Run away (Reece)

[Emmanuelle LaBeau]

Em couldn't believe her sister could be so CRUEL! How dare she call up and harp about Chantal coming up to Vermont and blame HER for the loss of her minion. Chantal had her own things she had to deal with that had absolutely nothing to do with her and taking it out on her, just because she was a meta was awful. It was even worse that she had to bring up their mother in the midst of the argument. She knew how much Em beat herself up about that, how Em blamed herself and always would. If it wasn't for her being special they wouldn't have went on vacation and Em wouldn't have tried to play with the ocean and their mother wouldn't have drowned. Em blinked her eyes tight trying to block that memory away. It was one she didn't like to deal with most days.

She left school early. She couldn't deal with class and decided to head to the studio. She didn't think anyone would be there right now and she just really needed to get out of her head. Get out of this rutt that she'd been in since the argument that morning. She'd spent most of the day crying and didn't like to be seen like that.

Em practically sprinted to the studio, stopping momentarily in her apartment to grab some clothes to change into. SHe didn't much feel like going there in jeans, a beaded top and a fitted blazer, that wasn't really good for the type of work she wanted to do today.

As she expected the studio was empty. She took out the key Reece had given her and quickly opened the door letting it fly open before putting on the lights. She went into the back room and changed slipping into a pair of tight black shorts and a pink sports bra. She didn't bother putting much more on when she was dancing. She didn't like the fuss of clothes that just got in the way.

She slipped in an old CD that was in her dance bag not even really sure what was on it. The first song was uppity but she left it deciding to stretch. When the second song came on Em closed her eyes. She missed her mother so much, she missed her sisters, even Marie who was a bitch and she wanted to die right now. She didn't want to think about it though. She wanted the memories gone for right now. But her mothers face was so clear in her mind, her voice....

The music took Em away, and she threw her body into it letting her mind go. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8VD8ULMMPs

Not long after she started she heard someone enter but refused to stop. It was the only thing that washed away the pain and the memory and the guilt that she ran from every day. She couldn't hide forever but at least this would help. She ignored whoever was coming in, she couldn't stop.

Finally the song ended and Em let herself crumble into the ground breathing hard into her arms. She didn't want the song to stop.


((ooc: sorry i'm bad with coding but thats the dance she's doing it's only about 30 seconds))

[Reece Turner]

Dog was stretched out across the couch watching as Reece paced, back and forth, back and forth. He'd given Dog a name now. What he'd done was go on the internet after meeting Sage and looked up the first herb under wikipedia because of course Sage came first. What he got was Saigon Cinnamon so from that moment on Dog was referred to as Sai. He liked it and it suited Sai and it seemed he was keeping Sai too. Reece gave a huff and paced some more then stopped in the center of the lounge again.

His eyes met those puppy brown ones that Sai had.
"I can't do this no more. I need to go to see my baby."
Sai whined softly and licked his lips.
"Sai... gimme time. We need a real solid relationship before I start calling you my baby... Come on. Come on boy!"
Reece patted the side of his leg and they headed for the door.

He wasn't supposed to exert himself so he'd made someone get a little cart for his new best friend which attached to his motorbike and allowed Sai to come with him. He could hardly leave Sai at home. Not with Shedevil lurking around. Reece got to the club in no time and took off his helmet and frowning at the fact that it was open. He hadn't been here in a while so whoever was here was about to get a ear full since it wasn't even near opening time yet. Sai jumped from the cart and trotted to Reece's side.

They carefully approached the door and Reece peeked in frowning at the girl dancing there in the center of the floor. There was something wrong. There was definitely something wrong... Reece slowly entered the club and tilted his head at Manny then she crumbled and he almost jumped over the three steps leading to the dancefloor and rushed to fall down beside her. His arms wrapped around her and he pulled her into his chest. Sai sniffed at her arm trying to comfort her in his own way.

He knew from his own experience. that if he salsad he was happy. He waltzed for romance. Ballet? Ballet he did when he was inches from crumbling to nothing.
"Manny? What happened?"
He whispered at her kissing the top of her head and rubbing at her back worried that something aweful had happened. Damn, he needed to start charging. Everyone kept offloading on him.

When would it be his turn to offload... Not that he really... had anything to offload cept for how much of a bitch his sister was.

[Emmanuelle LaBeau]

Em wasn't sure how long she'd let herself crumble before the warmth of arms were around her. She wanted to fling them away, push away the contact or the comfort or any of that wanting instead to be seen as strong. She hated being weak, being vulnerable, which was exactly what she was right now. She knew it was Reece, she could smell the warm scent of his shampoo and recognized the comforting feeling of his arms around her... perhaps too well.

For a moment she let herself just take him in, smiling into his arms even if it was only a little. She heard his voice, just confirming it was him. Great, he'd probably be pissed about her not locking the studio... She'd forgotten abut that... but she did it because a big part of her wanted to be found. But she wasn't so sure she wanted it to be HIM to find her. Normally she'd want that but... He had his own shit, his own demonic sister who actually, would probably get along quite well with Marie. Now that was a scary thought? But complaining about Marie to him seemed... laughable in comparison.

Em took a deep breath and slowly pulled herself up wiping her eyes. "Oh you know..." She didn't want to be a burdon. She was his employee, his friend... his.... his... loyal companion. Wasn't that what she wanted? Of course it was what she wanted! She had never been so happy dating one person even if their relationship was a little... up and down and confusing at times and she had to deal with Celli and Becca. He made her happy though, but right now... she just felt.... like crap.

"Just a bad day... hormones... stress... you know all that great crap that comes with being a girl and graduating soon..." She sat back on her butt wrapping her arms tenderly around her knees. None of that was untrue. She was stressed, and stress sometimes made people act all sorts of crazy. "What brings you hear so early?" She wanted to focus off her, she needed to collect herself before saying something stupid. She'd already been stupid enough slapping his sister and getting involved so deeply with someone who was just as unclear and insane when it came to the ideas of relationships and commitment as she was. They really WERE perfect for each other.

Her mind was all over the place between her feelings for him and the thoughts of her mother and her sisters and school and... in a week none of it would matter. It was just a little crisis that seemed big today and would mean nothing tomorrow, she had to remember that.

[Reece Turner]

Reece blinked when she pulled away and got to her feet. He thought he'd be the shoulder for her to cry on. Apparently she seemed quite capable of standing without him which... kinda confused him for a second. Reece slowly got to his feet and frowned at the beautiful blonde beside him and tilted his head. She was hiding something and it didn't take a genuis to work that one out. He nodded and slowly lowered his head.

"I'm a dancer. I know what Ballet means. It doesn't mean just a bad day. It means sadness. You're not gonna tell me?"
Reece lowered himself again when she sat down tucking his hair behind his ear as he watched her with a worried expression. His dog came to sit beside him, obviously uncertain as to what to do about the whole situation. Reece held his palm in front of her and from it sprang a red rose that blossomed.

The rose opened to a little ballerina twirling in the very center of the bud and finally his eyes pulled from the flower to her face.
"Come on, Babe... I'm here. Tell me."
The illusion burst into a thousand sparkles entertaining his dog more then he thought he'd ever entertain the girl before him. He tilted his head at her and smiled softly encouragingly. He was just everyone's ear and shoulder now adays.

That was his place and he was accepting it because at least he meant something to most of his victims.

[Emmanuelle LaBeau]

"I should know better..." She chuckled slightly. Ballet was beautiful, yes, and it was Em's dance of choice but seldom did anyone go someplace alone to dance ballet when they were in a good mood. The music was still playing in the background, a beautiful instrumental piece with violins and woodstrings, beautiful.

The rose was stunning, flawless, and she watched as the tiny ballerina spun and twirled before bursting into thousands of sparkles. The dog made her laugh, unsure what to make of the illusion and the laughter felt good, warming her from the inside out. But the laughter quickly faded when he told her to tell him what was the matter. Jeeze if it were ever that easy, to tell someone.

"Reece, I don't want to make you hear my sob story." Em knew most people didn't really care what was going on with someone else, asking what was the matter as just a courtesy people learned at a young age. It was in-polite to not ask and try to make it better. Most people didn't even want to fix their best friends problems, there were few people who were the exception. Em was someone who truly liked to fix people, she loved it. She loved feeling like she had a purpose and that seemed to be a good one to have to her. Reece might be that way too... but it was times like these she wished she was a telepath and could figure it out. She didn't know if they were in that place yet where he'd want to know... She wasn't someone who opened up easily, the idea of opening up to anyone was terrifying and few people besides her family knew about her mother, and how she died. No one knew how much guilt it brought her... and how on days like today, it haunted her to no end.

Em reached out and slipped her hands into Reece getting up and pulling him towards her. "Please." She said pleading with him to just dance with her. If he could at this point, she wasn't sure how bad his leg still was but she wanted more than anything just that. "Just... for a little while." She knew he could read her body, her movements, and they could say so much more than her words ever could.

[Reece Turner]

Reece smirked and placed a hand on his Sai's back raising an eyebrow at Manny when she agreed that she should have known better then to think that he would not recognize her fear and pain when he saw it. Yes, he knew exactly what that music meant. That classical music was meant to release pain and sorry and he knew all to well what it could do. His eyes flicked to the stereo system and he tilted his head at her for a moment or two waiting for her to tell him what was going on with her.

He wondered if she would. Had their decision to become intimate with one another affected her to some degree. He'd thought her adult enough to realize they were simply taking comfort in one another and that was it. He liked the arrangement but if it interfered with them being friends or threatened their working situation then he'd have to retire from their agreement rapidly. Sai got a stroke from head to foot three times for making the blonde before him laugh but she soon stopped and came up with another excuse for not dishing.

Reece quirked a brow at the sob story bit. This was remarkably strange behaviour for her.
"You know... this never used to bother you before... Telling me stuff."
Maybe things had gotten twisted along the lines. Reece was getting increasingly more worried. She took his hands and pulled him to his feet making him wince just a bit at the pressure to his still healing ankle. His eyes darted to Sai and he nodded for the dog who promtly moved away from the center of the dance floor.

Sai was an amazingly fast learned so it was quite easy for Reece to teach him things and that had been one of the first tricks. Being sent away with a nod. Reece slid his arms around her waist and pulled her close to him. This was the best he could do. A waltz. A beautiful straight forward waltz. He took her hand in his and started to lead her around the room in time to the music doing a simple two step in order for her to be able to keep to his pace and realize that he couldn't go fast or hard.

"Just know okay? I'm here. I really don't want things to get awkward between us. You understand right? "
Reece whisperes into her ear keeping his chin against the side of her head so he didn't have to let her see his worry for their already fragile relationship.