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Dr. Elliot Reid (frickonastick) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-08-15 23:22:00

Entry tags:

!complete, andy gallagher, day 19, elliot reid, location: church

Day 19, Morning
Who: Elliot Reid and Andy Gallagher
What: Wakey, Wakey
Where: The Van near the Church
When: Day 19, Morning
Rating: PG
Status: Complete

Elliot wasn't sure what woke her, but it was with a sigh of relief that she opened her eyes and spotted Andy's velvet tiger print on the inside of the van. At least she hadn't been pulled for the day's torture. Not that it was a huge relief, considering that she knew there would be others who were less lucky. She rolled over and looked at Andy's form buried under the blankets. She could see a small bit of hhair poking up from the top of his blankets. At least he hadn't been pulled either.

She stretched in the small space of the van and looked around for her journal. There was no use putting off looking in it to see what horrors had already happened or awaited them outside the safety of the van. She spotted it piled on top of some books behind the driver's side. She crawled over, trying to reach for it over Andy's sleeping form without waking him. All she managed to do was get two fingers on it before sending the books toppling. Andy's form stirred under the blankets and Elliot scrunched up her nose.

"Sorry, sorry," she said, reaching over him to pick up one or two of the other books. "I was just trying to get to my…" Elliot's throat stopped working as warm brown eyes looked up at her. She screamed and threw herself back against the other side of the van. Tiny hands emerged from underneath the blanket and she had to force herself not to hyperventilate. Tiny hands creeped her out. Tiny hands really creeped her out. What was more disturbing at the moment though, was that the kid in front of her was wearing an exact miniature version of Andy's clothes. What the frick?

"Who are you?" She asked, her voice so high and squeaky that it sounded almost hoarse. She refused to entertain for even a second that this could be the same Andy Gallagher, only much younger. Because that was absurd. Impossible. Unthinkable.

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brain_ninja
2009-08-19 11:01 pm UTC (link)

When Elliot introduced herself, Andy's little brow furrowed as he looked back at her. "Elliot's a boy's name," he insisted, crossing his arms over his chest and sniffing hard before wiggling his nose in leiu of scratching the itch there. "Like the boy in E.T.," he added as if it was proof and she must be lying about her name.

He was slightly disappointed when Elliot said she hadn't drawn the tiger on the side of the van, but on the other hand, at least she thought it was cool, too. Maybe she wasn't so bad, then. Looking back at her, his brow furrowed again when she told him there weren't any waffles or Count Chocula. But when she pulled out a candy bar, Andy's whole face lit up like a Christmas tree.

With a gasp of awe, Andy started toward her. "I can have candy for breakfast?!" he asked with excitement and incredulousness filling his small voice. Clearly, this babysitter was new. Stacy would've never let him have a candy bar for breakfast. Or, really, for anything at all the whole day because candy was bad for his teeth, she'd said. A moment later, Andy snagged the candy bar from Elliot's hand and sat down beside her, munching happily away at it. "You're the best babysitter ever!" he managed with his mouth full.

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frickonastick
2009-08-23 07:59 pm UTC (link)

Elliot sighed when Andy declared her name to be that of a boy's. Like she didn't have to deal with that enough in elementary school. "I know, that it's primarily a boy's name," she said, reaching up to push a strand of hair behind her ear. "But it can be a girl's name too." When he didn't look that convinced she rolled her eyes and scooted closer. "See, all my brothers were boys so my mom and dad just assumed I would be one too. Except I was a double X chromosome instead of an XY. So I was born a girl but they kept the name they'd picked out for me beforehand."

Elliot raised her eyebrows when Andy's face lit up over the candy bar. She had a feeling that maybe she'd done something that most adults didn't, but then again most of the adults she knew ate things out of the vending machine in the doctor's lounge for breakfast. "Sure, why not?" Elliot said with a small shrug as he took it from her. He sat down beside her and she had to look away from his hands.

Still, his compliment caused her a small blush of satisfaction. "Well, thank you," she said, trying to think of what she should do next. She picked up her journal and started catching up on everything. "Andy," she said slowly. "What's the last thing you remember?"

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