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Antigone Grace Winchester - Princess of Troy (antigone_grace) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2009-01-03 21:27:00

Entry tags:

anteros, antigone grace, psyche

Who: Antigone, Anteros, Psyche
What: A talk
Where: The Winchester Mansion
Warnings: Three Gods walk into a room...

Anne had brought the classic bassinet into the small sitting room off the foyer and handwaved a few sandwiches and a soda or three. Chocolate for Psyche and the best scotch for Anteros, Anne had made sure that there was a tray of fruit for her.

Sam had gone to do manly things and she was enjoying the time to bond with her son. It was good to be back, good to be able to dress with a thought and even better to be able to wear things that flattered her perfect figure.

When the doorbell rang, she called, "Come in," hoping that her friends would know they could just appear in the room with her. Something had been off with Anteros and Psyche's insistence that she come right away had been a bit different as well. To be truthful, Anne was just glad that she was back with people who loved her.

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midniteillusion
2009-01-03 11:36 pm UTC (link)

He opened the door by hand, and stood back to allow Psyche to go in ahead of him. He followed close behind and pulled the door shut with him.

He felt a little out of sorts, uncertain what he ought to do. He had enough memory to know he was in fact the Anteros they had both known, but he lacked many of the finer details of those memories. He was rather stuck between a rock and a hard place, all things considered.

"Anne," he smiled, moving forward to embrace her. "You look wonderful." She didn't look like she'd just been dead.

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	sleepswithlove 2009-01-03 11:43 pm UTC (link)
	Sending a small smile to Anteros as she walked ahead of him, she handed Anne the bunch of flowers she'd conjured before they'd opened the door. She didn't hug Anne, just watched as Anteros did. "You do. Motherhood becomes you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

antigone_grace
2009-01-03 11:49 pm UTC (link)

A bit curious when Anteros and Psyche opted to go the normal route, she stood when they entered the room. Accepting Anteros' hug, she smiled at Psyche when she took the flowers from her and then nodded.

"Thank you."

It was slightly stilted as the atmosphere in the room was... well, it was wrong. Anteros was disconcerted about something and Psyche- Anne tilted her head and looked, really looked at her. Her best friend had refrained from hugging her and Anne took a deep breath.

"Are you okay?" She'd asked Anteros, but not Psyche.

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midniteillusion
2009-01-03 11:54 pm UTC (link)

Anteros took a step back, eyes roaming around the room. He by passed the baby, having little interest in the child. He was a little curious, but not enough to let it show, at the moment.

He said nothing, letting Psyche speak for herself. He felt like he ought to stand with her, but he stayed where he was, next to Anne. Sort of between them, or at least in a position to get between them if the need arose.

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	sleepswithlove 2009-01-04 12:02 am UTC (link)
	Psyche looked between Anne and Anteros then took a deep breath. It looked like it was up to her. "I'm fine. It's just I...WE have something we need to tell you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

antigone_grace
2009-01-04 12:06 am UTC (link)

Anne had kept her mouth shut about how she already WAS a mother, with the man in the room, no less, because she figured that now wasn't the time to be snarky. No sense in ruining the homecoming party with bitchiness, right?

Instead, Psyche's jittery-ness, and that's what Anne decided it was, took over and Anne's brow furrowed. Looking between the two of them, she tilted her head to the side and blinked.

"'We'? As in, you and Anteros?" She focused on Ant for a hot second. "Because you two have been spending a lot of time together since I died, right?" Looking back at Psyche. "He told me." Anne's eyes went wide. "Wait. IS it like that?"

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midniteillusion
2009-01-04 12:10 am UTC (link)

"We," Anteros nodded, "As in us. The royal we, is it? Yes." He stopped himself from rambling further and making things worse. "You were dead, we were drunk." He waved a hand as if she could fill in the blanks for herself. "We're having a baby." He didn't really see the point in dragging things out. If she was going to blow up or melt down, best to get it over with so hopefully they could patch the holes and move on.

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	sleepswithlove 2009-01-04 12:13 am UTC (link)
	Psyche just closed her eyes as he said it. Well, they had decided to do it quickly. Peeking open an eye, she looked to see if Anne's head had exploded yet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	antigone_grace 2009-01-04 12:18 am UTC (link)
	Dead. Drunk. Having a baby. The words filtered through Anne's head and she went from mentally screaming, "ZOMGNOTHEYDIDNOTHAVESEX" to - "I'm sorry, what?" It came out quietly and the look on her face was one of someone who was seriously confused. Her gaze went back and forth between Anteros and Psyche as she tried to register what it was he had said. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	midniteillusion 2009-01-04 12:21 am UTC (link)
	Anteros glanced at Psyche. She looked like she was in pain. He winced and refocused on Anne. She looked blank. Neither looked well at all. "We're having a child together," he said again knowing it wasn't really necessary. She'd heard him. She just didn't want to have heard him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sleepswithlove 2009-01-04 12:27 am UTC (link)
	She spoke up after he did, just to clarify. "We got drunk - very, very drunk - and decided...tohaveababyinyourmemory." Her eyes looked to heavenward as she spoke at light speed. She knew that excuse was not going to fly, not at all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

antigone_grace
2009-01-04 12:32 am UTC (link)

"You-" She pointed at Psyche, and she couldn't help the small smile that crossed her face, before she crossed her arms over her chest. The smile remained. "Your best friend died and you got drunk and decided to sleep with-" The smile got bigger as she looked at Anteros. "Right."

She looked at the ground for a very brief moment and then nodded up at Psyche. "In my memory. With him. With HIM, a CHILD, in my MEMORY."

Her voice never raised and the smile didn't falter, but the stress on certan words was there. "I see."

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sleepswithlove
2009-01-04 12:54 am UTC (link)

Listening to Anne talk, Psyche couldn't wait for Anteros to address her words. Considering they seemed to all be directed at her, she felt the need to talk.

"Yes. I did. I wasn't in my right state of mind, and I wasn't even the one that suggested the baby, but yes, I did make that choice. But WE did it together. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but once we woke up we realized what we'd done. I won't call it a mistake, but it wasn't the best idea. And it's done. It can't be taken back. We just thought you needed to find out from us and not from anyone else."

She felt guilty about it. Very, very guilty. But she didn't think Anne had any right to solely blame her.

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antigone_grace
2009-01-04 01:03 am UTC (link)

It wasn't that Anne was solely blaming Psyche, but she DID think that Psyche, as the one who didn't have the memory issues and as the one who outright loathed Anteros and as the one that was married to his brother AND as the one that knew how Antigone felt about him... well, no need to dwell, right?

Instead, she turned her head to face Ant. "You? You don't even LIKE babies, remember? You told me so the moment you got here. In fact, you couldn't stand the thought that WE had a son together."

If there was hurt in her tone, she masked it quickly. "You're absolutely and utterly despicable. A liar, at best. At worst-" She shook her head and looked back at her supposed best friend. "And you? Were SO in love with my- OUR father."

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midniteillusion
2009-01-04 11:53 am UTC (link)

"I don't like babies. I don't have to like babies," Anteros said, tone somewhat defensive. He hadn't changed his stance on liking or not liking babies. He didn't have to like babies to make a baby. He wasn't the one pregnant, or birthing the child. He'd said he'd support Psyche through it all and he intended to. He didn't have to like babies to do that.

"How does any of this make me a liar? I was drunk, and I thought having a baby in your name was a reasonable testament to you. I may have been wrong, but I was drunk, and I don't regret it. I thought you could at least be happy for your best friend finally having the child she always wanted, but apparently I was wrong about that, too." He shook his head. He was not going to apologise for making a baby with Psyche.

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antigone_grace
2009-01-04 01:34 pm UTC (link)

When Anteros spoke, Anne continued looking at Psyche for the longest moment before finally fixing a look on the god. And when she did, she sighed, shaking her head.

"You'll have to forgive me for not being oh-so-thrilled for my best friend having that child she so desperately wanted with the one person I swore to love for eternity. The one who promised to love me for that long." The smile on her face was sad. "You were wrong, Ant. You were wrong to think that coming here and telling me would make it easier or better or would somehow absolve you of what you've done. If you're looking for a blessing to continue-" Her smile was sad. "You were never MY Anteros, were you?"

Looking back at Psyche, Anne put a hand to her own heart. "I was prepared to accept any child you had with Daddy. I expected it, looked forward to it. This is such a betrayal, I can't even-" She shook her head. "Congratulations on finally getting what you wanted, Psyche, at the expense of our friendship. For what it's worth, you'll make a wonderful mother."

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sleepswithlove
2009-01-04 03:03 pm UTC (link)

The pain shot through her, slicing like a knife. She'd known this was how she would be. Anne never had been reasonable where Anteros was concerned, or really where any of her loves were concerned. Still she'd hoped maybe, just maybe things would be different.

"I will never stop loving your father. If he was here? I'd love him even more. I wouldn't be pregnant right now, but really? If he were here? I'd NEVER be pregnant. Hermes never wanted a child with me. Ever. I'd resigned myself to that. It never would have happened."

She paused and took a deep breath.

"I don't know about Anteros, but I didn't come seeking your forgiveness. I don't need your blessing for something that was done while you weren't even alive. I don't need your fake congratulations, your false smiles or your cutting remarks. I simply came here to tell you what had happened. It is up to you what you want to do with that information. If you wish to let something that happened in a drunken rush ruin our friendship, so be it. That's on you. Not on me. I won't beg for your forgiveness, I won't even ask for it. So if that's what you're looking for, you won't get it. I'm sorry you're hurt, but I can't change that."

And she was done. She looked at Anteros, tears glittered but didn't fall. Those were for later.

"I won't leave without you, but as soon as you're ready. I'd like to go home."

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midniteillusion
2009-01-04 03:09 pm UTC (link)

Anteros pulled his focus off Anne, to Psyche. "I'm ready now. I've no need to stay here and take a beating for something so ridiculous." He shook his head. Turning once more to Anne, he sighed. "I'm sorry you feel that way. I'd hoped Psyche was wrong, when she told me you'd react this way. You say you love me for all eternity, yet you can marry another, have a child, even die for it. And I'm supposed to what? Sit on my thumbs waiting for you to decide you want me back? I can only assume you had my former self pistol whipped, and I've no intention of falling into that trap again. Good bye, Anne."

He walked to Psyche while he spoke, and when he said good bye, he slid an arm around here. "Let's go, it's quite clear we are not wanted here." He took her hand in his and started for the door. He was still adjusting to that whole God thing, where he could simply will himself to another location.

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antigone_grace
2009-01-04 06:58 pm UTC (link)

"Considering I was always third on your list of women, Anteros, that's fairly rich," was all she said to him. "It's obvious that you remember nothing of your former self and you were never who I thought you were. Your 'former' self was far greater than the half-wit you have become."

Turning to Psyche, she couldn't help but smile again. "You don't care that I'm hurt, or this never would have happened. 'In my memory'? 'In a drunken rush'? Spare me. Forgiveness or blessing or whatever, Psyche. You have what you've always wanted: a baby. Take it and go. Get out of my house. Ant is right, you are not wanted here. Goodbye."

So saying, she turned and lifted her infant son from the bassinet and disappeared. They knew where the door was.

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