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avasa_edan

Motel Hell

Sep 04, 2005 20:16

She took him away. Away to protect him. Far away. Away from the terrible place. The plants, the crawling flesh. The voices. The people. So many people.

Not many people here. He feels himself trying to crawl back, he gets there more now. Can't make it yet, no, not yet.

Quiet here. Room to breathe.

She’s wrong too. Knows more than she should ( Read more... )

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cassie_newton_ September 4 2005, 10:23:58 UTC

I'm walking around and I'm looking for something...I just can't remember what. What am I looking for?! Something's missing, wish I could tell what. I'm not even sure where I am...just that it's bright. Too bright. Hurting my eyes bright. I sigh and rub my eyes. I keep walking then bump right into someone. "Oh, I'm sorry...I have to watch where I'm going..." I say as I look up. Into two mismatched eyes. "Avasa!" I blink in surprise.

avasa_edan September 4 2005, 10:29:12 UTC

It takes me a minute to register what's going on, I had been walking in the desert -my hand over my eyes to shield them from the sun- I was looking for something, but can't quite remember what.

"Cassie?" I frown, what was she doing out here?

cassie_newton_ September 4 2005, 10:30:26 UTC

I smile and laugh. "Yeah...what are you doing here? I was...looking for something..." I frown, looking around. "I can't remember what though. I think it was important though." I look back up at him. "Where are we?"

avasa_edan September 4 2005, 10:34:08 UTC

"I'm... not sure," I frown, looking one way and then the other. "It looks like where I am, but it isn't. It's different," I run my hand over the back of my head.

"I was looking for something... maybe we're looking for the same thing?"

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avasa_edan September 4 2005, 11:26:37 UTC

I catch a glimpse of what her life is like. She helps because she can, it's in her Power. She has no thought of reward, or anything remotely selfish. She's pure. What a rare thing.

Her smile makes me smile, "Is there nothing I can give you?"

cassie_newton_ September 4 2005, 11:29:53 UTC

My smile gets a little sad at that, and I think I remember what I wanted to find. A way to get around the other part of this. The crush that I seem to keep coming back to, that I can't do anything about. "No...I don't think so." I say, and back a few steps away from him.

avasa_edan September 4 2005, 11:35:27 UTC

A darkness settles in the dream, the faint music begins to rise. I can hear it now. Ballroom music. A gust of wind picks up and she pulls away from me, releasing my hands.

"No, wait!" She backs up into the darkness. I blink.

I'm back in Sunnydale. I remember looking for something, but can't quite remember what. "Cassie?"

cassie_newton_ September 4 2005, 11:39:16 UTC

I look around as everything gets darker, and it's better and worse at the same time. I can hear Avasa calling for me but I'm not sure where he is. I was looking for something...but I can't remember what. There's music playing and I shut my eyes, swaying to it, twirling in a circle, the heavy velvet ball gown's skirt swaying out and making a swirl of color in the dark. Like my hair, all the little colorful streaks I put in every day. Something feels strange here....like something's out of control, somethings off...like the music's one note off key...something.

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avasa_edan September 4 2005, 12:47:14 UTC

"I know," my voice comes out as a whisper. My vision tears up as I look at her. The color draining from her body. I shouldn't be the one to make her feel this way, but I am. I know I'm hurting her and I don't know how to fix it.

Still holding on to her hand, I pull her close to me, before she has time to react I kiss her. A soft sorrowful kiss. It's not promising, it's not for the future that might have been. It's for her. Only for her. "Not for me," I whisper, pulling away from her.

cassie_newton_ September 4 2005, 12:57:06 UTC

I stumble a few steps as he pulls away. I want to keep leaning on him, but I don't. Can't. I can't remember my lines anymore. I forgot what the play was about, I can't play my part.

I feel my throat tighten and tears flow, dripping down onto the stage floorboards, leaving the scuffed wood underneath colorless. I look up at him. "I don't know what to do." I say, my voice shaking. I sound scared. I sound really really scared. "I--" I stop, rubbing at my tears. The music stopped. The lights click off. Darkness falls softly, like a blanket over everything.

At least it's a warm darkness.

avasa_edan September 4 2005, 13:03:38 UTC

"Cassie?" I call, reaching out into the darkness. I shouldn't have done that. Shouldn't have reached when she was trying so desperately to pull away. What have I done? Why did I--?

I can't see. I need to apologize. I need to find her. She's gone.

She's lost.

cassie_newton_ September 4 2005, 13:05:16 UTC

I can hear him calling for me. I sit and have my head on my knees, sitting in a corner in this dark place. "I know what I want." I call to him, voice a little rough from crying. "You asked me before what you could do to repay me. I know what I want."

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avasa_edan September 4 2005, 13:55:54 UTC

"Then I won't see you." My world shatters.

I can see her outline now, barely visible in the blackness. My hand is but an inch from hers, as if pulled there by its own will. I consider it a moment and pull back and away from her. Straightening. I look away from her, feeling the tears sting my eyes.

...I shut my eyes tightly, opening them only to discover I'm back where I started. My head resting on Dawn's shoulder. I blink and sit up, moving over to the edge of the bed. I put my head in my hands and begin to cry.