[ She never thought of it as moving too quickly. It was a natural gravitational pull that she only fought against due to her own issues of trust. If there was a hole in her? Jesse would never refer to it as such. She was simply lonely with no one to really call her own. There had been a worry of being a rebound, or only being cared for because of his issues with his ex-wife. Those worries had flown from her the moment he accepted and believed what happened in Ordinary.
No one else had done that.
Her gaze drops from his as she listens. Face hides in his chest as he speaks. He hadn't stayed in their reality then. Cauldron Lake acted like the slide projector--a doorway somewhere else. A doorway he walked in (or rather dove into) and never came back. Except now. He's home now.
Isn't he?
Certain words he says tells her the truth and she denies it. He has to be home now. It can't just be a one time thing. A moment slipped in and out and he's gone when she opens her eyes. Her hands curl to the point her fingers press into his back. Knuckles turn white. No, he can't disappear now that they've found each other. ]
I'm here, in Arizona. [ Jesse's tone is soft. Whispered. ] With you.
[ Her forehead presses into his chest more. ] I couldn't stay in Bright Falls. I had to go.
[ Frank Breaker insisted. She couldn't be there when the government showed up. She argued she had to stay. If it was the same people who had her brother? She had to. If Alan had left her, disappeared like everyone else, then all she had was Dylan. Polaris. She had to get to him and maybe this was the only way. Frank Breaker insisted they couldn't be given the opportunity to get her. He never elaborated other than the fact he "had worked for them before and knew what they were like."
Her eyes close and tears threaten to fall again. ] I wasn't angry. I'm not angry.
[ Shocked to the point she was numb. All she could do was stand there and stare before her legs gave out and she slid down one of the pillars in the room. Then, it hurt. It hurt deeper than she expected. Heart--no, no. She won't even think that word.
Alan probably already knows what it the word would be even without her saying it. ]
It doesn't matter now. [ Jesse leans against him. They can pick up where they left off. He had always wanted to grab coffee and talk. They can do that now. ] We'll finish whatever is happening here. Finish what you're writing. Then, we'll pick somewhere to go and just... go.
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No one else had done that.
Her gaze drops from his as she listens. Face hides in his chest as he speaks. He hadn't stayed in their reality then. Cauldron Lake acted like the slide projector--a doorway somewhere else. A doorway he walked in (or rather dove into) and never came back. Except now. He's home now.
Isn't he?
Certain words he says tells her the truth and she denies it. He has to be home now. It can't just be a one time thing. A moment slipped in and out and he's gone when she opens her eyes. Her hands curl to the point her fingers press into his back. Knuckles turn white. No, he can't disappear now that they've found each other. ]
I'm here, in Arizona. [ Jesse's tone is soft. Whispered. ] With you.
[ Her forehead presses into his chest more. ] I couldn't stay in Bright Falls. I had to go.
[ Frank Breaker insisted. She couldn't be there when the government showed up. She argued she had to stay. If it was the same people who had her brother? She had to. If Alan had left her, disappeared like everyone else, then all she had was Dylan. Polaris. She had to get to him and maybe this was the only way. Frank Breaker insisted they couldn't be given the opportunity to get her. He never elaborated other than the fact he "had worked for them before and knew what they were like."
Her eyes close and tears threaten to fall again. ] I wasn't angry. I'm not angry.
[ Shocked to the point she was numb. All she could do was stand there and stare before her legs gave out and she slid down one of the pillars in the room. Then, it hurt. It hurt deeper than she expected. Heart--no, no. She won't even think that word.
Alan probably already knows what it the word would be even without her saying it. ]
It doesn't matter now. [ Jesse leans against him. They can pick up where they left off. He had always wanted to grab coffee and talk. They can do that now. ] We'll finish whatever is happening here. Finish what you're writing. Then, we'll pick somewhere to go and just... go.