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Post by Aritha Bianca Kairavi on Nov 26, 2009 23:17:08 GMT -5
Aritha looked through the mess hall, her eyes hunting for a certain pair of blond and brunette heads. The blond was missing, and this late into the meal, that wasn't surprising...
Jason alone would have to do. Aritha moved to his table with determination in her every moment. She had red in her hair this time, to match her red sweater and her anger at Zeph's... stupidity, and how he'd been avoiding her. How they both had been. If she couldn't find Zeph, then she'd give Jason a piece of her mind.
"So... Proud of what you've done to him?" she asked coldly.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Nov 26, 2009 23:38:05 GMT -5
Jason looked up to meet Aritha's gaze, his eyes just as cold as hers, but with a fire behind them. His voice began soft, but soon rose quickly in volume and pitch, turning into a snarl.
"I have never felt worse about anything in my life, Aritha. And in case you didn't know, I was one of those who helped bring Zeph back from the brink of death. You think I don't feel guilty about this? Every time I look in the mirror, I blame myself for all of this. How dare you call me proud. How dare you! I loathe myself for this! And you have the nerve to---you have NO idea what it was like!" he cried, jumping to his feet and leaning across the table toward her, keeping that much distance between them in case things got out of hand. "Did you see him crying when my legs got broken? Did you feel his pain? Where were YOU the night he tried to end it all? Tell me that!"
The whole room had gone silent around them; Jason's heart was thundering in his ears. His fingers pressed hard into the wood of the table as he fought to keep them from turning into blunt canine claws. His eyes burned with tears, but he forced them back, dropping his voice to an icy hiss that only she could hear. "Try watching the pain of the one you love when he can't ease your pain. Try looking into his eyes and not being able to figure out what he's hiding from you. Try sharing a bed with someone who is nearly dead from bloodloss. Try being the only thing giving that person the warmth he needs to survive the night. And then come back and tell me you feel proud."
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Post by Aritha Bianca Kairavi on Nov 26, 2009 23:55:29 GMT -5
Aritha blinked, then blinked again and started crying. "I was asleep! I watched his pain over hurting you... I tried to get through to him, but I might as well have not existed! But I never thought he would... Zeph's not that type of person! And it's... probably a good thing I wasn't there..." She sniffed and started crying again. Falling into a chair, she put her arms crossed on the table and buried her face in them.
"I wasn't even allowed to see him while he was in the sickbay... Because I'm a vampire and they try to keep us away from blood if they can help it and... and... and he's avoiding me and I was so scared!" she wailed softly. "No one would tell me anything and now he's avoiding all of his friends... And I just want to know he's okay and and... I'm so sorry!!"
Aritha never raised her head, her tears soaking her sleeves as she kept crying.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Nov 27, 2009 0:16:30 GMT -5
Jason watched Aritha silently, his fiery anger cooling bit by bit as he tried to calm down, biting his tongue at hearing her helpless sobbing. He moved slowly around the table toward her, unsure of how to comfort her. Slowly, nervously, he reached out and touched her shoulder, kneeling down next to her and looking at her earnestly.
"I'm sorry..." he whispered, trying to find something, anything to say to her. "I... didn't know. I guess I was being selfish... not really realizing how any of this affected Zeph's other friends. Especially you, because I know you and he were close once." He felt the tears begin to fall, and let them, bowing his head. " Please... can you forgive me?"
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Post by Aritha Bianca Kairavi on Nov 27, 2009 0:57:19 GMT -5
Aritha hiccuped twice, then wiped her eyes and pulled Jason into a hug, her torso twisted awkwardly. "If you can forgive me for blaming you, if only a little. It's just... you should know how much that would hurt Zeph. Shouldn't you know how much he loves you already? And how much the idea of losing you to another guy would hurt him, when he's lost almost all of his exes to other guys? And you mean so much more to him than any of them did, myself included. I mean, we were close, and are still very close friends, but you... you're all he talks about, you're his everything in a way I never was. The thought of losing you... well, it almost killed him that night. I've never seen him so broken... and then you fell, and he was beside himself, and so guilty... the fact that he saved your life was nothing compared to how much he blamed himself for sending you up there in the first place. But once you were getting better, he seemed to be and I stopped worrying..."
She buried her face into Jason's shoulder, crying again, "And then I wake up one day and Zeph's not in any of his classes and then I hear he's hurt and I go to see him and they won't let me in because I'm a vampire and they won't tell me what happened or if he's okay or anything. And they expect me to go to class like everything's okay when my best friend and ex-boyfriend might be dying and I wouldn't even be allowed to say goodbye! I love him like a brother and I wasn't even able to be there for him! And now I can't even talk with him because he's avoiding me!"
By the end, she was wailing again, her head turned away so that it wasn't directly in Jason's ear.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Nov 27, 2009 14:17:23 GMT -5
Jason wrapped his arms around Aritha, holding her tightly against himself and stroking her hair as tears ran down his face. "Of course I forgive you. Completely. I was selfish, I was stupid... I wasn't thinking at all." The thought tore at his heart, searing his chest. How could he have been so stupid? He deserved every harsh word Aritha had thrown at him, and she deserved none of the ones he had thrown back.
"I'm sorry," he whispered into her hair, squeezing his eyes shut. "I'm so sorry..."
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Post by Aritha Bianca Kairavi on Nov 27, 2009 18:13:04 GMT -5
Aritha just hugged him tightly, "Everyone has a right to be selfish... I shouldn't have blamed you. I just... I've been so frustrated, and scared and I feel so locked out. It's like... he met you and forgot about me. And I don't want to feel locked out. I would like to be friends with you, and with Zeph... But I don't want to break you up because I flirt a little. It's harmless... Zeph's devoted to one person at a time...
"And that's why he's locked me out, because he's afraid you'll get jealous... But I don't want Zeph like that, I just want my friend back!" She sniffled and buried her face into his shoulder again, trying not to start wailing again.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Nov 27, 2009 18:36:11 GMT -5
Jason bit his lip, rubbing Aritha's back to try and calm her. "I'm not jealous because you flirt with him. I understand how devoted Zeph is to me, and I want to be able to be friends with you and let you be friends with him without anyone getting jealous of anyone. You know what... I can go and find a chaperone, and we can go talk to Zeph. If you want to." Stupid ban... Vero doesn't know how much we need each other.
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Post by Aritha Bianca Kairavi on Nov 27, 2009 18:50:36 GMT -5
"I don't mean anything by it... it was a game, and he used to play with me too and then..." She stopped herself and pulled a handkerchief from her sleeve, blowing her nose a little. Nodding, she gave him a hesitant smile, "I would like to go talk with Zeph... And I think the only way he's going to let me is if you go first... But who would be free to chaperone?"
Aritha desperately wanted to get her closest friend back... The only friend she'd kept for so long. She adored Natalie, yes, but she didn't know Natalie like she knew Zeph...
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Post by Jason Hiller on Nov 27, 2009 19:50:31 GMT -5
Jason looked around the mess hall as he spoke. "Professor Hawk might be, unless he has homework and stuff to grade... aha." He caught the professor's eye and waved to summon him over.
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Nov 27, 2009 20:30:54 GMT -5
Vincent got up from his table and moved carefully toward the werewolf and the vampire, nodding in acknowledgment to them both as he spoke to Jason, somewhat under his breath. "Now that you're done driving Miss Kairavi to tears, Mr. Hiller. What can I do for you?"
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Post by Jason Hiller on Nov 28, 2009 1:06:00 GMT -5
Jason swallowed guiltily as he looked up at the professor. "I'm sorry about that, sir. I was wondering whether you'd be willing to chaperone Zeph and I... Aritha and I need to speak wih him. If we can find him." He had a good idea of where Zeph might be.
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Post by Aritha Bianca Kairavi on Nov 28, 2009 1:44:46 GMT -5
"Please, Professor Hawk?" Aritha said, looking at him appealing as she dried her face and tried to repair the effects of her tears to her face. She didn't quite go so far as to pull out a compact and fix her makeup, but she came close. Sniffing a little, she blew her nose again and dried her face again.
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Nov 28, 2009 1:48:15 GMT -5
Vincent smiled quietly, giving Aritha's shoulder a gentle squeeze. "Of course I will. Do either of you know where he might be?"
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Post by Jason Hiller on Nov 28, 2009 1:55:45 GMT -5
"Probably in the gym, working out," Jason answered. "That's where he normally goes in the evenings. He hasn't been there in a while, he must feel the need to catch up."
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Nov 28, 2009 2:05:40 GMT -5
Vincent nodded, looking down at the pair as he started to move toward the mess hall doors. "Shall we, then?"
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