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Nick Hollis; Peter Pan (never_old) wrote in bellumlogs,
@ 2010-04-16 20:57:00

Entry tags:

gretel, peter pan

Who: The Hollis Family (aw)
Where: 1202 to wherever they go
When: Friday evening
What: They have to have a Talk too.
Warnings: Evie's angry, Jack's a jerk, and Nick is awkward. Usual Hollis!

Nick wasn't settled with this idea of going out to dinner with Jack and Evie. They were family, but Evie and Jack butted heads more often than not. She wasn't going to take this well, nor did Nick think Evie would even leave the apartment without a fight. It was tiring, but he'd work as the mediator if he had to. Coaxing Evie out wouldn't be too hard, but convincing Jack that they all weren't crazy wasn't his idea of a good time.

Nick tugged a t-shirt over his head and stepped out of his room, going to knock on Evie's door. "Evie? Can I come in?" Polite as ever, even with his little sister.

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floreat_etona
2010-04-18 11:42 pm UTC (link)

Evie was ahead of them, clearly impatient, but he kept slow so he wouldn't lose sight of Nick. Even though his brother was legally an adult, Jack couldn't shake the feeling that something could still happen to him. Evie was tough enough to fend for herself but Nick seemed so vulnerable.

"How's school going?" he called down to Evie. "You're graduating this year, right?"

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lostintheforest
2010-04-19 12:28 am UTC (link)

Evie stopped at the door to the stairwell and answered Nick first. "I've had more practice," she told him with a laugh. Jack asked one of those school questions that grown-ups tended to favor and she sort of felt bad for him, awkwardly trying to connect without knowing how to do it. She shoved that feeling all of the way to the back of her head and caught her thumbs on the pockets of her jackets, watching them catch up. "Yeah. In June."

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never_old
2010-04-19 03:59 pm UTC (link)

Nick fell into step with Jack, fondly watching Evie walk ahead of them. He almost felt like he was beaming when he remembered she was graduating high school. He bounced the idea around in his head of how Evie would go on and do pretty much everything as if she was the next person to cure cancer and save the world.

In his head, she probably was the one to do it.

"Already, Evie? Geez," he teased with a smile. "Who said you can grow up?"

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floreat_etona
2010-04-20 12:54 pm UTC (link)

It was disconcerting hearing Nick tease Evie like that, sounding so grown-up himself, and Jack very nearly said that aloud. But he caught himself in time, clearing his throat instead, uncomfortably moved. He hated the strange stabs of affection he felt for Evie and Nick, even when they were maddening and aggravating, and he frowned. So he found himself asking, a little stuffy and pompous: "What are you doing after graduation, Evie? What schools are you applying to?"

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lostintheforest
2010-04-20 05:28 pm UTC (link)

"You guys are so slow," Evie complained. She grinned at Jack, looking strangely triumphant. "Already got into UNC." It was a point of pride, not that she wanted four more years of school exactly, but that she was doing something for herself and her future and she had accomplished it on her own. When they finally caught up to her, she transferred the smile to Nick and hopped down a couple stairs. "I get to grow up. That's just your hang-up."

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never_old
2010-04-22 01:39 pm UTC (link)

There was a chill that settled in the pit of his stomach. UNC? North Carolina? His mind started to race with questions of how that was going to work. Would he have to live with Jack? No one could expect him to stay by himself. Or with Marissa, who barely referred to him by name.

The frown was fleeting on Nick's face, dropping his head to look at the ground and shrug a little. "Fine. I can go to Neverland without you then."

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floreat_etona
2010-04-22 02:17 pm UTC (link)

"Wow, nice," he said with real enthusiasm, returning Evie's grin -- which faded at Nick's comment. Neverland. He tried not to frown but thankfully Nick wasn't looking at him, and so he joked, gently clapping Nick on the shoulder: "How about you just stay with me here? Shorter trip for Evie, right?" He appealed to his sister, begging with his eyes for her to stay latched to reality, just for tonight. No more fairy tale talk.

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lostintheforest
2010-04-22 04:18 pm UTC (link)

When Evie had been accepted, Nick hadn't even been out of the institution and she had wanted to pick somewhere far away from Marissa without being close to Jack. She had barely thought about what next year would mean since then, but she would stay in an instant if he wanted her to and she hoped that he knew it, although she wasn't going to voice it here because she had no doubt that Jack would act like a grown-up about it and tell her to focus on her own future. Or something. She hugged Nick around the shoulders quickly. "But you have to take me," she complained. "There are like, zero crocodiles in New York City." She very nearly had said pirates, but a quick look at Jack told her that this was a bad time and Nicky probably wanted to at least make it out of the building before they brought up the full moon.

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