Complexity
A/N: SO...I've decided tje next few chapters will be pretty short and then the next long chapter will be more epic. Think of them as flash-shots. Review!
Chapter Nine: I'll break into peices
"Go away."
"Carol..."
"Godamit, Eames, I said no! Go away!"
She puts her back against the door and slides down. "There's nothing you can do. You should just leave."
"You're right- I should. But I won't."
She bangs her head against the door. "Why do these things happen? I don't like how this happens to me...and her..."
"Her?" Eames says sharply. "Which her?"
"Ariadne. It's a long story."
"I've got time."
"I didn't know. Not at first. I knew Ky was...not right for her. But Arthur's making it better, he really is. Sometimes, she looks at him, and it feels...different. But anyway." Carol swallows. "It was dark. Really dark. The street lights were out, and it was cloudy, so you couldn't see the moon, y'know? And she called me so we could have a movie marathon night. She had an apartment by herself. She sold it after it happened."
On the other side of the door, she can hear Eames' steady breathing.
"So I came over. It was cold. I opened the door, and she was on the other side of the room. Kyle's shirt was off, and she was crying really loudly. I only knew later that nothing...weird... happened. But there was a knife. And it was soaked in blood."
She's gasping for breath. She hadn't told anyone else the story, and now she's started it she can't stop.
"I didn't really knew what happened. Eames, remember when Mae let me take karate for a year?"
She takes a deep breath.
"I'm really glad she did. Ariadne didn't say a word. Not for the next month. Sold her apartment, moved in with me, bestest of friends living together. But...she didn't talk. Not one word."
Carol sees the dorm as she saw the apartment that night- Ariadne's cell phone on the floor, the on the blood staining the walls and floor, the bloodied knife still on the ground, a quivering figure in the corner...
"Eames," she says.
"Open up."
She does.
He's staring at her. Carol's surprised and angry to find herself crying.
"I don't- Eames- fuck it, see what you-"
He kisses her.
She slaps him.
He stares at her.
Then kisses her again.
She lets him.
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