WHO: Greed & Zoe w/ Theseus & Sophia WHEN: March 3 [Backdated] WHERE: Park, Zoe and Morgan's Apartment, Theseus' boat WHAT: Sophia is alive? WARNING: None Note: The log reads backwards
Zoe smiled brightly, "Great then mom can stay with you!" as if it was all settled.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 5:40 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "Zoe, ghosts don't live like we do or get rooms or hotels and stuff." He squeezed Sophia's hand expecting it to crack and fall apart. Maybe he had slipped into the underworld again....
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "Dad, please." she said in a pfffft manner, "I have a roommate. Mom would have to clearly live with you on the boat." Sophia tried to interrupt and said, "Baby, your father has a life, and I don't want to intrude, I can get a hotel room for however long.. this lasts." Zoe looked aghast and stared at Theseus, "Dad, would you seriously let mom get a hotel room??" the woman came back from the dead and he couldn't at least put her up?
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 5:27 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: Greed did bring his holy water. He'd anticipated he might need it. He had Sammy and tried calling Zoe back, but she wouldn't pick up.
Theseus looked like his heart was struggling again. "Zoe, this isn't going to be what you think. Your mother isn't going to just move in like that---" he looked to Sophia, "are you?" How was he going to explain this to Nike?
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Zoe made a face, "I am hanging up until you come to your senses. And if you throw holy water on my mom, I'm gonna be really mad." and she did hang up. "You wanna go home? To your home I mean. Your old home. Both your old home!" since the apartment was where they moved in when they got married.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: Theseus quirked a brow. Greed was a strange one. Sometimes he wondered where his brain was. "She's not a zombie." But Theseus didn't really know what she was either. Greed was really one to talk about saving.
"I'm also a licensed priest!" Greed said. "I can perform an exorcism!"
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Sophia nodded, "It was the times." and then Zoe told him with a frustrated sigh, "He thinks mom is a zombie and wants to come over here and 'save' me." Sophia just looked amused.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "That---really?" Was all Theseus could say. If anyone was going to burst that bubble it might be agreed himself as it seemed Zoe was struggling to get him to accept it. Theseus looked at his daughter acting like a spoiled teenager. "What?" He asked, having no idea Greed might show up with lighter fluid ready to torch everything just in case.
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Sophia kept watching their daughter and said, "I once knew a boy named Capitalism in school." thinking it was just another crazy name. While Zoe closed her eyes and put a hand to her forehead, "Ohmygod, don't attack my mom!!" she looked at Theseus with a whine, "Daaaad!" as if he could help with Greed.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 5:00 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "How do you know? Zombies could be something different than what we think! Maybe they have figured out how to disguise themselves! Wait there! I won't let her eat you!" And he started to run.
"Greed is eccentric. To put it mildly." Then Theseus realized what he'd said and he didn't respond to it, just waited.
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Zoe frowned, turning away from her parents as she heard Greed, "No she's not a zombie! She's REAL. I hugged her, she's warm and breathing so if you try to shoot her, I will never forgive you!" she was saying into the phone. Sophia had a look on her face as she listened to Zoe's end of the conversation, "Her boyfriend sounds interesting...." then she leaned her head on Theseus' arm, "She's... she's grown. She'll understand. And she'll need you more than ever."
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 4:47 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "What is she a fucking zombie? Shit zombies are real?" Greed needed to think about when they turned into brain hungry monsters and how they were gonna survive the zombie apocalypse. He was going to the hardware store now. He needed rope, a gun, some light her fluid and a lighter. The basic starter package.
"She's going to hate it when you go back...." Theseus didn't know what to think. He wasn't sure he knew where to really begin. This wasn't the reaction he'd anticipated.
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Zoe was not gonna let Greed's lack of enthusiasm deter her, she just said in a huff, "In the park near Sammy's favorite tree!" he could worry for the both of them, "Do you want to meet her?" then she held the phone to her chest and looked at her parents and said, "Where are you staying? Are you staying on Dad's boat?" she looked really excited about that prospect. Sophia kinda blinked, "Oh well, honey, this wasn't a planned visit..." she wasn't sure if Theseus wanted her staying with him, he seemed a bit terrified.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 4:37 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: Theseus looked down to her hand, his fear still nowhere near being calm about this. There was more than just guilt about what he's done, how much he'd loved Sophia and the fact that he had found someone else. How did that look to Nike, having feelings for Sophia still, especially seeing her now like this?
"Where the fuck are you?" Greed yelled back because Zoe was completely blinding herself to how major amounts of fucked up this was.
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Sophia was warm to the touch, she was very very real, not transperant or cold. It was hard to think of her dead when she seemed so alive. She let Theseus take her hand and she threaded her fingers through his, "You sound like the father I always wished for Zoe." she said with a smile, "But that's what hearts are for, Theseus, they're meant to be broken." While Zoe frowned, wanting to stamp her feet and yell at everybody to just be happy for gods sake! She was going to argue with Greed on the phone but she spotted her parents holding hands and then turned her back to them and whisper squeed into the phone as she held it tight, "Ohmygodthey'reholdinghannnnds!"
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "Dead people don't just come back to life, babe." Greed couldn't see her, he void notb know what was going on, but he was already out the door with Sammy to try and catch a glimpse. If one ghost was back, what did that mean? And was it the only one?
"He's more like me than you can even imagine." He looked at Sophia pleadingly. "I don't want what did to you to happen to her." He reached out for the first time to her hand. He thought maybe his hand might fall through, even though she'd touched him before and she seemed so real.
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Sophia had a knowing smile, "Ahhh, no wonder you're worried. But you know it just means he's handsome, charming, a good man with a big heart whose prone to lots of mistakes." While they'd both hear Zoe say loudly into the phone, "Cause my Dad said so!!" she hadn't stopped to consider it was a trick but only cause Theseus was so convinced it wasn't. She wanted so badly to believe in this miracle, it hadn't entered her head that this couldn't be real. It HAD to be real!
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 4:07 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "You'll know when you see him. He's a lot---like me." Greed couldn't run from that and Theseus was still accepting that his daughter was with something like Greed. He understood a bit better on what he was dealing with, but Greed would never escape a fathers concern.
Meanwhile Greed tried to make sense of Zoe's excitement. What kind of trick was this? "How do you know it's not a fucking Virtue or angel or hell demon?" He asked trying to get her to slow down. Dear God, is that what he sounded like when he was excited?
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "Well who knows anything, our baby is happy right now and that's what's important." she turned to look at him, her eyes soft and smiling with warmth.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "I don't know if that's going to happen," he slipped without meaning to dive into that bag of worms. He was still a wreck and it had been a long time since he'd been able to talk to her, there was an ease just slipping back into it. He hadn't even tried to hug her in a way he'd always thought he might if he ever got the chance to.
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "How does him coming before you discredit what you've done? Obviously something good if she's like this with you. She shrugged, "He makes her happy, I don't know if anything else matters." she sighed as she watched Zoe, "I just want her to be happy. Marry, have kids, with a good man who can grow with her and live with her." she'd never wish the torment she went through on her own daughter. Loving an immortal was utter anguish.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 2:38 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "He came before I did though, he has opened up quite a bit, but---" seeing what he's done, he and Greed were a lot alike. Greed could do the same. "I don't know if you'd like him or not---"
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Sophia watched Zoe with a smile but lightly hit theseus's ribs with the back of her hand like she used to do, "Give yourself some credit, I think it's also because of you. I saw the way she hugged you. It's hard to get Zoe's love but if you do it means you really deserved it."
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com>wrote: "I think it's because of who she's dating..." And his voice wavered off because he was obviously hiding something about Greed. More than that Theseus wanted Sophia to know.
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Zoe was still talking a mile a minute, like an excited five year old that was going Mom Mom Mom and trying to catch her up on the years she had been dead. She kinda didn't know what to talk about first and switched subjects so fast and then said, "You have to meet him, ohmygod, I have to tell him." and she turned away for a second to dial Greed. Sophia was kinda overwhelmed but happy and she said softly to Theseus, "She's so much happier than I remember... less shy too." she added with a small chuckle.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: Theseus caught Sophia's gaze and came closer. He liked knowing he wasn't alone in his fears for Zoe. He hoped that she would tell Zoe the same, thr this wasn't permanent. Even so he batted down his urge to run tail and finally could look at Sophia without overwhelming himself with his guilt.
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Sophia brushed the hair out of Zoe's face and as much of a great father as Theseus was to his daughter, it couldn't make up for what a mother gave. Zoe looked ecstatic and was already chattering a mile a minute about Theseus and how they worked in the same building and she lived int eh same apartment and she had a BOYFRIEND and she couldn't wait for her mom to meet him! Sophia smiled at her daughter's non-stop talking and only for a brief moment did she look over and into Theseus's eyes, she was feeling the same thing he was.. that their little girl was setting herself up for a very big fall.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: Theseus hung back for a moment. He knew Zoe would be crushed the moment Sophia disappeared again not of her own control. He approached carefully, not sure if he could. It was at least looking at Zoes happiness that he could take a moment of grief away for a little bit.
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Zoe either didn't hear or didn't care and she really ignored the fact Theseus said his stupid girlfriend's name. She ran over to her mom, stopping in front of her. Sophia was nervous, she didn't know if Zoe would be mad but both women had tears in their eyes. Sophia touched her daughters cheeks, still seeing the little girl and then embraced her and Zoe was over the moon. None of Theseus doom and gloom could penetrate her happiness right now.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 9:49 AM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "Zoe, look at me. This won't last. I'm with Nike now, this isn't going to last. It wouldn't be the same." He said it like an angry parent, his instinct coming out to protect her, something Soohia hadn't ever seen of him. And when he answered Zoe that that was her mother she was too quick to run in her direction. "Zoe!" She was going to get hurt if she kept building up stories and fantasies of what wouldn't ever be.
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "You don't know that, you said you didn't know how she's even here so how can you be sure how long this will last? Maybe it won't be permanent but maybe it'll be for fifty years and that's a long time to us peasant mortals, Dad." a bit of an attitude coming out because she didn't know why he wasn't as excited as she was. She looked stubborn and defiant as he tried to tell her that her mom was still dead but she didn't tell him yes she knew that. She didn't say anything, she looked past him at the woman that was watching them and said, "Is that her..?" she tugged at her hands, wanting Theseus to let her go. He could try as hard as he liked to keep Zoe firmly in reality but it was definietely a losing battle.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "Zoe," he said more sternly. "She's not like me or even Greed. She's not part of any story, whatever this is is temporary, I promise you that." He at least hoped, and yet in Zoes excitement there was a tinge of him that wished it was true, but he knew it wasn't. "Your mother is not alive, you know that right?" He made sure to clamp down on her hands and make her look at him so she understood. "No big ideas of things that are only going to hurt you later." He wanted her to understand that.
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "How do you know it's not permanent? If she's real you can touch her, right?" she threw her hands up, "Dad! You're immortal!" as if he was one to talk about things being unnatural. Her mind was already racing ahead, where would her mom live? Would she want to live with her? Back in the apartment? The way things used to be? Or maybe she'd live with Theseus on his boat. And it'd really be like how things used to be! They could get back together and get an apartment in the city. If anyone could convince him, it'd be Sophia, right?
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 9:24 AM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "Zoe, this isn't permanent. She looks as real as you or me, but this is unnatural." He was unnatural too. But Sophia was just a mortal woman, she had no stories or anything to keep her here. "I just thought you should talk to her as your mother instead of your grandmother." He'd put his little girl first.
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Zoe was stunned by that, "Really?" her eyes were big, "Where?" she looked to the left and right and then back at Theseus, looking nervous, "Is she invisible?" while most people would be freaked out (and Zoe was), death had been such a part of Zoe's life that she'd spent a lot of wishes on getting the dead to be.. well, alive again. It was why she felt safer with an immortal boyfriend and father, people who couldn't die on her. Now to hear her mom was back... it made a tornado of emotions rise up in her. And amid all those feelings and thoughts was the one that maybe.. just maybe, her parents would get back together.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 9:13 AM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: They both knew what it was to run. It was their first instinct. He hadn't realized that he needed that hug. It kept him from completely losing his mind for a few seconds so he could hold it together. He released a deep breath, squeezing her back in the only way a fathers hug could.
"I'm not sure what's happened or why, or even for how long, but it seems pretty universal across the city." As if the underworld had split its seams. He pulled out of that hug to kiss her forehead. "Your mother is here."
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Now she was really nervous as she said okay and had a seat next to him. He looked ready to fall apart and she was scared he was going to leave so she leaned over and gave him a big hug, one of her Zoe hugs that were warm and comforting and filled with love as she squeezed him tight, "Whatever it is, Dad, I'm here for you.." she just wanted him to remember that if he ran, he'd be alone. And to remember how nice hugs were.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: He hadn't really faced this full force. He'd seen the repercussions of his actions in those other children Zoe made him track down before even starting to fix things with her. He shook his head looking to where Sophia had been. She wasn't there now but she was still here and as real as ever for however long this was going to last. Zoe hadn't seen him this vulnerable in a while. The moment he saw Zoe his heart sunk even harder, but he had to man up somehow and lay this out so she didn't go into it as unprepared as he had been. He asked her to sit down for a minute while he tried to pull himself together. All he really wanted to do was scream and say he couldn't handle it and never look back, but he didn't.
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Sophia told Theseus she'd give him a moment alone with Zoe so he could explain things to her and wandered away to a tree a little bit in the distance. Zoe spotted Theseus from behind and she kinda didn't want to face whatever was wrong, really scared he was gonna tell her he tried but he couldn't take it and he was leaving. If she didn't go see him then he couldnt say goodbye and he couldnt leave, right? She took a deep breath, she was not gonna not see him.. he asked to meet her. Okay, she could do this. Besides, if he tried to leave she was sure Greed would drug him. So she moved forward and gave a bright but nervous smile as she said, "Hi Daddy...." her nerves super apparent the second she saw how he looked.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 8:51 AM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: Greed didn't let Zoe go without a kiss nor the promise that he was gong to stay behind. He couldn't leave Samson either. But the moment he nosed out the door he saw her look back as if warning him to stay put.
Theseus closed his eyes where fresh tears lined. Everything he felt he'd done right was just undone and he wasn't as strong as he normally was. He didn't have a face to give Zoe that wasn't broken. He was disoriented over that.
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Zoe smiled at her adorable doofy boyfriend and gave him another peck on the lips, "The President is willing to negotiate." she heard her phone ding and took her hands off his shoulders to look at it, "It's my Dad, he's at the park. So I gotta go. You and Sammy have fun and I'll be back soon, okay?" While Sophia enjoyed the fresh air and sitting next to Theseus, "Honey, I never hated you. Maybe I loved you too much. But I never hated you." she reached for his hand and then paused and pulled it back, he clearly wasn't ready for it.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "I suppose if it's playing superhero, I should save the world. Can't I just own it instead?" He puckered his lips out in a fish face for another kiss. "Me being alone is just as dangerous." It was about then that Theseus sent Zoe another text that he was in the park. He sat down on a bench because his legs were as shakey as his hands, worried that this could go south. Without looking at Soohia, he looked out at the passerbys. "I never wanted you to hate me." Decor all the hate he felt was from himself.
On Friday, March 4, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "It is. You are earth's only hope." she leaned down and gave him a little kiss, "Are you pouty because you're worried about me being alone or about YOU being alone?" she asked with narrowed eyes as if she could read his thoughts.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 8:08 AM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "Sounds intense." Greed grumbled as he hung his feet over the bed. When her hands went on his shoulders he flipped his head back to look at her. He didn't want her to go alone.
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Zoe sighed and went over to him, putting her hands on his shoulders, "Because if you do, aliens from mars will attack and the President of the United STATES begs you, Avaritia, to not start intergalactic war." While Sophia walked beside Theseus, maybe one step behind to give him room. Her soul wasn't at unrest, that wasn't why she was here but she didn't know how to tell him that his own guilt was eating him alive.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 8:14 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "Why can't I go?" Now he was being excluded from family meetings? Rude. He put his nose in the air and Sammy did the same with a happy bark.
Theseus was rattled. This open wound was making him question his reasons for staying. He'd contemplated telling Nike more than he had, be he figured in this state it might bring more drama than he was ready to take on right now. He'd looked to Sophia to comfort once, for reassurance and instead he felt her soul was at unrest because of him.
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: She pulled the shirt over her head and looked like a bobble head doll as she moved her head from side to side, "Yeah, ya know, kinda out of it and panicky." she felt like he was an addict about to slip up and so was reaching for help. In Theseus's case that would be to turn tail and run.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 8:08 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: Greed had been in his own world, he hadn't noticed that the Pandora's box of ghosts had been let loose. He watched as Zoe started to get ready to bail on him. He was t as hateful on her dad as before but he'd also been unnerved lately and letting her leave his sight was presumptuous of her. "Frazzled?"
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Sophia let him go... she was used to Theseus walking off and not wanting to deal with things. Sometime later, Zoe was putting on her jeans while telling Greed, "My dad seemed really frazzled and he wants to see me alone. I won't be gone long and you have Sammy to keep you company." she put on a skull design top.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 7:29 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: If anyone outside of Zoe could shame him with guilt, it Sophia. Whatever this moment was he didn't want to be dragged through more regret, he was already digging himself deeper in a past he tended to try and move on from. The problem was he'd stayed more steady than he had in a long long time, and that brought up a lot of the past and that brought that pain.
His heart felt heavy. She wouldn't believe another apology, but he had no idea what to say. He wiped his face again, getting up to hide the fact that with pain came tears, and tears showed cowardice. He hadn't been ready for this. This dream or whatever it was was turning into a nightmare.
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Sophia sighed a little, she'd forgiven him for the affair the night he came back and they conceived Zoe. "It was a long time ago... we should probably let it rest." she didn't see the point in dragging Theseus through it again, she knew how much he hated conflict and problems and she didn't expect him to listen anyways. She rather spend what time she had with him happily.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 7:02 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: The other woman hadn't been memorable. At her question he looked confused, more confused than he had been when she showed up on his boat. He had completely forgotten and wiped it from his memory. Sophia had stuck.
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: She let go of his hand, he didn't really seem to be aware of it anyway, and leaned back in her chair eyeing him. "You don't remember the affair?" she asked him.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 6:51 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "Maybe," he didn't remember the woman after Sophia. He'd been scared and ran and when he ran he tried to drop all responsibility. He did fall in love easily with pretty faces, but few ever stuck with Theseus. Since Pheadra and his son it had really burned something in him. It made him close off his heart and skate past really letting anything sink in.
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: She smiled at him fondly, the look on her face was that she didn't believe him... but she had no malice towards him. She'd married a playboy and she knew it. "Theseus, you fell in love with every pretty face on the street." but it was part of his charm, he'd fallen for her too.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 5:20 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "I wasn't there for you though and I'm sorry for that. I out you in that position and deprived both our children of what they deserved..." And Zoe wasn't the last, he'd destroyed many lives like that by picking up and leaving them behind. "I hadn't loved anyone in a while like I did you." And he was finally started to mend his heart and learn he could love again.
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: She looked really touched by that and touched his cheek gently, "Oh honey... you're here, you're a father to our little girl. That's more than I ever thought would happen." she said quietly. In death she realized a lot of her hopes and dreams had been foolish, "She really needed someone and I was only half there for her." Sophia had been lost in her own grief and hopes over Theseus and then the loss of Thea, she wasn't the best mom she could have been. "So for you to be here now with her.. I feel. I don't want her to make the same mistakes I did.. and I know you'll look out for her."
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "For her, yes." Because it was too late to fix things with Sophia. "I thought if I did right by her, I'd be doing right by you---"
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "Sounds like my husband alright." she said with a wry smile, "But you stayed. And you got her calling you Dad. Couldn't have been easy... but you think all of this with her is worth any sort of pain that might come later?"
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 4:02 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com>wrote: The one time Theseus needed Zoe to respond and she didn't. He set the phone aside after making a public post over journals. Maybe she'd see that. "I'd like to think I have. It's....it's the first time since my first son I've been able to open up. I ran because I didn't want that kind of pain again." He just sacrificed living for anyone else so he could spre his own feelings.
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "Wut?" she said with a small laugh, a smile so big that her white teeth showed, "She calls you 'dad'? You must have done something good then.. Zoe tries to hold grudges but really can't. She's always been so eager to love." she just didn't think Theseus would have embraced a grown up daughter. Zoe meanwhile was asleep in Greed's bed with his fat butt on top of her so she didn't hear her phone get a text.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 3:35 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com>wrote: "I'll regret if she never sees you again and it was possible." His hands were shaking as he made the text. He didn't think he could talk properly if he called. "She calls me Dad," he said with a little smile. "It took a while, a long time but I think we are."
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: She was surprised and touched that he was thinking of Zoe first. Even when they'd been married, Theseus always came first in his life. She wiped at his cheek, "We should wait. At least till tonight... see if this is temporary. I don't want to rattle her if I'm just going to fade away again." but at the sight of his phone she asked, "Are you two close....?"
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Lauren Christensen<prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "I thought she was you when I saw her, but then I found your letter and I know I'm her father. She knows you're her mother." He looked up wiping away the wetness on his cheek, pulling out his phone. "She should see you."
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Sophia's gaze fell downward as if it was taking her a moment to remember their daughter and then she looked at him curiously, "How do you know Zoe?" she had been desperate for Zoe to know him when she was alive.. but when the end came she thought he'd never get her letter and even if he did, that he'd never actually attempt to get to know his daughter.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Lauren Christensen<prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "I know I don't deserve your forgiveness." He hung his head even more ashamed than he'd been. He couldn't formulate what this was or how he anticipated her reaction to be. He knew despite his feeling s Zoe deserved to see her mother.
"You need to see Zoe." He deserved nothing from her, but his little girl did.
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: She leaned in and kissed his cheek, "That's more than I ever thought I'd get from you... but honey, forgiveness is earned. And I think you finally know that." and she seemed really happy about it, squeezing his hands in her smaller ones.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 2:40 PM, Lauren Christensen<prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: He wanted her to forgive him. He also wanted her to be strict and not let him off easy. Another part of growing as a parent wth Zoe was admitting he was wrong and telling her. So he apologized to Sophia. He thought she didn't need to forgive him, but he hoped.
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "So you did." she said softly, not contradicting or forgiving him. She put her hand over his, she was warm and very much real in this moment. "But I knew what I was getting into when I fell in love with you, Theseus. Doesn't excuse what you did...." just like Zoe she was not willing to let someone off the hook.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Lauren Christensen<prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "No," he shook his head swallowing that rock in his throat, "I don't want you to go, I just----I don't even know where to start." He'd fled like he always did. "I destroyed you, I kept you waiting for so long and God help me I loved you."
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: She sighed and pushed the plate away, "I know. And I don't know how... but honey... it's happening. I'm here. That count for anything? Or should I just go since you can't even look at me?" her tone was gentle, she was always level headed, Zoe's firey passion came from her Greek side.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Lauren Christensen<prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: "I don't mean the food." He shook his head feelin overwhelmed. It was t like he'd never seen a ghost. He was Greek, stranger things had happened. But, considering all the regret he'd he burning itself on top of him, he didn't know how to address it. He could mend bridges with Zoe and hope her mother would be proud of what he had done. But to have her here face to face, he lost all confidence and found himself trying to cowardly back away. He wasn't strong, he really was a coward at heart.
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "Well the eggs and bacon were in the fridge... and then I cooked them." she said while gesturing to the fridge, "You really need to go grocery shopping." she knew what he meant but she didn't address it. "Do I have to cut up your food and feed you like I do with the kids?" putting her hands on her waist (cause she was sitting)
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: He took a deep breath looking to the side of the small kitchen. He still had a few of her trinkets, and the picture Zoe had found of him and baby Thea was in a little frame. That must have been the child he'd heard crying in his nightmares last night. He swallowed looking at the plate of food and back at Sophia. "How?" He asked with his brows knitted in confusion.
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: She tilted her head to the side and looked at him sympathetically (something Zoe did too without knowing she got it from her mother). Sophia sat down next to him and said, "Now I know this is a lot to take in honey but you still have to eat...." she pushed the plate towards him a tiny bit.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: Theseus was confused. He'd just stepped back in time. He shook his head with his hand out to wave away the food. He wasn't hungry. He was completely overcome with so much, Zoe had really opened the door for his feelings and he had a lot going on at once. "Sophia, there's no way you're here..." And he felt his eyes cloud with the tears he'd only let fall for her a few times since finding out the time he'd lost.
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: "Morning, sleepyhead." she said and dropped a kiss on his head after he sat down, "You seemed to be so tense last night I thought I'd let you sleep some more while I got breakfast ready." She moved what was in the pan to the plate and placed it in front of him. It was the way she used to make breakfast, bread with a hole in the middle that the egg was fried in, bacon on the side.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Lauren Christensen <prettykozi@gmail.com>wrote: His nose found the smell before he did, but across the harbor was a few shops, she he didn't think anything of it. But as he went into his little kitchen, he looked to see that figure again. She looked so real as the day he'd left her. He hadn't even aged a day since she met him. His eyes went wide as he scrubbed at them again and looking again to tell himself it wasn't real. He took a seat and repeated to himself with closed eyes, "she's not there, she's not there." The third time he opened his eyes she'd moved but now she was right in front of him.
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: In the morning when Theseus would get up, he'd be alone in bed. So maybe it had been a dream. But right when he'd start to relax about it, he'd smell... bacon and coffee, the scent wafting in and mingling with the salt air to create a delicious aroma.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Lauren Christensen<prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: He reluctantly laid back down, turning to face her. His eyes were heavy and he didn't have the strength to fight her. Sophia had a calming nature about her that matched his flightiness. He took a deep breath and watched her outline expecting that she wouldn't move. The boat rocked from the soft current underneath, between her voice and the water he eventually closed his eyes. He didn't know if he should be grateful or nervous to see her again.
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Sophia smiled at him, "Either that or you took some Greek goofiness from one of your brethren and are hallucinating." she took his wrist and tugged on it as she lay on the bed, "Sleep. Then in the morning we'll have breakfast and talk."
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 12:12 PM, Lauren Christensen<prettykozi@gmail.com> wrote: He couldn't sleep because he knew he'd completely destroyed her as he'd done to so many women before her. He blinked a few times, sitting up and reaching into the cold but he didn't know why he'd find. "Is it a dream?" He breathed out, looking cross with himself. He wanted to apologize to her, but he didn't know where to start.
On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Lucky L. <neverluckymore@gmail.com> wrote: Sophia looked just like the last time he'd seen her, she'd been 39 but still as beautiful as when he met her when she was 19. "Go to sleep, honey. It's just a dream." she said softly and then leaned down again to kiss his temple before she lay down next to him as if in all the world they were still married and he was in some sort of time warp to the past.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Lauren Christensen<prettykozi@gmail.com>wrote: There was a heaviness in the air that Theseus sensed. He'd thought he'd heard a child crying earlier but he never did see anything. He didn't know what it was but it unnerved him at one in the morning. He was trying to sleep, brows creased as the room felt colder. It approached, that cold air and touched his forehead in the form of a kiss. It was just a brush, but immediately his eyes started to tear and he opened them slowly to see someone else sitting on the side of his bed.
The guilt just gutted him even harder when he saw her face. "Sophia..." He said softly, just a whisper. It wasn't the first time he'd thought he'd seen her. There was that time during his affair with Lust, when he was positive she was there with him. He didn't know what he was seeing this time or if she would respond.