She grabbed his arm. "Thank you. For making me realize no. I don't deserve someone who is narcissistic, and forcing me to realize I deserve someone charming, and exciting, and a little self centered. Don't apologize. You did me a favor. He would save the whole city over me,and if I died? Who would take care of my little sister? I wouldn't want him doing so, he wouldn't give her a stable life. I need a more normal life. Have a good night." She let go of him, smiled, and shut the door. She then went to her little sisters room to lay her down, before finally going to bed herself for an exhausting day of dancing on the morrow. (This is still the same night, not the next day!)
(Oh shoot! So sorry!)
Grey glanced back when Rain touched his arm. He offered a small smile. “He may not be perfect. But he’s a lot better than a lot of us. If you can get past the narcissism and,” he took a deep breath with a laugh “heroic complexes, he’s not that bad.” He frowned slightly when she suggested what would happen with her sister if Rain were to ever die, not really liking the though of that. He broke out of his thoughts and nodded. “Good night Rain.”
(ohhh I'm so sorry I got wrapped up in grades and catching up. I'll get a response to this asap!)
(its ok! Reply when you can!)
She watched him leave out the peep hole, before returning to bed with her little sister once more. The next morning she awoke to 5 missed phone calls from Aaron, a headache, and Alice jumping up and down on the bed, demanding pancakes for breakfast. So she got up, and started her day as per usual. Rushing her sister off to the school bus, and then getting herself ready to head down to the ballet studio to dance with the Twinkling Stars company. It was a nice spring day, and so the walk there wasn't too bad, as she walked in shorts and a t-shirt, bag slung over her shoulder.
(ah so sorry!)
Greyson had spent the rest of his night in the Grey area, patching up hole after hole. He had expected have more than normal but not so many that the place was crumbling, hanging on by just a few threads. Aaron either had a rage fit and did this on purpose or was truly concerned for Rain. Grey decided on a bit of both.
He had fallen asleep on the couch near 5 in the morning only to be awake at 9 by Catia, hanging over him and poking his cheek. He growledin annoyance and yanked her to the couch, wrapping her in ahug which she promptly tried to pullout if with a yell. "Grey let me go! You're all dirty! Did you even take a shower!"
He laughed softly and loosened his embrace, letting her move to sit beside him. "Hey that's what you get for waking me up."
"Well, it is what you get for coming home so late. So how was the date?"
He tilted his head "date? What date? I was working last night."
"So you didn't go out with the girl you ran after last night?"
She hummed softly, her phone tucked into her pocket. Her thoughts twirled around the thoughts of Greyson. He was charismatic, but soon she shook those thoughts, as she had her own things to do. So she changed, and started on her warm up stretches, while twittering with her fellow dance mates over Styrofoam cups of strong and bleak coffee. It kept the girls going, but not standing around. Cindy, the instructor, came in and clapped her hands, and thus their practiced routines began, like tutu'd clockwork. Rain was heavily dedicated to her dancing, each foot placement one of pure perfection. The day spun by, and around 2. A gentle downpour started, and Rain hadn't brought an umbrella. Still she needed lunch. Some of the girls were going out, but most wanted their alone time, and so off she went to a local burger joint, relatively close to where Greyson lived as well. Of course she didn't know that, as she stood there in her lazy day clothes, normally looking much more graceful.
"alright, I gotta go to work! I love you, and for the love of God please stay out of trouble." Catia pressed a kiss to Greyson's cheek as she headed out to work at the restaurant a little down the ways from their apartment. "No promises sis! But the same goes you you!" He called.
"Morning!" Catia called as she entered the restaurant, quickly putting her things away before pulling her hair into a a bun and rushing around to fill some orders.
"Is there anything I can get you dear?" She asked jubilantly, a worried frown tugging at her lips as she noticed the girl was soaked. "Got caught in the rain huh? I can get you some coffee with that burger to warm you up if you'd like."
"Oh! I'm quite alright. I love the rain. I'll take a shake with that please, and a small fry. Oh and no pickles, or onions on that burger. This morning was just so gorgeous out. But I guess, that's spring weather for you isn't it?" She smiled and tucked her hair back.
Catia laughed softly and nodded as she wrote down the order. "Yeah, it's been a great spring so far." She agreed, glancing up again as she took the empty plate. She took in the girls features for a moment, noticing that she looked familiar…"I know you, you're the girl Grey went after last night. Are you alright? I know Grey was really worried for you before."
"Just a date gone wrong. The two got into a bit of an… altercation. It was the first date too, but that's alright. There's something about Grey that intrigues me far more then my date." She admitted in an even softer voice than usual, looking away a bit and blushing.
Catia took a deep breath and shook her head "Grey has a thing for causing trouble. Though to be fair, most people do look for it." She shrugged and arched an eyebrow at Rain "really? In a good way I hope." She mused with a small smile. "I think grey finds you intriguing too. I've never seen him go after a woman."
"He went after me because of your yelling as I best recall. That was awful sweet of you, and I appreciate it. Looking out for woman alone on the streets, quite a bit of heroism right there. Aaron would be proud. But I think you did it out of kindness, not a demand for respect. And therefore, that just makes you human. Not a hero." She said the last small sentence with a heavy set glare that seemed to tell all of her thoughts about the hero in one go, before she grabbed her food. "Oh! I dance down at the ballet hall just down the street, if you ever need someone to spend your lunch break with. Have a nice day." She then walked away to the back of the burger joint in a corner booth, and quietly mused over the conversation she had as she ate.
Catia huffed a small laugh and similarly glared away at the mention of the hero. "Aaron only knows how to be a hero. I don't think there's much room for anything else other than his ego in his heart." She slid the order towards Rain with a tight smile, sharing her distaste for the city's hero. "I might drop by some day then. See you soon!" She called with a wave, turning to attend to her next customer.
A few hours later, Grey came by with some homemade lunch, knowing how sick Catia was with the lunch at the restaurant despite it being pretty good. "So anything new today sor ame old same old?" He asked as they went across the street to eat at the small park
Rain quickly finished, and rushed to get back, as she liked to be there before anyone else, so she could work either by herself or one on one with the dance instructor. She truly was dedicated to dance. Ballet was her pride and joy, and it made her happy about where she is now compared to where she was. She sat down on the floor and began to prep a new pair of shoes after changing.
"actually no, today was quite interesting. Met your girlfriend earlier today. She seems really nice."
Grey nearly choked on his coffee "what? Who?"
Catia laughed at her older brother "the girl you so heroically went after to make sure she was sauce last night. She came over today.day to order lunch guring her break. Rain I think her name was. Very fitting considering she literally came during rain shower earlier."
Grey took a deep breath and nodded slowly "she's not my girlfriend. Don't think she likes me much considering what I kinda did yesterday."
She shrugged and munched on her cinnamon roll. "Don't think so, she seemed quite interested in you back at the restaurant when I mentioned you."
A man came over to her. A young instructor in training, who danced with her often. Her had black curly hair and green eyes, and charmed Rain. Many a time had he thrown her in the air and caught her. Alas he had a girlfriend, so she was going nowhere. Still, soon enough they were practicing their lifts and pirouttes for the troupes next recital.
Grey shook his head but knew better than to argue back with his sister.
"She told me we could drop by for lunch when we were free at the dance studio." She said, glancing over at Grey hopefully.
Grey nodded slowly, surprised to hear that rain was a dancer. He supposed that's where she got her strength from. "Sure, we can drop by."
"Great! Let's go then!" Catia yanked Grey up by the arm and practically dragged him down the street.
"Wait now?!"
"Mhm, lunch breaks don't last forever."
She laughed as she is tossed and he calls up. "Now go for that coupe de grace and land that swan!" And she does the splits, points her toes, and smiles. "Like that?" "Perfect as always. You're going to make an amazing lead row in our upcoming swan lake." She put her arms up and he slowly lifted her up, and spun her around. "Yes, and if our prince would show up more often, I am sure he would match my ability and possibly surpass me. "Ah, he doesn't have your passion Rain. It's appreciated in such a hard dance. Now then, I noticed your piroutte was a bit tight, be careful. Can't have you twisting your ankle. Loosen up." She nodded and began to hum the music as she started the routine she was going over once more.
Grey was practically dragged across town by Catia towards the studio, despite his excuses.
"She won't be bothered by us dropping by and saying hi Grey, she told me we could drop by anyways!"
"Yeah but she's probably rehearsing or something."
"And? We'll be like a mini cheer team."
With a sigh, Grey gave up his arguing and followed his sister inside the dance studio, walking to the back wall where parents and whom he assumed to be boyfriend's and girlfriends were watching dancers leap and, well, dance.
More girls walked in, and crowded the practice, but there was Rain. She was in the middle of being thrown on the air and twirling, when she saw Grey and Catia, and nearly messed up. She landed safely though,and in a whispered tone said she needed to use the bathroom, before scurrying off and walking over to them with a smile. "Catia, I didn't expect you to show up today. With-with Grey here too!"
"we were in the area for a lunch break so we decided to drop by, I hope that's ok, I know you're busy."
Grey gave a small wave and pointed towards where Rain had been dancing a few moments previously. "You did amazingly."
Catia nodded in agreement "yeah! It's almost like you combined dancing with gymnastics!"
"It's more like cheer leading, and is fairly common within the ballet scene. It's very much the icing on the cake." She nodded and smiled, and looked over in the crowd to hear someone calling her name. Of course, Aaron was there too. "Oh… bubble burst." She rolled her eyes as he started to walk over with a bouquet of Lilacs. Her favorite.
Grey narrowed his eyes slightly and crossed his arms slightly. Catia arched an eyebrow as Aaron approached, recognizing him immediately. "Thought you'd be happy that your boyfriend came to congratulate you?." Catia muttered to Rain.
"He happened to piss me off first date yesterday so bad that I don't even want a second date. He's so self centered. Thank your brother for that realization,and ruining of the date." She finished her sentence right as he walked over. "Rain! Gorgeous dancing!" He shoved the flowers in her face. "Ah, you bothered to remember one detail about me." He sighed. "Look. I know it doesn't mean much, but I'm sorry for being so self centered and heartless. Give me a second chance? Please?" She shook her head. "I don't have the time for second chances. I have a dance recital to prepare, my sister to raise, and I may have to get a second job soon, as dreams don't pay the bills. With more tenants moving out, the rent has gone up. But, if you can prove me worth my time. Better." She huffed and headed back off to the stage, being beckoned over by a few other girls.
Catia shot Grey a stern look. He shrugged "hey, if anything I made it a bit more interesting, plus she made it very clear she wasn't going to make things easy." He defended, raising his hands in innocence.
He glanced over at Aaron, feeling a pang of guilt for the hero. He knew Aaron wasn't the best person but everyone had flaws.
Aaron sighed as he watched Rain walk away, haughty and taught. Soon though a smile returned to her lips, and she returned to her training. "I'm lucky she even took the flowers. And even luckier I guessed right on them being her favorite. I couldn't remember if it was lilacs or lillies…" He shook his head, and then noticed who he was talking too. "Grey! Why are you here?"
Grey rolled his eyes with a small shake of his head before nodding to Catia. "We just wanted to stop by and say hi since we were on our lunch break." He replied smoothly, smirking as Catia gave Aaron a glare.
"What are you doing here? Don't you have a city to look over or something?" He asked, trying his best to not snap at him.
"I get an alert every time a police alert contains a bank robber or anything. I'm not worried. I've got amends to make." He said with a sad sigh, looking out at Rain once more. "Since you ruined our date, I figured that I'd try too make up for what you won't."
