It was early afternoon when Eden found herself standing in front of Doris. She hadn't actually intended to head to the bus, but she'd found herself there all the same, tugging at the hem of her shirt. It was one of her usual destinations, a default ending, and she only hesitated a moment. Knocking at the door of the bus to announce her arrival, she ( Read more... )

Waking up in the Compound was always a weird sensation for Eden. The lack of windows made it difficult to tell how late she had slept, and something about the solid concrete of the walls reminded her of waking up in Company facilities in those early months after Bennet had found her. It was stranger still when she'd spent the last eight months ( Read more... )

( and lungs that can't breathe when they're alone )

Eden curled up in a chair in the rec room, tucking her legs over the arm, drawing one knee toward her. She leaned a book against her knee, but she wasn't paying much attention to it. It was warm and she was bored, restless, and the book, a copy of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, wasn't doing much to detract from that. The shelf still seemed ( Read more... )

( It was over. )

( and the Bible didn't mention us - not even once )

( That doesn't mean I love you. )

The problem, Eden was discovering, with getting ready for a date with someone she actually, you know, liked, was that she wanted to look good - she just didn't want to look like she was trying to look good. In L.A., it had never mattered. First of all, even though she had kind of wanted to be impressive, there had been no one worthwhile to really ( Read more... )

With her script tucked in the crook of her arm, Eden made her way down the path to Doris. A busy day with interesting and confusing occurrences had only one clear antidote, which was to find Penny ( Read more... )

If Eden were honest, she was actually pretty nervous about the part. She'd acted before, but it had always been either on the radio or in person, and the subtleties of each were not the subtleties of the stage. But she was thrilled, too - she hadn't expected a good-sized part her first time out, as much as she'd hoped for one, and Nessarose had ( Read more... )