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tell it to the sky (aloveforgotten) wrote in haunted_roads,
@ 2008-03-24 18:47:00

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kaden, serena

Week Four: Saturday
Where: The Towers
When: Lateish night
Who: Serena and Kaden

It had been one busy week. After the basketball game with Nox on Tuesday, Serena had hopped a flight back home and got busy packing her life up. Wednesday and Thursday were spent packing up what stuff she still had out there and rather than having it go by moving company, she just shipped it on a two day back to her hotel room. There wasn’t much left after the stuff she could take in her luggage so why not, right? Any furniture in Kaden’s apartment was sold or given away and Ryan was sweet enough to take any bigger pieces of music equipment and hold onto it until she could talk to Kaden again and see if he wanted or not. Other than that it was mostly just trinkets and paperwork, though the contents of Kaden’s old office were a lot less after she cleaned it out a few months prior.

Once everything was packed up and shipped off, she said goodbye to her friends and hopped another flight back late Thursday night. Poor Tony was a trooper through it all and she could tell that he knew that things were about to change. Only a few hours of Friday morning were dedicated to sleep and once she had gotten some food into her, she was off and running. The rest of that day was spent picking out new furniture and arranging for it to be delivered or picked up but the newest friends in her life. Then of course there was arranging for her brother to drive up the rest of her stuff from Tahoe and she was ecstatic about that! It had been far too long since she had seen him and hopefully he would be able to stay for a few days.

This morning consisted of picking out new bedding and linens and going to the store for beer and bottled water. If Hale and Nox were going to give up their afternoon helping her, she was going to make sure they were well hydrated and fed. So that meant pizza was ordered ahead of time as well. Serena was a planner, and definitely thorough if nothing else! So that was her afternoon and once the guys had left, it was back to the hotel to grab Tony and bring him to their new home.

Since taking a cab back and forth was not at all practical, Serena had arranged for a rental car earlier that morning and got busy shoving the boxes from New York in the back. She really needed to just buy her own car but that was something she was going to save for when Alex was in town. Tony was with the first trip over and she couldn’t help but notice something was off when she brought him upstairs. For some reason he kept trying to get into the apartment next door and she literally ended up dragging inside the right one. He was a strange one sometimes, but she was too busy and preoccupied with everything to give it too much thought.

It was fairly late when the last trip over was made and unfortunately she was struggling with one of the heavier boxes as she made her way up the sidewalk. Packing most of her books in the same box probably wasn’t the smartest thing to do but she overestimated her own strength and ended up sending the box tumbling to the ground before she ever made it up the stairs. “Crap.”

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mr_rockstar
2008-03-25 02:09 am UTC (link)

Kaden was a bit too slow to realize what was about to go down to reach Serena in time to catch the toppling box before it hit the pavement. Only a few books suffered, scattering across the sidewalk. "Looks dangerous," he quipped with a hesitant smile, already stooping to gather up the various texts littering the walkway. He did so carefully, not wanting to scratch covers or cause damage to what might mean the world to her. He wasn't sure if his presence was something she enjoyed or dreaded and so the duration of it hinged on that initial reaction to his appearance - should she flinch, he'd simply gather her books and carry the box inside for her before running off.

Tucking each one back into the now upturned box, Kaden stood with it cradled against his chest. "Where are these heading?" he nodded towards the cargo he now held. He was impressed she'd lugged it as far as she had - the thing was heavy as hell! - it was only the gentlemanly thing to do to offer to heft it inside for her. Besides, he figured that given all the stress (not to mention heartache) he was likely causing her, the least he could was take care of her heavy-lifting.

"I didn't expect to run into you...here," he admitted after a moment, wanting to break whatever odd tension was blooming between them. His goal in life, regardless of how it looked, was not to make her life hell...it just seemed that he couldn't help it, his very existence seemed to hurt her. Thinking about it rationally he could understand, but it was with that sort of third-person detachedness of someone who has never experienced it...more empathy than anything else. Of course he had experienced their shared past, he just couldn't remember it...Serena alone was in charge of that past now.

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aloveforgotten
2008-03-25 02:59 am UTC (link)

Slender fingers tangled in her golden hair as she stared at the box and before she knew it, someone was walking up and picking up her mess. Well, not someone, him. "Yeah, kind of," she replied with a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes but was still warm and genuine. "Guess I should have balanced the weight out better." A sheepish smile was sent his way and she could feel her heart pounding in her chest. The past week since their first encounter had been spent preparing herself mentally for seeing him again and this time it didn't hurt quite so bad. Not to say that it didn't hurt, but she was definitely doing better dealing with it and being okay. See? She could do this!

"Inside actually. Third floor." Serena nodded toward the building and grinned despite herself. He looked really good standing there holding her books. "A couple of friends recommended The Towers earlier in the week and here I am." A shrug caused her shoulders to rise and fall as she chewed on her lower lip. "I don't suppose I could talk you into carrying that up for me, could I?" The last thing she wanted to do was put him out of keep him from wherever he was going.

The tension between them was definitely there but maybe not so tense as it was awkward. Serena really was trying here and she hoped that it was showing through at least a little. "I was actually going to call you early next week. I brought some of your stuff back with me from New York and thought you might like to have it." There was a slight pause before she spoke again. "I mean you don't have to take it tonight of course we can arrange another time if you are busy or live far or something." Okay now she was rambling but she was still trying!