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Post by Briar Vassler on Jan 21, 2008 22:39:44 GMT
Briar sat in the living room, on the biggest sofa in there. The tv wasn't on and the only thing that kept the room lit was when lighting struck. It was storming. Thunder and lightning could be heard and seen every 5 seconds. She sighed and leaned back on the sofa. She'd gotten out of the hospital but had to keep the horrid bandages on her arms. Logan and the children were gone for right now. Who knows where. They were probably stuck in a hotel somewhere.
The house wasn't the same. It was as if her words she'd spoken to both Jenny and Logan were hanging in the air of every room. Many things were going on in her mind. She was upset that she didn't accomplish what she way trying to do, betrayed by Logan, and..happiness for some reason. Jenny had wanted her come and kept calling her mom. The most thing she felt though, was sadness. That's all she felt now since Logan came back.
Flashbacks of what happened that night kept flashing through her head. She put her head in her hands and said, rather loudly, "Get out of my head!"
"Alexander!" She'd screamed, "Give me back my children, please! Please!"
They're my children. Not yours. You said it yourself that you didn't want anymore. I'm ridding your duties as a mother. I'm going to St. Mungo's and setting them up for adoption.
Briar shook her head and then one sentence came from the scene.
You may have them back, once you bare me a child. He was that desperate. To steal her children just so that Briar would bare him another. A tear slid down her face as she recalled all the words that were spoken that night.
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Post by Shelby Chou on Jan 21, 2008 22:48:58 GMT
I walk up to my old house, soaked, not wearing a jacket, just a sweater and skirt. I just got back from telling Ian about the news, didn't go as well as she thought it would have, but she shrugged it off. She didn't need anyone. If Jay was going to leave her, then let him. All she needed where her kids and her best friend. That's why she came. To talk to her, and hopefully she could make things a little brigher. "Briar, it's me. Please answer..." I say weakly, knocking on the door. I had the key, but I felt it was rude now, to barge into the house after all this time of not technically living there.
It still felt like home. It was the house Logan had built for her and Jenny, when she was still pregnant. All the memories flooded into her head. Her first steps, her first bath, the last time she seen her as a baby. What ever happened to that family that Shelby was so proud of?
I wanted more. I didn't want to be a housewife, just baring his children... and what am I doing now? Having Ian's child... you threw away your happiness for more, and you wound up back where you started.
[[haha, it's long. ;D ]]
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Post by Briar Vassler on Jan 21, 2008 22:58:03 GMT
Briar looked up when she heard a knock and looked over towards the fron door. Her eyebrows furrowed together. She went to push herself up with her hands, but when she tried she let out a hiss of pain. She refused to take the pain pills the doctor had given her. To her, she deserved the pain. For doing this to herself.
Briar let out a sigh and stood up without pushing herself up and silently walked over to the door. She selfconciously ran her fingers down the bandages before opening the door slowly. She cursed mentally when she seen who it was. She knew that Shelby would ask questions. What had her wondering though was:
Why is she out when it's storming?
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Post by Shelby Chou on Jan 21, 2008 23:06:12 GMT
"Hey... umm. Is this a bad time?" I ask her softly, noticing her expression. I look at her wrists, since the bandages caught my eye, but don't mention anything about them yet. I didn't hear the crying or laughter that was usually in the house.
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Post by Briar Vassler on Jan 21, 2008 23:08:19 GMT
Briar shook her head and opened the door wider so that Shelby could come in, "Not a bad time, come on in," She said quietly. She walked over to the lightswitch and cut on some of the lights so the house wasn't pitchblack anymore then walked over to the door and closed it after Shelby came in. "Anything I can help you with?"
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Post by Shelby Chou on Jan 21, 2008 23:10:25 GMT
"I need to tell someone..." I say softly, walking to the couch. I realized that I shouldn't sit down, in my condition of being soaked. "I needed to talk to the one person that I know won't judge me no matter what."
[[awww... shelly loves you. ;D ]]
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Post by Briar Vassler on Jan 21, 2008 23:13:16 GMT
Briar tried her best to smile but it didn't come, "Go ahead and sit down. I'll dry it later," She said as she walked into the living room aswell. She sat on the sofa and said, "Well come on then. Spit it out."
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Post by Shelby Chou on Jan 21, 2008 23:20:53 GMT
I sigh a bit. "I'm pregnant." I say simply, not mentioning yet it was with Ian though.
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Post by Briar Vassler on Jan 21, 2008 23:24:10 GMT
Briar nodded, "Soo..should I say congratulations?" She asked, getting vibes off of her that it wasn't something to be happy about. "Or should I be concerned for the happiness of Shelby?"
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Post by Shelby Chou on Jan 21, 2008 23:32:09 GMT
I bite my lip softly. "It's not... It's not Jay's..." I say looking at my hands.
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Post by Briar Vassler on Jan 21, 2008 23:35:27 GMT
Briar's eyebrows furrowed together again and she said, "Well then, who's is it?"
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Post by Shelby Chou on Jan 21, 2008 23:37:26 GMT
"Ian's..." I say softly, feeling a couple tears fall.
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Post by Briar Vassler on Jan 21, 2008 23:41:19 GMT
Briar's eyes widened and she didn't say anything for a moment, "Oh Shelby.." She whispered and scooted over to her before wrapping her in a hug.
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Post by Shelby Chou on Jan 21, 2008 23:50:04 GMT
"We only did it once. I swear..." I say crying hugging her back.
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Post by Briar Vassler on Jan 21, 2008 23:54:51 GMT
"Shh, Shell. It's alright," Briar said soothingly. "Everything will work out."
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Post by Shelby Chou on Jan 22, 2008 0:02:50 GMT
"Jay might leave me Briar. I'll be alone. You know that Ian won't leave Maddie..." I say sobbing still, ignoring what she said.
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Post by Briar Vassler on Jan 22, 2008 0:21:03 GMT
"Shelby! You wouldn't be alone," Briar said sternly. "Jay loves you, he may consider it but he won't leave you!"
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Post by Shelby Chou on Jan 22, 2008 0:26:49 GMT
"He started packing Briar..." I say weakly.
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Post by Briar Vassler on Jan 22, 2008 0:32:19 GMT
Briar shook her head and sighed, "I'll talk to him Shelby, if you want me to."
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Post by Shelby Chou on Jan 22, 2008 0:34:13 GMT
"You can try. I'll doubt he'll listen..." I say with a frown. I look at her bandages again. "What happened to you?"
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Post by Briar Vassler on Jan 22, 2008 0:40:07 GMT
Briar chuckled as she changed the subject and leaned back, "It's a very long and confusing story."
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Post by Shelby Chou on Jan 22, 2008 0:47:31 GMT
"Well, I have nine months to sit here, but then I'll need a break for a few hours..." I say with a weak smile. "Tell me."
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Post by Briar Vassler on Jan 22, 2008 1:03:25 GMT
Briar sighed, "Alright. Well, Logan came home, alive, we got close. He asked me if I was ready for kid number 4. I told him no, he got upset. I went to go check on the twins and Jenny got hurt because he moved when she tried to sit on his lap. I came in to help and she said that she wanted her mom, since you weren't I tried to help her but she yelled at me saying I wasn't her mom. He said some shit to me and I slapped him, said some..rude things to Jenny and ran back into the twins room. They came in, Logan saying that we was taking Jenny to St. Mungos. Jenny pulled on my arm saying that I was coming too. I told him to go back to..um..you, because it felt as if he was comparing me to you. I said to Jenny that I was going to try and heal her before she said all those things. Jenny said, 'Mom, please come with me' and Logan said for her not to call me that again because it would hurt the person that truly cared. I screamed at him to kill me and to leave. He...he took the twins out of the room after that and Jenny tried jumping out the window because she thought it was all her fault. I told her it wasn't and raced after Logan. H-he told me that he was ridding my duties as a mom and that he was going to put the twins up for adoption. I begged him not to and he told me I don't deserve them. I told him Alex was right then and that I had nothing else to live for. He said, and I qoute, "You may have them back, once you bare me a child." I ran into the bathroom, punched the mirror, picked up a shard of glass and well.." She motioned to her bandages after that. Tears were falling down her face as she remembered the memory.
{{Ughh, you making me tell the story -.-}}
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Post by Shelby Chou on Jan 22, 2008 1:08:27 GMT
I just sit there wide eyed. "All of that? Are you serious?" I ask softly, hugging her now.
[[haha, yup. You love me.]]
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Post by Briar Vassler on Jan 22, 2008 1:10:27 GMT
Briar nodded and hugged her back, burying her face into her shoulder. "I'd never seen him act so cold Shelby."
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Post by Shelby Chou on Jan 22, 2008 1:15:09 GMT
"It doesn't sound like him at all... did he say why he overeacted yet?"
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Post by Briar Vassler on Jan 22, 2008 1:17:49 GMT
Briar growled for a moment then nodded, "Motherfuckers," She muttered darkly.
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Post by Shelby Chou on Jan 22, 2008 1:23:25 GMT
"Ummm... that's not an answer..." I say slightly creeped out on how dark her tone was.
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Post by Briar Vassler on Jan 22, 2008 1:26:12 GMT
Briar sighed and said, "He told me why he was so desperate to have another child, but that was no reason to act so cold."
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Post by Shelby Chou on Jan 22, 2008 1:33:57 GMT
"Does it have to do with the fact that I'll die?" I ask.
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