened by the way you look at her. He was done with all his careful dances away from her fury. He was going to take it all on at once, if it killed him. He never got the chance. A waterfall was tumbling softly in the backround, something large hit the water.
Gabby stood at the top of the waterfall. She heaved her backpack in to see what Legolas would do. He flinched and looked up, and saw what she intended to do. He stood and began to run up to the waterfall when she jumped. A rush of water came at her like a car crashing into a wall. A smile spread over her face as the water slammed her body into a painful heap, and she knew no more.
