Thanks for the positive feedback. ;-D
I decided to change the idea of huge conversing, seemed too off their characters. Lol. Sometimes I get carried away. Will get the answers before the story ends - if I remember. Lol. If you think I've forgotten anything, don't hesitate to tell me. Anyway - story…
The ride to the airport had been in virtual silence and boarding the plane was no different. Was it so hard to speak of what had transpired? If Scotty admitted it to himself, he might find that he really was worried for his partner, as she again retreated back into her seemingly catatonic state.
"Lil'?" Scotty gently coaxed her back to reality. "Do you want anything?"
"Huh? Oh no thanks." She quickly stated as she saw the food trolley to the side of her.
Staring ahead, Scotty risked more words. "You've been doing that a lot lately." He bit into his flapjack, perhaps through nerves, she gathered.
"Doing what?" She sighed. She hated to talk now, she could feel a confrontation brewing.
"Zoning out." He turned. "Something's been bothering you."
"That's an understatement." Was he blind? "Given the, ah, events, of the past few days…" She lingered, she didn't need to tell him. He definitely knew.
"Actually before then." He glanced towards her eyes. Maybe he could find the answer there. "More like since after George."
Before she could answer, or because there was too much pain in those deep blues in the small amount of silence passed, he continued. "I mean you say you're okay, but you're obviously not. I see the way you're not concentrating on cases. That spark, it's just gone. What did he do to you?"
"I personally don't think that's any of your damned business." Her voice held more defeat than hostility.
"Lil', I-"
"What do you want from me?"
"How about the truth?"
"Well maybe you can't handle the truth."
"Why not? I've handled everything else you threw my way."
"Huh, yeah, I think you handled Chris really well."
"Oh, so much for the past-"
"Shhhh." Their voices had raised considerably, and for the first time they each listened to an outside observer.
"Look Scotty, you wana know what he did to me, go read my 49. That's if you haven't already." She paused. "You know, some of us don't like our past. Yours may be roses and pear trees, but I'm a whole knew ball game."
"My past 'aint exactly the Ritz Lil'."
"Yeah? Go read my 49, then tell me how much we're alike."
"That was one time. Heck, I know something happened Lil', but that 'aint because of how you grew up. I know your mom was an alcoholic - unless that was all a show by the way - but Chris seemed to turn out okay."
All the while he was talking, she looked at him with utter shock. Disgust didn't even register. She was baffled by his conclusion. That he could take her life and make it sound so insignificant to who she was. He may have slept with Chris, but beyond her control, she still respected and trusted him.
"Chris ate, Scotty. She had her room tidied, her dinner made. So maybe it wasn't much of a dinner, but-"
"So what your mom liked Chris over you? Is that why you hate her so much?"
"No Scotty, I did those things. I cooked for her, I cleaned for her, I sacrificed for her and I shielded her from the big bad world." She knew her voice was rising again. "This isn't the place to have this conversation."
"Lily, you can't just-"
"I said not here." She stood up to emphasize her point and made her way over to the toilet.
Damn that woman. She gets me all worked up and storms off. Twelve attempts later and she still avoids the issue. If she thinks I'm just leaving it here…
Damn that man. Can't he just realize I don't want to talk about it? I don't care what they say about third time's a charm - reliving for a third time and there'll be the devil to pay.
"One minute." She hears someone knocking on the door.
Before she even has the door open fully, she's pushed pack inside - with company.
"Scotty? What the hell?"
She's silenced by the force of his mouth over hers. His body pinning her to the wall, he skilfully locks the door with one hand.
Okay, so I know I take things far out of proportion, and I know that I'm seriously strange. However, I really could not think of anything good to follow chapter 10, so I improvised. I put in a little of this, a little of that to make you all confused…Me too actually. Update soon.