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Tweak says, "It's just like Sister Ray said"

bo hess has a dream (alreadyscared) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2011-02-10 03:16:00

Entry tags:

bo hess, parker, peter fleming

WHO: Bo Hess, Peter Fleming, and Parker
WHAT: Breakfast with the quite possibly the oddest family unit ever.
WHEN: Right after this.
WHERE: Their apartment.
RATING: TBD
STATUS: In Progress

Although Bo had dreamt about this very thing happening, she still was understandably upset when she woke to find herself in a bedroom that looked like her room but wasn't. After tiptoeing to the other bedroom, already knowing what she would find when she looked and sure enough being right, she promptly tried to leave the apartment. When the pain hit her however she returned quickly and then proceeded to hide in her closet, clinging to her PDA as though it were her only lifeline. Which, in a way, it was.

Fortunately, after speaking with Peter and meeting the man she was now staying with - who was also named Peter - Bo had calmed down enough to realize that she couldn't actually hide in the closet forever. There wasn't a bathroom, or food, and it wasn't very comfortable besides. So she decided to do what her daddy had told her months earlier and eat her cereal in the kitchen like she was supposed to. The fact that the Peter she was staying with had offered to bring it to the closet helped encourage her decision. After all, if a grown-up was willing to do that for a kid they didn't even know, Bo didn't think they could be that bad.

Of course, agreeing to eat in the kitchen and being somewhat at ease was a far cry from actually going into the kitchen with someone she still didn't know very well. However she forced herself first to leave the confines of her closet, then her bedroom, and bit by bit cautiously made her way to the kitchen. Pausing in the doorway, the little girl clutched her PDA to her chest and took a deep breath. She could be brave, she told herself. Peter - her Peter - wanted her to be brave so she could do it.

With that thought in mind, Bo finally entered the kitchen and silently made her way to the table.

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inafivepoundbag
2011-02-13 08:30 pm UTC (link)

Clearly, he was missing the point. Yes, Parker knew she'd lose a good chunk of change if she took off work for a month. But if there was one thing she would always put before money, it was kids. And if the city wanted her responsible for this kid for a month, she'd do what she had to do to make sure Bo was taken care of. Even if it meant giving up what most people wouldn't even make in a year.

"Closer to ten grand," she said casually as she took the bills and stuck them back into her pocket. "Once you add in bonuses. And me taking off work is just a worst case. Crowley would let me but he wouldn't like it." Honestly though, Parker doubted it'd come to that. If nothing else, she'd just take Bo to the clinic to visit with Peter Petrelli during the day while she grabbed a nap in one of the empty exam rooms. Provided the city didn't decide to make her suffer in agony for trying to be nice.

Stupid city.

"Can I have another glass of water?"

Bo's soft-spoken voice made Parker's gaze snap back to the girl. Peter - Petrelli, that is - had warned her the girl had some sort of water thing that was best not to question. However most of what Parker was told tended to be ignored until after she'd done exactly what they said not to do. So while she wasn't going to immediately tell the kid no, she definitely wasn't doing it without a good reason either.

"What's wrong with the one you've already got?" she asked. Already she was sliding off the counter and going in search of a glass, knowing she'd hand the water over regardless of the reason she was given. However she did stop, briefly, to stare at the girl in mild shock at that reason.

"It has dust in it. And the one before that is stale." The little girl grew quiet for a second before adding in a tone that was laced with a touch of amusement born from a lifetime of being used to people finding her reasons odd. "And the one by my bed was contaminated too. It has germs from the air that dropped in it."

Parker didn't comment. She just nodded, held out the new glass of water, then met Peter's gaze with a look that clearly asked if this was normal behavior for a small child or if their 'kid' was apparently as unique as they both seemed to be.

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