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billie jenkins is the god damn ultimate power (billiejen) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2009-07-01 11:35:00

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chris halliwell

Who: Billie Jenkins and Chris Halliwell
What: "So how's that ward working out?"
When: Lunch time, during Billie's break
Where: A simple cafe not far from where she works.
Rating: PGish, maybe at the most
Status: In progress

When it was time for her lunch break, Billie through the large empty book she had just purchased with her employee discount into her purse, made sure everything else was in there, and then headed out the door, calling behind her that she would be back in a bit. She might be late, but hell, who cared? It wasn't like it had been busy. Ever. And lunch was looking good. Lunch with Chris would be interesting. Billie hadn't hung out with him yet, and it would be kind of cool to be able to have a conversation with the guy she was use to babysitting.

It didn't take her too long to reach the cafe she said she was going to meet him at, though she was a few minutes early. Oh well? It was a nice day out, so she grabbed them a table outside, under one of the umbrellas that kept the sun from beating down on them too much. Soon the waiter was coming over, and Billie asked for two of everything. He looked at her skeptically for a moment, before she gave him a 'I will hurt you' sort of look. It was like he thought she was waiting for a date that probably wasn't going to come.

Ew. Hurl.

Leaning forward, she opened up the menu, while ordering a glass of sprite to start with for a drink. Maybe by the time Chris had arrived, she'd actually have something picked out.

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notunreasonable
2009-07-03 05:12 pm UTC (link)

"Okay." Chris gave a small smirk. "I'll take your word on that one."

"Maybe I don't want him to trust me." Chris said stubbornly, and perhaps there was a hint of petulance in his tone. God, he just wanted to get out of this place. And go ... well, wherever the hell it was that people from the future who died in the past went. He didn't want to be connecting with some guy he barely knew. It was bad enough he was having lunch with Billie (why had he agreed to that again?). It was bad enough he was letting aunt Paige break him down. They were family. This guy? Was a charge, he probably wouldn't ever had if it wasn't for this stupid place! "Empathic mimicry." Was what Chris said, as much as he didn't want Peter as a charge and as much as he trusted Billie, he wasn't telling her the guys life story. Call it Chris being secretive ...or maybe, unknowingly, protective of his charge. Or just being respectful, whatever it was, the only thing he added was, "He's had for a while. He was pretty good with using my telekinesis."

Chris sighed, knowing she had a point. "I didn't mean it like that, aunt Billie. You ended up, and you do end up, doing a lot of good with your powers. And not just helping the sisters. I'm not knocking people with new abilities. You've been a part of our family long enough for me to know better than that." Chris said in a tone, that was only reserved for family and people as good as. The rest of the world he was non-stop brusque and even his family saw that sharp sarcasm, but there were moments when he just wanted to comfort them. His family meant everything to him, extended included. Grandpa, aunt Billie, Darryl and his wife and kids. They ... Chris pushed the thoughts aside. "I just meant, he'd probably literally start climbing trees to start saving some animals. Like something out of a children's movie or something."

Though Chris didn't mention his suspicions that he was worried about what his charge would have done if he'd had the existance of demons in his worlds. Human monsters were bad enough ... and sometimes much more unpredictable. Chris knew well enough, especially when said human monsters were your family. There was an unwilling, grudging respect for his charge and his ability, or refusal, not let it all affect him.

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