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Post by squirrel on Oct 11, 2011 0:16:35 GMT -5
Zarek found the park and a bench to sit on, he pulled his legs to his chest and wrapped his arms around them. He looked out at the lake seeing old images in the water, he had to place his forehead on his knees just to stop looking at them. He didn't know what to do now, he just put himself in a bad situation agreeing to stay in that damn house. He took a deep breath trying to calm his heart but it wasn't working. Tears streaked down his face and he moaned out in pain a little. He did want to just tell his brother that he was glad to see him, he had wished for so long that his brother would come back and make things right for both of them. He dreamed that his brother would just hold him again as he cried at the pain but it was too late. His brother would never be the person that he hoped would save him and that was when his anger grew to hatred of his brother. "Why did you leave?" He questioned to the sky looking up at the stars with tears running down his face.
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Post by shazzy on Oct 11, 2011 0:26:56 GMT -5
Adam strolled after the fiery red head letting her choose where they would have dinner. " Isn't it weird for you also being back?" He inquired. " Let's face it your life was just as shit as ours here yet you came back with me." He pointed out. Frowning Jade selected a cafe." You asked me to come...so I did." No this wasn't her ideal place to be. Infact she hated it but she'd come to support Adam. Moving towards the cafe she looked at him expectantly. " Come on i'm starving. Let's just have a nice meal toight and no fighting okay."
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Post by squirrel on Oct 11, 2011 0:34:29 GMT -5
He was getting tired but couldn't bring himself to get off the bench, it wasn't that cold like it normally would be this time of year so Zarek just laid down on the bench to stare up at the stares. He figured why not just sleep there for the night, it would be better then walking home to be lonely in his apartment. He would call his landlord in the morning to check on Lolita and then he would head down to his work to see if he could pick up an extra shift anything that would keep him busy during the 6 months so he wouldn't have to be around his brother that much.
But as the night wore on Zarek couldn't get comfortable on the bench, the whole time he was thinking about lying in his own bed with the tv blaring and snacking on something. So he finally pulled himself off the bench and started the walk back to his apartment while pretty much sleep walking.
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Post by shazzy on Oct 11, 2011 0:46:17 GMT -5
They ate their meal reletively in silence which suited Adam just fine. If Jade wanted to sulk then she could sulk he personally didn't give a rats ass. " Are you going to ignore me all night?" Jade asked as the exited the cafe. " I figured you didn't want to talk." Adam answered. " Look..want to go for a walk?" She asked. " Okay where?"
As she started walking down the street he curiously followed after here. " Alright seriously where are we going?" Turning his head he looked around the dark street. " The park." She finally revealed. " Eh..why not." As they entered the park Jade stopped. " Zarek?" She asked seeing a figure walk out of the park. Was that him. " Adam is that Zarek?"
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Post by squirrel on Oct 11, 2011 1:07:58 GMT -5
Dazed and half asleep he wondered how far he was from his apartment, he was about to collapse right there if he didn't get home soon. It was just too late and he drank way too much to still be out. "Stupid, should have gone home" he scolded himself but then he picked his head up and with glazed eyes he looked around. Had he really heard someone call his name? Who would call his name? Was the other question but through cloudy eyes he couldn't make anything out. So he turned forwards again and hung his head to avoid bright lights and kept walking in the direction he figured his apartment was.
He played over in his head that sound, it was a voice that called to him but whose was it. He knew it couldn't be Adam's cause he was too pissed at him right now and no one cared to check up on him well besides his landlord when he would come home late. He was hallucinating that had to be it.
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Post by shazzy on Oct 12, 2011 0:32:33 GMT -5
Gazing at the figures stihlouete Adam gave a shrug of his shoulders. "I don't think so. I think even he would answer to his name." He muttered. " But what if it is." Jade persisted. Really couldn't they just take a nice stroll in the park?
As she moved away from the path he sighed. " Okay let's go check." He said acting like he had a choice in the matter as Jade had already began to walk towards the figure. " Hey." She said then nudged Adam." I told you it was him." With a shake of her head she quickly caught up to Zarek. " Zarek it's Jade. can we help you?" Catching up the Jade Adam look at his totally drunk brother. " Where do you live?" He asked. " We'll help you get home."
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Post by squirrel on Oct 12, 2011 1:19:28 GMT -5
Zarek jumped out of his skin when someone touched him, he put his fist up protecting his face and ready for a fight. He lowered his hands a little bit and blinked some to look at the person who was talking to him. "Jade?" He questioned as he lowered his hands to his sides and his vision cleared a little till his eyes landed on his brother after hearing his voice. "No thank you" he said turning away from them and started to walk away.
He stopped and turned his head to look at them again. Zarek's brows knitted together as he looked at both of them, here, together? "You two aren't? Really?" He came to his own conclusion cause there would be no other reason that she would be here. He was sure that she didn't come back for his sake so it much be for Adam. "Ain't this some shit now. You walk out on me AND you pick up my ex. You just want it all don't you and you won't stop till I'm in the ground like him" Zarek then started walking back, he was actually looking up now to see where he was at and where he was going. He was not going to let his brother see him like this nor his ex.
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Post by shazzy on Oct 12, 2011 1:38:26 GMT -5
Jade looked up at Zarek some what turned of by his drunken state. Drunk people she really detested them. Her own asshole parents had been drunks. With a frown she took a step back towards Adam. " Yea Zarek. It's me." She spoke softly.
Adam sighed then moved to step after Zarek. " Yes we're together now." Jade explained. As he verbally abused Adam her hands went to her side. " Well that's some horse shit." She spoke darkly. " We only just got together and you and I have been broken up for years now. We aren't kids anymore Zarek." Pursing her lips she looked at Adam. " You know what. Adam wants to help you. So rather then push him away, let the only remaining family you have help you out."
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Post by squirrel on Oct 12, 2011 2:09:01 GMT -5
Zarek stopped dead in his tracks at her back lash and couldn't believe what he was hearing. Yea so it hurt a little that they were dating and his brother hadn't even bothered to tell him but let him find out this way. He turned around hard on his heels and fire in his eyes "Help me out! Excuse me but I don't need his help NOW" he stepped back towards them getting close enough that he was sure would make her uncomfortable "I needed it then GET IT! Why would I even want help from someone who is DEAD to me! Just like you!"
He may not have been as drunk as he was earlier but the liquor was still running through his veins just enough to give him the strength to deal with this right now. He wasn't sure how he was going to get her to see let alone his own brother to see that what he had wanted and needed was to have a brother. But all he wanted to do right now was hurt his brother as much as he hurt from what Adam did to him.
A light went on in his head "Has he told you about our father's will? Has he told you everything?" He questioned her in a tone of voice that hinted at something. He wondered how much Adam would actually tell her and how close they really were. "If you can't handle me right now Jadie then you might as well leave this place cause I will be around a lot more then you think and I am not going to change myself just so you can play house" with that Zarek walked away from them in a better mood then when he woke up this morning.
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Post by shazzy on Oct 12, 2011 2:36:58 GMT -5
Jade for the life of her couldn't understand why Zarek was acting this way. Putting a hand on Jade's shoulder Adam pulled her away from Zarek. " Jade. Leave it okay?" He whispered to her. Tensing from the verbal onslaughter he just stared at his brother at a loss for words.
" I'm dead to you am I?" Some what gobsmacked at his outburst he looked to Jade for advice. She was good at this type of thing " Yes he left you've been both left the house." Jade answered. At his words she looked to Adam. " Adam what is he talking about?" She demanded.
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Post by squirrel on Oct 12, 2011 2:51:10 GMT -5
He could still hear them as he walked off and started to laugh loud, so his brother was keeping some of the information from her. Though he couldn't blame him cause even Zarek couldn't live with himself at times. But he walked onto his apartment leaving the two behind not really caring to hear anymore from either of them.
Not far from his apartment he slow his pace, he looked up at the sky counting how many stars he could still see and as he rounded the last corner to his apartment he felt something wrap an arm around his mouth and his body being dragged off. He struggled a little and then was slammed against a brick wall. "Give me all your money!" He heard an angry voice scream at him and as he looked down on the masked man he noticed a knife to his neck. His body was still a little numb so he couldn't really feel it. "If you are going to threaten me with that thing the least you could do is have the nerve to use it" he spit at the guy and that only pissed him off even more. Zarek received a few punches to the face and as he hunched over spitting out blood he was kicked in the stomach and then felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder blade. He bit his lip so he wouldn't scream it was just something he did as a child when his father beat him but the worst pain was when the weapon was ripped from his shoulder and he dropped to the ground.
Zarek laid there on the ground for a while and then picked himself up off the ground. A little dizzy he held the wall to keep himself up right and slowly walked into his building and then to the stairs. "Oh my god. Zarek are you ok?" He heard someone shriek and he held up a hand to calm the person "I'm fine. I'm just really tired" he said and continued his way up the stairs "Fine my ass, you're bleeding!" The person exclaimed and slipped on arm under his to help him upstairs. It took a while but he was finally in his own bed with the covers pulled up almost over his head. It also took some talking to get his landlord to calm down and to understand that he was perfectly fine.
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Post by shazzy on Oct 12, 2011 3:22:26 GMT -5
Adam seriously owed her an explanation Jade decided. Hands on hips she looked from one brother to the other. " Well?" She demanded. " What is going on?" As Adam ran a hand through his hair a soft sigh escaped his lips. " The catch on the house is we have to inhabit it for six months or we can't sell it.." He explained. " WHAT?" She shrieked. " Six whole freaking months in this place?" Gone where all irrational thoughts as she took a step away from Adam barely registering that Zarek had taken off. " You said." She began. " You said we'd be here for a short while. The most a few days so you could sort out the crap with your step father and help out your brother."
Now she was positively seething as she took a step away hands still on her hips. " Since when does a few days turn into six whole months?" Glaring at him she continued to walk away as Adam jogged to keep up with her. " I will not do it." She spoke furiously. " You don't have to. We'll keep the apartment. I just have to live here. Not you." He explained.
Jade however wasn't having a bar of it. " I'm going to see a friend. I'll see you tomororow. " Angrily she stormed off in the other direction which left Adam standing on the corner of a street feeling like a complete dick.
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Post by squirrel on Oct 12, 2011 3:27:29 GMT -5
It was a rough night from that moment on, it just wasn’t the restful sleep he was hoping for so he just lay there staring up at the ceiling. Lolita was at his side nuzzling him and giving him such a pitiful whine. “I know little one but I’ll be fine I promise” he said patting the top of her head and she snuggled up to his side falling asleep. “That’s the plan” he said and closed his eyes willing sleep to come.
In the morning things weren’t as pleasant as he hoped they were. He had to drag himself out of bed and into the bathroom. There he started himself a hot shower and stripped his clothes of slowly with only the use of one arm. He turned to look at his back in the mirror and his shoulder looked just horrible. “Ugh” he groaned and got into the shower groaning even more when the water hit his shoulder. That was something that he couldn’t take for too long, so he washed up quickly and then got out drying off as good as he could and then bandaged up his shoulder with what little of his first aid kit he had left. “Today is going to be just as great as yesterdays” he moaned some as he exited his apartment with his few suit cases. Today would be the only day he would have to move his things into the house and he was going to at least get his pick of the rooms cause there was no way he was going to take his old bedroom that he had as a kid.
So slowly but surely Zarek walked down the streets with his suit cases and shoulder bag resting on his right shoulder. He had almost put it on his left shoulder that morning in his half asleep state but he was doing ok now if he didn’t think about it.
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Post by shazzy on Oct 12, 2011 3:36:42 GMT -5
Adam wasn't to keen on the whole moving into his old house thing. Really it made his stomach uneasy but what choice did he have if he wanted to sell the thing. He'd organised a friend to drop of a few of his things and now stood at the front of the house minus Jade. " Here goes nothing. " He muttered to himself. Key in hand, courtesy of the lawyer he unlocked the door.
Once again just as had been previously, he was hit with memories. Great way to start up the day. With a shake of his head he dumped his things to the floor. Pity Jade wasn't here the house was in dire need of a good clean up. Taking note of the dusty surfaces and the holes in the wall he then set about opening the curtains. How was this going to work? Would he have his old room. Stopping by his old room he gazed around quietly. It was no suprise that all of his things were gone. The asshole would've tossed them after him being gone after a day. It was just how he was.
Arms folded he studied the blue wall a slight smile on his face. He'd begged his mother to let him paint his wall blue and she'd given it. What a mess he'd greated. God what a terrible job he'd done. With a shake of his head he chuckled softly.
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Post by squirrel on Oct 12, 2011 21:54:15 GMT -5
He breathed a sigh of relief when he stood outside the house, he never thought he would feel this good to be back at this place but it was probably just cause his shoulder was starting to throb horribly now. He took in a deep breath and picked up his bag once again and headed to the front door. He slipped his key in and found that it was already unlocked. ‘Great’ he thought to himself, he was hoping to get his things inside and be gone before his brother showed up. Zarek vaguely recalled last night’s events but the biggest one was the robber in the alleyway, but he pushed forward anyways and headed to the bedrooms to see which one had been taken already. In a four bedroom house there was only one that he would be able to sleep in and that was the guest room but he was sure that his brother had already taken that one. Zarek didn’t even care to look and just walked down the hallway to his old room; he opened the door and tosses his things in without stepping one foot in the room. “Ouch” he called softly when he turned and didn’t realize the door jamb was closer then he thought and he smacked his left shoulder into it.
He gritted his teeth through the sharp pain and made his way through the house into the kitchen, he breathed an easy sigh. One place in this house that was his haven was the kitchen, he couldn’t tell you why but he felt relaxed and safe in this kitchen. He walked over to the fridge and pulled out an ice tray and then grabbed a rag. With that problem solved for the moment he placed the rag full of ice on the back of her shoulder and turned to looked out the window that was over the sink into the garden that use to be there when his mother was still alive.
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