xp_logs | Angelo and Bobby

Bobby comes looking for Angelo to check he's okay and ask what happened in Mexico.

Bobby wandered into the rec room, hoping to find Angelo. He was a bit sketchy on the details of what had happened to him and Amanda, and he certainly wasn't about to go wading through the backlog of a couple of weeks' worth of journal entries to get the whole story when he could at least try to get it from one of the sources.

He was in luck - it being Sunday, Angelo had made the perfectly reasonable decision to spend the day watching TV. He looked up as Bobby came in, and raised a hand in greeting. "Hey, Bobby."

"Angelo. Just the person I was looking for." Bobby smiled and moved around to sit on the couch. "How are you?" He smiled, but his eyes were full of concern.

Angelo shrugged, a little wearily. "Gettin' by. You know how it is. Not doin' too badly now, though. How 'bout you, you doin' better now?"

Bobby nodded, smiling. "Getting there, yeah. Samson's helping quite a bit." He grinned to himself and glanced away, thinking that having a distraction like Jane around didn't hurt, either.

Angelo grinned slyly, seeing Bobby's face and hazarding a guess as to the cause of the look. "You an' Jane have fun at the mall?" he asked teasingly.

"It wasn't just us," Bobby replied quickly, quelling the blush that rose to his cheeks by lowering his body temperature. "She's really sweet, though." He grinned sheepishly, staring at the floor.

Angelo's grin widened. "It wasn't? Sure thought it was just you two goin' off for ice cream..."

Bobby cleared his throat and gave Angelo an embarrassed smile. "Yeah, well...she wanted some, and I'm always up for ice cream. It was completely innocent." Which was part of what Bobby liked about Jane. Her innocence. Though his own thoughts toward her weren't always exactly innocent, he'd been finding.

Angelo nodded. "Never said it wasn't, man. You had a good time, though?"

"Yeah, I did." Bobby took a deep breath, whispering to himself, "I really like her. A lot." He smiled and fixed his eyes on Angelo. "So what happened in Mexico?" he asked softly, curiosity and concern getting the best of him finally.

Angelo froze at the sudden question, then forced himself to relax. Honesty. No more bottling stuff up. "The evil bastard that raised Amanda happened. She got given a message from him when we were in LA sayin' he wanted her back, we couldn't get hold of her tutor to help, an' she was too scared of gettin' someone killed to bring in the teams. So we called Mr. Wisdom and Ms. Frost, an' off we went."

Bobby shook his head, hardly able to believe the two of them would put themselves in danger like that, but it wasn't his place to judge. "But you're both okay now, right? How'd Amanda get hurt? What went down?" He took a breath and gave Angelo a small smile. "Sorry. Don't mean to ask so many questions. I just want to know what's fact and what's rumor. Since the second has a tendency to get out of hand around here."

Angelo nodded. "Yeah, 's fair enough. You got a right to ask." He sighed. "Yeah, we're both okay now. Amanda's awake - worn out, but that's somethin' time'll take care of. Couple of weeks, an' she says she'll be good as new. She got hurt 'cause... 'cause Rack broke a spell Romany put on her, to protect her. So then he could hurt her. Cavalry got there just in time."

"That's lucky." Bobby swallowed, hating feeling powerless, like he should've been able to help somehow. Maybe it was time for him to think about starting up with the team again. Not that he could've done anything for Angelo, but he was getting sick of hiding from everything. "Anyway, I'm glad you both made it back okay." He patted Angelo on the shoulder.

Angelo smiled. "Yeah, me too. There was a few minutes there I really didn't think we would, but like I said, Pete an' Ms. Frost showed up just in time. Couldn't do a whole lot at that point - Rack got me when I tried t'help Amanda, stopped me movin'."

"With magic?" Bobby snorted softly and shook his head. "I never would've believed in it, if it wasn't for Amanda. Weird stuff."

Angelo nodded. "Right there with you. But I saw it for myself, months back. It's real, alright."

"Yeah. I got hit with that damn love potion, so I've felt it." Bobby told him. "So what happened to this Rack guy? After the cavalry arrived?"

"Can't say for sure", Angelo answered. "Ms. Frost got me out of there before the end. But I'm pretty sure Pete... dealt with him so he won't bother Amanda again."

"Or you. I mean, if the guy's seen you, there's a chance he might come looking for you, right? Revenge, or something. Hope Pete did a thorough job--what am I talking about? It's Pete." Bobby smiled, although it was a bit weak, because worry for Angelo's safety continued to nag in the back of his mind, despite the fact that he was sure Pete would have dealt with the situation in a permanent sort of way, if he deemed it necessary.

"He might. It's Amanda he really wanted, though. But Pete made it pretty clear he won't be comin' back, an' that's good enough for me."

"Good." Bobby nodded and settled back on the couch. "So what are you watching?"