Marc & Lawson
Location: Grimm HS: Gym
Interacting With: Each Other & "Jess"
Interaction Tags:@Charnobylisk
Lawson pushed Marc off him and shoved him back slightly, still trying to get around his old friend to get to Ada. He just needed to explain things to her. He could see she was terrified and it was not how he wanted to start things off with her but right now all he saw was a man standing between him and his Bella; the very man he knew had caused her so much pain over the years because of one thing he did. He knew the scars she held, he knew it all. Ada had spoken to him about it, about the guilt that wracked her over everything. Now she was pleading for the man that was the source of every tear he had seen her shed. It made his blood boil and the Marine wanted to drag him out behind the gym and give him a good old fashion lesson in manners.
"Get off me Tinder! You know the hell that man has put her through!" he bellowed as Marc shoved him back again. His fists balling up at his sides as he stood there; his shoulders rising and falling with each ragged angered breath he drew. Marc got up to him, nose to nose.
"Stand down!" Marc ordered as if he was Drill Sergent. It seemed so unlike Marc to those that knew him back in high school. Back then he was so shy and timid; he never stood up to anyone and now here he was toe to toe with a man that had to out weigh him by a good fifty pounds of pure unadulterated muscle without even flinching. His steel blue eyes were staring down the Marine, his jaw line fixed.
"Not now Tinder," Lawson barked and took a half step forward but Marc just stood his ground.
"I said stand down Marine!" Marc countered with even more force than before. The order made Lawson straighten up at the shoulders and set his glare towards Marc.
"Is that an order?" Lawson grunted.
"What do you think Gunny?" Tinder took a deep breath and looked away for a moment, seeing his Bella still sitting on the floor as Ashley rushed to her side to try to calm her.
"Yes sir," Lawson growled as if acid was dripping from his lips.
As Jas came over and introduced herself as Ada's cousin both men gave her an incredulous look. Lawson had met most of Ada's family at the wedding but there were some that couldn't attend. Maybe she was one of them? Marc on the other hand knew Ada's entire family and knew without a doubt that the woman introducing herself as Jess was anything but a Grimaldi; yet he was willing to play along if it got Lawson out of there long enough to keep Ada from becoming the next admittance to Shadey Pines.
"Thank you Jess," Marc said and motioned for Lawson to go with her.
"After everything she has been through how can you dare let him within a hundred miles of her," Lawson hissed towards Marc as he glowered towards Kai before letting Jas usher him to the back of the gym. He would not go any further. He refused to let her completely out of his sight now. In a bit of a huff he sat down at the end of the bleachers and ran his hands through his hair, smoothing the blonde waves back and tried to calm himself. After a moment he looked up at Jas and shook his head.
"I am sorry for my outburst Ma'am." Marc let out a breath of relief as Lawson went off with Jas, turning his attention back over to Ada, Ash and, Kai. He couldn't believe what he was seeing.
Adelaide Grimaldi "Lawson"
Location: Grimm HS: Gym
Interacting With: Ash and Kai
Interaction Tags:@Charnobylisk @Nallore
Ada just sat there trembling, the look on her features was one that was plagued with confusion and fear. She was terrified of what she had just seen, a man whom she had been told was dead so many years ago just waltzed back into her life. She felt as if she was trapped in some type of nightmare and she just wished she could wake from it. As Ashley took her hand her glistening eyes slowly looked over to her best friend, she could only nod in short quick bursts as a reply. Words seemed to leave her right then as she thought back to five years ago.
The memories were as clear as crystal right then. The government sending someone to inform her that her husband had died over seas. There had been a funeral service at Arlington Cemetery, a flag draped over an empty casket. She was told there was not enough remains for anything more. There had been a Twenty-One Gun Salute, the flag was folded and handed to her as the widow of a fallen Marine. She had a death certificate at home in her files, along with the blast ridden remains of his dog tags and her wedding ring. She had received death benefits for the love of God. He was dead, he was gone. How could he be standing in front of her now as Marc prepared to fight the man to keep him away.
Ada just sat there nodding from time to time as he bit her bottom lip until Kai came back over to her. As his hand fell to her hair and she heard his words she slowly seemed to come out of the fog of terror she had been trapped since her eyes fell on the dead man walking. Her eyes sought out his and she wouldn't look away once she found them. Taking some very long, deep breath she pulled one of her hands away from Ash as she rested her brow against his arm; gripping his hand on her knee as if she was afraid to let go. She felt Riley's hand on her back, it helped some. She was very thankful for both her and Ash being there for her and knew they were trying. It seemed though that Kai was the only one that was really getting through the panic she felt.
"Don't leave me Makana, please..." she whispered as she closed her eyes and tried to calm herself more; just letting herself focus on his touch and his closeness. She wished they hadn't come back to the gym, that they had just said fuck it and remained in each others arms on the floor of her bedroom. Slowly it dawned on her that Ashley had asked what had happened between the two. She wasn't exactly sure how to explain it, it was still sinking in. All she could manage to say was,
"What should have happened ten years ago." Slowly she lifted her head and glanced around, seeing Dj had finally gone and had a seat at the back of the gym. She still was having a hard time processing that he was back from the dead. It wasn't that she wished he was still dead. He was a good man and she knew that, but for him to come back right then as he did. Why now? What had happened? She knew they were questions she would need answers to. Looking over to Kai she felt as bad for him as she did for Dj right then. Here he was, having looked so happy just a few minutes before and now he was having to stand between her and the ghost of her husband. It wasn't fair. Not to Kai or to Dj; and she was the cause of it. The guilt gleamed clearly in her dark eyes.
"Yeah, air would be nice, I feel like I can't breath," she said as she sat there still trying to stop hyperventilating.
"Ash... um would you grab my shoe box? I need the ace bandage out of it," she asked nervously before looking back at Kai.
"Gonna need some help until we can wrap it," she said, in her fit she had managed to make the sprain a bit worse and it was blacking up quickly. There was no way she was going to be able to hobble about until it was wrapped up.
The people that had been hired to cater the mixer and tend to the bar that night had frozen in place, along with the rest of the class of 2006; they just stood there watching in shock and awe as the event unfolded. Some just shrugged it off and went back to their little groups of gossip as if they were still Seniors. Others couldn't help to make comments about the situation.
Chris Malony just stood there with the camera on this phone rolling; filming every last detail of the event until Principle Crimson stopped him.
"Put that away son, this isn't for the net," he scolded his former student. Chris rolled his eyes as he turned off the recording. He had gotten most of it anyways. Crimson just shook his head as he walked off.
Nesha just smirked as she stepped over towards Chris.
"Always so dramatic," she snipped as eyed Ada and Kai. Turning she walked off towards the bar to get a cocktail and Chris gave her a bit of a look before stepping outside. Zack was sitting in one of the chairs and got up, adjusting his jacket a bit before he took off after Chris; wanting to see what the man recorded.
"Not exactly a warm family reunion is it?" "Think she would be happy her husband it back." "Oh she always did go gaga over Kai." "Well if she doesn't want him, I'll take him." "Has everyone forgot Jessica was murdered?" The comments kept coming from various people in the class. Some quietly, some not so much. Marc could only stand there rubbing his temples as his phone went off; it was Tim. Maybe the man had an update.
Cynthia McMillan
Location: The Gym
Interacting With:@Salrynn
Cynthia stood there watching the scene unfold. They could really use some popcorn right then. This was a show! Marc and Dj nearly tore into each other, Ada was flipping out like Cyn normally did. Well, not so much. Had that been Cyn in Ada's place it would have probably turned into another beautiful picture, but hey, she was freaking out. Cynthia could relate on more than one level. She had done so after she had first been locked up. She was sane back then and being around all the insanity at Shady Pines got to her quickly. She was so used to being the one pushing others peoples buttons. When she was finally around those that could easily see through her bitchness to what lay beneath she broke quickly. It took nearly five years for her to become one of the stronger ones; granted by then she was clinically insane.
"Remind you of the home? Yeah it does, poor girl. Hey, poor you! Poor me? Yeah, poor you, you were the one that was locked up, she is still free! I don't think it is that simple. What do you mean? Well she obviously loves Kai and now her husband is back, she is in cage. Her own making. No, she thought she was free. Don't we all feel that way? Yeah, I guess we do. Think she will be free one day? I doubt it, Ada will never let herself be free. What? You know what I mean. No I don't. If I know what I mean then you know what I mean. Do you even know what you mean? I don't know. See. Shut up. You shut up!" Cynthia said rambling to herself, not even noticing that Riley had left her side to go tend to Ada.
That was until Hye stepped over and got her attention. Looking at her she tilted her head to the side as if she was bird; it wasn't clear at first if she was about to try to eat the woman like she was a worm or just listening. The more Hye spoke though, the clearer it became that she was just listening. A smile coming over her lips, not a crazy smile, just a sweet one.
"Yes, yes! We need popcorn! And soda! And chocolate! And gummy bears! Yeah, gummy bears! You have to eat their heads first you know. If you don't and eat their legs first it puts them in pain. That isn't nice. Unless it is the green ones, they are meanies! You have to let them suffer for a little bit but the rest, just put them out of their misery. Oh snow caps! And um twix! Cookie crunch! Can we get some gummy bears and twix? And some of those capri sun pouches?"
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