TLC (Avi.)

[Odion Martins]

It had been ages since Odion last saw Avi. The poor girl was spending a lot of time with her girlfriend, and for good reason. Lucy had cancer, and it was only getting worse. The brunette was a fighter if Odion had ever seen one, but she was spending more and more time outside of Hammel. Even being a meta human couldn’t help her. Odion thought it was a terrible thing to happen to someone with so much life, even if he had only met the girl once. It had been on a double date with him, Rhett, Avi, and Lucy. Now it seemed that his best friend was going through hard times.

Odion had been fighting his own battles, and was unable to help Avi with hers. Really, he had been a bad friend. The only reason he was making his way to her dormitory now, was because of Lani. That stupid boy had taught Odi a few lessons, and now he was trying to make it up to Avi by cheering her up. The less Lucy was in the school, the less he saw Avi. The girl was cooping herself up in her room most likely. Odion wasn’t going to pretend that he knew how she felt. It was one thing to have someone you care about up and leave without a word. It was another thing to have them dying right before your eyes. Odi stood in front of Avi’s dorm door and wondered if this was something Lani would understand any better than he could.

He didn’t bother trying to knock. Instead, he jiggled and picked the lock until it came lose. The redhead was in black shorts and a red t-shirt, looking better than he had in weeks. Nobody else was in the dorm, and Odi thanked his lucky stars as he placed the carrying cage on the floor in the living space. He had brought the kittens to cheer Avi up, but that wasn’t all he brought.

Sneaking to her room, Odion knocked a couple times before letting himself in. There wasn’t anything she had that would surprise or startle him. He poked his head around the door and tried his best to smile. Avi was in terrible shape. It looked like she had been crying for what seemed like days. Her hair was a mess, and she was wrapped up in her comforter, watching something on the television. “Hey Avi,” he said quietly, emerging into her room with a small Tupperware container. “I baked you something,” he smirked, hoping to get a laugh out of her, “I doubt it’s as good as your baking though.” He put the container on her bedside table before sitting next to her, pushing the hair out of her face. “How have you been?”

[Avinea Jale]

It wasn't going good with Lucy. She hadn't been responding to the chemo, hadn't been responding to anything, barely had the strength to keep up her illusions. Worst of all she didn't want to see Avi. That really hit home. Avi had only told a few people about Lucy having cancer, mostly Odion and Ash. Ash had found out... Odion had chanced upon it. She didn't know what to do. She felt like her whole world was unraveling.

It had all started out after the valentines dance. It was fine at first but slowly, and surely Lucy began to get worse. Slowly she started to miss more days. Avi herself was missing more days. She was losing her grades, and skipping school. All for her girlfriend. Seeing Lucy looking so...weak, and not her, just made Avi the sadder. As she clutched her rabbit to her she fought the urge to cry. It had gotten so bad that Lucy didn't even want Avi to come. When Avi tried to refuse all she got was a banning from the hospital. She now wasn't allowed on the premises.

Needless to say Avi wasn't coping well with the rejection. She flat out was refusing to go to classes now, and the classes she did go to she sat there, hiding in the corner, and not even talking. She did her work, and shut up. That in itself was a case of something was wrong. Avi was not... quiet. Ever. She didn't know what to do without Lucy, and the fact Lucy didn't want her anymore just made her cry harder.

At the moment Avi had on a sad movie, and was watching it, varying between indulging on ice cream and bawling her eyes out. She had a system going right now and she didn't intend to break it. What she didn't take into factor however was the fact that Odion came into her room, holding a few boxes. Sniffling she looked up at him from he spot on the floor she was currently occupying. "Odii? Wha...Wha are ou' oing ere?" Yes that was Avi speaking through crying and a stuffed up nose. Really, the second questions should be answered. Instead of giving a physical answer though she hid her face beneath the blanket, blowing her nose on one of the many surrounding tissues. "Ow did ou even get in?"

[Odion Martins]

Avi probably didn’t realize it, but Lucy was trying to do her a favour. She just didn’t want her girlfriend to see her so weak and vulnerable. She wanted Avi to remember her as she had been if anything bad were to happen. That’s what Odion thought about it anyways. He knew he owed Avi in so many ways. One for having the patience to put up with him in the first place. And two, she had been there for him when he was shacked up in heartbreak hotel due to Rhett. Now he wanted to be there for her as her world seemingly fell apart.

Oh if only there was something more he could do, he would do it. There weren’t a lot of people he was willing to fight for, or really gave a damn about, but Avi was one of them. Odi knew Avi was a stubborn girl, so she would need a stubborn boy to help balance things out for her. He didn’t know she had been banned from seeing Lucy altogether, but Odi also thought that if worse came to worst, Lucy would want to see Avi one last time. He secretly hoped that wouldn’t happen. He hoped that the illusionist would return to Hammel with a clean bill of health. Wasn’t he just telling Lani the other day not to waste his breath on wishes?

Lucy probably still wanted Avi, but that’s why this was hard. Lucy cared about Avi enough to try and protect her. It was really sweet. Odion had tried to talk to Avi sooner after class, but the blonde girl dodged around him and went straight back to her dorm, that was if she even showed up for classes at all. He was only starting to notice because he was starting to attend again. The amount of classes he had missed because of Rhett were countless, before and after the relationship. Poor Avi, it was easy to see this was eating her alive. And like Lani had been a friend to Odion, the ginger was trying to be the same thing for Avi.

Odion sat next to her on the floor, watching her carefully with his intensely dark blue eyes. “Why are you sitting here crying silly girl?” He asked softly. They both knew that he knew the answer, but he was just trying to get her to talk. Girls usually liked talking to make things better, but Avi wasn’t your average female. “I’m here to cheer you up,” he said, as though it were the most obvious thing in the world. He laughed. “Hammel’s doors aren’t hard to pick, not when I know someone’s been living off junk food in their room,” he said, raising an eyebrow. He pushed some of the Kleenexes out of the way in order to sit closer to her. “What are you watching?” It was weird, trying to fill the silence that Avi usually did.

[Avinea Jale]

She didn't know what to do anymore. Lucy really had become her life and she... Avi was watching her die. It was so hard, so freaking hard to keep it all together. She would though, she could have. She wanted to be with Lucy until the end. No, instead she was cast off, left behind. Avi had a small shell of hate for that. All she wanted was to help her friend. It seemed even that wasn't possible anymore.

To be told by a doctor you weren't helping your girlfriend who has cancer any by being there, that hit Avi hard. She didn't know if it was true, but the doctor had said Avi wasn't a good influence for Lucy's health right now. The doctor had said that Avi was making her sicker. Avi had backed off, moved away a bit.She had also gone home and cried her eyes out. It wasn't everyday a doctor told you you were making your best friend's sickness worse.

Originally she wasn't going to follow the doctors orders, orignally shee was goign to make the doctor eat his words. Then Lucy's parent's got involved. She couldn't blame them though. They just wanted what was best for their kid, their little girl. That was how she was banned. The parents contacted security and Avi's own parents. It was hard enough having someone tell you no, but your own parents? The thought just made Avi cry harder.

Avi looked up at Odion as he sat down next to her. Why was he even here? Shouldn't he be out doing something? not here. Not seeing her like this. Not when she was crying. She wasn't supposed to be crying in front of him. not in front of anyone. She was just supposed to cry and let it all out. Not have Odion show up. Instead she hid under the blankets hiding from his questions, statements, and regards. She knew he meant well, but all she wanted was to be left alone. Talking about it only made it worse. IN response to the movie she passed the case over and blew into one of the tissues she had in her hand.She didn't think she could talk all that much. Not right now.

[Odion Martins]

Odion could really understand being cast off. That’s why he was here. Sure his relationship knowledge wasn’t that great, but if he could personally relate to something Avi was going through, then he was bound to know how to help, right? In any case, he wanted to be there for her as much as she had been there for him. It wasn’t because he wanted to even the score or anything, he really just wanted to be there for her, even if Rhett were still here and things were still normal. He would still want to be there... That was a lot for him to wrap his mind around.

He briefly looked over the movie cover before sidling up to Avi, peeling the blanket away from her and wrapping it around himself as well. He poked the bunny she was holding, and then because he knew he would only try to get away if he didn’t do something soon, he wrapped his arms around her and gave her a hug. “You could really use a shower,” he said into her ear softly, grinning like an idiot. Okay, so maybe he didn’t have the best advice in the world, but he was here, and he was trying. He let her go a little, but his hands were still around her forearms. “Are you going to at least try my baking? I need an expert’s opinion.” He promptly stood up and got the container, sitting back down next to her again. “You can’t watch a movie without snacks anyways,” he opened the continue, the smell of blueberries pouring forth. Between how delicious they smelled and the sweet smile on his face, she couldn’t resist right?

[Avinea Jale]

It was so hard for her to be here, to be sitting here crying her eyes out and not be sitting by the hospital bed with Lucy. She had her heart set on her girlfriend and it was all just falling to pieces. Everything was. Her life, Her grades, Lucy, and her heart. It wasn't that she was wanting pity or change, she just wanted to be with her. Instead Lucy took that from her. Lucy's parent's took that from her. Avi was beside her self with worry and sadness. Odion being here was helping just a smidgen, just a tiny tiny smidgen. Besides, if he was here it would take her mind off Lucy.

Avi gave a slight whimper as her cozy blanket was pulled away from her." Whaa?" She didn't like her blanket being pulled away and the hairs were rising on her arms with the slight wind that came with it. Before she could move away Odion was hugging her. She was surprised but she slowly relaxed, her urge to hide growing less. What did he just? Blinking she started to laugh, the absurdity of the statement getting to her. "I took one...." Well she couldn't remember last when, but she did take one! Blinking when he got up, Avi shook her head and smiled. " Ill taste it..." That was before she smelled the blueberries. Those were Lucy's favorite. Looking down she kept her head pulled to her knees. Gosh her eyes must have been beet red by now. She wasn't sure what she was going to do, but now she was going to taste it. "'M sorry I've been such a shitty friend." She still couldn't get it out of her head how horrible she had been to him the past few weeks. She didn't mean to, it just sort of happened. Right now Avi was in isolation. That was weird in itself, but with only herself it was even weirder. She just couldn't face the nosy hammel population. It wasn't going to go well.

Instead she just cuddled her stuffed rabbit closer.

[Odion Martins]

Well, Odion wasn’t one to let a good friend cry all by herself. She was one of the few friends Odion had, and though the boy wasn’t very fond of physical displays of affection, for someone like Avi, he would do just about anything.

Odi tried to smile at Avi, “You haven’t been a shitty friend Avi, you’ve been busy, I get it. We still text right? It’s fine.” Really things hadn’t been fine, but he wasn’t going to be an ass right now.

“You know, if you ever need someone, you can talk to me. I get what it’s like.” He said. Okay, it wasn’t exactly the same, but he was trying here. She seemed to want the rabbit more than him, so he just let her be, offering the blanket back.

[Avinea Jale]

She really didn't know how he could still be her friend. She had been such a bad friend these past few weeks, that she wouldn't blame him if he hated her. It was all she could do to keep from giving him a huge hug right now. He really was a good friend.

"But you hate texting!" Avi looked up at him sniffiling. "I'm sorry... I was too caught up in... in this to even care." Looking down she shook her head cuddling her rabbit. "I'm so sorry ginger."

Looking up at his words she nodded and opened her arms for a hug. "odi..." she looked up at him slowly. "Can I have a hug? A proper hug?" She looked up at him eyes expectant, as she quite closely resembled a small kitten or puppy. "I'll try your muffin..."

[Odion Martins]

Sometimes Odi didn't know how Avi could be his friend. He had stolen one of her necklaces for Christ's sake. It took a lot for Odi to truly hate someone, especially someone who had been so patient with him, even when he was being difficult and prickly. Friends like Avi were hard to come by and he wasn't about to let her go just because life got in the way.

He shrugged. "I know, but it was the only way I could get a hold of you." It really wasn't a big deal, and she was making it out to be more than it really was. She must've just been emotional. Odion had zero experience with how to handle women, never mind their emotions. He was making this up as he went along. "Aw, you've named your rabbit after me," he said, lifting her chin up with his two fingers. "Seriously Avi, you're being ridiculous." He grinned. "You're not the only one calling me that, well, not 'Ginger', but close enough."

Letting the blanket fall, Odion scooted closer to Avi and wrapped his arms around her. "Hugs first, muffins later." Odi could be strong when people asked him to be. Well, people worth his time. Avi was certainly someone Odion would oblige. He held her tightly, ready to be there for her. And if she started crying again, he would do his best to comfort her.

[Avinea Jale]

She was so blessed. She had been given good friends and an amazing girlfriend, and right now she was just waddling away in her own misery. That wasn't right. She wished her heart would stop hurting. Then she would be able to move on, stop her heart from hurting. Maybe even forget. She wished she could forget. Instead she was just hurting those around her. She hated that.

Frowning Avi looked towards Odion and shook her head. "I'm sorry." She gave a small, very small grin as he said that her rabbit was named Ginger. What? that didn't make sense. "No, your the only one I call ginger..." Looking down again she shook her head fast. "The rabbit is Bunbun."

Avi nodded as Odion came in for a hug. Squeezing him tight Avi just let her head rest on his shoulder. She wouldn't cry. She was done with crying. Right now she just wanted to be held. "Sorry for being such a cry baby." Avi looked down before she let him go and blew her nose into a tissue. She didn't let go of his hand though, keeping hold of it, making sure that he, at least wasn't going to go anywhere. "You...you won't leave...right?"

It may have been a stupid question but Avi didn't think she could stand to lose Odion too. She would probably just stop caring.

[Odion Martins]

Odion never felt blessed. Maybe lucky every once in a while, but never blessed. He had had what he thought to be an amazing boyfriend, who turned out to be a liar and a fraud. He had had a few good friends, but they all disappeared. At least his enemies had disappeared as well. People came and went and such was life. Odion wanted to stop hanging onto the hope that some people might stay forever. It wasn’t working out so well. He just couldn’t forget.

“Aw, why does the rabbit get a good name?” He asked with a mock frown and a pout. Really he was just trying to cheer her up. Sometimes his humour didn’t work

Once, a couple months, Odion was told that he could be very comforting. And that he smelled good. He would hold her until the end of time if she wanted him to. He was a devoted friend, once you got past his rough exterior. He chuckled softly. “You call this crying?” Honestly, he had wailed far worse. He squeezed her hand, nothing but fondness in his eyes. He gave her knuckles a kiss and smiled at her. “I couldn’t leave my best friend,” he said.

“I think we need to go out soon, forget about Hammel for one night,” he said, a hint of a smile crossing his face. Odion squeezed Avi’s hand again. “And this time, you’ll let me pay.”

[Avinea Jale]

She was tired of being pushed away and being left behind. Ash had left her behind. Lucy pushed her away. Jem had left. Almost everyone she knew was gone. All she really had was Odion. She was blessed, no matter the circumstances. She had Odion.

" What would you rather be called Ginger?" She looked down trying to think of a different name. Nothing else seemed to fit. Everything was just as it was. Ginger was Ginger and Avi was Avi. No matter what.

Avi looked down, leaning her head on his shoulder. He was a good friend. She hadn't ever really doubted that. Odion was probably one of her best friends. No matter what she was going to be the one to keep him as a friend. Nothing could ever stop that. She gave a small laugh at his comment then felt herself start to tear up again. "Dammit Ginger, I just stopped crying..."

Avi blinked looking down and shaking her head. " I really don't think I'm up for human interaction..." But the last part was so tempting. "Forget about Hammel? One night?" Avi sighed looking down before she finally looked up a few minutes later. "I need a shower if we are going anywhere. And since you know where we are going you get to choose clothes and such" Avi pointed to her closet before getting up and going to go shower.

[Odion Martins]

“I wouldn’t rather be called anything else by you.” He was only teasing her. Really he didn’t care what she called him, only that she stay and continue to be a force in his life. “Just don’t expect me to call you Blondie or anything, that’d just be strange.” He gave her a sour look. No, she’d always be his Avi.


Odion let his head rest gently on top of hers. He would stay as long as she needed. Sometimes life could really get to him, but it was moments like these that really made life worth living for. Sure they were both going through some hardships, but they were in it together, and Odi was happy not to feel so alone. He laughed and poked her ribs. “You asked,” he said softly, trying really hard not to make her cry again. It was the last thing he wanted.

“One night,” he repeated, glad to see that the idea was starting to take hold in her mind. They could both use a break. They could both use some fun. And sitting around watching movies got old quickly. The minutes went by quickly for Odion as Avi thought about the offer. He chuckled at her resolved, and stood to his feet. “Alright, just don’t run away on me!”

Now he had to think about what she would wear. He glanced at her things, a couple fingers on his chin. Odion smirked at some of the furry sweaters she had, wondering just where she had gotten them. In the end, while she showered, he picked out a couple things he thought would look nice on her. A slim cut purple dress and black flats. Of course she’d need pearls to top everything off. She wouldn’t need anything else, beautiful as she was.

When she came back, he held up her dress, pressed it against his own body and twirled around. “We’re going dancing,” he said, grinning at her. Hopefully she knew that he didn’t act like an idiot for just anyone. His black shorts and red t-shirt weren’t exactly clubbing material, but hopefully she could help him out too.

[Avinea Jale]

Avi grinned coming out. Maybe going out would be best. She hoped so at least. Smiling she walked into the room and caught Odion twirling around in a dress of hers. Ok that was funny. Avi started to laugh as she looked at Odion. Well, I will wear it but I need to change. Avi pushed him out of the room shutting the door. She got changed and opened it again walking out.

" Where to? Ginger?"