Catching Insanity 10/?
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Cute Boy God/Joan (the blasphemy!) With small hints of Joan/Adam, and Adam/Iris
Summary: God asks Joan to lie to Adam for his own good. Will she? And if she does can she live with the confusion that follows?
Authors Note: This fic is going to be about Joan's evolving feelings for God and the ensuing insanity this causes our poor heroine. If this squicks anyone read no further. Thank you kindly.
Warning: Physical abuse and alcoholism mentioned.
Protecting Iris and Coming To Terms
The next two days Joan was kept quite busy so that she hadn't the time to mope at all. After hanging with Grace on Saturday afternoon, she went to visit Iris to see how she was holding up. That was an awkward conversation all around. Without Adam to buffer them, they had no common ground and a few times started sniping at each other without meaning to. Joan finally convinced Iris to let her mention it to her father to get a few ideas about what could be done.
"But my mother already talked to the cops and they told her nothing could be done since he served his time and technically hadn't done anything to warrant action yet."
"That's why I'll talk to my dad. We can't very well wait until after he comes after you to do something. That's just stupid." Joan argued heatedly. "I'm sure he'll know what to do."
She left Iris' house soon thereafter and spent the next few hours going over what she wanted to say to her father once he got home. As soon as he did Joan grabbed him and proceeded to explain the situation. He hadn't even had time to take off his coat, Joan was so tightly strung. After she explained she watched worriedly as her father sat in silence for a long moment, looking pensive.
"Well?" She asked impatiently.
"With these kinds of situations, since the man's out on parole, he will have certain rules he needs to follow. The first would be not to see Iris or her mother. If he goes within a certain distance of them we can have him back in the slammer in no time for parole violations. Other than that there is not much we can do but wait for him to screw up and get caught."
"But Daddy what if he goes after Iris?"
"I'll talk to my boss and see if we can put a patrol near her house just in case. Otherwise I would just make sure she isn't alone too often. Have her out of the house as much as possible. Hell, bring her over here if you want in the evening. I should be here if anything happens."
"Thanks dad." Joan said, giving her father a quick hug and then got up to call Iris.
"Hey I thought you didn't like Iris?" He asked thoughtfully.
"I don't, but that doesn't mean I want anything to happen to her." Joan answered with a roll of her eyes as she took the stairs two at a time.
Over the next week or so, Joan spent an inordinate amount of time with both Adam and Iris. It wasn't exactly the best time of her life, but overall it wasn't too painful. Slowly but surely Joan got used to seeing Iris and Adam together, and although she still was uncomfortable when they kissed in front of her, for the most part she was moving on. Will Girardi had managed to convince his Captain to approve of the extra manpower to watch Iris' house and with her friends over most nights for 'study group' nothing of consequence had occurred.
That particular day would break the pattern however, but as Joan, Iris, Grace, Luke and Adam were listening to the teacher drone on about using a bunson burner safely, they remained unaware of the peril that awaited them.
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Cute Boy God/Joan (the blasphemy!) With small hints of Joan/Adam, and Adam/Iris
Summary: God asks Joan to lie to Adam for his own good. Will she? And if she does can she live with the confusion that follows?
Authors Note: This fic is going to be about Joan's evolving feelings for God and the ensuing insanity this causes our poor heroine. If this squicks anyone read no further. Thank you kindly.
Warning: Physical abuse and alcoholism mentioned.
Protecting Iris and Coming To Terms
The next two days Joan was kept quite busy so that she hadn't the time to mope at all. After hanging with Grace on Saturday afternoon, she went to visit Iris to see how she was holding up. That was an awkward conversation all around. Without Adam to buffer them, they had no common ground and a few times started sniping at each other without meaning to. Joan finally convinced Iris to let her mention it to her father to get a few ideas about what could be done.
"But my mother already talked to the cops and they told her nothing could be done since he served his time and technically hadn't done anything to warrant action yet."
"That's why I'll talk to my dad. We can't very well wait until after he comes after you to do something. That's just stupid." Joan argued heatedly. "I'm sure he'll know what to do."
She left Iris' house soon thereafter and spent the next few hours going over what she wanted to say to her father once he got home. As soon as he did Joan grabbed him and proceeded to explain the situation. He hadn't even had time to take off his coat, Joan was so tightly strung. After she explained she watched worriedly as her father sat in silence for a long moment, looking pensive.
"Well?" She asked impatiently.
"With these kinds of situations, since the man's out on parole, he will have certain rules he needs to follow. The first would be not to see Iris or her mother. If he goes within a certain distance of them we can have him back in the slammer in no time for parole violations. Other than that there is not much we can do but wait for him to screw up and get caught."
"But Daddy what if he goes after Iris?"
"I'll talk to my boss and see if we can put a patrol near her house just in case. Otherwise I would just make sure she isn't alone too often. Have her out of the house as much as possible. Hell, bring her over here if you want in the evening. I should be here if anything happens."
"Thanks dad." Joan said, giving her father a quick hug and then got up to call Iris.
"Hey I thought you didn't like Iris?" He asked thoughtfully.
"I don't, but that doesn't mean I want anything to happen to her." Joan answered with a roll of her eyes as she took the stairs two at a time.
Over the next week or so, Joan spent an inordinate amount of time with both Adam and Iris. It wasn't exactly the best time of her life, but overall it wasn't too painful. Slowly but surely Joan got used to seeing Iris and Adam together, and although she still was uncomfortable when they kissed in front of her, for the most part she was moving on. Will Girardi had managed to convince his Captain to approve of the extra manpower to watch Iris' house and with her friends over most nights for 'study group' nothing of consequence had occurred.
That particular day would break the pattern however, but as Joan, Iris, Grace, Luke and Adam were listening to the teacher drone on about using a bunson burner safely, they remained unaware of the peril that awaited them.