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Date Posted: 08:54:12 10/02/06 Mon
Author: Reese
Subject: Inside
In reply to: Braden 's message, "inside" on 08:44:32 10/02/06 Mon

(She hadn't been able to stop the tears once she'd gotten on the elevator, the pain had been too deep.. like a tear inside her that was bleeding out. She couldn't believe she had been so stupid.. trying to help and inadvertantly causing him more pain.. she'd been doing that a lot lately, making him hurt worse than he already did. Maybe it would be best if she just stayed out of it.. but how did you stop caring once you had started? It wasn't a switch she could flick on and off.. and she didn't have much experience in the department of handling situations like this.. but she couldn't help but feel like she had ruined the relationship they had been building. Feeling quite alone and shut down, she had headed outside into the rain, not hearing his shout and letting out a yelp when he grabbed her. She tensed against him, but then he had spoken and his words made her shudder, a sob escaping her.. she'd screwed up so badly this time. She didn't so much as move a muscle away from his guiding hands as he led her over to the building and sheltered her with his massive body. She really had no choice but to lift her gaze to him, tears still slipping down her cheeks as she listened to him recount her brother's death. A thousand expressions flickered over her face as she listened, pain, hurt, disgust, horror, compassion.. all of them running into the next as she tried her best not to retch at the idea of her brother being mutilated, desecrated.. all in front of Braden. When he finsished speaking, she was openly sobbing, unable to speak for the force of the pain she was feeling.. for him, for her brother, for the shit she had dragged to the surface. Instead of speaking, she simply raised her arms and linked them around his neck, lifting on her toes to pull him close to her, her hand going to the back of his shaven head, an almost protective gesture meant to convey her compassion. She'd wanted to be there for him.. but she was wondering now if it was worth the price he'd had to pay.)

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inside -- Braden, 09:29:49 10/02/06 Mon
- Inside -- Reese, 09:43:38 10/02/06 Mon
  - inside -- Braden, 10:04:52 10/02/06 Mon
    - Inside -- Reese, 10:13:13 10/02/06 Mon
      - inside -- Braden, 10:41:55 10/02/06 Mon