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Post by Icciotto on Mar 1, 2013 16:37:27 GMT -5
Rowena and Azazel walk up to his house, Azazel squeezing Rowena's paw a bit tighter each time he thinks about learning what he has been avoiding for so long. They make their way up the porch and Azazel opens the door. "Jezz!" Azazel calls out. No response. "Jezz!" Azazel prolongs her name a bit more. Nothing. Azazel sighs and motions to Rowena to follow him as they make their way upstairs to Jezzie's room. Azazel pushes up Jezzie's bedroom door and sees her sulkily watching TV. "Hey...Jezz..." Azazel says gently. Jezzie asks what he wants, barely audible as she didn't give an attempt to raise her voice. "Umm...well, first off, Rowena is here too, so please..." Jezzie cuts him off, "Whatever, Azazel...yeah, she's here, I see..." Azazel winces a bit at Jezzie's biting tone. Azazel continues, "Yeah, um, well, I wanted to know Jezz, well, we need to know..." he looks at Rowena then back at Jezzie, "...what happened to me? I mean, back then..." Azazel looks down as Jezzie slowly turns her attention to both him and Rowena. Jezzie shakes her head from side to side slowly, "You want to share this with Rowena...?" Azazel looks at Jezzie with pain in his eyes, "Jezzie...I want to know myself...I just know that something happened...but I don't know why...please..." Azazel adds on sheepishly, "...and yes, I want to share this with Rowena..." Jezzie looks at Rowena for the first time without anger in her eyes. She jumps off the bed and gets up in Rowena's face, however, she doesn't sound angry, annoyed, or any of the previous emotions she shot toward Rowena lately, "Are you prepared to hear this?"
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Post by Newlndnfire on Mar 1, 2013 16:51:25 GMT -5
Rowena takes a small step back, slightly started at Jezzie's sudden intensity and closeness. She looks back and forth from Jezzie to Azazel and then steps forward and holds her head up high. "Yes, I'm prepared." She looks at Azazel and give's him a timid smile. "I'm ready to accept anything and everything about this man and his history." She looks at Jezzie. "Thank you for being willing to share what information you have." She gives a small smile to Jezzie and squeezes Azazels paw with her own in support of him and to comfort herself.
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Post by Icciotto on Mar 1, 2013 17:51:08 GMT -5
They asked for it. Jezzie sits up a top her bed looking down at both Rowena and Azazel. "It all started back long before Icciotto ever adopted me or you," Jezzie motioned her head toward Azazel. "It was a warm, sticky humid, Summer's night, and Azazel here and I were playing with a tug toy in the kitchen where we lived with our parents. It was about bed time and we knew we both were pushing the limits as to how long we could stay up, we were but just young pups. My mom and dad lived with Azazel's mom and dad, we all lived together at one point, that is how Azazel and I are so close," Jezzie shot Rowena a look as she put emphasis on the word 'close'. She continued looking back and forth from both of them sitting starry eyed on the floor, panting a bit from excitement and nerves, "Azazel's dad was never one to leave well enough alone. He worked as a racing dog down at the track close to home, petz from all over bid so much of their money on him, it was preposterous...that dog, your dad," Jezzie looks at Azazel, "he was a legend. There was some problem that has been going on for a long while before this point with Azazel's dad and another racer there. They had exchanged words about something a few weeks prior, what it was I haven't a clue, I just know that Azazel's dad was always so bitter when he would get back from a race and Azazel's mom would try and comfort him and tell him to leave work at work, and that he had a son to concentrate on, you know the drill and how that goes..." Jezzie sighed, sadness filling her eyes. "Anyway, that night Azazel and I were playing in the kitchen as I stated earlier and we heard a huge bang in the back of the house, where my mom and dad's bedroom was..." Jezzie starts to cry, uncontrollably sobbing. Azazel's eyes half bug out of his head at Jezzie's sudden outburst and he jumps up beside her putting his paw on her cheek. Jezzie continues to sob and excuses herself saying through a wall of tears that she needed a few moments. Azazel hangs his head sitting on Jezzie's bed, then he looks up at Rowena at a loss as what to do or say.
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Post by Newlndnfire on Mar 1, 2013 19:48:03 GMT -5
Rowena feels sorry for the small dog who was shaking with tears. "Hey now" she whispers as she walks closer "You'll be okay, it'll be okay." She talks in a soothing voice trying to calm the tears that cascaded over the girls face. Gently she places her paw on Jezzies. "I know it hurts, I know it hurts a lot, and I know you can't imagine it ever getting better. But it will. It will get better. I promise. I also know my words probably don't mean much to you, but I hope you can at least listen to them even if you don't particularly like who's said them." She smiles a bit. "It'll be okay Jezzie." She has has eyes as she looks at the shaking dog. Her heart filled with a pain that it not hers.
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Post by Icciotto on Mar 1, 2013 20:34:28 GMT -5
After Jezzie had returned and heard Rowena's soothing words, she gave a sheepish smile at Rowena which quickly faded as she didn't want to get too emotional with her. Jezzie took in a deep breath and continued, "So, um, yeah, so," Jezzie takes a few more deep breaths as she feels herself losing it again, "So, Azazel and I heard the bang and got really scared, naturally, and we ran into my parent's room to find them...dead." Jezzie's shoulder shake as she uncontrollably begins to sob again. Azazel's eyes are wide with fear and contorted with confusion, "Jezz...why didn't you ever..." Azazel's words trail off as he jumps up beside Jezzie again to hold her in a hug she's always wanted.
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Post by Newlndnfire on Mar 1, 2013 22:19:24 GMT -5
Rowena sits down, deciding to let Azazel handle Jezzie's pain here. It was obvious that comfort was sought from him. Rowena's heart brakes for the two dogs before her. Jezzie especially. To have to handle that so young, and then too have the only one you could relate to about it have his memory erased. She almost cried at the cruelty of the world.
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Post by Icciotto on Mar 1, 2013 23:10:22 GMT -5
Jezzie stops crying a few moments after Azazel's embrace. When her tears cease Azazel lets go of her slowly and asks as gently as he can, almost in a whisper, "Can you tell us the rest..?" Azazel winces a bit thinking of the possibility of Jezzie bawling again...he couldn't handle that. Jezzie surprisingly composes herself, rubs her eyes, and starts again, "Yes...they were gone when we walked in the room. Azazel had whimpered and buried himself into my chest and shoulders as I stood shocked, not being able to move." Jezzie took a few moments to breathe and continued on with a stoic face, "Azazel's dad came running in when he heard Azazel's sobs and he picked me up with Azazel latched on to me. He ran us outside to the front yard and told us to stay there and not move. It was such a quiet night, I remember the peacefulness of the crickets, cicadas, and frogs as the chaos that ensued in my heart at the time raged on. It was surreal..." Jezzie jumps off of the bed and sits close to Azazel. She puts her paw on his cheek and gently says, "I'm so sorry to have to tell you this, it is only because you asked...if it were up to me, these memories would never have been dug up..." she lowers her voice and whispers in Azazel's ear, "...did she put you up to this?" Azazel looks at Rowena quickly hoping she didn't hear Jezzie's hurtful words.
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Post by Newlndnfire on Mar 2, 2013 13:32:34 GMT -5
Rowena sighs with exasperation. "I didn't put him up to anything, I didn't even know he couldn't remember until he told me earlier. Jezzie I'm not trying to hurt anyone here and I'm sorry that this is hurting you and Azazel so much. But there's someone after him, I wouldn't think you'd want him to get hurt do you? I know you care about him. I know you don't want him to get hurt either." She pauses. "Maybe I should just leave Azazel? You could come find me after. I don't want to intrude on what is a very personal moment. Obviously Jezzie doesn't want me here and I can't say I blame her." Her shoulder sink a bit and she looks at the floor. "Azazel? do you want me to wait downstairs or wait at my home?"
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Post by Icciotto on Mar 2, 2013 14:19:30 GMT -5
Azazel shakes his head in frustration and explodes with anger not at either of the girls in particular, "I WANT YOU TO STAY RIGHT THE HECK HERE AND DAMN IT JEZZIE, I KNOW THIS IS HARD BUT ROWENA IS A PART OF MY LIFE WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, I COULD HONESTLY CARE LESS. I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THESE PETTY LITTLE GAMES!!!!" Azazel grunts painfully as if something had hurt him inside as he yelled. Tears of anger well up in Azazel's eyes, "Damn it, Jezzie..." Azazel looks at Jezzie with softer eyes now. Jezzie has her head low, sobbing quietly. "Jezzie...this is important and I can't stand how you, from the start, have disregarded how I've felt about Rowena. She is my GIRLFRIEND." Azazel gets up in Jezzie's face again. "Like it or leave." Azazel adds viciously. Jezzie shakes her head while continuing to sob and walks out of the room, descends the stair and Rowena and Azazel hear the front door click as Jezzie left to an unknown location.
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Post by Newlndnfire on Mar 2, 2013 14:32:58 GMT -5
Rowena's ears lay flat to her head. "Azazel..." she pauses not knowing what to say. She looks out of the room, after Jezzie. Even after all the ill things that were said she worries about the distraught girl. She looks back to Azazel. "I know you're upset after learning about all this stuff. But maybe we should get out of here for a bit. If Jezzie comes back she'll probably be upset, I think you both need some time alone from each other. What do you want to do?"
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Post by Icciotto on Mar 2, 2013 17:05:49 GMT -5
"Yeah..." Azazel sounds distant. "Yeah, maybe we should get out of here..." Azazel's mind is in another place and time. He walks over to the stairs and without saying a word, leaves the house, leaving Rowena to herself in his home.
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Post by Newlndnfire on Mar 2, 2013 19:28:20 GMT -5
Rowena looks around a bit before racing out of the house to find Azazel. She finds him walking on the road aimlessly. "Hey." She nudges him, "You need to talk a bit?" She looks worried. I have no idea how to handle this, he's not even looking aware. Her concern can be felt by her in her turning stomach.
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Post by Icciotto on Mar 3, 2013 18:24:32 GMT -5
"I don't know, Rowena." Azazel shakes his head slowly from side to side. "I don't even know why you'd still want to be with me after all of this...I'm apparently such a mess..." Azazel sighs slowing his pace a bit walking. He drags his paws in the dirt on the side of the road, both hurt and still angered at Jezzie.
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Post by Newlndnfire on Mar 3, 2013 21:52:54 GMT -5
"Of course I still want to be with you." She smiles a small and slightly sad smile. "I don'y mind a little turbulence.... or a lot of turbulence." She smiles at her small joke trying to lighten the tension. "Where do you want to go? Maybe we should just get away for a while? This has all been SO crazy, maybe we just need to spend some time away for a while? What do you think?" She questions.
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Post by wigglez on Mar 3, 2013 22:28:32 GMT -5
"Spend time away? Now why would you wanna do a little thing like that???" the two whipped around to notice a rather tall figure standing behind them wearing a smile that beamed from ear to ear. he was dressed rather formally, yet had a hint of disarray to him. we swayed from side to side, giving a very "loose" feel about him. he seemed awfully cheery, but this didnt stop the two of them from flinching with a deadly seriousness. "w-whoa! easy there, didnt mean to frighten ya." the mysterious figure spoke up, arms in the air to signify his means to do no harm. "...kids now-a-days, so damn serious, yeesh!" the figure stepped back for a moment, placing his arms back into their proper positions. "anywho, where was i...? oh yea!, heya, so you two must be uh..." the tall figure fumbled with a piece of paper. " A-zaaa-Zieeel? and...row-..en-na? yeesh, you guys foreign or somethin?" the figure began mumbling to himself.... azazel and rowena looked at each other briefly before returning their attention to the odd figure. "whatever, anyway, allow me to introduce my self...er...actually i cant... not allowed, boss said so. so i suppose fake introductions are in order! the name's... uh..." the figure paused briefly "hmm...know what, just call me whatever you want! it wont matter in the end anyway. the point is, im supposed to keep an eye on you two, in other words, you guys aint goin nowhere! Comprede???"
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