Feeling Better

Who: Chance and Kaysen
When: Noon
Where: st. james household

After hanging up with Jordan, Chance took a few minutes to clear his mind before he stopped two houses down from Kaysen's. The street was as quiet as the others, and he wasn't sure if she was still at Harkin's, or had finally gone home now that the shadows appeared to be gone. His heart picked up just a bit, in anticipation of seeing her after not being able to for a couple days. Pulling out his phone again, he walked toward her house and shot her a quick text. Hey. Am outside and want to see you. Which door should I knock on?

Kaysen was home, up in her room, worried about her dad. Their mom was more or less okay, but their dad was in the hospital, and she was feeling hella guilty about it. When her phone buzzed, she picked it up and immediately went to her window, throwing it open. "Up here!" she called. "I'll get the door!" she added, already turning to go dashing down the stairs and through the house to fling the front door wide.

The sound of Kaysen's voice pulled his attention away from his phone, but before he could answer she was gone from the window. He grinned a bit and headed up her driveway to her door. When she opened it, he reached out to pull her into his arms for a tight hug. "Hi," he murmured, pressing his nose against her hair to breathe her in quickly. She was in one piece and safe. Which released a lot of the tension he'd been holding in his shoulders. "You okay?"

She nodded, hugging him tight. "Yeah, I'm okay." she said. She kept holding on, past when she probably should have let go (or normally would have at any rate). "You're good? You're all okay, you're...everything's fine?"

"Yeah, everything's fine." It more or less was. The house was a mess, and he had some scratches here and there, but really, it could have been a lot worse if Hannah hadn't been there. Chance pulled back, his hands lifting to cup her face. "You look okay. No bad injuries or anything, right? Is everyone else okay?"

She smiled up at him. "I'm okay. No bad injuries, everything's okay. Um. My dad's in the hospital, and mom got a little roughed up and stuff, but dad'll be back home tomorrow, I think. Isaac and me are okay. Thom and his mom are too. Charlie is too, so...yeah I think like, no one I know died or anything." Which was a bizarre statement to have to make. And she never thought she'd ever say it.

It startled him a bit to hear her dad was in the hospital, but she wasn't freaking out, or crying, so maybe it wasn't that bad. "At least everyone is pretty much okay. I'm sorry your parents got hurt." He leaned forward to kiss her forehead. "I was worried about you."

"I was worried about you too." she said, starting to tug him inside. "And yeah, he'll be okay and shit, but it's not cool. I dunno. I think it's probably going to be talk to the parents about shit time soon. Maybe we should just send them to like...talk to Thom's mom or something. She's...credible." Or something. She didn't know.

"Talking to another adult about this stuff might make it easier for them to accept it," Chance agreed, walking inside with her. He was reluctant to really let her go, but he did spare a glance around the parts of the house he could see. "I guess if they know about this stuff they can be prepared next time. Or pack up and get out of dodge as quickly as they can." Which Chance sort of feared might be the case. Kaysen's parents were both smart, educated people. He could easily see them grabbing their kids and heading to a safer town.

Kaysen made a face at that. "I hope they don't." she said. "I mean...I wouldn't see you anymore, and..and yeah." And that wouldn't be a happy thing. That in fact, would suck. Her first and only boyfriend and she moved away? That would suck balls. It had her kind of latching onto his arm as she walked him towards the stairs.

"I hope they don't too." He really hoped they wouldn't leave. Not that it would stop Chance from seeing her - but it would be a hell of a lot more difficult. He followed her up the stairs, not minding the way she was holding onto him. "How did you do? With the shadows I mean. Did you use a lot of your ability?"

"Some. They burned up okay, but not like...burned, I guess. It wasn't like they were there-there. Thom an I sat in the treehouse for a while and drew them there, and I burned them. Then I got tired and we went inside and it was safe in there. Like...that house is fortress-like, I swear. So I just like, stayed in the basement and stuff." she answered. "So, kinda? But not like with the vamps, and these things...they're just creepy, I think. Honestly, just...yeah. I dunno. It's hard to say. They're just weird."

He really wasn't going to let himself be jealous again that she was with Harkin. And doing all her elemental stuff with him. Chance did his own thing too... didn't mean they had to do it together. And she said herself that thinking of Thom that way was gross. "Yeah. Luckily they were easy to kill. Toward the end it was just a bit more exhausting than frightening."

"Yeah, I know what you mean." she agreed. Because after a while, it had felt more like routine. Just...something unpleasant that needed to be done, as opposed to anything else. "What about you? Like...what about that stuff?" she asked. Since she was still fuzzy on fade-things. She didn't know if he'd told her everything, considering she had freaked out over that one detail she still didn't know how to deal with.

"I didn't really have a lot of stuff to use against them," Chance admitted. "My baseball bat worked really well. And Hannah's got this crossbow that took them out pretty damn quick. She can phase in and out of physical form, which I guess is pretty convenient when you've got those things trying to attack you, but I can't really do any of that stuff yet. Or, if I can, I'm not sure how.

"Really?" she asked. "That sounds...weird. And kinda...I mean, wouldn't you be scared?" she asked. "What if you didn't come back?" This took precedence over her twitching at him being with some chick who was clearly way cooler than she was, who had a cool crossbow, and was all awesome and shit.

"I'm pretty sure I'd come back," Chance explained with a tiny grin. "She came back every time. I think it's just something that needs to be learned. Or at least perfected? For lack of a better word. And I guess I'd be kinda scared at first, but it looks more cool than scary." Chance pulled Kaysen close to kiss her. "After living here the last couple of months, nothing is really that scary anymore. I guess I'm just learning to deal with it all."

She kissed him back, but still looked unsure. Just because his dumb little new chick or whatever could do it didn't mean he could right off without anything going wrong, right? She worried. But she thought if she said anything it might just start an argument, so she didn't. Instead, she hooked her arms around his neck, and hugged him. "I know I am. I mean...I just keep waiting for whatever's next."

"We're more aware now, so I think we'll be okay no matter what it is." He wrapped his arms around her tightly. "You've got enough to protect yourself, and other people, I think. And you've got people around to help you too. We've gotten through the last month or so okay, haven't we? I guess we can just hope that things stay quiet for awhile."

"We can." she said. Something about his wording kind of made her nervous, though. "...Chance," she started, not sure how to say things. "You're gonna be around, right? Like...every crisis that happens, we're not going to be in different places, are we?" she asked nervously. Because that's what it had sounded like, and she didn't like that idea.

He noted the nervousness in her tone and he caught her gaze directly with his, his arms unrelenting of his hold on her. "I'm going to be around whenever you need me to be... and probably when you don't. I'm not going anywhere, I promise. I don't like being away from you, but I have to admit it's a little bit easier knowing that you have your brother and... and I guess Harkin with you." He allowed a faint smile. "As long as he stays... you know, gross and everything."

She was slightly relieved at Chance's words. "I don't ever not want you around." she told him. That's how she was feeling at the moment, anyways. And when he mentioned Thom, she kind of smirked. "I promise you. Even if Thom was like...the last guy on earth I still wouldn't be attracted to him. Like...at all. He might as well be related, I swear. My brother would sooner hook up with him than I would." she assured.

Assuming she was being truthful, Chance felt a bit better even though she had said as much before. That little nagging in the pit of his stomach when he thought of them "hanging out" probably wouldn't ever go away, but he could deal with it. "Again, don't need that kind of visual," Chance said with a grin. He leaned down to kiss her properly. Deeply... and a bit possessively. Not like he was trying to mark his territory or anything - okay, just a little bit. It was the closest thing he could do short of peeing around her.

She kissed him back, more than happy to go with that as opposed to talking about Thom anymore. She didn't mind the possessive edge to it either, it kinda made her feel good. Like she was good enough to be possessive of. And maybe that was fucked up of her, but she couldn't really be bothered to care, so she didn't exactly go and examine it.

She definitely was good enough to be possessive of, in his eyes. They had been together for awhile, but there was still a small part of him that was afraid she was going to come to her senses and break up with him. Chance lifted both hands to the sides of her face again, nibbling on her bottom lip before he pulled back and rested his forehead against hers. "Think we could just hang out for awhile? I feel like I've got two days of not seeing you to make up for."

She nodded. "Yes. I'd like that. Wanna watch a movie? Or hang out up here? Or...?" she said, sort of deciding that whatever it was he wanted to do? She was more than game for. She wanted to be accommodating today, little guilt issues sort of pushing that forward in her mind. She kissed him again too, drawing it out a little longer. "Did I tell you I missed you?" she asked, voice a little quieter than previously.

"Maybe we can just hang out up here for awhile?" He didn't want to risk running into her brother, if he was even home. A part of him just wanted to curl up with her in her bed and sleep for awhile. He pushed a bit of her hair behind her ear. He felt a bit warm inside, hearing that she missed him. "I missed you too. I don't like not being able to see you when I want. Especially when there's a lot of shit going on around town."

"Yeah I know, same here. C'mon." she said, tugging him over towards her bed, where she flopped down. She smiled up at him and tugged on his hand. "We can hang out up here." she agreed formally, sounding playful.

He sat down with her, trying not to think about the last time he was on her bed with her. Even though it had been great, it was also distracting and he didn't want to be one of those guys constantly groping his girlfriend. But he slipped his arm around her to pull her close and kiss her forehead. "I promise when things get back to anything resembling normal, we'll go do like... normal stuff again."

She smiled and snuggled him, sort of liking that. "Sounds good. I'd go for anything normal. Remember when we went and got like...just some food? Wouldn't that be awesome?" she asked. "Or going for a walk or something. That'd be kick ass too." Sort of anything at all that didn't have shit to do with the supernatural or anything else she was more than game for.

"Anything normal would be just fine with me," Chance said with a grin. "Even watching a movie." Which is what they used to do all the time. Horror movies. Only this time they were sort of living in one. "How about we plan for some food and a walk this week?" That would give him something to look forward to, as long as things stayed quiet.

"Sounds good to me. Whenever you want." Kaysen said, still of a mind to be accommodating. "We could listen to music." she suggested. Music was nice and there but not too distracting. Maybe they could talk. "How are things going with you, anyways? Like...with you-you. Your life. Your friends, stuff...like when I'm not around." she asked.

Chance looked at her, unable to keep the curious grin at bay. He shouldn't be surprised that she was asking, but it was still a bit weird. "Ah. I guess... okay? I mean..." It might be a bit too creepy to tell her she was his life. "I don't really have many friends to speak of, and my life is... well, it is what it is." Chance shrugged. "I prefer it a lot more when you're around."

She smiled. It was a soft, rare, genuine sort of expression. "Really?" she asked. That made her...well, kind of warm and fuzzy inside, and she normally wouldn't even entertain that sort of thing, but there it was. She abruptly pulled him over to give him a sound kissing, because...well. He deserved it after a remark like that. He really did.

The kiss surprised him, but he wasn't complaining. He pulled her tight to kiss her back, thinking he spent way too much time over the past couple of days not kissing her. Plus he felt kind of good, being able to make her smile like that. He really needed to just try and do it more often.

She kissed him, dragging it out, wanting to keep doing that as long as she could manage to. Which...really for her wasn't that hard, and she didn't have the willpower to burn(or the desire to) to stop herself until she had to breathe. Breathing, she always decided, was overrated. Kissing Chance wasn't. Kissing Chance was the best thing ever. But...she was going to try to be good. She nuzzled at his neck, and settled next to him again.

Chance sucked in a breath once they pulled apart. He smiled as she nuzzled his neck, though a part of him was wondering why she was being so affectionate. The other part of Chance reminded him that she was his girlfriend - and most girlfriends were, right? "What about you?" he asked. "How's things when I'm not around?" Other than hanging out at Harkin's way too much? Which was a thought he shouldn't be having, given she was only over there to stay safe. Right?

She shrugged one shoulder. "I dunno?" she suggested honestly, settling comfortably, and she propped her head on one hand. "Like...I'm worried about my parents. They kinda sorta started taking more of an interest in me and stuff, after I went missing? And they've kept up with it and everything, but...it's getting harder for them to repress noticing everything. And dad was in the hospital with all this stuff. Mom kinda...fared better but she's a little more kick ass than dad. But either way, I just...I'm worried about them. And I'm worried about what they're gonna do when they can't come up with logical explanations for shit what has no logic, y'know? And I worry about what they'll think if they find out about me." And wow, had she ever not meant to ramble all that.

That was quite a ramble, but Chance was pretty sure he had been able to keep up with all of it. "At some point you can't repress the stuff happening here. Once they start realizing - or once they're told... I don't know how they'll react. But with you - you're their daughter, you know? I really don't think that knowing what you are would change that." Chance studied her face closely. "Are you afraid they're going to think you're some kind of freak or something?"

She bit her lower lip a moment then nodded. "Yeah. I mean...I dunno. They already don't understand me. They said, and that's kinda why they have a hard time with me I guess. They get Isaac. They just don't get me. But like...it'll be one more alien, weird ass thing for them not to get, y'know?" she asked. Okay so this was weighing more heavily on her thoughts than she'd even realized.

Chance didn't have much in the way of parental advice, so he didn't respond right away. He didn't know her parents all that well, and he was pretty sure he could count on one hand all the times he actually said anything to them at all. "I know." He reached out to stroke his fingers along her cheek, back to her hair. "Are you going to tell them?"

"I dunno. Not yet." she said. If she did decide to do it at all. She would have to work herself up to that though. and like, have Isaac right there with her. But she liked his little touch to her cheek. "You know you make me feel better sometimes? Just by like...being you and around and stuff? Or when I think about you?" she told him.

Chance grinned, a small chuckle sounding in his throat. "Were those questions? Or statement of fact?" Because it made him feel really warm inside to hear he made her feel better. He felt like most of the time he was making her angry, or upset. It was a nice change for sure.

"I dunno, kinda both." Kaysen said. "Because...I asked if you knew that." she said. "So...did you know that?" She grinned, and leaned closer to give him a light brush of a kiss--managing to curb her desire to make it more than that for once.

"Now I know," he replied, kissing her back. "And I'm glad. I like making you feel better. Or smile and laugh. I really don't want to ever make you upset, or hurt you or anything. Because you do the same thing to me. Make me feel better and everything."

Funny for them, coming from a couple that spent a lot of their time fighting. However, they fought because they cared so much, right? If they didn't care, they wouldn't care enough to argue. To fight and stay together. Or, that's how she was thinking about it. She got closer, nuzzled his cheek, then his ear, just below. "I'm glad I do." she whispered to him. After all, she knew what that meant for him. He'd told her snippets of how his mind worked, how he saw things, how his emotions went. So...yeah. It meant a lot.