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Bobby Twist [Brokeback Mountain] (twisted_fate) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2008-02-16 13:34:00

Entry tags:

bobby twist, jack twist

Who: Jack and Bobby Twist
What: Reunion
When: Last Week
Where: Jackson Hole, WY

Bobby Twist hadn't seen his father for nearly fifteen years. The last he knew, his father had been killed. It wasn't a tire blowing up in his face, Bobby knew the truth. It wasn't even because he was homosexual. Bobby knew his grandpappy had had his daddy killed, cause Grandpappy didn't like Daddy. Bobby wasn't a genius, he didn't have to be to figure these things out.

And now, Bobby was about to be reunited with his Daddy. Pa. He called him Pa, mostly. Pa had been dead a long time, and yet, Bobby had spoken to him. After the vortex, and the arrival in this new world. Maybe he was dead too. Weird, then, that Alma and the baby were here too. Bobby wwasn't sure what to think. He didn't want to be dead. he didn't want Alma and Drew to be dead. But they were all there, with his Pa.

Bobby paced in front of the place where the port key was said to be. That was another thing Bobby couldn't wrap his head around. His Pa was coming to Jackson Hole through a port key. Well, Bobby's just wait and see if Pa actually showed up. Maybe the whole thing was a dream, and he'd wake up witht hat eerie feeling he sometimes got.

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	twisted_fate 2008-02-17 03:30 am UTC (link)
	"'S'all right, Pa. Really." Bobby smiled a little smile. He accepted his drink with a nod, and used it as a distraction, sipping to test the taste. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rodeowithatwist 2008-02-17 03:35 am UTC (link)
	Taking his own drink in hand, he let the pair of them fall into a companionable silence, Jack losing himself in his own thoughts; all the things he'd missed. The birth of his grandson. Watchin' Bobby get to be a father. And all just because his goddamn father couldn't leave well enough alone. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

twisted_fate
2008-02-17 04:14 am UTC (link)

Bobby was also lost in his own thoughts, trying to separate what he remembered from what he'd been fed the last fifteen years or more. Neither of his grandfathers liked his dad, for whatever reason. Even his mother had little good to say about Jack. Bobby had, effectively, grown up without a father. He knew a lot of his anger stemmed from that fact, from the feeling of abandonment, and the only reason he didn't outright blame his dad, was because his grandfathers tried to force that on him, and he rebelled against them.

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	rodeowithatwist 2008-02-17 04:21 am UTC (link)
	"S'ain't right, son." Jack mumbled out, taking another drink and leaning back on his chair. "'Don't even know where t'start on 'ow 'is ain't right." He could feel the tension, but wasn't sure how to begin to talk about it. If they even should talk about it. This was suddenly seeming like an awful idea. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	twisted_fate 2008-02-17 04:24 am UTC (link)
	"Don't matter, no how, Pa." Bobby felt the tension too, thick as butter between them. "Y'here and them others ain't here t'poison me 'against you no more." The fact Bobby still thought he was either dead or dreaming helped him make the transition. "Maybe I oughtta be mad with ya, Pa, but I don't see no point in it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rodeowithatwist 2008-02-17 04:31 am UTC (link)
	Jack spun his glass, watching the liquid swirl around as he thought about that. "Y'got e'ry right t'be mad at me, Bobby. S'hardly there when I was alive, an' then I ain' there at all.. s'not fair on you. An' no it don't matter, an' no, I can't change it now, but I can wanna make it right. I just ain't got any idea how." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	twisted_fate 2008-02-17 05:19 pm UTC (link)
	Y'ain't doin' such a bad job of it, now, Pa." Bobby reached over to clasp his father's hand. "Y'here. That's a start." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rodeowithatwist 2008-02-17 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	That got a small, brief smile out of Jack. "Things'll be better, here. F'one, I ain't gotta be livin' paycheck t'paycheck, anymore. S'place took care'a that." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	twisted_fate 2008-02-17 07:18 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah?" Bobby tilted his head, interest peaked. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rodeowithatwist 2008-02-17 07:23 pm UTC (link)
	"'Seems when we got 'ere, s'place decided t'be kind. Ennis an' I own one'a th'biggest cattle ranches in Utah. 'Got a bank account 'at'd really piss y'grandaddy off, f'he knew 'bout it." Jack nodded again, taking another drink. "Alma an' y'Andrew been stayin' with us, on th'land. We own half th'mountain." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	twisted_fate 2008-02-17 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	Bobby nodded. "Reckon y'be neein' 'nother set a'hands?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rodeowithatwist 2008-02-17 07:43 pm UTC (link)
	One of Jack's shoulders shrugged, as he fooled with his glass again. "F'ya want. 'Ain't gonna make ya." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	twisted_fate 2008-02-17 08:36 pm UTC (link)
	"Ain't that I feel obligated, Pa." Bobby sipped his drink. "Just that I wanna be close t'ya, now I got 'nother chance." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rodeowithatwist 2008-02-17 08:43 pm UTC (link)
	"Ai'ight, then. Y'know y'welcome 'round as long as you want, you an' y'family both." He took another drink, smiling a little more asuredly at Bobby. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	twisted_fate 2008-02-17 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	"Seein' as m'family's already there..." Bobby smiled a sly little smile. "I'm real glad y'get a chance to know 'em, Pa." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rodeowithatwist 2008-02-17 09:01 pm UTC (link)
	Jack finally chuckled at that, nodding. "M'glad too, son. Ere'a right nice family. M'proud of you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	twisted_fate 2008-02-17 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	"That's really all I ever needed t'know." Bobby smiled. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rodeowithatwist 2008-02-17 09:18 pm UTC (link)
	"S'true, son. Don't y'ever think otherwise, ai'ight?" Jack smiled back. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	twisted_fate 2008-02-18 01:24 am UTC (link)
	"I won't, Pa." Bobby nodded. He finished off his drink and looked to his father's drink to see how much Jack had left. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rodeowithatwist 2008-02-18 01:43 am UTC (link)
	Jack cleaned off his glass, and set it off to the side, waving at the waitress. "Y'want another?" Addressing Bobby, although he was already ordering a beer for himself. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	twisted_fate 2008-02-18 02:06 am UTC (link)
	"Jus' one more, yeah. Then I reckon we oughtta be gettin' t'the'ranch?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rodeowithatwist 2008-02-18 02:08 am UTC (link)
	"'Course, gotta be helpin' Ennis get th'herd in, an all'at." He watched the waitress go, leaning back in his chair a bit. "'Mind f'I ask how y'ended up meetin' Alma an' Ennis, anyhow?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

twisted_fate
2008-02-18 02:28 am UTC (link)

Bobby thumbed at a spot on the table. "Afta' you...when Ennis called, Mama got ta actin' really weird. An' she wouldn't tell me who 'as on th' phone. 'Just a friend a'your daddy,' she'd say. So I sneaked a look at th'phonebill. Didn't say no name, but it gave me th' area code where he 'as callin' from. So I went there, and I found 'im. An' in findin' him, Pa, I found her, too."

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	rodeowithatwist 2008-02-18 02:39 am UTC (link)
	Jack seemed to digest that- so no one had told Ennis. And when he called, Lureen just.. brushed him off. Lucky for him, his beer came, giving him something else to focus on. To redirect his ideas. "S'good. 'At you met 'im, an' her. M'glad." His words were distracted; it was obvious he was lost in thought. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

twisted_fate
2008-02-18 02:45 am UTC (link)

Bobby nodded. He didn't think it wise to tell his father how Ennis had attacked him, when he'd seen him. How Bobby had been black and blue for days, even weeks, after. He understood the shock, the anger, Ennis must have felt. He'd learned later, from Alma, that Ennis and his daddy were lovers. He hadn't taken the news well at the time, but it helped him understand a lot of things about himself, then, once he'd calmed down.

"Me too, Pa. Me too. M'life ain't never been th'same since, an' I don't hardly regret none of it."