57 - Action/Phone

[ceasetoexist]

[Action - Locked to 502 Ricardo Street]

[Hey housemates. Hope none of you are wanting that turkey because the moment Pokey sees it? Yeah, he's going to be starting a fire in the fireplace and bringing the turkey with him. If you're fast enough and want to stop him, you can try to before he goes ahead and pitches the turkey into the fire.]

[Phone]

Hey idiots, everyone else is doing a pretty good job pointing out how this is a trap so, hey, guess that means you don't need more voices shouting it at you. I got a different question.

I'm not giving specifics about it over the phone but....is it...

[There's a pause, and a sigh, before Pokey continues in a mumble.]

Is it....wrong...to be thankful for being here?

[Action - Outside 501 Ricardo]

[Welp. He has no clue why he's doing this. Really, Pokey just doesn't want to admit it over the phone. But the asshole responsible for him being here lives right next to him. And really, this wouldn't be the first time he's ranted outside her house. Just the first time he's done it like this.]

You can bite me. Seriously. Originally I guess I would have told you that just for putting me in this hole, but since then you've given me a lot of extra reasons to tell you it too. You're a real piece of garbage, you know that you freak?

[He pauses, just staring at the house before looking at the ground.]

But on the other hand? ...I've never been happier than I have been here. Even when it's sucked, it sucked as hard as it did because things weren't bad before. Because they were, in fact, awesome as far as things for me go. The best they had ever been. And I wonder, sometimes, if you brought him here to help keep me happy. As a bribe, I guess, not because I'm important but just because you could. Doesn't matter in the end really. I'm not losing sleep over it.

...And I guess, here...I learned things about myself I really didn't want to. And...you know how they say growing up sucks? Yeah, it does. Even harder than I thought it would.

But I did it. And I realize I only did it because I'm here.

I-

[Pokeys' hands bawl up into little fists.]

I am. I'm thankful for being here. For you bringing me here.

[And God.

Does he ever hate that.]

Comments

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

.....Yeah, alright.

Happy Thanksgiving, or whatever.

[echidna]

Happy Thanksgiving.

Are you doing anything fun? I'm pretty excited, I've never had a real Thanksgiving before.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Eh, not really. Just being a nuisance.

Thinking some, I guess.

[echidna]

About what you're thankful for?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

...Sorta.

Guess I'm thinking about that.







And the people I'm thankful I've known here.

[God. Why is he telling you this?]

[echidna]

[ Because she's Jade! ]

That's a good thing to be thankful for.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[Yeah, pretty much.]

Yeah.






God. I hope they're okay wherever they are.

[echidna]

I bet they are.

Hey, if you don't have any big plans, you should stop by my house at some point!

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Yeah? Why's that?

Just miss me that much, huh?

[echidna]

Yep, you caught me!

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Ha! Knew it.


.....I'll be there. Probably.

[echidna]

Good, it should be fun.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Sure.

Being here is about getting in trouble, but getting in trouble together, huh....

[Sorry Jade. He's just kinda reminiscing about something at the moment.]

[echidna]

Pokey? You still there?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Huh?

...Yeah. Sorry. I guess I zoned out.

[echidna]

Hehe, it's okay. Were you thinking about something interesting?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

...I think so yeah.

Just something someone told me once.

[echidna]

What was it?

Filtered

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[There's a long pause on his end. He's only told this story before to one other person, and that was his best friend. He'll only tell small parts to you.]

When I first got here, I joined a resistance group made of kids trying to protect the other kids here. Most joined to help, I joined for the protection it offered and to impress another kid there. This kid was....well. The first friend I made here. Maybe anywhere.

But I still wanted to do things on my own, since causing trouble was what I did. And so, she told me "We're about getting into trouble, but we're about getting into trouble together."

I didn't get it then. I guess I do now.

Filtered

[echidna]

[ Jade is fairly surprised that he's sharing this with her.

She laughs softly, under her breath. ]

Makes sense.

I think that's how you know you have really good friends.

Filtered

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

...Yeah. I guess so.

[And now he's tired of sharing.]

Guess I'll see you in a little while.

Filtered

[echidna]

Okay, see you later.