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xp_logsBack at the mansion, Laurie and Yvete discuss their reactions to their friends being missing.
Laurie had always adored the soundtrack to 'My Fair Lady', it was like the musical equivalent of a cup of hot chocolate and a warm blanket on a cold night. Of course, the original play 'Pigmalion' had been somewhat different in intent to the Hollywood musical but that was beside the point. It was happy music, and combined with the knitting of the throwrug she was currently engaged in, it calmed her down slightly and gave her something to concentrate on now that she'd run out of people to feed or fuss over.
At the other end of the sofa, a small spiky shadow was crouched, glowing eyes fixed on the television. Whilst the movie was comforting to Laurie, it's was Laurie's relaxation that was calming Yvette, and it reflected in the slight relaxing of her posture. Over the past few days she had stopped hiding quite so much, but she was still far too quiet. The fact she was even in the common area of the suite was a definite improvement.
"I always loved this part, 'Just you wait Henry Higgins'' is such a fun song." Laurie mentioned, the click of her needles continuing as she talked.
Her mother had sent her to classes for knitting on one of her school holidays, a way of getting an overactive ten year old to sit down for awhile. Laurie had taken to it like a duck to water, although she prefered things like throwrugs and cushion covers to clothing.
Yvette nodded, continuing to watch silently, and then a small chuckle broke from her at the antics on the screen.
"I was worried about you, you know. You shouldn't hide like that." Laurie continued, frowning slightly. "I know it feels safer, and it's what you know but you don't have to do that here. Not anymore. Not that...well, I know you were with Tommy, so that's okay. I'm sorry, I was just, I was worried."
Now wasn't the time for berating someone over their coping skills and their chosen safety mechanisms, Laurie knew that. It wasn't Yvette's fault that Laurie's coping skill was to know where all her friends were at any given time and if she kept that up, she'd be doing stupid things like putting tracking chips in everyone and that'd just be insane.
The small laugh died as Yvette looked at Laurie, the glow of her eyes dimming slightly. "I am being sorry," she said, her voice small. "I should be thinking not to be worrying my friends. But... I suppose I am not being thinking. Please to not be the angry at me, Laurie?"
"I'm not...you weren't. Yvette, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to sound angry. I'm just worried, and I'm not really coping as well as I seem to be. I've been kinda obsessed lately, knowing where all of you are. That's not your fault, it's mine for not letting you know I needed to know." Laurie replied, wincing as she realised that she may well have just nixed all the progress Yvette had been making in the last couple of days.
'Way to go, snap at your friend why don't you. Good going there.' she thought.
"No, I am being bad, to not be thinking people are to be worried. Mr. Haller is being wanting to be talking to me also." Yvette sighed. "It is... being strange. Having the people to be worried. My mother, she is loving me, but when she is... not well, she is not being noticing me. And when she is being angry, I am being hiding so she cannot be shouting at me." Her shoulders hunched a little. "I am not being brave with the bad things, and being in the suite... it is reminding me Jennie is gone and Crystal is hurt. Tommy is not minding me to be hiding in his room."
"Wait right there, I'll be back in a second." Laurie replied, getting up from the couch and going into their room to fetch her coat.
Having retrieved it, she headed back into the coomon room and sat down closer to Yvette, opening her arms now that she had the coat on. "Come here, kiddo. You don't ever have to apologise for doing things that'll make you feel better. Maybe next time, just leave us a note though, just in case?"
"I am hoping there is not to be a next time," Yvette replied, scooting over to Laurie's end of the couch. The coat was looking a little frayed already from the hard use it was getting, but she laid her spiky head carefully against Laurie's shoulder and let the other girl put her arms around her. "I am just wishing they are being found soon," she continued, voice small and sad. "They must be so very scared."
"They will be. They've got the best people in the world looking for them, and they'll bring them home safe." Laurie replied, thinking about her time in lockup and how very scared she'd been to be all alone. The three of them were together though, as long as they were together, then they'd be okay.
Yvette made a small noise of assent. The X-Men had, after all, found Marius and Jennie and herself in Europe, and that had been a much longer time. Although they hadn't been exactly kidnapped at the time. "Laurie, are you to be scared too?"
"Terrified. I think everyone is, we just deal with it in different ways." Laurie replied, hugging Yvette and noting that she would have to ask Forge about reinforcing it, perhaps with some of the material Yvette used for her black suit.
"You are seeming so brave. I am wishing I could be as brave as you." Yvette sighed. "I miss them. The fox cubs are being playing in the woods and Kyle is not being here to be seeing with me." Her voice hitched a little. "Jennie is not being here to be choosing the movie for our movie night. Marius is not being confusing."
"I'm not all that brave, not anymore then you are. I've just had a little less trauma, I think. And you know, yesterday, I got so bad I had to go hide out in one of the science classrooms in the dark because I didn't want anyone to see me freaking out. But you guys need me, and so I just keep going." Laurie replied, leaning her head back against the couch. "You saw fox cubs?"
Yvette nodded, her cheek rasping against the thick coat. "Kyle is being showing me. In the woods. He is helping me with my English, too." A small sob escaped her, even though her face remained an expressionless mask, her eyes dry. "I am just wanting them to be home."
"Me too, Yvette." Laurie responded, placing her hand against Yvette's shoulder. "Me too."
Laurie had always adored the soundtrack to 'My Fair Lady', it was like the musical equivalent of a cup of hot chocolate and a warm blanket on a cold night. Of course, the original play 'Pigmalion' had been somewhat different in intent to the Hollywood musical but that was beside the point. It was happy music, and combined with the knitting of the throwrug she was currently engaged in, it calmed her down slightly and gave her something to concentrate on now that she'd run out of people to feed or fuss over.
At the other end of the sofa, a small spiky shadow was crouched, glowing eyes fixed on the television. Whilst the movie was comforting to Laurie, it's was Laurie's relaxation that was calming Yvette, and it reflected in the slight relaxing of her posture. Over the past few days she had stopped hiding quite so much, but she was still far too quiet. The fact she was even in the common area of the suite was a definite improvement.
"I always loved this part, 'Just you wait Henry Higgins'' is such a fun song." Laurie mentioned, the click of her needles continuing as she talked.
Her mother had sent her to classes for knitting on one of her school holidays, a way of getting an overactive ten year old to sit down for awhile. Laurie had taken to it like a duck to water, although she prefered things like throwrugs and cushion covers to clothing.
Yvette nodded, continuing to watch silently, and then a small chuckle broke from her at the antics on the screen.
"I was worried about you, you know. You shouldn't hide like that." Laurie continued, frowning slightly. "I know it feels safer, and it's what you know but you don't have to do that here. Not anymore. Not that...well, I know you were with Tommy, so that's okay. I'm sorry, I was just, I was worried."
Now wasn't the time for berating someone over their coping skills and their chosen safety mechanisms, Laurie knew that. It wasn't Yvette's fault that Laurie's coping skill was to know where all her friends were at any given time and if she kept that up, she'd be doing stupid things like putting tracking chips in everyone and that'd just be insane.
The small laugh died as Yvette looked at Laurie, the glow of her eyes dimming slightly. "I am being sorry," she said, her voice small. "I should be thinking not to be worrying my friends. But... I suppose I am not being thinking. Please to not be the angry at me, Laurie?"
"I'm not...you weren't. Yvette, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to sound angry. I'm just worried, and I'm not really coping as well as I seem to be. I've been kinda obsessed lately, knowing where all of you are. That's not your fault, it's mine for not letting you know I needed to know." Laurie replied, wincing as she realised that she may well have just nixed all the progress Yvette had been making in the last couple of days.
'Way to go, snap at your friend why don't you. Good going there.' she thought.
"No, I am being bad, to not be thinking people are to be worried. Mr. Haller is being wanting to be talking to me also." Yvette sighed. "It is... being strange. Having the people to be worried. My mother, she is loving me, but when she is... not well, she is not being noticing me. And when she is being angry, I am being hiding so she cannot be shouting at me." Her shoulders hunched a little. "I am not being brave with the bad things, and being in the suite... it is reminding me Jennie is gone and Crystal is hurt. Tommy is not minding me to be hiding in his room."
"Wait right there, I'll be back in a second." Laurie replied, getting up from the couch and going into their room to fetch her coat.
Having retrieved it, she headed back into the coomon room and sat down closer to Yvette, opening her arms now that she had the coat on. "Come here, kiddo. You don't ever have to apologise for doing things that'll make you feel better. Maybe next time, just leave us a note though, just in case?"
"I am hoping there is not to be a next time," Yvette replied, scooting over to Laurie's end of the couch. The coat was looking a little frayed already from the hard use it was getting, but she laid her spiky head carefully against Laurie's shoulder and let the other girl put her arms around her. "I am just wishing they are being found soon," she continued, voice small and sad. "They must be so very scared."
"They will be. They've got the best people in the world looking for them, and they'll bring them home safe." Laurie replied, thinking about her time in lockup and how very scared she'd been to be all alone. The three of them were together though, as long as they were together, then they'd be okay.
Yvette made a small noise of assent. The X-Men had, after all, found Marius and Jennie and herself in Europe, and that had been a much longer time. Although they hadn't been exactly kidnapped at the time. "Laurie, are you to be scared too?"
"Terrified. I think everyone is, we just deal with it in different ways." Laurie replied, hugging Yvette and noting that she would have to ask Forge about reinforcing it, perhaps with some of the material Yvette used for her black suit.
"You are seeming so brave. I am wishing I could be as brave as you." Yvette sighed. "I miss them. The fox cubs are being playing in the woods and Kyle is not being here to be seeing with me." Her voice hitched a little. "Jennie is not being here to be choosing the movie for our movie night. Marius is not being confusing."
"I'm not all that brave, not anymore then you are. I've just had a little less trauma, I think. And you know, yesterday, I got so bad I had to go hide out in one of the science classrooms in the dark because I didn't want anyone to see me freaking out. But you guys need me, and so I just keep going." Laurie replied, leaning her head back against the couch. "You saw fox cubs?"
Yvette nodded, her cheek rasping against the thick coat. "Kyle is being showing me. In the woods. He is helping me with my English, too." A small sob escaped her, even though her face remained an expressionless mask, her eyes dry. "I am just wanting them to be home."
"Me too, Yvette." Laurie responded, placing her hand against Yvette's shoulder. "Me too."
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