RP with nothingunderit | Aftermath

[likebraveheart]

[rockmeall_night to join eventually]She could be given something for the nausea. Hell, she could be given something for the dizziness. But they couldn't give her something to turn back the clock a month to stop herself making these stupid mistakes leaving her in a surreal aftermath right now that she didn't know how to handle. As soon as Braden had backed out of

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[nothingunderit]

Braden set her keys down on the coffee table and then pulled himself together, pushing his own weird feelings aside abruptly so he could focus on Kenzie. He wrapped his arms around and her kissed her head as soon as he noticed she was shivering. "Come on, love... why dinnae you go take a wee shower and get out of those work clothes. You heard the doctor, you need to rest and your bed is the best place for that. Why dinnae I put the kettle on, make you a wee cup of tea, aye

[likebraveheart]

Kenzie gave a small nod, agreeing with whatever he was saying because right now it made a whole lot more sense than anything her brain was trying to throw out there as rational. It had still been drizzling outside and her hair was lightly damp, but she knew that wasn't the sole reason she was shivering. There was bigger fish to fry here than just get fucking caught in a wee rain. She accepted the bathrobe off him, kicked off her shoes and just left the room to head for the bathroom. Hopefully if she washed away some of this horrible guilt and shame, she might start to feel better

[nothingunderit]

Braden waited until he heard the sound of the shower start up in the distance and then let his shoulders slump before he sat down on the end of her bed and scratched his fingers through his blond hair. He was really tired by this point, but he didn't want to leave her alone until he knew she was going to be okay. He was worried about her, worried how she was taking this. At first, he hadn't been able to understand why hearing the doctor tell Kenzie she was pregnant made him feel so sick, but it had

[likebraveheart]

Kenzie was in her tartan pyjamas, red fluffy slippers and her bathroom when she came back to her room. Her legs felt like jelly and she shot him a grateful look when she saw that he had gone to the effort of making real tea for her. How did he know it's what she had been hungered for this past week or so? Now she didn't even want to stop and think that it could have been a sign, something that could have prepared her for this and not let it come as such a shock. If she had known she was pregnant, she would never have asked him to sleep with her. She would never have hurt him like that in forcing him to face this.

She went over to her bed and laid down, curling up in a ball on her side. She gathered her composure again after the tears in the shower. Now she felt like she wanted to go to bed and not get up ever again. "You should go home... sleep. You've been up too. Dinnae want to be relapsing on that virus. I'm sorry you've been kept up so long. But I... I... g-glad you didnae leave me alone to face it by myself."

Braden & Jules

[nothingunderit]

Braden was cursing the lack of sleep as he exited Kenzie's bedroom because as he did, he felt oddly like he wanted to cry. He hadn't done that in some time. He was fishing around in his pocket for his wallet and house keys, making sure they were there so he didn't get a rude shock when he got back to his apartment.

He was just zipping up his coat heading to the apartment door when it suddenly and abruptly swung open and a whirlwind of red hair and Tesco shopping bags almost bowled him over. He nearly tripped over in shock and that the door was even open, let alone that there was another body in the apartment. But what house invader brought there own shopping? And then the penny dropped. It was a familiar face. "Jules?!" he squeaked in shock, putting a hand over his mouth. "Who- what are- how-?"

Re: Braden & Jules

[rockmeall_night]

"Bradie Bunch?" Jules' eyebrows shot up, but her shock was momentarily lost as she scrambled to keep her balance, and keep a hold of all the shopping bags. She hadn't actually expected to see the younger Evans brother. Kenzie had done a good job of keeping him to herself, and Jules had stayed well out of the way besides the girl talk in the kitchen.

She hugged the bags to her chest as she nodded at Braden to get into the kitchen. "Move, laddie. Arenae planning on dropping these after I just managed to get them back hame. We may be lassies, but even lassies can have heavy groceries."

Re: Braden & Jules

[nothingunderit]

Braden gave his head a small shake as he tried to clear it, but reflexively just reached out and took all the bags off her to carry them to the kitchen. At least some lfe skills still remained when your head was fucked over just a wee bit. "I'm hallucinating, aye? Seriously, like. I've bordered on mental from lack of sleep before, but it was usually Gus creating it, nay his..." He trailed off, waving his hand helplessly when he wasn't sure what label to give that.

Re: Braden & Jules

[rockmeall_night]

Jules had to arch an eyebrow as she waited to see if Braden would come up with something, but he didn't. "Friend?" she finally offered. "That's all we are Braden. His mind shouldnae be creating anything." Even if there had been drunken text messages. She had told Kenzie she'd try and talk to him about it, but really, what was the point? They'd still know they couldn't be more than friends right now. She flexed her fingers now they weren't constrained by the bags and followed Braden into the kitchen. "It's nay a hallucination, this is my place. Kenzie moved in to share with me. Two redheads for the price of one."

[likebraveheart]

Kenzie was engulfed by an odd sensation as soon as Braden closed the door behind him when he left. For some reason she just had this terrible sense and fear that she wasn't going to see him again. She had him getting on the next plane to London just to get the fuck away from her. He was being so kind and attempting to breach the gap, and she shot him down in flames. She hadn't meant to, but wasn't him being around her while she was knocked up with some faceless bastard's kid when he couldn't have any of his own. She knew he had taken the news about as well as he would have taken a belt to the head with a steel pole. He wanted her to ask more of him? Is that what he had been hinting at? And what did she do? Turned around and pretty much told him she didn't need him to try and protect him

[rockmeall_night]

Jules had at least managed to put away the cold items from the groceries, and just left the rest. She needed to check on Kenzie, especially considering the fact that Braden kept hinting that whatever it was was something her friend needed to tell her. Not him. It had been bad enough to rattle Braden Evans, so Jules knew it was serious.

She crept quietly up the hall to Kenzie's room, and nudged open the door. "Kenz? You okay?" She came in and sat softly on the bed before she laid behind her friend and wrapped her arm around her. "Kenzie?"

[likebraveheart]

Kenzie was surprised when she didn't just burst into tears. She had probably cried herself out in the shower. Sure, she hadn't been in there long, but it was enough to sob her heart out while the shower spray drowned out the noise of it. She probably didn't even have any tears left, and part of her felt like she didn't deserve to indulge in them, anyway.

She opened her eyes, which probably looked like they belonged on a zombie, and looked up at her friend. "I fucked everything." Wow, that was a clever double entendre considering her morning.

[rockmeall_night]

Jules' chin rest on Kenzie's shoulder so she could look at her face, and her heart sank that little bit more. Seeing Braden and Kenzie both hit rock bottom really had her wondering what the hell kind of shift they'd had. "What happened? How did you fuck everything?"