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Tweak says, "I'm your bestest only friend."

Thomas Julian Kemp (asterismos) wrote in nevermore_logs,
@ 2017-04-25 21:02:00

Entry tags:

charlotte kemp, emma kemp, jameson kemp, madeline kemp, peter kemp, thomas kemp

WHO: Kemps
WHAT: Meeting Peter
WHEN: Monday evening
WHERE: Emma's house
WARNINGS: TBA

Desperate not to kill his little sister for being rude, Thomas chose to leave the house instead of listening to her diatribe about being 'kicked out'. Instead he headed over to his mother's house to meet the reason Little was staying with them. Peter hadn't seen his cousin Peter since he was a teenager and Jamie had been a baby. Peter had been in seminary at the time and they had been so vastly different that it didn't make much sense to hang out. Now though-

Thomas let himself and Jamie into his mother's house and headed towards the voices in the living room. Peter was sitting on the sofa looking slightly overwhelmed while Emma fussed about.

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seetheskyagain_
2017-04-25 11:30 am UTC (link)

Thomas was a little at loss for words as well, but Charlotte charged right ahead. "I remember your dad. He was super scary when I was what...five?"

"He was super scary all the time," Peter said wryly. "None of my time in the hospital was ever as bad as being in his house."

"Wait," Thomas held a hand up, and funny look on his face. "What?"

Peter blinked and glanced towards his cousin. "He was- Surely you remember how horrible he was."

"Once he threw me into a bookshelf," Thomas nodded. "Did he uhm...do that to you?"

"That house was full of bookshelves," Peter said cagily.

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	aspectabund 2017-04-25 11:49 am UTC (link)
	"Wait, what?" Maddy and Jamie asked in unison, turning to look at Thomas, then back at Peter. "This guy was your dad?" Jamie asked. "He sounds like a real winner." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	seetheskyagain_ 2017-04-25 11:54 am UTC (link)
	Thomas gave Maddy and Jamie a little half-smile at their concern, but turned back to Peter. "That's a nice way to put it," Peter said dryly. "I wasn't allowed to speak at the dinner table. Or...ever really, when he was around. And his very favourite thing to call me was 'pansy'." Emma was hovering just outside the room, looking mutinous. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	flare_star 2017-04-25 12:07 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, he would have had a field day with me," Jamie muttered. Aidan reached around Charlotte and patted his shoulder. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

seetheskyagain_
2017-04-25 12:14 pm UTC (link)

Thomas glowered at that and he said, "and if he did I would have a field day with him."

"It's cute when he goes all protective," Charlotte grinned. "Last time you went all protective though you did end up in jail for disturbing the peace."

"It was a mall food court, it wasn't really all that peaceful to begin with," Thomas shrugged. "Peter, I had no idea you were going through that. I mean I knew he just dropped you here all the time and that he was scary as hell, but I didn't know-"

"It's alright, I didn't tell anyone either," Peter shrugged. "I think I was always a bit of a burden to him. Doesn't matter, he's gone now. So what have you been doing for the last twenty years, all of you."

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flare_star
2017-04-25 12:20 pm UTC (link)

"Yes, let's not have you going back to prison, Dad," Jamie agreed. "Once was enough for everyone."

"Well...I was growing up," Jamie continued. "I'm 21 now, 22 in July. Next year is my last year at SVA, which is something I'm not quite ready for."

"I had a baby," Maddy chimed in. "Joss, let me see her." She stood to collect their daughter from Joss. "Her name is Diana, she's 2 now." She smiled down at her daughter. "Can you say hi to Peter, honey?" Diana burbled and waved.

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seetheskyagain_
2017-04-25 12:31 pm UTC (link)

"An artist," Peter smiled at Jamie, "that's wonderful. I'm sure you'll do incredibly well." Beside Peter, Thomas was beaming with pride.

Peter turned to Maddy and all of a sudden, he grinned. "Hi!" he said, waving to Diana. "Oh, I just love babies. Hello, beautiful!"

Joss leaned against Maddy, "you have excellent taste, sir," he informed Peter who laughed.

"As for me, I got married just out of high school but he turned out to be an asshole so Thomas rescued me and I divorced his abusive ass. I've been working on and off and a few years ago I met Aidan. He's an artist too, and wonderful."

"I'm so sorry to hear about your ex," Peter said with feeling. "Nice to meet you, Aidan."

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aspectabund
2017-04-25 12:45 pm UTC (link)

"Thanks," Jamie told him, smiling. "I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do, but at least I know it'll be something I enjoy."

Maddy beamed. "She's the light of my life," she replied, kissing Diana's head. "Well, her and that nerdy guy who keeps showing up, for some reason." She turned and winked at Joss.

Aidan squeezed her hand. "She's amazing," he told Peter. "I'm the lucky one. Nice to meet you too."

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asterismos
2017-04-25 12:51 pm UTC (link)

"I can see why," Peter said with a charmed smile. "I was always kind of crushed I never got to have kids."

"You still could," Thomas suggested.

"Eh. I'm almost forty and I spent most of my life in an institution. My father was fifty when he had me and it was terrible."

"That's like the opposite of what I did, having Jamie so early. I still think you could do it though. As for me, I raised Jamie and trained as a teacher. I was doing a masters in astronomy but I'm taking a break for a bit to...uh. Well I'm starting a charity for. Just a charity," he said, turning red.

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	aspectabund 2017-04-26 10:49 am UTC (link)
	"I honestly didn't think I'd have one at 26, but I wouldn't trade her for anything," Maddy told him. "And I mean, Tommy's right, but it's really up to whatever you want to do." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

seetheskyagain_
2017-04-26 11:38 am UTC (link)

Peter hadn't ever even had a relationship, despite being head over heels in love with his friend Stuart who had died at the hands of a demon. He was fairly sure he never would have one, so kids were pretty much out of the picture. "You're all very kind," he said anyway.

Emma re-entered, deciding just listening was going to get creepy after a while. "Here we go, snacks for everyone! Eat up, you especially, Thomas."

Thomas made a face, but complied anyway.

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