Friendly Concern

Saber · Nov 19, 2017

Life went on, Mari was gone, he spent time tormented by questions and some very misplaced guilt. In then end, he moved on, he accepted that that mess wasn't his fault, he was left with a bite side, but life went on. Him and Anna started dating, he was happy, oh he still had his issues, he'd be seeing help about it, but for now he was just enjoying life. Life as it was, good friends, good school and a great girlfriend.

He had yet to tell his best friend and roommate about him an Anna. They hadn't been dating long, so it wasn't like he was hiding it, but he knew Nyota wouldn't fully approve. Anna was sweet and truly cared, but she was older than him and was a siren, two things Nyota didn't want him dating.

Today he sat on his he'd flipping through a book, occasionally sending Anna text, Nyota was on her bed onthe other side of the room. @Pallas

Pallas · Nov 19, 2017

Nyota was laying on her bed, her laptop resting on her belly as she was watching Bob Ross videos. Hell if she knows how she ended up watching a white guy with an afro paint landscape on YouTube in the first place but there was something soothing about watching. As she glanced up to James, noting that was on his phone texting someone. Curious, she removed an earbud from her right ear and looked up over to her friend as he was int he middle of texting.

"Yo! Who you texting? You have been on your phone for awhile." asked Nyota rather bluntly, staring at James from across the room.

Saber · Nov 20, 2017

"Huh?" he glanced up from his phone at her, he supposed it had been a matter of time before she got curious or suspicious about what was going on. "Uh....," he sent a last text and set his phone and book down, "just uh....just chatting with Anna." He knew she was going to get it out of him, it was time to tell her.

"Watching Bob Ross again?" he asked, gesturing to her laptop, "you always seem calmer after you've watched him." Easing into the reveal, he'd tell her, but couldn't help but worry a little about how she'd react. "Maybe one day you'll be on there painting, while some kid watches" he chuckled a little.

He scratched the back of his head, "you remember Anna right?" time for him to set up the reveal, "siren with wings, about three years older than us?"

Pallas · Dec 6, 2017

"Pppffffttttt... I could learn to fucking filter my mouth on the big screen... otherwise I don't really see that happening." groaned Nyota, rolling her eyes and shaking her head slightly.

As her eyes came back to James, they narrowed to him at the mention of that bitchy siren girl she recalled meeting awhile back. Yeah... she remembered her all right.

"Yeah... I remember her. So why are you texting someone like her anyway? She is like... in college right?" Nyota then marches over to James, while she is masking her emotions with a stern expression, inside she felt concerned and worried. Sure Anna may have acted nice but she was not the sort of girl she thinks James should be really involved with.

Saber · Dec 6, 2017

"Yeah she's in college, she's going into nursing," he had a feeling Nyota wouldn't approve of the age difference among many things, but he would defend the relationship. "It's something I always admired about her," he smiled, though his eyes were a bit sharp, showing he wasn't going to back down.

"Well...you know, things ended badly with my ex a while back," it'd been months ago, that entire thing had been horrible, had left him emotionally troubled, had taken a while for him to get him out of his slump. "She, along with you, helped me a lot, to deal with it all," he'd always been grateful for his friends, they were basically family to him.

"Anyways, we talked a lot," he watched as Nyota walked over to him, "spent a lot of time together." He could tell she wasn't going to react well, but she needed to know, "we're dating now."

Pallas · Dec 6, 2017

"James... are you fucking kidding me... just..." Nyota pinches the bridge of her nose and let out a deep sigh, her eyes still giving James a weary expression. James admission did not sit well with her, she had seen how James has been hurt by women before and he wasn't going to let some bimbo going into nursing play with her friends heartstrings. No, she was going to say what her thoughts on the matter whether James wanted to hear it or not.

"Okey James... pardon mean from sounding like a bitch but... dude... you don't have the best track record when it comes to relationships and there are all sorts of red flags with girl. I mean, she is three years your senior which is... weird. I mean, she is in college and your not even halfway through high school. And her being a siren is a whole number can of worms. Sure you say she is nice but so were the other "nice" girls you dated. How do you know that she won't just use you up and discard you like those other girls? Cause... christ. I can't stand to see you keep getting hurt every time you fall for someone."

Nyota then sits across from James, he gave her defiant stare but she returned to him the same defiant glare.

"So instead I am going to sit here and listen to whatever excuses you have for Anna. Maybe you convince me that I have nothing to worry about. So are you willing to tell what its you two talk about and do together?"

Saber · Dec 6, 2017

"Do you expect me to never date again?" he looked at her, his own eyes weary, but he had energy and fire behind them, "life goes on. Yeah bad things happen, but you don't let those bad things keep you from living," he'd suffered through a lot in his life, but he'd always powered through it, because he wanted a life, and he wasn't going to give up on it.

"Three years is not a big difference," he set his phone down and stretched, "I mean, usually the guy is older but I don't see a problem with it." He shook his head, "she's stuck with me through out all my crap and that last relationship, just like you did." He didn't think he truly had to explain this all to her, but she was his friend and knew she cared.

"Now, how do I know she won't screw me over?" his defiant look never faded, "because we were friends before we starting dating." He rubbed the temples of his head, "I got to know her as just a friend at first, slowly since she arrived. I even opened up to her about my past, she's seen me at my worst, but she stuck around." James looked at her, his eyes a bit softer, "with my other relationships, I just jumped in, started dating them to soon, because I didn't really know how to date, didn't really understand the emotions that came with it all"

He sighed a little, "this isn't some crush I developed from talking to her a few times like with the others, this is something more." His voice was strong, with fire behind it.

Pallas · Dec 6, 2017

"Of course! I didn't say that you shouldn't be dating. Life goes on, circle of life and all of that other Disney nonsense. Bad things happen yes and that shouldn't stop you but for the love of god don't think you can at least learn something from them so that you don't keep putting yourself in same position of hurt over and over again?" bemoaned, exaggerating her concerns with her hand and arm moment. "Three years is a HUGE difference you dork! She is college student and is mingling in a different crowd than the both of us her struggling with high school. Making that work is already complicated don't you think?"

Nyota then lets out a little snort as her friend goes to mention how she surprisingly stuck with him during the dumpster fire that was Marion. But how did she know that she wasn't just sniveling in the background like coward as she "supported" James? To Nyota, Anna struck her as the cowardly sort based on their last meeting.

"Stuck with you? Or took advantage of you recovering from an abusive relationship so that she could have cute high schooler as her newest boy toy?" accused Nyota "You opened up to other women and you came out with your big lovable heart hurt at the end of it. I don't want you so invested in this girl only for her cut you loose like the others." Nyota let out a long groan end ends with huff as she looks up the ceiling above.

"You talk about her like you REALLY know her but I have nothing to go by aside from her being siren taking courses in nursing. I don't know what you see in her but last time I saw her I was unimpressed. So either I am gravely out of the loop of who Anna is... or she is using her sireny power lull you under her sway... like in that one episode of Star Trek. Ever considered that dork?" suggested Nyota as she rolled her head back down, staring him down with tired burning eyes. James may have been adament about Anna but Nyota remained defiant in her judgement of Anna being an unworthy girlfriend.

Saber · Dec 6, 2017

"I'm not just talking about with what happened with Mari, she stuck around through everything else. All my issues, everything," panic attacks, flashbacks, nightmares, so many problems, "she stuck by me through it all and then kept sticking by me when things fell apart with Mari." She'd do e so much for him, someone using someone wouldn't have done this much.

"When I met Mari, my head wasn't right," he shook his head, "all my problems had gotten worse, it's why she was able to manipulate me." He looked at her, "when my head is clear, I can see manipulation easily, I was used and manipulated my entire life. Things Mari did were warning signs, but my head wasn't clear, it is now."

"As for her so called powers," he tilted his head, "simple fact is anyone on this island could have that power and use it." The fire in his voice never faded, "to always assume someone is using it on you is paranoia and would make life really terrible. That said, I feel like there is something we really need to talk about."

"Now, I know what you're thinking," he leaned toward her, his eyes growing sharper, "that I'm weak, easily manipulated and bogged down by things," perhaps this little debate had been a long time coming, "so you think you need to protect me, but you don't. I've faced starvation, seen death, all the while living on the streets surviving." Nyota was his best friend, she was family, but he guessed this was necessary, "I was fighting to survive when you were living a normal life with your parents, yeah I know you got sick, and you had to push through that." This was hard, but perhaps necessary, "yeah, my problems spring up, and they can make things hard, but I'm still here, I'm still going, so I am anything but weak."

It was all a lot, once his words had time to settle a bit, he pulled her into a surprise hug, "you will always be my best friend, and you caring means more than you'll ever realize. You're family, but I'm stronger than most think. So as your friend, I'm asking that you believe in me and give Anna a chance."

Pallas · Dec 6, 2017

"Have I not stuck through you during all that shit and more? Haven't I dragged you out of more bars than I can count? Been someone you could lean on? I know you went through hell and back, that you keep blaming yourself for things that you have no control over." retorts Nyota as she grits her teeth and furrows her brow.

"How do you know your head is in the right now? You say that you can see the manipulation but that is the point isn't it? That you don't realized that your being tricked until is already far too late? You have been used by the whore Marion, used by that shithead Garret... yet went I express concern over Anna you call me out on being paranoid? The fuck... the... the fucking FUCK FUCK!" shriek Nyota, feeling hurt and insulted that worries were dismissed rather than considered.

"God... fucking SORRY for caring too much... I KNOW YOUR STRONG YOU IDOIT! I've seen it with my own damn eyes I know your stronger that you make yourself out be but I am just... am just god darn sick of you getting hurt because of other people bullshit. Its not about you being weak AT ALL! I-its... i-t's me caring about y-you too fucking much because I literally have no one else on this island... so FUCK me for caring..."

Nyota then turned away James, hanging her head and bringing up her hand to cover her face. She just felt, to overwhelmed with her own broiling emotions: anger, sadness... maybe some jealousy? Then she felt arms wrap around her in an unexpected embrace. Her head jerks to find James hugging her. She was speechless but found that she didn't have to say anything as James let out how much she meant to her, that they were almost brother and sister at this point. After some pause, Nyota opens her mouth as if ready to say something but then closes. She reconsiders her wording until at least she let out a long sigh in resignation.

"... yeah... sure. But for the record I am doing it for you and not her okey?" spoke up Nyota, sounding much calmer if a bit dejected. She looks to him with tired eyes and forced smile.

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