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Jack Hollis [Captain Hook] (floreat_etona) wrote in bellumlogs,
@ 2010-03-03 20:51:00

Entry tags:

gretel, peter pan

Who: Jack & Evie & Nick
What: Hollis family reunion
Where: Bellum Letale and mental hospital
When: After he writes to Evie and the building
Warnings: Surly, resentful teenagers.

When it became clear there would be no way for him to get into 1202 to wait for Evie, he went back to his apartment to unpack some of his clothes. It didn't take him long: he had only packed a week's worth of clothes, wanting an excuse to have to leave. Despite his feigned enthusiasm for the coming family reunion, Jack was petrified at seeing his siblings again. Evie's angry emails only confirmed his fear.

Once finished with the luggage, he paced his apartment for an hour before trotting back down the stairs to the twelfth floor. It was pathetic, but he couldn't think of anything else to do: he slouched against the wall and waited.

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	lostintheforest 2010-03-06 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	Evie just looked at him, almost pityingly. "You wish it was all night." He really thought she was going to simply forgive him, didn't he? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	floreat_etona 2010-03-06 04:45 pm UTC (link)
	He groaned then and threw up his hands, exasperated. "I'm sorry, okay? What more do you want?" He frowned, frustrated. "Look, you were little, I don't think you understand what was going on--" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostintheforest 2010-03-06 05:10 pm UTC (link)
	"Some groveling might be nice," Evie was glaring at him again, eyes accusing. "Maybe, like, ten years worth." The dim light that filtered through the cab seemed to highlight the tense set of her jaw and her folded arms. "Right, because I was little and my mom had just died, that really made it okay, Jack." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	floreat_etona 2010-03-06 05:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Dude, she was my mom, too!" He felt the urge to shake Evie and he stared at her, as aggravated with her now as he had been when he was 18. He didn't like the feeling. Automatically, he crossed his arms as well. "Look, I did what people do: graduate high school, leave home, start life." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostintheforest 2010-03-06 05:30 pm UTC (link)
	"No one expected you to stay home. But you could have visited, or at least, you know, tried to stay in touch. Normal people do that too." Evie suddenly wanted to hit him, but she checked herself because he was bigger now, and he probably wouldn't be as easy on her as when she was eight. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

floreat_etona
2010-03-06 05:54 pm UTC (link)

Jack made a growling noise of frustration and he cracked his knuckles. It was a bad habit he picked up years ago and even the nagging of his ex-wife and various girlfriends hadn't broken him of it. "I stayed in touch--" he protested weakly, aware that it was a blatant lie. Still, he couldn't admit that and he frowned at Evie. "Anyway, I said I was sorry. What more do you want? I'm here now." Cut me a fucking break.

	lostintheforest 2010-03-06 06:04 pm UTC (link)
	Evie didn't even bother contradicting him, since they both knew it was a lie. Clenching her hands once, she turned her head away. "Whatever." She leaned against the side of the taxi and stared out the window and refused to talk anymore until finally they pulled up to the front of the mental institution. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	never_old 2010-03-08 01:34 am UTC (link)
	Nick really wanted his Xanax, but popping his pills in front of his little sister gave him pause. Good influences, Nick reminded himself. He was going to be a good influence on Evie. He gave his siblings an awkward attempt at a smile, "Let's go home then." No matter how much the dread was settling in his stomach. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)