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Post by Damijan on Aug 18, 2006 20:37:42 GMT -5
Damijan laughed softly. "No. It's fine. You're hardly harsh. You're my mate," he replied. "You have a right to feel worried. I'd feel worried if this happened to you." He sighed and closed his eyes. With his hand that still had feeling in it, he gently brushed the top of Chri's head and then Chris' cheek. "This did sure put a damper on this, but let's call them."
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Post by Gabriel on Aug 18, 2006 20:52:10 GMT -5
Gabby nodded and reached into his mate's pocket for the communicator. He didn't think it was weird to do that; he knew where it was, and Dami wasn't exactly fully feeling his best. Gabby wanted the man to have all the energy he could muster to be able to stand being with his family.... not that reaching for a communicator really took all that much energy, but Gabby was just trying to help. He dialed the number quickly and held it to his ear to wait for an answer. Sarah, his oldest sister, answered this time.
"Hey-lo?"
"Hi... Sarah?" he asked hesitantly, he wasn't a hundred percent it was her...
"Yep! Who's this?" Apparently, not talking to someone for almost a year, will make them forget your voice? Gabby shrugged it off.
"This is Gabby. Before you freak out and start shrieking, though, could you send Allison or someone to come pick us up? We thought we could make it by walking... but it's a bit colder than we though...," he explained with a lie. He couldn't say that Dami had used up all his energy transporting them from Kentucky to here, though... that would be a really stupid thing to do.
"What?! It's November! Why on Earth would you try to walk so far in winter?! Are you stupid?" she demanded, though it was obvious she was only worried about them. Gabby laughed nervously.
"Look... Could you just send someone to come get us... preferable not a parent... please..."
"Yeah, yeah. Where are you?" Gabby explained their surroundings before hanging up and replacing the communicator. "Well... they should be here soon. We aren't too far from the house, now..."
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Post by Damijan on Aug 18, 2006 21:05:32 GMT -5
Damijan nodded. "Yeah. We should tell them our...What are those land ships called again...Um...Cars! That's right. Tell them our car broke down awhile ago, so we bunddled up Chris and walked a bit...," he said, sitting up as he felt a tiny bit better.
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Post by Gabriel on Aug 19, 2006 12:46:27 GMT -5
Gabby shrugged. "Alright," he agreed, pulling Dami up against him and cuddling Chris between them, trying to keep the baby, and himself, warm until his sister came.
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Post by Damijan on Aug 19, 2006 12:51:53 GMT -5
Damijan nodded amd kissed Gabby's head gently and wrapped his free arm around the other. "Well, how long do you think that it will be before she comes?" he asked after a moment.
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Post by Gabriel on Aug 19, 2006 13:00:59 GMT -5
Gabby shrugged again. "It shouldn't take long... we only live just down the street from here.. probably about five minutes... max." Just as he said that, a red pick-up truck stopped in front of them. Allison climbed out from behind the wheel.
"Gabby!" she squealed, before running to join the group hug. "Ahhh!!! I missed you so much! Awww! Look at him!" she exclaimed, smiling down at Chris. "He's so... absolutely adorable!"
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Post by Damijan on Aug 19, 2006 13:09:52 GMT -5
Damijan's eyes widened and he stared in shock as the girl ran up and hugged them. When she pulled back, he smiled in a slightly forced way. "Thank you," he mumbled, looking over to make sure their son hadn't been squished beneath the girl...What was her name again? Gabriel had three sisters, but whom was who? "This is Christopher Latyr."
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Post by Gabriel on Aug 19, 2006 13:14:13 GMT -5
Allison giggled girlishly and pat the baby light on the head. "Well hello, little Christopher," she cooed in a "baby" voice. Gabby's eye twitched. He'd made a point of not talking to their child like that. It just seemed so... degrading...
"Well, we better get Chris inside some place warm before he catches a cold or pnemonia or something," he warned. Allison jumped to her feet.
"Oh! Right! Come on! Hurry into the truck! I left it running, so it'll still be pretty warm in there! And we'll head straight home!" she exclaimed. Gabby stood slowly, offering a hand down to his exhausted mate to help him stand.
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Post by Damijan on Aug 19, 2006 13:21:27 GMT -5
"Thank you." Damijan stood and took his mate's hand. He gently to their son from Gabby than so the other could scramble up into the truck before handing Chris over again so he could follow. "Don't go to fast though. These cars don't run to smooth and I'm not sure how well Chris's stomach will react to them," he said to his mate's sister.
"...And..." He didn't know how to say it without seeming rude, but both of he and Gabriel felt the same way. "If you could avoid speaking to Chris like that, we'd appreciate it. He's actually rather smart for a child and doesn't need to be talk down to..." Was that too rude? The Wizard hoped not.
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Post by Gabriel on Aug 19, 2006 13:26:27 GMT -5
Allison stared at Dami as the man climbed into the vehicle, her eyes wide. She hadn't been expecting that. "Oh... Uhmm... well, sorry, I guess....," she mumbled before blinking and turning to face the road, pulling into a driveway so she could turn around and start to head home.
"Thank you for coming to pick us up, Allison," Gabby said softly, adjusting an air vent to be blowing in his direction as he sat in the middle, but left the other few vents for his sister and Dami. The girl shrugged lightly in reply to his statement. She wasn't exactly insulted by what Dami had said just... maybe a bit put out, if that was possible.
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Post by Damijan on Aug 19, 2006 13:34:38 GMT -5
Damijan sighed and looked over at his mate nervously. Should he not have said that? Um..."So, Allison..." So that was her name! "What's been happening since...Uh...Yeah." Damn, could he have felt any more nervous! "I mean, with your family or what's been happening here on...I mean, in Indiana..."
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Post by Gabriel on Aug 19, 2006 13:39:48 GMT -5
Allison gave Dami a strange look before shrugging it off. "Dunno, really, not too much. I mean, nothing truly life changing. That friend of yours... Mandy... she started dating that Josh kid.... And her and Xander come over a lot, even though you aren't here... they're real good kids, you know?" she said softly. Gabby bit his lip and nodded.
"I'm sorry if I hurt you guys," he said softly, "But I'm not sorry I left... you know?"
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Post by Damijan on Aug 19, 2006 13:48:57 GMT -5
Damijan gently ran a hand over his mate's back, trying to be as comforting as possible. "Well, we'll be sure to spend some time with them while we're here...I'm thinking we'll stay at least a...month or more. What do you think, love?" he asked after a moment. "Oh! We can even stay for your birthday, since your family wasn't there for the bash my family held last december and it's about November now..."
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Post by Gabriel on Aug 19, 2006 13:54:05 GMT -5
Gabby grinned and nodded. "That would be really fun!" he agreed, leaning into Dami and kissing him lightly before leaning his head on his mate's shoulder. "Do you really want to stay here that long? It is a long time...," he mumbled.
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Post by Damijan on Aug 19, 2006 14:04:37 GMT -5
Dami shrugged. "I don't mind. You didn't complain when we couldn't come before, so I won't complain now. Not to mention that it is your birthday. It's only fair. Besides, I think it'd be a good learning experiance...I get to learn more about Ea...rm...Erm! Yes, um...Indianian appliances," he said before sighing. "I should have practiced more."
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