An eyebrow perked towards his hairline, but he didn't engage with her playful reassurance that Owen liked him. He glanced across the yard and sipped his drink. Kama wondered if she knew about their first...reintroduction so to spoke. Testosterone tempers flaring, shutting the door on Owen and his sister as they stood on his porch. The consequence of his own bad day.
Kama wanted to talk more about her, about dropping out of school and about what she was actually up to now, but she dropped a bomb on him of sorts. This time both brows disappeared behind his fall of curls and he let out a big exhale.
Victoria spoke of the day that Belial, the demon possessing his sister, killed their mother. A dark day for all of them. Ishara Hart's death seemed to resonate through them, even this many years later. Kama continued to sip his drink. There wasn't enough alcohol in it to inspire any confidence in him, or to make the conversation an easier one. He wished he knew what to say that would comfort her. He held his glass in both hands, resisting the thought to reach out to her.
He couldn't help her as a child. What could he do for her now?
"I sometimes wonder what they talked about." Kama decided being truthful with her was the best answer. "They didn't get to... this," he gestured to the whole of the blue trimmed tudor house and the fenced in yard with a garden. "...by accident."
Kama knew it wasn't as easy as that. It wasn't just what they talked about. Julianna worked for Owen for close to a year. He knew it was the accumulation of many moments together. Both spoken and unspoken. He thought back to seeing them 'together' for the first time. On his porch. More than coworkers even then. Still he didn't know if he could agree that he was happy for them. He wondered if Victoria even meant it herself.
"What does Darcy think of it all?" he asked, not to change the subject, but to take the focus off himself a little bit. "He's not here. He working or..." he trailed off, knowing fully well that a baby shower was not Commander Weatherfare's scene. But perhaps there was something more to his absence.
Kama wanted to talk more about her, about dropping out of school and about what she was actually up to now, but she dropped a bomb on him of sorts. This time both brows disappeared behind his fall of curls and he let out a big exhale.
Victoria spoke of the day that Belial, the demon possessing his sister, killed their mother. A dark day for all of them. Ishara Hart's death seemed to resonate through them, even this many years later. Kama continued to sip his drink. There wasn't enough alcohol in it to inspire any confidence in him, or to make the conversation an easier one. He wished he knew what to say that would comfort her. He held his glass in both hands, resisting the thought to reach out to her.
He couldn't help her as a child. What could he do for her now?
"I sometimes wonder what they talked about." Kama decided being truthful with her was the best answer. "They didn't get to... this," he gestured to the whole of the blue trimmed tudor house and the fenced in yard with a garden. "...by accident."
Kama knew it wasn't as easy as that. It wasn't just what they talked about. Julianna worked for Owen for close to a year. He knew it was the accumulation of many moments together. Both spoken and unspoken. He thought back to seeing them 'together' for the first time. On his porch. More than coworkers even then. Still he didn't know if he could agree that he was happy for them. He wondered if Victoria even meant it herself.
"What does Darcy think of it all?" he asked, not to change the subject, but to take the focus off himself a little bit. "He's not here. He working or..." he trailed off, knowing fully well that a baby shower was not Commander Weatherfare's scene. But perhaps there was something more to his absence.
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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