Caitlin || Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat) (katyathroughit) wrote in thereincarnates, @ 2014-06-21 20:24:00 |
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Entry tags: | alec rey-morgan, caitlin holloway, colt richards, frankie discombe, kylie kensington, nate henderson, rachel young, scarlett jones, shae holloway |
WHO: Caitlin Holloway and OPEN to all who wish to attend (multiple threads welcome!)
WHAT: Nik's memorial
WHERE: The X-Mansion
WHEN: Immediately following the service
WARNINGS: Probably depressing. Mentions of death.
For Caitlin, the service had gone by in a blur. Dressed in an uncomfortable black dress with even more uncomfortable black heels, she hadn't even been sure she wanted to attend until an hour before she was supposed to leave her room to greet the people who had shown up. Frankie had made it clear that she didn't have to; nobody would think less of her for skipping out. Maybe nobody else would, but in the end she knew she would regret it fully if she didn't come. So with a squirming toddler, she sat through and tried to block out everything around her. It was really simple to, actually; she'd been doing it for a while.
Afterwards came the hard part. The chatting. The schmoozing. All of the "I'm so sorry for your loss"es and forced hugs. She'd been dealing with heavy condolences since Nik's death, and as such had taken to avoiding people as often as she could. It was made difficult by her need to take care of Kayleigh, but her family had been helpful--both blood and team alike. And it helped her if she kept busy, something that the toddler clinging to her leg helped with.
With everybody milling around, Caitlin stooped down to pick up the toddler and carry her over to where the food was. She wasn't hungry herself; she hadn't had an appetite all day, and instead felt sick to her stomach. But those kinds of feelings didn't prevent children from wanting to eat, so she carefully began prepping a plate of finger foods for her to eat, hoping in the back of her head that she could just blend in with the table and not be noticed. Now would be a good time to just sink into the earth with her powers.