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Nick Hollis; Peter Pan (never_old) wrote in bellumlogs,
@ 2010-05-09 22:32:00

Entry tags:

gretel, peter pan

Who: Evie and Nicky
What: Nicky's coming home.
Where: 1202
When: Sometime after this
Warnings: A little grossness and pills? And Evie swearing a lot.

For his first outing across New York by himself, Nick found it to be much harder than he had ever expected. Even as he watched the world pass by in the backseat of a cab that Boyd called for him, Nick nearly vomited on the ride back to Bellum Letale from the sudden stop-and-go traffic. It was something he could add to his list of things he would never want to experience again, which was growing longer every day he was out of his hospital home. This was supposed to be Nick better than before, but he felt no less crazy with living in Bellum.

He shoved a handful of bills at the cab driver when he arrived at Bellum, not bothering to count out the proper amount. He probably overpaid the man, but his throbbing headache couldn't bring him around to care. Nick wandered up the stairs, dragging his feet a little to the twelvth floor and unlocked the door to 1202. He tried to keep quiet as he entered the apartment, carefully locking the door behind him.

Nicky needed his meds, a Tylenol, and to sit somewhere quiet for a while except he knew he needed to speak to Evie. It'd be safe to say she'd still be mad. Maybe if she just wouldn't yell at him? "Evie?" he called out, looking around. "I'm home..."

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	never_old 2010-05-10 05:20 am UTC (link)
	Nick let himself indulge in a little moment of pride at Evie's compliment. She thought he was the best and that was enough for him. He tilted his head a little, furrowing his brow at the look on her face. The news, whatever it was, apparently was not going to be good news. "What's wrong?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lostintheforest
2010-05-10 05:32 am UTC (link)

Evie scuffed at the floor with her foot. God did she fucking hate Jack right now. "Well. After you said Jack had let them restrain you, I went up to yell at him. Because that's really a terrible thing to do and it's a really shitty way to treat your siblings and especially you. But he's a dick so I don't know if he bailed on the building or us or what, but he's gone." She scowled darkly and hugged Nick tighter, bracing for his reaction. She didn't think he'd be mad exactly, but she thought he might like the extra support anyway.

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	never_old 2010-05-10 04:15 pm UTC (link)
	Nick tensed and went rigid as a stone statue when the words left Evie's mouth. His mind screamed a thousand things at once -- dark thoughts of how Jack was repeating ten years ago to a frantic worry of how he would be able for them to support themselves. "Oh," he managed, staring straight ahead and close to robotic. "We'll just deal with it then." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostintheforest 2010-05-10 06:04 pm UTC (link)
	Evie felt him tense under her arms but his lack of a verbal reaction made her nervous. "Nicky?" Her eyes narrowed in on his face and his blank expression. "Hey. It's okay. We're going to be fine." It wasn't like they needed him anyway. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

never_old
2010-05-10 09:59 pm UTC (link)

Nick wished he could believe that, he really did except nothing in the world was going to work the way they needed it too. He reached up to smooth back Evie's hair and quietly, "He was going to leave me in a hospital and leave you alone. It's not okay."

He rarely allowed himself to be mad, but this was an exception. Evie had never even seen Nick mad in years. He pulled back from Evie and slammed his fist on the door frame. "This wasn't supposed to happen!" his voice raised in volume again. "Stupid Jack. He said it'd be okay and...I fucking hate him." The swear and vitriol felt awkward and strange coming from his mouth, but as he raked his hand through his hair he was feeling a little better about it. No wonder Evie swore so much.

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lostintheforest
2010-05-10 10:43 pm UTC (link)

"Hey! Watch it." Evie pulled him away from the door frame. "That's how I broke my hand. How are you supposed to draw with one of these on?" She waved her cast at him. "Look, I'm not alone, okay? You're here. And we did get some money from dad, so we're not about to be evicted any time soon." Evie didn't know when she had become the voice of reason here, but Nicky was swearing and she didn't like him being upset. "He's not worth it okay?"

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	never_old 2010-05-11 01:00 am UTC (link)
	Nick took a deep breath, trying to manage to calm down. "No, it was supposed to be fine. And it's not." He looked determined for a moment and told Evie with a nod, "I'll get better. And get a job. So we'll be okay.." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lostintheforest
2010-05-11 02:43 am UTC (link)

"Nick." Evie put both of her hands on his shoulders, a little awkwardly because of her cast, and leveled her gaze at him, dead serious and relentless. "Stop freaking out. You're not going to do anything you're not ready to do. My rules." She paused a second to make sure he had that down. "I have a job and school's over in a couple weeks. I take care of the bills with Marissa and Dad's checking account. I've been doing it since I was about thirteen. We have time."

She took a long breath. That was the longest run of sentences she'd gone without swearing for a long time. And it didn't last long. "So, Jack's a little fucking bitch. He's gone now. It doesn't matter. You and me are gonna do just great without him. You'll see." She reached her arms around him for another hug, hoping that it would be enough to stop the burning feeling of anger rising in her that Nicky was as unhappy as this because of someone who was supposed to be family.

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never_old
2010-05-11 05:53 am UTC (link)

Nick snapped his attention to Evie, focusing in on her. His anger fizzled out quicker than a firework with one quick burst than fading away. Sometimes, Nick wondered when Evie became clearly the better older sibling than her older siblings. Going easily in to another hug with Evie, Nick rest his head on top of her's for the moment.

"'m sorry," he sighed, "I just want to make sure we'll be okay." He wasn't even going to mention that Evie was supposed to go to college at the end of the summer. No matter what time she thought they had, Nick knew he couldn't just tag along for the rest of Evie and his' lives. "We've got each other, right? We can get this to work.."

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lostintheforest
2010-05-11 05:27 pm UTC (link)

Evie let out the breath she was holding and hugged him back. She couldn't care less if Nicky tagged long with her forever, as long as he was happy. "We'll figure all of this out," she promised. "You're right, we've got each other." And as if this wasn't getting sappy enough, she squeezed him a little tighter and then stepped back and grinned a little. "So some return, huh?"

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	never_old 2010-05-12 02:04 am UTC (link)
	Nick rubbed the back of his neck, letting out an awkward chuckle. He shrugged his shoulders helplessly, "I'm just glad to be out of the hospital now." He gave Evie a serious look before he asked, "Boyd said you sounded mad earlier. Are you still mad about it?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lostintheforest
2010-05-12 02:40 am UTC (link)

"I'm glad you're out of the hospital. As long as your injuries are okay with it." Evie grinned and grabbed a snack bar out of a cupboard, stilling with her back to him when he asked his next question. Her lip pulled over her teeth in a half growl. She was starting to really not like Boyd. "They shouldn't have just decided to do that," she told him, turning back around.

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never_old
2010-05-13 03:09 am UTC (link)

"I'm fine," Nick assured Evie, "Whatever Tegan did the full moon night helped. It was weird cause Peter asked her to make the pain go away and she did. I think that's her magic thing, cause everything is healing really nice now."

Nick leaned against the door frame, grabbing his water bottle with still shaky hands. The bubble of emotions and having to be out in public had popped, leaving him to feel vulnerable and shaky again. "It was better. Like, if I got stuck in there I don't think you could get me out. I mean, Jack had to sign all those papers and not you.."

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lostintheforest
2010-05-13 04:09 am UTC (link)

On top of everything that had just happened with Jack, Evie did not want to hear about Tegan. Especially not Tegan helping Nicky get better when Evie couldn't. She bit the head off of the bar violently and didn't say anything.

Nicky's shaking got her attention though and she went over and leaned her chin on his shoulder. "I could have busted you out fine. She didn't even try to tell me." Evie avoided calling the redhead any names, trying not to upset him any more, but slid her arms around his torso again, hugging him closer. "She said I was going to let you get sent back--" Evie's expression grew darker, "--which I would never ever let happen, okay?"

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never_old
2010-05-13 04:27 am UTC (link)

"I know you wouldn't have. She just worries cause she's been there too," Nick told Evie. It didn't even cross his mind to keep that quiet to Evie. After all, Evie was Nick's only confidante beyond the other girls. Nick leaned in to her for a moment, resting his head against hers.

"It doesn't matter now. I'm home, right? Safe and sound," he pulled back to give Evie a grin. "I even was outside on my own for the entire ride back. And I talked to a cabbie." For Nick, that was a pretty big step even if it left him feeling like he should spend the next few days hiding in his room.

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lostintheforest
2010-05-13 04:47 am UTC (link)

Knowing that Boyd had been in a mental institution made her no more sympathetic to the girl than before. It still didn't give her the right to say whatever she wanted about Evie and what she would or wouldn't do. But she was quickly distracted and returned his grin. "Awesome." She knew how big that was. "Wanna celebrate? We have, like...popcorn, I think. And ice cream?" She squeezed him a little tighter in a congratulatory hug as well.

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	never_old 2010-05-13 05:23 am UTC (link)
	Nick laughed a little and shook his head, giving Evie a squeeze. "We don't have to celebrate. I think I just want to watch a movie with you. Something nice though." He stressed the 'nice' part, since Evie had very different ideas of entertainment than Nick did. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostintheforest 2010-05-13 05:36 am UTC (link)
	Evie thought about it. "Nice how? Not like, Cinderella, right?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	never_old 2010-05-13 05:41 am UTC (link)
	"Cinderella is nice," Nick said mildly, but furrowed his brow in thought. "What about Lilo & Stitch?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostintheforest 2010-05-13 05:49 am UTC (link)
	"I really don't think I have any Disney movies," Evie responded, with not as much regret as she probably could have mustered. "I have action. And sports. I think. You can check and see if anything is left?" Something might still be there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

never_old
2010-05-13 05:51 am UTC (link)

Nick huffed out a breath, blowing his bangs up dramatically for emphasis. "I can't watch action movies. They're overstimulating," Nick told her mildly as he went over to the cabinet to try to find a movie. "My therapist said I'll probably not be able to deal with any strong visual stuff for a while." He mumbled a little too himself, reading off titles as he shifted around DVDs. "You watch too much violence."

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	lostintheforest 2010-05-13 05:55 am UTC (link)
	"I am a violent person," Evie informed him, in a perfectly normal tone of voice. "I punched a wall. See if Aladdin's still there." She could stand an hour and a half of singing and animation for Nicky. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	never_old 2010-05-13 06:00 am UTC (link)
	"You're not," he retorted, "You're fiery, not violent." He pushed aside all the action movies to find the case for Aladdin. He grinned and held it up. "I love this one." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostintheforest 2010-05-13 06:11 am UTC (link)
	Evie grinned and deposited herself on the couch. "You're sweet." Aladdin was better than Cinderella at least. "I remember. I ended up knowing just about all of the songs by heart." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	never_old 2010-05-13 07:41 pm UTC (link)
	Nick put the movie in the VCR and turned the tv on. He settled on the couch next to Evie, putting an arm around her shoulders as the movie started. He leaned down to kiss the top of her head. "I'm glad I'm home with you, Evie." He said honestly. "We'll be all right." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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