11-21-2004, 12:09 PM
Cameron sat listening to the conversations going on around him. Usually he would be joining in with the banter but tonight he felt distant. Something important was missing. AJ. He sighed around his glass and took a deep swallow of whisky savouring the burn as it filled his throat. She had been adamant about not coming along, maybe he should have offered to stay behind. He went over it all in his head for what felt like the thousandth time and again there was the unmistakable fact that she needed some space tonight. The battle in Japan had taken a lot out of her. Rest. She needed to rest. Maybe she just needed to think. But maybe.. just maybe she was just making him suffer still for not coming straight back to find her.
Cameron frowned immediately cursing himself for attributing such spite to her. "She isnae like that ye damn fool!" he thought to himself. He looked around at the rest of the team, wondering what each one was thinking, what worried them. John.. Vok's openness about his origin had been a big step for both him and for the group. It brought them closer. "Maybe ah should just talk this out with AJ."
Standing up from the table, Cam picked up a bottle of whisky and stuffed it into his pocket. "Ah'm just off tae check on ma bike. Make sure Steve over there hasn't been off roading on it." He smiled and headed over to retrieve the lockup key from behind the bar. With key in hand, he made his way around to the back door and out into the darkness of the alleyway beyond. The peace and quiet after the noise of the bar hit him like a sledgehammer. He looked along the alleyway to the door of the lockup and then down to the key in his hand. "@#$% IT!" he thought as he jammed the key into his shirt pocket.
A soft glow formed around him as he began to rise up the back wall of the Tap, past the darkened windows of the bar's staff and guest rooms on the first floor, past the blank walls of the upper floor. The roof of the tap was flat and pitch covered surrounded by a waist height safety wall. The glow from a skylight in the centre on the roof provided enough light to see by. Landing with a soft thump, Cam made his way over to the wall, leaning on it as he looked out over the waves in the direction of Twilight Cover. He took a long swig from the bottle of whisky and then reached into his pocket for his communicator. "AJ. Ye there hon? Ah jist wanted tae say ah'm sorry fer everything but mostly fer being such an idiot and leaving in the first place. Ah know things have been weird lately but ah dinnae want tae lose ye. Ah've jist been worried ah'm gonnae hurt ye again. That's why ah havenae rushed things. Ah jist dinnae want tae make a mess o' this. O' Us."
Cameron frowned immediately cursing himself for attributing such spite to her. "She isnae like that ye damn fool!" he thought to himself. He looked around at the rest of the team, wondering what each one was thinking, what worried them. John.. Vok's openness about his origin had been a big step for both him and for the group. It brought them closer. "Maybe ah should just talk this out with AJ."
Standing up from the table, Cam picked up a bottle of whisky and stuffed it into his pocket. "Ah'm just off tae check on ma bike. Make sure Steve over there hasn't been off roading on it." He smiled and headed over to retrieve the lockup key from behind the bar. With key in hand, he made his way around to the back door and out into the darkness of the alleyway beyond. The peace and quiet after the noise of the bar hit him like a sledgehammer. He looked along the alleyway to the door of the lockup and then down to the key in his hand. "@#$% IT!" he thought as he jammed the key into his shirt pocket.
A soft glow formed around him as he began to rise up the back wall of the Tap, past the darkened windows of the bar's staff and guest rooms on the first floor, past the blank walls of the upper floor. The roof of the tap was flat and pitch covered surrounded by a waist height safety wall. The glow from a skylight in the centre on the roof provided enough light to see by. Landing with a soft thump, Cam made his way over to the wall, leaning on it as he looked out over the waves in the direction of Twilight Cover. He took a long swig from the bottle of whisky and then reached into his pocket for his communicator. "AJ. Ye there hon? Ah jist wanted tae say ah'm sorry fer everything but mostly fer being such an idiot and leaving in the first place. Ah know things have been weird lately but ah dinnae want tae lose ye. Ah've jist been worried ah'm gonnae hurt ye again. That's why ah havenae rushed things. Ah jist dinnae want tae make a mess o' this. O' Us."
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