Thursday - May 7th, 2009
Who: Trevor, Rez and River When: Prior to going to see Lily What: Trevor comes to visit Where: Rez's apartment
Trevor pulled into the parking lot of the apartment building and made his way into the building and the apartment. He used his key to get in and glanced around for his uncle. He stepped over a pile of lego and then went into the kitchen, grabbing Chole's sippy cup before it ended up on the floor. He smiled at his uncle as he tried to get lunch for two kids who were both a little on the clingy side apparently. But if his mom had been dying when he was five he probably would have been clingy too. "hey dude what's up?" He asked before looking down and smiling when Chloe took his hand as she drank from her cup. ~~~ Clingy was definitely a good word for it. River was resting because she had had a rough morning and Ethan and Chloe were ramped up big time, especially Ethan, what with the full moon coming soon. He was running around the kitchen practically in circles while Chloe clung to Rez's leg, forcing him to drag her around as he worked to get their mac & cheese and hotdogs ready for them. He didn't even hear the door and nearly jumped out of his skin when he heard a male voice in the room. "Trevor! Oh thank fuck.. Er.. I mean... Nevermind." He already felt lighter with Chloe taking hold of Trevor's hand instead of his now. "Keepin' on keepin' on, brother." He exhaled a laugh. "You hungry?" He could toss a few more hotdogs in the water if he was. ~~~ Trevor leaned down and picked Chloe up, holding her as he watched Ethan spin in circles over and over again until he nearly passed out. "Wow he's really feeling the moon huh?" Trevor shook his head. "Nah man I'm good, I might steal some cookies but Riley has got me spoiled with food." He blinked when Chloe clapped her hands and said Riley. "I guess you or River let Riley meet them huh? That or she just likes sayin it." Trevor watched his uncle and then sighed. "Dude um...I came over to check you, see how you were doin...I mean...I know you are having a hard time." ~~~ Rez glanced over at Ethan and then smirked. "Yeah, he is." He looked back over at him. "Well fine then. Sorry my kitchen skills ain't up to par." He smirked and then glanced back at the stove, giving the macaroni a stir to see if it was done enough yet. Almost. It just needed a few minutes more. "Yeah, he's met them. He was with me the day I picked them up." Of course he had seen them since then but.. yeah. "I'm okay. I mean.. not perfect but.." He shrugged. "River and I had a talk last night and I talked to Lily a bit too and... things seem... a little better today." Of course things with Riley were still up in the air but... He wasn't sure if Trevor knew about that and he didn't see much point in bringing it up right now. ~~~ Trevor walked over to the table and sat down with Chloe who insisted on growling at him, combined with giggling. "Um...this growling thing is new for her." Trevor actually truly adored kids, but he did want to wait to have his own. "Oh yeah duh stupid sorry I knew that." Trevor started to make silly faces at his cousin and grinned when she started laughing. That of course made Ethan curious as to what Trevor was doing so he pretended to lunge for him, which caused the boy to run away squealing. "Yeah...well that's good, I mean...if you can get the women in your life straightened out then you are on a much better path." Trevor knew about Riley...he had been awake when they had...well made use of the stairs but it wasn't a conversation Trevor wanted to have either...but he would if Rez wanted to talk. ~~~ "Uhm.. yeah, I think so." He shrugged slightly. "I think she picked it up from little vicious over there." He nodded in Ethan's direction. He was so glad that Trevor was here. So glad. He was exhausted and moody because of the moon and the kids were... rambunctious as hell. They seemed to be more calm with him around. "I dunno if I got them all straightened out really but... cleared the air at least." He shrugged slightly. He wouldn't go into a whole lot of details where little ears could hear. But he did think it was a good time to mention, "I was thinking about goin' to see Lily, talk to her face to face. But River's not feelin' too good today so..." He shrugged, secretly hoping that Trevor would offer to stay and keep an eye out on the kids while he went to track her down. ~~~ Trevor chuckled and then shrugged. "yeah sounds around right." He bounced Chloe on his knee as his uncle got the food finished up. "Well that's good, i mean it better than keeping it all bottle up right?" He blinked in surprise when Chloe yelled potty at the top of her lungs and ran down the hall to the bathroom and then stuck her head back out to inform them she had to poop and needed to be alone. Trevor covered his mouth but he couldn't keep the laugh in. He just started to crack up and then frowned when Rez said River wasn't feeling good. "I bet you would like me to stay so you can go talk to Lily huh?" ~~~ Rez nodded his head. "Yeah. I just... I got ahead of myself, ya know? Gotta give things time. Haven't been.. thinkin' straight much here lately." He shrugged his shoulders a bit and then laughed when Chloe ran off. "I'll have to go help her when she's done," he informed Trevor. She wasn't totally potty trained yet, but she was working on it. He dished out lunch and then glanced at Trevor, considering. "I dunno. If she wants to see me. I'd have to ask but... I'm gonna go check and see if River wants to eat anything right now. Be right back." And he left to head down the hall to the bedroom to see if she was awake and/or hungry. ~~~ Trevor nodded at him when he said he got ahead of himself. "Which is not like you at all Rez...you never do that." He smirked at his uncle but he knew it was true, it was like the guy loved being in love with people but he never wanted them to be with anyone else...and he always seemed to collect more people. "Better you than me." Trevor said with a smirk and then chewed on his lip. "All you can do is try dude, I know if Charlie didn't want to see me I'd still try to see her...I couldn't live without her." He said with a goofy smile. "She wants to be like me." He said quietly and then motioned for Rez to go check on river. River was having a horrible day, and she didn't even want to hear the words eat and food let alone do it. ~~~ "Shut up," Rez remarked with a grin. He was terrible and he knew it and he couldn't help it. He just.. loved people. That's all. There was nothing wrong with it only.. well it got him into some messes now and then. "Ah, the joys of parenthood," he smirked and then nodded his head. "Yeah. Andd.. I think it'd be good if we just... talked, ya know? Cleared the air." He was so distracted that he didn't really hear that last part of what he had said though he knew he said something as he was on his way out the kitchen door, so when he came back from checking on River, who didn't want food AT ALL, he asked, "What were you sayin' just a bit ago?" ~~~ Trevor stuck his tongue out at Rez and then groaned when Ethan did the same thing. "You don't do that." He said and then nodded. "You two probably do need to clear the air I mean you're friends right...I know she can't deal with ....munchkins but you know...ya gotta talk."
Trevor was trying to out gross Ethan when Rez came back in and grinned up at him when he asked what he said. "Uhh Oh yeah Charlie wants to become a werelion." He pointed to Ethan's lunch and gave him a look which seemed to get the boy back into eating. ~~~ "What? Why?" That probably came out harsher than Rez had intended but... he wasn't sure why anyone would actually choose that life unless they had no choice. River had no choice. She was choosing that life. But Charlie wasn't dying. She was fine. Then again, as much sex as the girl had, it might not be a bad idea since it'd keep her from catching STDs. "Hold that thought," he said, and then went back out of the room so he could check on Chloe. It took him a few minutes to get her situated and cleaned up and out of the bathroom and into the kitchen to sit her down at the table with her brother to eat. "Wanna go to the other room and chat?" ~~~ Trevor was a bit surprised by Rez's reaction but he really shouldn't have been. Most people wouldnt chose to be a were anything, it wasn't like the shift tickled. Trevor was going to answer and then waited for Rez to get his daughter and get her lunch. "Yeah okay." He answered when Rez asked if he wanted to go talk. "Ethan, you're in charge...make sure your sister eats her lunch." Trevor said as he left the room and flopped onto the couch he nearly had sex with Charlie on. "She wants to be like me, she doesn't want to age while Im young and stuff." ~~~ It was nice to sit down. Rez exhaled a loud sigh as he flopped down onto the sofa and closed his eyes for a moment, letting his mind and body both settle for a bit. He turned his head to look at Trevor as he spoke, thinking about it for a moment before he said simply, "The two of you are really in love with one another, huh?" It seemed crazy but... Fuck, if anyone understood crazy, he did. "I'm happy for you. And as long as you both give it some thought, real thought, before doing it then..." He shrugged slightly. "That's a choice you two gotta make on your own." ~~~ Trevor nodded with that stupid smile on his face again. "Yeah we really are...and I dont know I like the idea of her being like me so that if we have any kids...they will be just like us you know." he smiled at Rez and nodded. "I knew you would be cooler about this than Riley...I have a feeling he won't like the idea at all. So I told Charlie she should offer to turn him too at some point...I mean I know he doesn't wanna get old and shit...um stuff...sorry." ~~~ Rez exhaled a soft laugh. "You are so much like me it's ridiculous." Though there was one small thing. He was too possessive to ever be in an open marriage. He couldn't handle that part of it. But if Trevor was okay with it, well, that was his thing. But then he mentioned turning Riley into a were and that caused him to arch a brow sharply. "Riley? Uhm... huh." He paused, looking forward. He wasn't sure how he felt about that, if he had any right to feel anything about that at all. "Well.. I guess that's uhm... his decision to make and everythiing." ~~~ Trevor smiled at him and just shrugged. "Yeah mom used to bitch about that alot, I never really believed her until I came here though." Trevor liked the open marriage, he was confident in how much Charlie loved him and he knew that he could fuck other women but none of them were Charlie. Trevor looked at Rez when he seemed bothered by the Riley thing and then bit his lip. "You don't want him to be? I mean, it's just an offer, that he may say no to." The blonde said as he leaned forward a bit himself. He hadn't really believed his uncle still loved the doctor either but there was more and more evidence to the contrary. ~~~ "Yeah, well... Just cause." He laughed. He'd always suspected that Trevor would turn out more like him and Adam more like their mother. And he was right. That was probably why he and Adam couldn't seem to get along at all. They didn't speak the same language, apparently, just like he and Sharon never had either. And maybe an open marriage wasn't so bad. At least then he could love everyone he wanted to love but... He'd probably be better suited as the head of a polygamist family instead. "No. I mean.. it's his choice and... I don't mind that he'd be around for longer but..." He trailed off and then he shook his head. "It's.. yeah, it should be Charlie. I mean.. they got a kid together and all that." ~~~ Trevor used to hate being told he was like his uncle, but now...he was okay with it most of the time. he was glad he didn't have his possessive streak though, that would be hard to deal with. If Rez had shared the polygamist family idea, Trevor would have agreed with him whole heartedly. "Yeah I know...but something is..." He narrowed his eyes at Rez and then chuckled. "You wanna do it don't you, bite him...make him like you. So possessive." He smirked at Rez and then bumped him with his foot. "you just need everyone to get along and all live in one house to be with you and then you will be happy." He teased him, not realizing it was probably true. ~~~ "No!" Of course that didn't sound at all convincing. "I mean... if we had.. stayed together and then he'd wanted to then maybe..." He gave a small shrug of his shoulders. "But, you know, we aren't so..." He gave a bit of a laugh at the suggestion but there was something lacking in the laugh, something that would indicate that maybe, just maybe, he wouldn't mind that idea in the slightest. But seeing as how that was never going to happen... ~~~ Trevor laughed and then shook his head. "Dude you are so transparent." He said with a sigh. "Even though you're not together you still wanna hold onto him...or her." He said as he tilted his head back towards the bedroom. "Although you will never lose her entirely." he said wincing at Rez's laugh. "Man...that is what you want isn't it? Have all three or four of them as yours in one house?" Trevor knew it was just a fantasy but why would anyone want like four...partners that could all gang up on you? You were just asking for trouble. "I'm sorry you are having this much crap going on in your love life dude...I mean whoever you pick, it's someone you love but is it enough right?" ~~~ "Shut up," Rez muttered, though he smiled a little when Trevor pointed out that he was never going to lose River. "I hope not." He was worried that something would go wrong, that in saving her life, he would end up killing her on accident or something but... hopefully that wouldn't happen. He was going to take every precaution to be sure that didn't happen. But he was still afraid of that. "Yeah, well.... so what? It's not going to happen that way so..." He shrugged slightly. "I just.. love them all in very different ways and they all appeal to different parts of me and... I dunno. It's just... not fair to have to pick and... to have that one piece, or numerous pieces, missing." ~~~ Trevor smiled at his uncle and then nodded. "You won't, everything will be fine. You will infect her and at the very least man it will heal her enough to keep her going. And then you guys can decide on the next step if it's necessary." Trevor chewed on his lip and then sighed. "No it's not but you should take some time to figure out what you really want, I suppose. But I mean that sounds easy to do but I know it's really hard." ~~~ "Yeah, well... We'll see." He was going to make sure that if it went bad, there was someone around to fix it, that was for sure. This moon was going to be rough though, for sure. It was the first one he'd be spending with his son too, which would be a challenge in and of itself, but to add to it everything with River... He was just stressed as hell about it, truthfully. "I know what I want," he said, looking at him seriously. "It's just a matter of.. what I can have and what I can settle for and be... relatively happy." He shrugged. "I'm gonna send Lil a text and see if she wants to like.. get together in a bit if that's cool with you." ~~~ Trevor could only imagine how stressed out his uncle was right now, he was aware somewhat of what Rez was going through, with Ethan and then River. "I"m sure you do, and that just sounds kinda sad." He said with a frown and then shifted on the couch. "Yeah you go ahead, that's cool with me. My cousin's behave way better for me than you anyways." He grinned at him. ~~~ Rez gave Trevor a bit of a scowl. "Shut the fuck up. You ain't gotta point that out." Of course they were more well behaved for Trevor. He wasn't the one here with them all the time, Rez was, so they knew he wasn't going to lose his temper with them too much and how much they could push and pull without getting into trouble. That's just how kids were. He pulled the phone out and sent out a text, waiting for a few minutes before he got one back. He smiled, clearly a good sign. "Three. We're meeting at three." So he had some time to talk still, and get ready too. He needed to shower before he left. ~~~ Trevor gave him a pretty good copy of his own grin and then shrugged. "What can I say, I just couldn't stop myself." He looked up when Rez said they were meeting at three. "Well good I'm happy for you." He said before glancing into the kitchen to see the kids still pushing mac and cheese into their mouths. "So Charlie kinda freaked me out by asking if i wanted kids with her..." He said as he bit his lip. ~~~ "I'm not." Rez laughed, a hand moving up to run fingers through his hair. "I'm.. nervous. I don't.. I don't even know why I wanna see her. If I wanna end it or try to make up or... Fuck, I just don't even know." He paused and then added, "And she fucked Finn too so... Fuck, I may just try and choke her or somethin'." He doubted it, but anything was possible. He glanced toward the kitchen as well, both kids still at the table chowing down, and then looked back at Trevor. "Well you're young. Course you did. I woulda freaked out too when I was your age." ~~~ Trevor felt for his uncle, this was going to be incredibly painful for them both he was sure. "Well fuck of course you're nervous...I mean what the hell are you going to do?" He asked and then blinked slowly when he said she had slept with Finn. "OH...wow." He said with a frown. "That's incredibly shitty." He sighed and then shook his head. "Yeah no choking...that's a horrible idea." He said with a wince and then chewed on the side of his thumb for a moment. "Yeah that's what I told her, I was too young for it right now...but I can tell she wants it." ~~~ "Yeah, well.. I've fucked like three people since we split up so..." He gave a small shrug of his shoulders. "I'm more pissed at Finn about it than her. I mean I know she's hurtin'. I'm hurtin'. And you do dumb shit when you're hurt but... He was supposed to be my friend, ya know?" He shook his head and then scoffed. "He even lied to me about it when I asked him. At least she had the balls to tell me the truth." And he wasn't going to choke her. He just felt like it, that's all. Glancing back at the kitchen, a frown pursed his lips and then he decided, "I get that. I mean.. I get where you'd comin' from too but... I mean I got Chloe and Ethan. And they're great, I love em, but I didn't get the whole... experience, ya know? And for Charlie... You really ain't got a clue what her brother was like. He was...." He exhaled and shook his head. "As close to a monster as you can get so... havin' Mara when he was around... Can't imagine it woulda been a good experience for her and... I guess maybe she just feels like if she could do it over with another kid, it'd make her feel... different about things as a whole, ya know?" ~~~ Trevor shrugged at Rez's statement and then scrunched his nose as he pulled a barbie out from behind himself. "You know it's not about how many really unless you are getting up there in digits, it's about who. I don't think Lily did it to be mean or vengeful...but if Charlie and I broke up for whatever reason and if I wanted to enrage her and hurt her...I'd try to sleep with Riley and then sleep with whatever chick pisses her off the most." Trevor knew that his uncle probably didn't believe he would actually sleep with riley or any guy after the way he was when he picked him up at that hotel, it was just a statement. Trevor listened to Rez talk about the kids and then he brought up Charlie's brother and it startled him. "That's right...you..knew him didn't you?" He asked as he sat up properly. "Charlie hasn't really talked to me about him, I assume it's really hard for her. I just know he was a fucking monster. and if he ever came near her I would eat him in small pieces while he was alive." He paused and then nodded. "I understand that...and it probably will do that for her...I'm just not ready yet." ~~~ "I had sex with Riley," he admitted, his voice soft so that the kids wouldn't hear. "I knew that would.. upset her. I mean any guy would really but him especially since... she felt, I dunno, inferior to him maybe." He frowned a little. "But I didn't do it for that reason just... I was so..." He sighed. "I AM so fucked up right now." He hated to admit that to his nephew, but it felt good to say it out loud. It had felt good to say it to River last night and it felt good to say it to Trevor too. "I did know him. He was..." He shook his head. "You know like.. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, and how he was so charming that women still flocked to him even after the fucked up shit he did? That was sort of what JR was like. Kinda. Dizzy knew him too. He tried to rape her and then she got pissed that I didn't want her to be friends with him." He scowled. "And Charlie... she was so different when he was around. Like... all of her light, her spunk, her personality, was sucked up and she was nothing but... but what he wanted her to be." He scoffed. "Pretty sure he was what made her crazy in the first place." He'd never really given that much thought though. "But.. if you ain't ready, you ain't ready. You can't change that. Just... you know, ask for her patience in that and... hope that she can give it." ~~~ Trevor leaned forward and patted Rez on the thigh. "Yeah...dude...I know you did." He smiled sympathetically and then shrugged. "Probably part of why you did it, subconsciously...and because you could. I mean fuck you have wanted back in his bed for months..not your best decision I'm sure, but you enjoyed it at least." Trevor could tell his uncle was having some serious turmoil and he wished he could help him out...which was hilarious considering where he was a couple months ago.
Trevor listened carefully to Rez as he talked about JR, he wanted to know about him but he didn't want to hurt Charlie enough to ask her. "He sounds...psychotic." He said softly and then bit his lip. "I hate even considering asking Charlie about him...but like how can i help when I don't know what's wrong? Which is why I'm gonna tell her about Haven...I need...she needs to understand some of my anger issues." Trevor ran a hand through his hair and then nodded at what Rez said. "yeah I mean...I'm sure she will." ~~~ "That's not... How did you even..." Rez sighed and shook his head. "Nevermind. Just.. I don't wanna know that you heard that even though I already know you heard that so... Let's just bury that in the back of our minds and forget it ever happened." Of course for himself and Riley, that might not be so easy. He'd said a lot of things that he probably shouldn't, had asked a lot of him that he shouldn't have asked, and he had a feeling he was going to regret that.
"Talking about him would prolly be hard for her." Rez could agree with that. "And he was. He definitely was." He quieted when Trevor mentioned Haven. That was... definitely a touchy subject for the young man and... "I think that's a good idea. I mean... you're married, she should know those things, ya know? And you... I mean I think it'll be good for you." ~~~ Trevor gave him a look and then chuckled. "I had planned on going to the kitchen but I had to take the back stairs since someone was using the front ones." He said flatly and then nodded. "Happy to forget about it, just be glad Charlie didn't hear it, she's awfully possessive of Riley too, eventhough she says she's not."
"Yeah I figured it would be." He said softly and then chewed on his lip. "I just want to be there for her, take care of her ya know?" Haven was something Trevor wanted to bury and never talk about again in his life but...maybe telling Charlie would help. "Maybe it will help, I just don't want her to see me as weak. She already knows I hate the Djinn with a passion, not why exactly but I will get to that one day." ~~~ "Charlie'll just have to get over it." If things went down the way that he and Riley had discussed. But then again, they might not. He didn't know. Everything sort of hinged on the conversation with Lily today so it was... it was hard to think about much beyond that right now.
Rez smiled, shaking his head softly. "She ain't gonna see you as weak, Trevor. The girl's crazy about you. Maybe literally." He laughed and then held up a hand in apology. "Sorry, sorry. Old habits. But... You ain't weak. Not even close. The fact that you can go through the shit he put you through and still be here to.... be a husband and... a kick ass older cousin is... pretty amazing." ~~~ Trevor smiled at Rez, that goofy one that meant he was thinking about Charlie. "Yeah...but she never really does...and even when it's aimed at me I fuc...uh freaking love that temper of hers. It's so damn hot." He cleared his throat and then glanced away.
"Yeah...I just...feel that way." He scowled and then jokingly shoved Rez. "Dick." He mumbled and then shrugged his shoulders. "I just want to be decent at all those things, I don't want to be a douchebag anymore...that's all...wish I could get my little brother back though. I miss him." The blonde said with a frown and sighed. ~~~ Rez laughed, reaching over to give his shoulder a squeeze. "Boy, you're in for it." That was just like him. That was one of the things he loved about Lily. She had a fiery temper, even more of one than Fisher had ever had. It was strange how, even though he was the same person now, being Lily had changed him. And River had a temper too. He apparently had a type and so did Trev.
He laughed when he was shoved and then smiled. "You are. You're good at those things." Of course the mention of Adam was, you know, upsetting a little. He frowned a bit and nodded. "Yeah, me too. I just.. I dunno what to do with him. He says I don't listen but I try and.. I just don't know what he's tryin' to tell me, ya know?" He sighed. "He's so much like your fuckin' mother." ~~~ Trevor laughed and nodded his shaggy head. "Yeah I really am, but that's okay, I know what I signed up for and I love every second of it." He grinned and sighed happily. "When they walk into your life and kinda make your whole world explode...yeah that's the one...at least for me." The teenager said with a smile.
"I need to be good at those things, I feel like such a failure. I mean Adam says I don't listen to him either...but I do! I don't understand...what I'm not understanding. And then we fight and it just kills me." He grumbled and then rolled his eyes. "yeah he really is...thank fuck neither of us is really like our father." ~~~ Rez smiled. "I hope you're right, kid." He didn't have the best opinion of Charlie, but he had high hopes that thing would work out for her and Trevor because that was what Trevor wanted. And he never wanted his nephew, either of them, to feel the way that he felt right now.
"Right?" He laughed. "I'd prolly kill you if you were." Sharon he could tolerate. In small doses. But their dad... Hell no. He couldn't deal with that son of a bitch AT ALL. "I suggested we go to counseling together. After the full, after things are more..." He motioned at his head. "Maybe we should all just... sit down one day and... and talk." He shrrugged. "Could be good."
~~~ "I wish my dad would just disappear or something..I mean...god." He frowned and then looked at Rez with a smirk. "I could always tell you didn't like him, just how you talked to him." Trevor cleared his throat and then nodded. "I'm willing to, I mean I don't know if you and Adam want to go alone first and then bring me in later or what but I'm willing, I want this to be better...even if he's being a freaking brat about some shit..it's not like I tell him that." The blonde grinned and then shoved his hair out of his face. ~~~ "What's to like?" Rez asked. "I mean aside from the fact that he gave me some pretty kick ass nephews." He smiled. Their dad wasn't all bad. His sperm helped to make Trevor and Adam and since he loved the two of them, well, he loved the guy's sperm, though not like that. And there wasn't any other redeeming qualities about him. "We'll see what he wants to do." He paused and then added, "I think he's like... jealous maybe. That you and I are so close. But like.. we get each other, ya know?" He frowned a little. "And we don't get him so it's hard to.. to be close to him." ~~~ Trevor tilted his head in agreement; what was there to like about his father. He snorted at the compliment and then nodded in agreement when Rez said they would see what Adam wanted. "I think he is jealous, I came in trying to make your life shit, almost did too except you trusted Riley more than I expected...which is good cause that was a truly horrible thing I did, which Im still sorry for by the way and then everything seemed to magically turn around..at least in Adam's eyes because I haven't told him the bad shit in my life cause he has no interest in listening. He thinks I get off scott free and all that." ~~~ "Yeah, and I ain't told him either. That ain't my place. I just... try to let him know that he can take my word on it and go from there but.. that ain't good enough. And really... I dunno if anythings gonna be." Rez hated to admit that, but until Adam decided to just let bygones be bygones and move forward, things were going to continue to be rough. "But it's not like I'm hard on him or anything. I mean hell.. I am letting him live on campus with the kid that I found him doin' coke and fuckin' hookers with just because I want him to know that I trust him and that I ain't tryin' to be his parent and run his life but... I think he takes that as me just not carin'." He paused and added, "Maybe I need to get a bigger place and make him move back in with me." ~~~ Trevor looked at him for a minute and nodded. "I appreciate that you didn't tell him, I don't know if I will ever tell him because it's all so incredibly painful for me and I don't want to hear his snarky remarks which I have a feeling he will spit out at this point. And I think you're too easy on him. You have to be more like his parent cause I'm sure he thinks you don't give a shit. I mean yeah letting him go to the dorms for a bit was alright but now things have calmed down and you need him home, he has family responsibilities and shit. He can't just ignore us all and get fucking high like I'm pretty sure he is." ~~~ "I know, I know. It's just... It's hard to step into that role when I barely even knew him growin' up and he's already halfway grown and, you know, I did a whole lot worse when I was his age." That was what he was having a hard time with. He felt like he had no right to parent him and no right to tell him what to do when he had done far, far worse. "But.. yeah, I need to just.. suck it up and..." He exhaled a breath. "Put the hammer down." He paused and added, "The house next to Rye's is for sale. I was thinkin' about... you know, lookin' into it." He shrugged. "Could be a good place for my family, ya know?" ~~~ The teenager just looked at his uncle and shook his head. "Yeah you did bad shit, the world freaking knows it...but that doesn't mean that's what you want for him. He needs a better shot, hell let River parent him I'm sure that will go over well." He chuckled and then sighed. "You do and I have your back on it for what it's worth...although apparently he will run to Riley if we upset him. What's up with that?" Trevor gave Rez another slow blink and then shook his head. "Dude you want to move into the house, next door to your ex who is still in love with you and you're still in love with him. Whose daughter is my step daughter which kinda makes you her great uncle...nah that ain't Maury Povich shit right there." ~~~ "You know, that's not a bad idea." Rez hadn't thought about that before, but with River around, he'd have some help with Adam at least. Maybe what he needed was a woman's touch. "They're.. I dunno.. He trusts him?" He shrugged slightly. "I'm just glad he feels like he can talk to someone." Of course the way he reacted to the whole house idea made him narrow his eyes. "It ain't like that. I mean... it is but... It's more so that.. you know, Ethan and Mara can be close. And Chloe too and... I can be close to you, you know, and Charlie, and if you ever... decide to move outta his house and back to mine, Charlie wouldn't be so far away from her daughter." He shrugged. "And Riley has a pool we could use. Wouldn't mind that part either." He laughed. ~~~ Trevor was about to say something when he heard a female chuckle from down the hall before a door shut. "Apparently she is amused by that...of course she's never met Adam." He said and then just accepted Rez's answer about Adam and Riley. If his brother trusted him and Rez trusted him than okay. "Okay one I'm just messing with you and two yeah I think it is a good idea for all those reasons...and like you would want Charlie and I to live in your house...with you...yeah right." Trevor snorted and then laughed when Rez mentioned the pool "Oh...right just an added bonus." ~~~ Rez quirked a brow at that laugh and then grinned. "She has no idea." He laughed and shook his head. "If you wanted to you could. Mi casa es su casa and what not. Though not right now. No room." He smirked. "It is! Riley's pool is awesome. You know it." And just then a raven haired beauty came flying, jumping up in his lap and yelling, "Riley!" Rez laughed as he gave the little girl a tickle. "And apparently somebody else is in love with him too." Of course he didn't realize that he'd said it like that, basically confessing, at least indirectly, that he was also in love with him. ~~~ "Kept you in line...or at least alive didn't I?" River said as she slowly walked into the living room to grab her purse and then made her way slow but steady back towards the bedroom.
Trevor watched the woman he remembered vaguely from his childhood, he saw her a couple of times, her sister was best friends with is mom to this day, plus Rez had her with him once. He hoped that turning would help her, she was too young for this. He looked back over at his uncle and laughed. "Yeah it really is, I'm getting so tanned from laying out next to it and swimming." He said with a grin and then jumped when Chloe flew into Rez's lap. Trevor heard what his uncle said and just kept what he heard to himself. "Amazing how a gay guy gets all these women in love with him...geez..." He chuckled under his breath. ~~~ "Alive," Rez remarked. "But just barely. And definitely not in line." He smirked, though he kept a watchful eye on her as she made her way back down the hall, a bit of a frown forming at how.... off she seemed today.
"Yeah, I noticed. Definitely helping out with that whole.. dumb surfer look you got going." He smirked, halfway expecting to be punched or smacked, but instead he was pounced by a little one. He cuddled her after he was done tickling her, nuzzling his scruffy face against her neck. "Yeah, girls love the gays," He grinned, then focused on Chloe for a moment.
"You get enough to eat?" She nodded her head. "Tummy all full?" He tickled it and she giggled and nodded. "Good girl." He glanced over at Trevor and grinned. "Hey Chloe, can you tell me who he is?" He was trying to get her to where she knew people's names and stuff, since she had met a lot of new people here lately. She shook her head and he smiled. "Trevor. Can you say Trevor?" Chloe gave a shy smile and then she piped up, "Twevar." It didn't quite come out right, but still, close enough. "And what about me. What's my name?" She looked at Rez and frowned for a moment before she said brightly, "Daddy!" That was enough to make his heart melt. "Yeah.. yeah I am." He cradled her against him for a moment before she started to squirm, wanting down. He smacked her on her pull-up and ordered, "Go play!" She took off running toward her bedroom and he laughed. "She's so freakin' cute." He was completely smitten. ~~~ Trevor watched his uncle as he watched River. "She knows dude...where you're going, who you're meeting. River knows." He said with a slight frown, he didn't agree with his uncle having River in his house, playing house with her, it just fucked with both of their heads too much in his opinion.
"Hey women love the surfer look, and they enjoy having sex with the dumb jock type cause they find our stupidity enduring." Trevor smiled but it didn't reach his eyes, the kid really did believe he was dumb. "Mmm yeah they do apparently, even the little ones do." He smirked at Chloe and then just watched her as she tried to say his name. "Hey awesome! You say it better than your dad does!" Trevor chuckled as she ran off and then sighed. "Dude, you are totally wrapped around that little girl's finger...she's a daddy's girl already." ~~~ "We talked last night," Rez said softly. "She knows... she knows how I feel and that it's gonna take time and..." He exhaled a breath and added, "I need to see her Trev. We were..." He sighed and shook his head. "So close for so long and... We gotta work it out. Maybe not like.. like I might want but... at least as friends?" He wasn't sure if that was what he really wanted but it might be the best he could get.
Rez laughed a little. "Yeah, they do." He could vouch for that. Many, many girls had wanted to fuck him when he was running around like a dumb jock. But like Trevor, there was a part of him that believed that's all he was even if other people in his life tried to tell him otherwise. "Oh, har har." He rolled his eyes. He smiled when Chloe ran off and kinda shrugged. "Yeah, pretty much." He glanced toward the kitchen. "Ethan, buddy, you doin' okay in there?" He was quiet. Maybe a little too quiet. ~~~ Trevor didn't say much, he wasn't judging Rez...he just thought he was going to break way too many hearts this way, including his own. "I'm not saying don't go...I know you need your closure or whatever the heck you need from such a painful conversation, it's just...River doesn't seem to want to fight today...last time I saw her she did. Just sayin'."
Trevor didn't think he was worth much, until he looked into Charlie's eyes and he saw the way she looked at him, then he knew he was worth a lot. The teenager smiled at the little girl too and then glanced at the kitchen. "Uh...isn't kids being super quiet a bad thing?" He asked with a frown as he started to get up, a little terrified of what they were going to find. ~~~ "Yeah, well.. I don't need you to make me feel any more guilty than I already do so..." Rez wasn't going to have that discussion with him. What went on with him and River, or him and anyone else, was his business. And they would work it out. Everything was going to be just fine. "She's just sick today, is all. And tired. It.. happens."
"Yeah, yeah, it usually is." Rez said, moving to his feet as well to head into the kitchen. He exhaled a sigh of relief at what they found. Apparently Ethan had crashed, finally. He had been going nonstop since early, early that morning, flying around in circles. But after he had finished eating, it look like he'd decided to put his head down on the table for a bit and he was now snoring softly as he sat there, sleeping in his macaroni. "I should put him down for his nap," he stated, then walked over to scoop the little mop head up in his arms and carry him off toward his bedroom. ~~~ Trevor put his hands up in a backing off signal. "I ain't trying to make you feel worse, and I know she's having a bad day, you can see it." He bit his lip when he heard her moving around in the bedroom. A few curses and a small crash but then it was quiet.
Trevor covered his mouth as he snorted his amusement at finding Ethan asleep in his mac and cheese. "Dude he passed right out, in his food...I've never seen anyone do that, who wasn't drunk of course." He said with a smile and then scrunched his nose. "Yeah he needs a bath later...but he can wait for you, I'm not comfortable with bathing them yet." ~~~ Rez would go check on River before he left, after he checked on Ethan, actually. Well, after he put Ethan in bed. He laughed as Trevor spoke, trying to keep it down. "He just needs his face washed. He can wait for the bath until tonight." That was kind of the routine anyway. The kids took a bath at night and then put on pajamas and went to bed. "Go grab me the baby wipes and bring them to his room for me?" He asked, carefully carrying him off so that he wouldn't wake up and be all over the place again. ~~~ Trevor went off in search of the wipes, figuring they were in the bathroom or Chloe's room. He found them and made his way back down the hall. "Found them." He said as he handed them over to his uncle. "That kid isn't going to wake up at all is he?" Trevor asked as he watched Ethan get his face cleaned, barely twitching. "Mara doesn't sleep this well." He said with a shake of his head. ~~~ "Thanks," Rez took them from Trevor, pulling a few out to use to wipe off his son's face. He was cute as hell. He looked just like his dad in the face. It was funny. "He's my son. What do you think?" He exhaled a soft laugh and then grinned. "Mara isn't a wound up were who finally crashed out. You know how it is." He glanced at his watch and then sighed. "I'm gonna go check on River. Then I should have enough time to go get Chloe down for her nap and grab a quick shower before time to.. head out." ~~~ Trevor nodded and then chuckled at the statement. "I think he's gonna sleep all freakin day." He leaned on the door frame and then shrugged. "Yeah true, she isn't. She's starting to get a little tomboyish by the way. She wants to learn to skate all of a sudden. I was skating in the driveway and she was fascinated by it....Riley is horrified." He said with a grin. "yeah you go check on her, I can get Chloe down if you wanna go straight to the shower." ~~~ "Nah. Give him... two hours. Tops. He'll be up running around like a crazy person again." Rez grinned. He arched a brow when he started talking about Mara and then laughed. "I knew that was gonna happen. And yeah, course he is. He's terrified when I do it, much less his baby doin' it." He smirked. "A'ight. But if you can't get her down or whatever, just let me know. I'll come see to her, cool?" He smiled and then added, "Thanks, Trev." And then he headed to the bedroom. He knocked softly on the bedroom door before he opened it, poking his head in. "Can I come in?" ~~~ Trevor groaned and then laughed. "It's okay, if it's alright with you I will take them to the park after he gets up and let them run around, let River nap in peace." Trevor snorted and then nodded. "Yeah she told him and he hoped she would forget about it...but apparently not so he wants you to come with him and explain to her how dangerous it can be and why she has to wear all the gear. Riley said she would listen to you better than him about it." Trevor wasn't worried about Chloe going down for him. "Anytime." He headed into the little girl's room and a few minutes later there was giggling from Chloe.
The room was dim and River was sitting up with a laptop, watching a movie, but all the pillows were keeping her propped up. "Yeah come on in." She said with a sigh. ~~~ Rez frowned when he saw River in the room, slipping inside once he was invited and closing the door behind him. "You okay?" He asked, slow steps taking him over to the bed where he took a seat, watching her face expectantly, looking for any signs that she wasn't whatever she said she was. ~~~ River looked at him for a moment and shook her head. "No, I'm not. But it's nothing you can fix Jon." She smiled minutely and his pause on her movie as she waited. "Are you in here because of what your nephew said?" She asked as she folded her arms over her stomach. ~~~ "Are you sure?" He asked, a bit of a pout pursing his lips. He smiled a little as she called him out though, giving a small shrug of his shoulders. "Maybe. I just... I guess I figured I should see if you wanted to talk about it or... whatever." He didn't wanna leave with her angry or feeling bad or... whatever the case may be. Considering that they weren't together, he sure felt guilty about going to see another woman today. ~~~ River sighed and pushed her hair away from her face. "I woke up today and I'm very nauseous, things hurt, I"m weak, it's just a shitty day." she licked her lips and then sighed again. "I'm not mad, hurt or going to bawl my eyes out over you and your romantic choices. I've been there, done that...I refuse to do it again. I am possibly kinda bummed...do I think it's a bad idea...I don't know if it is, you have to do whats best for you and if seeing her and having a conversation that will hurt is what you need than go ahead." ~~~ "Well the good news is that it's Thursday so... Only a couple days left." And then she'd feel better. Hopefully. At least until the next full moon. He paused as he considered that and then said, "You know it hurts, right? To.. shift. I hear it hurts to.. to become a vampire too but... that's just the one time. For us it's... every month. A week of being agitated then a night of pain and lost memories and... usually a day or two after of feelin' sick as shit." He laughed softly. "I ain't tryin' to talk you out of it or anything but.. I wanna make sure you got an accurate picture in your mind before ya go there." And that issue really superceded what he was about to do. "I think it is what I need. Closure maybe. I don't... We've just been friends for a long time and I miss... I miss having at least that side of things." And he was hoping that today they would be able to maybe figure out a way to get back to that. ~~~ "Well the good news is that it's Thursday so... Only a couple days left." And then she'd feel better. Hopefully. At least until the next full moon. He paused as he considered that and then said, "You know it hurts, right? To.. shift. I hear it hurts to.. to become a vampire too but... that's just the one time. For us it's... every month. A week of being agitated then a night of pain and lost memories and... usually a day or two after of feelin' sick as shit." He laughed softly. "I ain't tryin' to talk you out of it or anything but.. I wanna make sure you got an accurate picture in your mind before ya go there." And that issue really superceded what he was about to do. "I think it is what I need. Closure maybe. I don't... We've just been friends for a long time and I miss... I miss having at least that side of things." And he was hoping that today they would be able to maybe figure out a way to get back to that. ~~~ River looked at him and nodded. "I've been reading up on it, your nephew brought me some of of his books to read and I know it hurts...but Rez every day is painful, some more than others. I feel like shit all the time...At least if I'm changed I will know when it's coming." She said softly and then sighed. "I know you need to do it, you can't leave anything unfinished...you more than most people need closure." River hated that a part of her wanted to grab him and hold him there, and not let him go...but she knew how bad it was going to be and she was usually the one putting him back together, and it hurt her so much to see this man she loved hurting. ~~~ "He did?" Rez asked, a thoughtful frown pursing his lips. "Oh, well.. cool. I never even thought of that." And yet there was a library full of books here that would help her to know what was going to happen to her, how it was going to feel, how she would feel afterward. But Rez didn't give books too much though. After all, he'd had no books to guide his way. "I'm.. glad you like.. know what's gonna happen so.. that might make it easier." He chewed his lower lip for a moment. River seemed okay with this, though he knew that a part of her wouldn't be, but as always, she was willing to let him go, let him do what he needed to do, and he knew she'd be here when he got back home. "Well, I'm gonna go take a shower and head out. Ethan's napping and Trev's putting Chloe down then he's gonna take them to the park after they wake up so... That'll be good." He smiled, then pushed himself up off the bed to walk over nearer to where she sat so that he could lean down and press a kiss atop her forehead. "I'll see you later, okay?" ~~~ River nodded and smiled half heartedly at him. "Mhm, he's turning out so much like you...you'd think you had been his idol or something." She smirked and then winced as she shifted positions. "Go on go..." She said and let him kiss her forehead. River knew, just the fact that she would always be there when he got back from the person he did love would probably always keep her in the best friend box. "Sounds good...everything will be fine here. See you when you get back Rez." River said as she pushed play again and cuddled under the blanket. ~~~ "Love you," Rez added before she had the chance to push play, and then he turned to head to the closet and grab some clothes before making his way to the bathroom to get ready for his meeting with Lily. He honestly had no idea how things were going to go and he was nervous, but he was doing his best to keep that in check. After he was showered, he stopped to check in on Trevor who was chilling on the sofa, watching some tv, Chloe successfully down for her nap. "I'll be back later," he informed him and then headed out.