04-03-2004, 10:25 PM
Angelee had heard Val Cooper coming down the stairs and was glad she was out of the woman's sight. Something just didn't set right with her about Ms. High and Mighty Government Official. But she kept it to herself.
She flung the door to her room open wide to be greeted by a very upset looking dog.
"Sorry...Ah uh...got held up." Vicki cocked her head at AJ as if she understood and AJ could almost swear she saw the dog roll it's eyes at her as she trotted off down the hall, giving a growl and bark as she apparently passed the group of folks milling about, and listened as she headed towards the kitchen. She heard the tell tale swing of the doggie door and walked to the window and soon saw Vicki watering the vegetation.
Looking over her shoulder, she realized she left the door open, but didn't really care. It didn't matter to her right now. Sitting down on the window seat she reached over and turned on the cd player. Soon the strains of Pink Floyd's "Wish you were here" began to fill the room and she looked back towards the window. Wrapping her arms around her legs as she drew them up to her, her wings fell flat against her back as she watched the waves wash up on the beach.
She could see Cam and Chandi sitting down there still and she almost smiled. As the song came to an end, she reached over and grabbed her CDs. She needed something that wasn't so damn morose to listen to. This was just bringing her down further than she already was. She turned on the radio, not finding a CD that didn't encite some memory, and smiled as some bubblegum pop song came on the radio.
"Ahh..filler music." the smile on her face faded as she looked at the pictures on her nightstand.
The first framed one was of AJ and Lala standing on the corner of Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras about 5 years ago. Another was of her and Chandi sitting on a rock on Muir Island....and the last, was of her and Cameron. She couldn't even remember where it had been taken or when.
Silently, she got up and walked over to it, as if entranced by the photo.
Picking up the framed photo, she ran her fingertip along Cameron's features...before something in her boiled over and she took it and flung it as hard as she could towards the door, the resounding "crash" that followed making her feel marginally better.
She let out a defeated sigh and grabbed the trash can, walking over to get the glass up out of the floor before Vicki wound up with some of it in her paws.
Grabbing the broom out of her closet, she swept up the floor and made sure all the glass was disposed of. But the photo still lay on the floor, and his face was still smiling up at her.
"Stupid dumb idiot! A friggin year has come and gone and ya still can't get ovah him. Just look down there on tha beach. He's all cuddled up with Chandi, just like it's always meant ta be. Ya saw that from the beginning. " She threw the broom back into the closet and closed the door. Leaning against it, she sank to the floor and continued talking to herself.
"People change...you've changed. Ya've found out that humans are fickle creatures and no matter what, yer never gonna fit inta this realm. Ya should have just listened to AprilRaine and Morgana and stayed. Hell, even Rhys begged ya ta stay. An' boy, did he have some eyes ta him." she smiled, the songs on the radio completely forgotten. She let her arms drape over her knees, and picked up the picture, letting it dangle from her fingertips.
"But nothin' like his. God Ah'm so stupid. Ah should have never told him Ah was fallin for him. Mah sister was so right. AprilRaine told me, never let a mortal man know he holds yer heart. He'll stomp right on it."
Dashing away a few tears that were accumulating in her eyes, she sat there on the floor, holding the picture precariously from her fingertips. Memories filled her mind and she tried to block them out, she tried to think of other things, but she couldn't. She hadn't been able to think of anything but "him" in so long, she had almost forgotten how.
It had been a rainy New Orleans night when she had been approached by Darkon yet again. This time, it wasn't to try to lure her back to him, it was more as a friend.
"You should go check this out, maybe you'll get more answers." he had said to her as he handed her the folder with the information about Twilight Cove.
Maybe he was right? Maybe she was finding out more about herself than she cared to? She was more than content to be the fun loving faery who took off her clothes and danced the night away in the balmy Delta heat. But something heavy was weighing on her heart and mind, and no matter what she tried, she couldn't get him out of it.
So she had come here, to Florida, to find a way to forget... only to be smacked in the face by everything she was trying to get away from, everything she was trying to forget. She wanted nothing more than to lick her wounds and move on with her life. He didn't give a damn about her and it was high time she quit acting like a mopy teenager and picked up the pieces and moved on.
She was unconsciencely singing along to the radio. So lost in her thoughts she didn't even realize it, she didn't realize she was crumbling the picture in her hand either.
She flung the door to her room open wide to be greeted by a very upset looking dog.
"Sorry...Ah uh...got held up." Vicki cocked her head at AJ as if she understood and AJ could almost swear she saw the dog roll it's eyes at her as she trotted off down the hall, giving a growl and bark as she apparently passed the group of folks milling about, and listened as she headed towards the kitchen. She heard the tell tale swing of the doggie door and walked to the window and soon saw Vicki watering the vegetation.
Looking over her shoulder, she realized she left the door open, but didn't really care. It didn't matter to her right now. Sitting down on the window seat she reached over and turned on the cd player. Soon the strains of Pink Floyd's "Wish you were here" began to fill the room and she looked back towards the window. Wrapping her arms around her legs as she drew them up to her, her wings fell flat against her back as she watched the waves wash up on the beach.
She could see Cam and Chandi sitting down there still and she almost smiled. As the song came to an end, she reached over and grabbed her CDs. She needed something that wasn't so damn morose to listen to. This was just bringing her down further than she already was. She turned on the radio, not finding a CD that didn't encite some memory, and smiled as some bubblegum pop song came on the radio.
"Ahh..filler music." the smile on her face faded as she looked at the pictures on her nightstand.
The first framed one was of AJ and Lala standing on the corner of Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras about 5 years ago. Another was of her and Chandi sitting on a rock on Muir Island....and the last, was of her and Cameron. She couldn't even remember where it had been taken or when.
Silently, she got up and walked over to it, as if entranced by the photo.
Picking up the framed photo, she ran her fingertip along Cameron's features...before something in her boiled over and she took it and flung it as hard as she could towards the door, the resounding "crash" that followed making her feel marginally better.
She let out a defeated sigh and grabbed the trash can, walking over to get the glass up out of the floor before Vicki wound up with some of it in her paws.
Grabbing the broom out of her closet, she swept up the floor and made sure all the glass was disposed of. But the photo still lay on the floor, and his face was still smiling up at her.
"Stupid dumb idiot! A friggin year has come and gone and ya still can't get ovah him. Just look down there on tha beach. He's all cuddled up with Chandi, just like it's always meant ta be. Ya saw that from the beginning. " She threw the broom back into the closet and closed the door. Leaning against it, she sank to the floor and continued talking to herself.
"People change...you've changed. Ya've found out that humans are fickle creatures and no matter what, yer never gonna fit inta this realm. Ya should have just listened to AprilRaine and Morgana and stayed. Hell, even Rhys begged ya ta stay. An' boy, did he have some eyes ta him." she smiled, the songs on the radio completely forgotten. She let her arms drape over her knees, and picked up the picture, letting it dangle from her fingertips.
"But nothin' like his. God Ah'm so stupid. Ah should have never told him Ah was fallin for him. Mah sister was so right. AprilRaine told me, never let a mortal man know he holds yer heart. He'll stomp right on it."
Dashing away a few tears that were accumulating in her eyes, she sat there on the floor, holding the picture precariously from her fingertips. Memories filled her mind and she tried to block them out, she tried to think of other things, but she couldn't. She hadn't been able to think of anything but "him" in so long, she had almost forgotten how.
It had been a rainy New Orleans night when she had been approached by Darkon yet again. This time, it wasn't to try to lure her back to him, it was more as a friend.
"You should go check this out, maybe you'll get more answers." he had said to her as he handed her the folder with the information about Twilight Cove.
Maybe he was right? Maybe she was finding out more about herself than she cared to? She was more than content to be the fun loving faery who took off her clothes and danced the night away in the balmy Delta heat. But something heavy was weighing on her heart and mind, and no matter what she tried, she couldn't get him out of it.
So she had come here, to Florida, to find a way to forget... only to be smacked in the face by everything she was trying to get away from, everything she was trying to forget. She wanted nothing more than to lick her wounds and move on with her life. He didn't give a damn about her and it was high time she quit acting like a mopy teenager and picked up the pieces and moved on.
She was unconsciencely singing along to the radio. So lost in her thoughts she didn't even realize it, she didn't realize she was crumbling the picture in her hand either.
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