----1 Week Later----
Ashlyn was still trying to get used to Mason being back. She hadn't even touched him once, afraid that it would make him disappear. She was growing less depressed, but she still felt highly guilty. She still wondered if this wasn't all just part of her imagination, something she made up to keep herself alive.
She was sitting on her bed right now, trying to watch TV, but her mind wasn't focusing on the program in the least. She kept glancing around her room, as if searching for something. Ether was back to her normal self, but very upset at Mason for ruining her 'fun', as she called it.
Ashlyn had hardly said two words to Mason since that night, almsot fully convinced that he wasn't real. She refused to believe it. She refused to hope and then be crusehd once again.
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Laurinda had spent the past week as normal, sleeping wherever she could, eating when she could.
That night with Lance, she felt...strange. She really always believed people had alterior motives, yet he really had just let her go. He had even given her money, which she tried to refuse, believing he'd want something in return, but he'd slipped it in her pocket when she wasn't looking.
She was happy to have the money, however. She hadn't used it to buy a jacket, since she had never given Blake his back. She was using it for food, and so far, she was doing...okay. But it would run out soon, and she knew that.
Right now she was sitting in an alleyway, eating a sandwich, though slower than usual because for once she knew it wouldn't be her last. She still had her money. It felt nice, knowing that her next meal for sure would not be her last.
She stood up when she finished her sandwich and walked down the street, ignoring the looks she got.
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Ava had spent the last week with Nick.
She couldn't find a way to get away, and it was killing her. That is, it would if she wasn't already dead.
He had taken her far, far away. She didn't even know where she was anymore. Right now, they were both sitting in a park. Nick was still acting so...angry with her. Good. She hated him. She had never hated anyone before, but now she could truly say that she hated this man who was sitting next to her. She coudn't stand to even look at him, much less be this close to him. And it didn't help that every time she moved away, he would just move closer.
She closed her eyes, taking a deep breathe. She was going to try and run again. Each time she did, he caught her, and once he even hit her. It surprised her; now she seemed to be more of a hostage than someone he claimed to 'love'. She couldn't understand what he was after, or what he was thinking. She wasn't sure she wanted to.
She stood and turned and ran before he could even blink. Her powers were fading; she could feel it, and she didn't know why. she had a feeling he was borrowing them. She closed her eyes and tried to disappear, but couldn't. Soon, he had grabbed her arm and twisted it, causing her to cry out in pain. He looked at her, but she could see nothing in his eyes. Nothing at all.
And that scared her even more.
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Hymn was in the underworld (where else?) and was sitting in Chris' old cave. She ran her fingers over the drawings on the wall, her face impassive. She was remembering all the time she had spent in here when he was younger, and she had helped look over him. It still felt strange, to think that she had fallen in love with that same little boy. But it made her feel good, too.
She didn't know where he was, and hoped he wouldn't catch her in here. She was feeling guilty about him lately. He didn't deserve the fate he had gotten. Maybe, if she had been a better person back then, she could have helped him out of it. But she was a fallen, how could she be a good person? But he was changing her more and more every day, and she was changing herself. She wasn't sure if that was a good or a bad thing anymore.
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Lenora was worried about Dust. And Jade. And Sable. And Raven.
She felt so stupid and useless. She couldn't do a thing for any of them. She had tried to find Sable, but hadn't seen him anywhere. And she was worried the most about Jade. She couldn't imagine what it must be like to go through what she was going through, losing her memory. And then Dust, her brother and the man she loved, was worried about her, too. Even when he wouldn't say it or show it, she knew. She just knew. And she wanted more than anything else in the world to be able to do something for any of them, yet she couldn't.
And on top of all that, her dad had been showing his face more and more often this past week. He always tried to talk to her, and she always pushed him away. She knew that he had tried to come back after he left and died then, but the fact was that he had left. The fact that he had tried to come back didn't change that. She had spent almost her entire life hating him and wishing him dead, which on one hand did make her feel guilty since he evidently
had died, but still. Was she wrong for feeling this way? She wasn't even sure anymore.
She sat down on the couch, looking at the pendant around her neck. She was worried about James, too. She was wondering how Alice was, and was determined to make him go visit her before she got out, weather he liked it or not.
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Sable had spent most of his time the past week in the park or in heaven, but mostly in the park. Raven had gone to heaven and told him Jade was there, so now he was avoiding it if he could.
He was heartbroken, and that much was obvious to Raven. She felt horrible; she had been so happy to see her brother again that she had been so mean to Jade, blaming her for something that wasn't even her fault. Besides, she had made her brother happy. And she had always been pestering him to get a girlfriend during life, but he had been so busy with her. Yet another thing for her to feel guilty about. She had always told him that she didn't need him to look over her so much, but in truth, she had loved it. It made her feel good, yet she had been selfish.
Sable rocked back and forth on the swing, Raven on the one next to him. It reminded her of all the times they had fled to the park when their parents fought. Speaking of their parents, Raven was finally getting over her mother's death. Sable didn't seem to understand why it had upset her so much, but Raven had always loved her parents deep down, even if she didn't show it or even if she shouldn't. She was healing, though, and now she had Sable to worry about.
She wanted to find a way to help Jade. She remembered what Sable had told her; Roan, that creepy guy in heaven, had helped last time Jade was in trouble. Maybe he could help this time.
She stood up with this in mind, and Sable didn't even look up. She sighed, and was soon walking around in heaven, searching for Roan. She spotted him and walked towards him, a determined glint in her eyes.
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Elliot was in the dark caverns, in Jake's cave where she spent most of her time. She was in a somewhat better mood than usual, since Tyler now believed that she did in fact love him. She had a strange feeling, though. She somtimes got it when someone she had kissed before to change their emotions was having troubles or had changed somehow, as if her power had worn off. She had been able to fix things like that before by finding whoever it was who was making her feel this way, but it was hard to find just who. It was sort of like a...radar. She would follow the feeling and find them. She had never told anyone about this, for fear of them thinking her a freak. Not that it mattered much anymore.
She sat up straight against the wall, flinching as her wings were rustled. They still hurt, so bad. She had learned how to deal with the pain more lately, but it still hurt just as much as it had that first day.
She still hated Jake, so much. She was just glad she hadn't had to see her old charge lately here. It was big enough that she could avoid him if she wanted to.
She wanted to leave this cavern, but was still sort of scared of all of those here. She wasn't an angel anymore, but that didn't mean they wouldn't still hurt her or 'eat' her, as Jake had so kindly put it before.
She hated that man. He enjoyed what he did, and it made her sick. But she still remembered what he had told her that day on the beach, and it had made her think. And at times, he seemed....different. His double sided personality blew her mind. Jake was strange, to be sure, but she still hated him.
And then there was Andrew.
Every time she saw him, she thought of Ellie. Ellie, who had been like a little sister to her. Ellie, whom she had loved so much. Ellie, who was probably a demon now even though she didn't deserve it, because Andrew had convinced her to give up her life by telling her that she had abandoned her. Ellie had died thinking that she hated him. It hurt more than hre death itself.
And Andrew would still not leave her alone. It was horrible, and she still didn't understand him.
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Andrew was in his cavern. He was still harrassing Elliot. He found her...interesting, and she hated him, which only made him want to see her more. Though he sometimes still thought about Lee, he was over her. He missed her at times, and he was capable of human emotion, even though Elliot didn't seem to think so.
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Lee was in heaven, sitting under the crow tree. Thinking of Andrew.
Oh, how she missed him at times! She felt so bad about what had happened in her life with him, and sometimes found herself wondering how things could have gone differently if she had gone with him, or found a way to stop him. Or had at least not told him to go away. She loved him, still did. And it broke her heart each day she was away from him.
She knew he was over him, and she knew it. But she couldn't help but still love him.
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Cora had spent all her time this pat week reading, watching television, going to work, and thinking. Mostly thinking. About Carlisle, and the upcoming judgement.
She didn't now why she was worrying; surely he would be judged worthy. There was no reason that he wouldn't. Also, lately she had been thinking about what had happened the night they got married, and how embarrased she had gotten. It made her feel stupid, and more and more often she had been thinking about that. It was dumb of her, and she tried to forget about it.
She was just so worried about him as it was. The judgement
had to go okay. It just had to.
She turned the page in her book, laying on the bed in another one of her normal dresses. It was around noon, and a Saturday. She was reading, but none of the words stuck in her mind. Her mind was far, far away.
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Brianna had spent the past week wishing she could see James.
Ever since her father had exploded on her that one day, she had been unable to go see him. Ivy wasn't helping, either. She was constantly making her feel worse.
Right now, she was laying on her bed, watching TV, but Ivy was touching her arm again, sending her thoughts about James that made her feel even worse.
Ivy had spent the past week, against her better judgement, thinking about Josh.
She hated herself for this. That man was creepy, annoying, and disturbing. But she couldn't stop thinking about him. Things had been so simple for her before, yet now....not so much.
And she had killed his sister! She had
used him to kill his sister. Taken over his body since she was his demon, and used him to kill her, then kill himself. She killed him
and his siter, and yet he had fallen in 'love' with her, as he had said.
It didn't make sense, but then again, more and more things weren't making sense to her lately. Why couldn't the past just stay the past?
Subject: Re: The big city. 
Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:47 pm
