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Elodie sighed and crossed her arms across her chest, her eyes filled with hurt and betrayal.
"Yeah but why did you have to shot me? to prove a point that you don't need me? that's harsh Jesse. Even for you." She said in a monotone voice.
Her hands were trembling, she shoved them under her arms to keep from thinking about it to much.
Jasper moves in her sleep before eventually waking up and rubbing her eyes. She yawned slightly as she stretched out her arms, "Awm…" She looked around before noticing she was leaning on Gus and she moved slightly. "Sorry.."
Jesse pauses his the doorway, whipping around to face Elodie, her eyes wide. "You think you fucking know me enough to be the judge of that?" She growls, her voice loud and strong.
"What? Oh- that's the sound i heard then..i did see a relatively tall girl carrying out someone, but i didn't see where they were headed too." He brightened up at the thought of a group of more people. "how many people does your group have?"
Tuna the cat purred underneath Jezs touch, nuzzling into it.
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Jez thought about it for a second "uhm….I think 5? Do you have a group?" He asks looking up at the man.
He shook his head, "i used to have a group, but there…all gone now." He sighed, looking away holding a hand to his neck.
Jez's gaze dropped down to the ashen floor.
"Sorry…" He looks back up to him "uhm I can bring you back to the convenience store if you'd like" he says trying to lift the mood.
Evan looks up at Jez with a soft smile, "Is that where your group is? Because if it's alright with them it would be nice to have some company for a good bit.."
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Darius nodded and wrote that down.
June looked at Gus with a silent 'thank you' for changing the subject. The question Darius had asked about her brother pained her.
Gus returned June's look understandingly. It was the least he could do. "Y'know what, Darius, here's an idea: S'pose you jus' put down in your notebook somethin' like: "check your knife" or "is your knife clean?" That way hopefully you'll see it a lot and remember t' take care of your weapon on th' regular."
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Darius nodded and wrote that down, “alright” he pulled out his other notebook, this one more worn and had pages falling out, one fell it had a picture - a drawing- of someone who looked a lot like June.
She quickly snatched up the fallen paper and held it close, hiding it from Darius, “you still have that notebook, I thought I got rid of it” she frowned.
Gus blinked. He wasn't sure what to say to hep this time–he couldn't exactly change the subject when Darius was holding the notebook in his hands. He watched both Darius and June uncertainly, hoping Darius wouldn't notice June's sudden change in behavior.
(Lol jasper woke up and spoke to Gus-)
(oops sorry! I'll respond to that real quick ^^; )
Jasper moves in her sleep before eventually waking up and rubbing her eyes. She yawned slightly as she stretched out her arms, "Awm…" She looked around before noticing she was leaning on Gus and she moved slightly. "Sorry.."
It took Gus a moment to register that Jasper had woken up and spoken to him. "Huh? Oh, you're alright kid." He gave her a quick smile and spoke quietly, aside from Darius and June. "How you doin'?"
She just sat next to him continuing to rub her eyes, not hating being so close, she tried to wake herself up more and adjusted her beanie.
"Hope Jez's okay out there," Gus continued in a conversational whisper. "If he's gone much longer I might light a fire anyway so's he can find his way back in the dark. Might be riskier, but better 'n lettin' him get lost."
Darius looked at June confused, focusing on her so that he would not suddenly forget what was going on.
June folded up the paper and put it in her pocket without a word. She stood up and went back inside.
Elodie gave Jesse a hard stare, and inhaled sharply before speaking.
"I think I have a right to judge when i'm the one injured because of it." She said crossly.
Jesse scoffs as if she found this amusing.
"Next time vhen I say move. Move. Your own stupidity got you hurt. Live vith the consequences" she growls
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Jez smiles to him "uhm yeah I can bring you with me on my way back. They're….nice" he says hesitantly, only thinking about Gus and Darius.
(Darius is nice and dumb, but nice)
Elodie feels her spine tense and her eyes went dark again.
"Please get out." She stated turning her head away, so she didn't have to look at Jesse "please." She repeated
Evan notices the hesitation but pays no mind to it, brushing it off. "Alright then, i hope they like me." he chuckled light-heartedly, tuna moving to rest at Evans feet.
Jesse huffs, a scowl on her face. She crosses her arms "vatever. I've gotta get zat kid before he can get avay. You're velcome for saving your life by ze vay" she says turning around to head out of the doorway.
A part of Jesse wanted Elodie to stop her from leaving and stay by her side… but she knew she wouldn't. Jesse knew she wouldn't take it this well but in Jesse's mind she was protecting her. Things like that happened all the time in her life.. sacrifices were Jesse's only choices in life. She never had any other kind of choices. Hurt people to save them.. it was counterproductive but that was her life. The only person special enough for Jesse to do that for was her girlfriend yet she still did this for Elodie.
It annoyed her that Elodie didn't see it. But she couldn't do much of anything to help.
A part of Jesse thought this was best. If Elodie hated her and pushed her away, she'd be better off without Jesse to protect her right?
(She hasn't left the room yet btw)
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Jez looks Evan up and down before clearing his throat, though ended up coughing instead.
He takes a breath and stands, his legs wobbly. "They will don't worry. We've seen worse come in and Gus still loves them" he says, looking down and smiling at the small thought of Gus's kindness.
Shaking it away quickly, he looks back up to Evan. "Gus is real sweet. You'll like him. I think everyone sees him as the leader" he says with a small chuckle.
Darius looked at June confused, focusing on her so that he would not suddenly forget what was going on.
June folded up the paper and put it in her pocket without a word. She stood up and went back inside.
Gus watched her go, then let out a little sigh. At least Darius hadn't asked about the picture. June was probably going to hide it somewhere safe where only she could find it.
Part of Gus felt a little bad about keeping Darius in the dark like this—after all, Darius had been friends with June's brother too. But what good would it do to tell him? He'd only forget yet again, and he was clearly happier not knowing. Besides, it wasn't Gus's call, it was June's. He was resolved to respect her judgement.
"I bet she's jus' tired," he said to Darius, sitting back. "She'll be wantin' some alone time, I excpect. It sure has been a long day."
Darius blinked, “oh…ok…has it been a long day…what time is it?” He asked having no perception of time.
June went back to the area of the store place with the shelves that had random stuff and to her quiver, she dumped out her arrows and pulled the bottom piece out revealing a small compartment of that had papers, papers from Darius’ book. Ones of his family, his friends, and her brother. She stuck the picture in it, taking out the other papers, one had a sketch of Devon.
She looked at it, tears falling from her face, she avoided crying in front of others, she didn’t like to talk about her problems, nor for anyone to see her like this, especially not Darius. After all, he cared to much. It would only hurt if she had him ask. Sometimes she wished Darius would remember, then maybe she wouldn’t have to hold the burden of Devon’s memory on her shoulders alone. It would be so much better that way. She wiped the tears from her face, but they kept falling. The drops smearing the sketch.
(Bruh, that is like my longest reply yet)
(Lets just ignore the fact that the paper she had was a sketch…)
(It's well-written! I'm sad now TvT)
Gus thought about Darius's question. "What time is it?….Huh, I ain't too sure. Past noon, is all I know." He squinted up at the sky, which was partly overcast. "Might be late afternoon, by now. We'll have t' be careful not t' let th' dark sneak up on us out here. We should make sure this place is sealed up 'n secure before the sun's down."
(Me too T^T, I’m such a good writer (v-v) ^_^ self pride who?)
Darius nodded, “wait, what?” He asked having forgotten what he just asked.
(lol I feel that xD)
Gus grinned. "Nuthin'. Jus' sayin' we shouldn't hang out up here much longer. We gotta go 'n batten down th' hatches while we still have daylight t' do it. And we should also pick who's keepin' first watch tonight. Somebody's gonna have to unlock th' door fer Jez when he gets back."
Darius nodded, “Well to be honest, I don’t think me keeping watch would be a good idea…I mean…knowing me” he laughed a bit.
June was still crying as she put the papers back, after opening all the ones about Devon and reading them, the ones from when Darius had first met Devon were the worst, because in the beginning, Darius had had a bit of a crush on Dev. She read through them all and put them back, tears still falling down her face, she had never had a chance to mourn her brother, her only family for years, because she had Darius to worry about, but now, now that someone was willing to help with her friend, she could let out her emotions.
(I am going to cry bruh)
Jesse huffs, a scowl on her face. She crosses her arms "vatever. I've gotta get zat kid before he can get avay. You're velcome for saving your life by ze vay" she says turning around to head out of the doorway.
A part of Jesse wanted Elodie to stop her from leaving and stay by her side… but she knew she wouldn't. Jesse knew she wouldn't take it this well but in Jesse's mind she was protecting her. Things like that happened all the time in her life.. sacrifices were Jesse's only choices in life. She never had any other kind of choices. Hurt people to save them.. it was counterproductive but that was her life. The only person special enough for Jesse to do that for was her girlfriend yet she still did this for Elodie.
It annoyed her that Elodie didn't see it. But she couldn't do much of anything to help.
A part of Jesse thought this was best. If Elodie hated her and pushed her away, she'd be better off without Jesse to protect her right?(She hasn't left the room yet btw)
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Jez looks Evan up and down before clearing his throat, though ended up coughing instead.
He takes a breath and stands, his legs wobbly. "They will don't worry. We've seen worse come in and Gus still loves them" he says, looking down and smiling at the small thought of Gus's kindness.
Shaking it away quickly, he looks back up to Evan. "Gus is real sweet. You'll like him. I think everyone sees him as the leader" he says with a small chuckle.
He was slightly worried about jez's throat, so he took out a water and handed it over to him "here."
He listened to what Jez was saying before nodding, "Well that's good to hear, he sounds really nice. So, shall we head on the way?"