Re: Jack/Dahlia: quicklog at the gym
[Whatever her anger resembled, it was the same shit she'd been raised on. The same anger she'd lived with, grown up under, been on the receiving end of a hundred times before. It was in her clenched fists, her hard stare, the bruises that had long since faded but still lived underneath her skin. Like father, like daughter—that anger was written into her genetic code. Part of who she was, and all she'd ever be. Like a shitty legacy. Which is partly why it was so hard for her to separate herself from it. Or even see the point of trying.]
Don't wanna fight, my ass. Dude, how the fuck was I supposed to know you changed your fuckin' mind? You just showed up at my gym in plainsclothes with a whole diff'rent fight on deck. [Translation: fuck you for challenging me on my turf. Strangely territorial, her irritation. Matched the way she flashed her teeth, and the growl in her voice. Something in her glare watched as Jack paced 'round in his discomfort, and noticed. Like it was calculating odds.
Three months. Yeah. Three months where she was busy dealing with her own shit: drinking before full moons, debt and trailer life, selling herself again in a ring, and a breakup with her ex-best friend—all while the rest of her friends went missing-in-action. Or, in Jack's case, forgot who she was.] Right. Just some idiotic stance. [Repeated, flatly, with a scoff. Disbelief.] You still seriously actin' like just 'cause it weren't your fault you got youngified, or—fuckin' whatever—you really gonna act like whatever you did then don't count?? FUCK you, man. [She dropped her feet to the floor, kicking off papers, pens, desk ephemera in the process. Got out of her chair, and put all seventy inches of her broad self right up in his face.] Don't you fuckin' dare. I got mad THEN 'cause you—you, Jack—were an asshole. And if you left that behind with your second fuckin' puberty, then maybe shit would be goin' different. I'm mad now 'cause you STILL out here— [She jabbed an angry finger at his chest.] —being a fucking asshole.