~*~*~
"Why are you doing this T'Alos?" Higgins queried of the Skinnie as he marched, the Skinnie stiffened his lip more then usual and looked at Higgins.
"It is personal now,"
Higgins lowered his camera and looked at the alien, gently palming it off. "It wasn't before," Higgins realised aloud. "What did you have to fight for before? There was nothing but memories for you, and those were of Humans hurting those you love and not bugs, what's changed?" T'Alos looked away from him and across the desert.
A small flickering smile crossed T'Alos's face and he looked back to Higgins, "T'Phai has said that he will take me in, as his own; I can have a family again." Higgins grinned widely; it was only fair for T'Alos to be happy again. "He and Ellen are seeing if there is any way for me to remain of Tophet,"
"That's going to be difficult, I'll see what I can turf up and I'll see about the others helping too."
~*~*~
L'Meariea
Now that the other two members of my kind were present in the barracks, I was feeling a little better, almost as if their being here was making me feel better too. I entered the small barrack alone, I had been visiting my family on the other side of the planet, a small piece of paper was tacked to the inner door, scrawled loosely on it in my language was a note. I plucked it from the door, holding it at the correct distance from my face to view it. 'Following a hunch, T'Alos.' With an involuntary angry growl, I scrunched the note in my grasp.
"This is L'Meariea to T'Phai,"
"T'Phai here,"
"Are you on the base?"
"I got back moments ago, why is there a problem?"
Oh how little this male understood, what did he think I had called him for? A casual chat? My heart was double timing, skipping beats every so often as I worried about my younger comrade no he was not just my comrade he was my friend and to a certain degree, my son. "T'Alos has gone out to look for L'War, alone." There was a noise on the other side of the comm; T'Phai was outside the Human barracks.
I know it is rude to eavesdrop, but I could not help but do it, I was worried. "Higgins is missing," Rico was telling T'Phai, the member of my kind rapidly filled him in on the state of affairs. "So you think that they've gone off after L'War?" The Human directed his question to me; I could not help but snap out my reply.
"Where else could they be?"
"I think we should inform the lieutenant," T'Phai's voice queried reasonably, he was right; all I had done was escalate things beyond reason; Razak would know what to do. I mumbled an apology to T'Phai for thinking that he had put this stupid idea into T'Alos's head and he accepted it.
I marched to the small office Razak had been assigned to share with Lieutenant Orson, the other two met me there and the others, including their psychic, had joined them. It touched me that they were willing to do this for their own man, the young reporter seemed to get himself into almost as much trouble as T'Alos.
Razak became aware of the noise outside, marching out to see what the commotion was. We had a lot of explaining to do and knowing the two young beings, not a lot of time to do so in before they got themselves into trouble.
~*~*~
"Uh, T'Alos you did explain where we were going to someone didn't you?" Higgins queried somewhat nervously, an insane smile crossed the Skinnie's face but Higgins did not see it because he was marching behind T'Alos. The route had led them back to the cave, which was now more unstable then before and collapsed in upon itself.
"Sort of,"
Stopping in his tracks, Higgins looked shocked before having to continue to keep up with the Skinnie. "You didn't tell L'Meariea or T'Phai?" There was a slump in T'Alos's shoulders when he turned to the reporter.
"They are not my parents, I have no parents, and this is a surprise for T'Phai, a thank you for a kind offer I realise now I cannot accept." T'Alos gave a sniff, he had realised after he had told Higgins of T'Phai's offer that he could not take the other Skinnie up on it. It was not fair on T'Phai and his family if something bad happened to them due to his powers, he would teach M'Rette and then leave as was intended. T'Alos marched on his reserve sealed by the thought of the child he hoped to help, not looking towards Higgins again; "She is close, I can feel her thoughts now; she is very weak, we must now hurry."
~*~*~
Ellen
I wasn't allowed to go out with the squads after my friends, T'Phai had been the one to tell me not to go and I paid heed to that due to our friendship but I wanted to go after them both. The others had been out for over an hour and trace decay on the notes ink had proved that T'Alos had written it three hours ago.
There was a knock on the bays outer door; I was treating a Skinnie officer at the time, who I looked towards. "Are you expecting visitors?" She shook her head slightly; rarely were patients visited within this bay. I moved tentatively towards the door, the tapping had reasoning to it. "Uh do you know Morse code?"
"The person outside is saying that they need to come in, they have wounded."
I keyed the door with a hand; it opened allowing the three beings entry. "T'Alos, Higgins, where the hell have you been?" I snapped violently, I was angry with them for going away without telling my friends where they were, for making us all so angry and worried.
"Rather then worry about that now you have to treat L'War, she is weakening."
I took a pause for thought, the damn kid was right, I couldn't very well leave L'War unconscious and dying in the two boys grasp; I helped them to move her to a cot and started her treatment. "Higgins, contact Razak and bring them all back, you two have got a lot of explaining to do." I couldn't keep the hint of relief from my voice, for all their faults the two young men had done well and I knew T'Alos knew this but let him have it; I could just imagine the look of delight on my best friends face when he got back.
~*~*~
No one yelled at T'Alos or Higgins and there were odd looks on both sides, and sneering glares but nothing phased the two. It was apparent that at some time the two would be yelled at and told off but the Roughnecks were worried about L'War because of T'Phai, and T'Alos had been unconscious since the night of L'War's return.
There was still clean up detail to be run and such but Razak gave T'Phai compassionate leave so he could be there when his wife woke, Ellen had said simply that it would have been impossible to get the Skinnie to leave whilst L'War was unconscious anyway.
Romeo squad and Alpha team were split that week to allow for two smaller patrol groups rather then one big one, both squads were not very upset to have the others leaving them. The units would be stationed on Tophet for a while longer running mop-ups and they would still be sharing barracks so they would still see one another, much to their constant loathing.
"This is amazing," Ellen admitted to Higgins when he came down to visit her, he liked Ellen as a friend and got on well with her. She was watching the three Skinnie's through the glass of the medical bays Skinnie side, Higgins had asked her for something to add into his report, he had had his superiors on his back because he had nothing new in his reports. "T'Alos is willing to risk his life saving L'War because T'Phai gave him the offer of a new home, a place for him to belong."
"The end to the use of his psychic powers?"
She looked to him and her plain features creased with a standard smile, "Speaking hypothetically I'd assume so." As he lowered the camera, he pushed the off button looking into her grey eyes. "I suppose that would mean that - I know that's what Teph's aiming for." She moved back from the glass observation window.
"When's he coming back?"
"I'm not so sure he will; he's not left her side in a week, he's not slept in that time either! I'm worried about him, he's my closest friend, I care for him as such but he's being an ignoramus! His love for her is overwhelming everything else; I'd call it lovely were it not so damn stupid! One of the greatest military minds on Tophet reduced to a snivelling wreck because a wife he's not seen in years is returned to him!"
"He's just glad to see her," Higgins could not keep the lingering shock from his voice despite how hard he tried. "You're having an attack of the green eyed monster." She rounded on him with angry eyes a blaze and her fist clenched, he backed up slightly, Ellen was a lot stronger then he was.
"I am not!"
He ignored her indignant protest to continue, "Not a romantic attack, he's your best friend and he's rarely spoken to you for almost a week. How often have you and he held a proper conversation?" She mumbled that it had been a while. "You're just lonely, I know it's not fantastic but we're playing charades tonight with Romeo squad, it's Goss's idea; why don't you come and play."
Thoughtfulness played across her previously sullen face and she looked to his face with a grin, "Sure, count me in!"
~*~*~
L'War stirred slightly, her eyes fighting to gain a purchase of the light of consciousness she had been battling for over the past week. With a heaving effort, her eyelids flickered open; bright light filled her gaze and pain arrested her body rapidly, she remembered the caves collapsing but anything before that was a blur that she did not yet want to clarify.
Closing her eyes briefly, she became aware of the soft pressure on her bare right arm and the feel of gentle breath. She turned her head that way opening her eyes, with his head rested lightly on her arm, his eyes closed for sleep was a very familiar face. Unable to restrain herself she lifted her left arm and moved it across her aching chest to run a finger down the scar over his left eye lovingly.
As was expected by her touch, he gave a hint of his feeling her there, and blinked open his own eyes; he shut them just after having opened them, abruptly they sprang open again. Raising his head from her arm, he looked at her, shell-shocked.
With an aching throat, L'War managed to croak out a soft greeting, which overjoyed him more then hearing anything else in the world. He threw her arms around her pained form and hugged her, sniffing in deeply her scent; she raised her arm to hug back but could not lift it, it was one of the many breaks she had to heal.
~*~*~
Early morning shift, Medical bay.
Ellen
My mouth felt like a carpet, I should've known that one of the others would have had alcohol! There wasn't enough of it to get us drunk mind you but there was enough to make me feel as if I'd spent the night sleeping, with my mouth open, on a llama!
One of the other doctors handed me a note, it was the patient's profile. I mumbled for him to sleep well and he left; I was the only doctor on now, if others were needed they could be called but there was rarely anything that one doctor couldn't handle. I tossed the notes to one side with practised precision and moved to the Skinnie observation window.
I looked in and could barely contain my shock at seeing both L'War and T'Alos awake, I tugged on a powersuit and entered the bay. "So I take one night off and you both wake up, why do the words bloody and typical spring to mind?" T'Alos looked to me with a smile, and T'Phai stood and looked me directly in the eye.
"L'War this is Doctor Ellen Baxter, she has been responsible for your care."
I didn't show him how hurt I was, now that L'War was awake I was nothing more then the stupid human responsible for her care. ~He did not say that you were stupid!~ T'Alos's voice insisted. I turned to him and appeared to busy myself checking him over.
*He may as well have done, why's he not telling her that I'm his friend?* I picked up a scanner and ran it over his legs, he was not badly hurt which made him very lucky, he had used a lot of his powers to find L'War.
~I did not. He is merely thinking that she may be a little overwhelmed right now.~
I accepted this, if only for a while. "Your husband has been most diligent L'War; he has not left your side in the week that you were here." I informed her, my tone was formal and I didn't look at T'Phai whilst I spoke, if he wanted me to play the doctor then I would; he had shunned my friendship and I could just as well do what he expected of me!
"Can I speak with you Doctor?"
I nodded and went outside with T'Phai; well we walked into the airlock, "What was that about?" He asked me, his tone shocked, I leant against the wall and looked up at him casually; I wasn't worried about him hurting me, yeah I was acting childishly but he was doing it too.
"Nothing, what about you? I'm not just some doctor you picked up along the way, I'm not just a medic - I thought I was your best friend."
He pulled an expression my mother would have been proud of and it freaked me out, he was my best friend not my best friends mother. "I do not understand,"
I scoffed at him against my own will. "No you understand perfectly, the dumb alien thing worked on me for a while but not any more! I am not just someone who's butted into your life for all for five minutes, I've known you for almost half a year now and I am insulted that you seem to think I am!!" I stormed at him angrily, and I suppose it was what I was feeling. "Get lost T'Phai, L'War and T'Alos aren't under my care any more, I have Human patients to treat."
Without waiting for him to be prepared I started the automatic release on the chamber, it would give him enough time to get out and he did so realising, I assume, that he couldn't very well argue if he was a corpse! I dumped the powersuit in a heap and went to bluster about what had just happened.
Just what the hell is wrong with me, I'm acting like a child but I was right and I would not back down!
~*~*~
T'Phai
As hard as it was, I tore myself away from L'War's bedside to go in search of Ellen, I had not meant to offend her and I understood how it was my fault. I walked to her barracks, she was lucky because she did not have to share with anyone else.
I tapped lightly on the door with my knuckles, someone moved inside and the door opened; Ellen had tears in her eyes and even though it had only been a few hours since she had spoken with me last, her hair was untidy. "Leave me alone," Was what she said and she shut the door in my face.
I knew the combination to her door, at her will and I opened it. She was sitting on the cot with her head in her hands, Ellen cries as little as I do and it was unusual to see her doing so. "Why did you say that?" She asked of me, she looked up at me, her face reminiscent of M'Rette's when she was hurt.
I sat next to her, I had started to realise that she did not mind my doing so, "I did not mean too, I did not mean it as an insult." I touched her shoulder and she shrugged slightly from my touch, so I moved my hand back onto my lap. "I think that I was leaving it for later, L'War is not fully recovered and I did not want to shock her too much."
"You thought it better to hurt my feelings? And there I was thinking you were a nice guy; but you're not are you? You're just like my asshole father, you don't care at all for my feelings!" I stood and moved to the door, she looked to me, gritting her teeth and clearly regretting what she had said.
Ellen's father had left her mother before she was born, from what I understand Ellen had always been a little mistrustful of the men around her in case they hurt her feelings in the same way that had. "I'm sorry; you're not like my dad, not at all."
"That is alright, I understand."
"No you don't, you don't at all, how could you?"
"I believe I do, I have hurt you as much as that did, you are right to be upset."
She beckoned me to sit and after I did so she gave me a sideways hug, "Friends?" I placed a gentle hand on her shoulder. A smile tugged at my features and I looked down on her form.
"I did not know that we had stopped being so." She laughed and things returned almost instantly to the way they had been; save the fact that Ellen seemed unable to look me in the eye whenever L'War was around, very peculiar.
~*~*~
"Why are you doing this T'Alos?" Higgins queried of the Skinnie as he marched, the Skinnie stiffened his lip more then usual and looked at Higgins.
"It is personal now,"
Higgins lowered his camera and looked at the alien, gently palming it off. "It wasn't before," Higgins realised aloud. "What did you have to fight for before? There was nothing but memories for you, and those were of Humans hurting those you love and not bugs, what's changed?" T'Alos looked away from him and across the desert.
A small flickering smile crossed T'Alos's face and he looked back to Higgins, "T'Phai has said that he will take me in, as his own; I can have a family again." Higgins grinned widely; it was only fair for T'Alos to be happy again. "He and Ellen are seeing if there is any way for me to remain of Tophet,"
"That's going to be difficult, I'll see what I can turf up and I'll see about the others helping too."
~*~*~
L'Meariea
Now that the other two members of my kind were present in the barracks, I was feeling a little better, almost as if their being here was making me feel better too. I entered the small barrack alone, I had been visiting my family on the other side of the planet, a small piece of paper was tacked to the inner door, scrawled loosely on it in my language was a note. I plucked it from the door, holding it at the correct distance from my face to view it. 'Following a hunch, T'Alos.' With an involuntary angry growl, I scrunched the note in my grasp.
"This is L'Meariea to T'Phai,"
"T'Phai here,"
"Are you on the base?"
"I got back moments ago, why is there a problem?"
Oh how little this male understood, what did he think I had called him for? A casual chat? My heart was double timing, skipping beats every so often as I worried about my younger comrade no he was not just my comrade he was my friend and to a certain degree, my son. "T'Alos has gone out to look for L'War, alone." There was a noise on the other side of the comm; T'Phai was outside the Human barracks.
I know it is rude to eavesdrop, but I could not help but do it, I was worried. "Higgins is missing," Rico was telling T'Phai, the member of my kind rapidly filled him in on the state of affairs. "So you think that they've gone off after L'War?" The Human directed his question to me; I could not help but snap out my reply.
"Where else could they be?"
"I think we should inform the lieutenant," T'Phai's voice queried reasonably, he was right; all I had done was escalate things beyond reason; Razak would know what to do. I mumbled an apology to T'Phai for thinking that he had put this stupid idea into T'Alos's head and he accepted it.
I marched to the small office Razak had been assigned to share with Lieutenant Orson, the other two met me there and the others, including their psychic, had joined them. It touched me that they were willing to do this for their own man, the young reporter seemed to get himself into almost as much trouble as T'Alos.
Razak became aware of the noise outside, marching out to see what the commotion was. We had a lot of explaining to do and knowing the two young beings, not a lot of time to do so in before they got themselves into trouble.
~*~*~
"Uh, T'Alos you did explain where we were going to someone didn't you?" Higgins queried somewhat nervously, an insane smile crossed the Skinnie's face but Higgins did not see it because he was marching behind T'Alos. The route had led them back to the cave, which was now more unstable then before and collapsed in upon itself.
"Sort of,"
Stopping in his tracks, Higgins looked shocked before having to continue to keep up with the Skinnie. "You didn't tell L'Meariea or T'Phai?" There was a slump in T'Alos's shoulders when he turned to the reporter.
"They are not my parents, I have no parents, and this is a surprise for T'Phai, a thank you for a kind offer I realise now I cannot accept." T'Alos gave a sniff, he had realised after he had told Higgins of T'Phai's offer that he could not take the other Skinnie up on it. It was not fair on T'Phai and his family if something bad happened to them due to his powers, he would teach M'Rette and then leave as was intended. T'Alos marched on his reserve sealed by the thought of the child he hoped to help, not looking towards Higgins again; "She is close, I can feel her thoughts now; she is very weak, we must now hurry."
~*~*~
Ellen
I wasn't allowed to go out with the squads after my friends, T'Phai had been the one to tell me not to go and I paid heed to that due to our friendship but I wanted to go after them both. The others had been out for over an hour and trace decay on the notes ink had proved that T'Alos had written it three hours ago.
There was a knock on the bays outer door; I was treating a Skinnie officer at the time, who I looked towards. "Are you expecting visitors?" She shook her head slightly; rarely were patients visited within this bay. I moved tentatively towards the door, the tapping had reasoning to it. "Uh do you know Morse code?"
"The person outside is saying that they need to come in, they have wounded."
I keyed the door with a hand; it opened allowing the three beings entry. "T'Alos, Higgins, where the hell have you been?" I snapped violently, I was angry with them for going away without telling my friends where they were, for making us all so angry and worried.
"Rather then worry about that now you have to treat L'War, she is weakening."
I took a pause for thought, the damn kid was right, I couldn't very well leave L'War unconscious and dying in the two boys grasp; I helped them to move her to a cot and started her treatment. "Higgins, contact Razak and bring them all back, you two have got a lot of explaining to do." I couldn't keep the hint of relief from my voice, for all their faults the two young men had done well and I knew T'Alos knew this but let him have it; I could just imagine the look of delight on my best friends face when he got back.
~*~*~
No one yelled at T'Alos or Higgins and there were odd looks on both sides, and sneering glares but nothing phased the two. It was apparent that at some time the two would be yelled at and told off but the Roughnecks were worried about L'War because of T'Phai, and T'Alos had been unconscious since the night of L'War's return.
There was still clean up detail to be run and such but Razak gave T'Phai compassionate leave so he could be there when his wife woke, Ellen had said simply that it would have been impossible to get the Skinnie to leave whilst L'War was unconscious anyway.
Romeo squad and Alpha team were split that week to allow for two smaller patrol groups rather then one big one, both squads were not very upset to have the others leaving them. The units would be stationed on Tophet for a while longer running mop-ups and they would still be sharing barracks so they would still see one another, much to their constant loathing.
"This is amazing," Ellen admitted to Higgins when he came down to visit her, he liked Ellen as a friend and got on well with her. She was watching the three Skinnie's through the glass of the medical bays Skinnie side, Higgins had asked her for something to add into his report, he had had his superiors on his back because he had nothing new in his reports. "T'Alos is willing to risk his life saving L'War because T'Phai gave him the offer of a new home, a place for him to belong."
"The end to the use of his psychic powers?"
She looked to him and her plain features creased with a standard smile, "Speaking hypothetically I'd assume so." As he lowered the camera, he pushed the off button looking into her grey eyes. "I suppose that would mean that - I know that's what Teph's aiming for." She moved back from the glass observation window.
"When's he coming back?"
"I'm not so sure he will; he's not left her side in a week, he's not slept in that time either! I'm worried about him, he's my closest friend, I care for him as such but he's being an ignoramus! His love for her is overwhelming everything else; I'd call it lovely were it not so damn stupid! One of the greatest military minds on Tophet reduced to a snivelling wreck because a wife he's not seen in years is returned to him!"
"He's just glad to see her," Higgins could not keep the lingering shock from his voice despite how hard he tried. "You're having an attack of the green eyed monster." She rounded on him with angry eyes a blaze and her fist clenched, he backed up slightly, Ellen was a lot stronger then he was.
"I am not!"
He ignored her indignant protest to continue, "Not a romantic attack, he's your best friend and he's rarely spoken to you for almost a week. How often have you and he held a proper conversation?" She mumbled that it had been a while. "You're just lonely, I know it's not fantastic but we're playing charades tonight with Romeo squad, it's Goss's idea; why don't you come and play."
Thoughtfulness played across her previously sullen face and she looked to his face with a grin, "Sure, count me in!"
~*~*~
L'War stirred slightly, her eyes fighting to gain a purchase of the light of consciousness she had been battling for over the past week. With a heaving effort, her eyelids flickered open; bright light filled her gaze and pain arrested her body rapidly, she remembered the caves collapsing but anything before that was a blur that she did not yet want to clarify.
Closing her eyes briefly, she became aware of the soft pressure on her bare right arm and the feel of gentle breath. She turned her head that way opening her eyes, with his head rested lightly on her arm, his eyes closed for sleep was a very familiar face. Unable to restrain herself she lifted her left arm and moved it across her aching chest to run a finger down the scar over his left eye lovingly.
As was expected by her touch, he gave a hint of his feeling her there, and blinked open his own eyes; he shut them just after having opened them, abruptly they sprang open again. Raising his head from her arm, he looked at her, shell-shocked.
With an aching throat, L'War managed to croak out a soft greeting, which overjoyed him more then hearing anything else in the world. He threw her arms around her pained form and hugged her, sniffing in deeply her scent; she raised her arm to hug back but could not lift it, it was one of the many breaks she had to heal.
~*~*~
Early morning shift, Medical bay.
Ellen
My mouth felt like a carpet, I should've known that one of the others would have had alcohol! There wasn't enough of it to get us drunk mind you but there was enough to make me feel as if I'd spent the night sleeping, with my mouth open, on a llama!
One of the other doctors handed me a note, it was the patient's profile. I mumbled for him to sleep well and he left; I was the only doctor on now, if others were needed they could be called but there was rarely anything that one doctor couldn't handle. I tossed the notes to one side with practised precision and moved to the Skinnie observation window.
I looked in and could barely contain my shock at seeing both L'War and T'Alos awake, I tugged on a powersuit and entered the bay. "So I take one night off and you both wake up, why do the words bloody and typical spring to mind?" T'Alos looked to me with a smile, and T'Phai stood and looked me directly in the eye.
"L'War this is Doctor Ellen Baxter, she has been responsible for your care."
I didn't show him how hurt I was, now that L'War was awake I was nothing more then the stupid human responsible for her care. ~He did not say that you were stupid!~ T'Alos's voice insisted. I turned to him and appeared to busy myself checking him over.
*He may as well have done, why's he not telling her that I'm his friend?* I picked up a scanner and ran it over his legs, he was not badly hurt which made him very lucky, he had used a lot of his powers to find L'War.
~I did not. He is merely thinking that she may be a little overwhelmed right now.~
I accepted this, if only for a while. "Your husband has been most diligent L'War; he has not left your side in the week that you were here." I informed her, my tone was formal and I didn't look at T'Phai whilst I spoke, if he wanted me to play the doctor then I would; he had shunned my friendship and I could just as well do what he expected of me!
"Can I speak with you Doctor?"
I nodded and went outside with T'Phai; well we walked into the airlock, "What was that about?" He asked me, his tone shocked, I leant against the wall and looked up at him casually; I wasn't worried about him hurting me, yeah I was acting childishly but he was doing it too.
"Nothing, what about you? I'm not just some doctor you picked up along the way, I'm not just a medic - I thought I was your best friend."
He pulled an expression my mother would have been proud of and it freaked me out, he was my best friend not my best friends mother. "I do not understand,"
I scoffed at him against my own will. "No you understand perfectly, the dumb alien thing worked on me for a while but not any more! I am not just someone who's butted into your life for all for five minutes, I've known you for almost half a year now and I am insulted that you seem to think I am!!" I stormed at him angrily, and I suppose it was what I was feeling. "Get lost T'Phai, L'War and T'Alos aren't under my care any more, I have Human patients to treat."
Without waiting for him to be prepared I started the automatic release on the chamber, it would give him enough time to get out and he did so realising, I assume, that he couldn't very well argue if he was a corpse! I dumped the powersuit in a heap and went to bluster about what had just happened.
Just what the hell is wrong with me, I'm acting like a child but I was right and I would not back down!
~*~*~
T'Phai
As hard as it was, I tore myself away from L'War's bedside to go in search of Ellen, I had not meant to offend her and I understood how it was my fault. I walked to her barracks, she was lucky because she did not have to share with anyone else.
I tapped lightly on the door with my knuckles, someone moved inside and the door opened; Ellen had tears in her eyes and even though it had only been a few hours since she had spoken with me last, her hair was untidy. "Leave me alone," Was what she said and she shut the door in my face.
I knew the combination to her door, at her will and I opened it. She was sitting on the cot with her head in her hands, Ellen cries as little as I do and it was unusual to see her doing so. "Why did you say that?" She asked of me, she looked up at me, her face reminiscent of M'Rette's when she was hurt.
I sat next to her, I had started to realise that she did not mind my doing so, "I did not mean too, I did not mean it as an insult." I touched her shoulder and she shrugged slightly from my touch, so I moved my hand back onto my lap. "I think that I was leaving it for later, L'War is not fully recovered and I did not want to shock her too much."
"You thought it better to hurt my feelings? And there I was thinking you were a nice guy; but you're not are you? You're just like my asshole father, you don't care at all for my feelings!" I stood and moved to the door, she looked to me, gritting her teeth and clearly regretting what she had said.
Ellen's father had left her mother before she was born, from what I understand Ellen had always been a little mistrustful of the men around her in case they hurt her feelings in the same way that had. "I'm sorry; you're not like my dad, not at all."
"That is alright, I understand."
"No you don't, you don't at all, how could you?"
"I believe I do, I have hurt you as much as that did, you are right to be upset."
She beckoned me to sit and after I did so she gave me a sideways hug, "Friends?" I placed a gentle hand on her shoulder. A smile tugged at my features and I looked down on her form.
"I did not know that we had stopped being so." She laughed and things returned almost instantly to the way they had been; save the fact that Ellen seemed unable to look me in the eye whenever L'War was around, very peculiar.
~*~*~