"Yes." Rene replied.
"I don't know why he didn't finish you off." he admitted.
"But let's be glad he didn't." he muttered.
-Several days later-
It was lunchtime, on the last day that Desiree was to spend in the hospital. Rene was out with Kalin for his break, and Jaden was in Desiree's room with her.
"So." he said.
"You want some of those taco-wrap things from the vendor just down the street?" he asked.
"I can go and grab for you, seeing as you're a bit... well... stuck here until tomorrow."
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Desiree, who had taken to sitting up with her headset on now that she was feeling better (At first, she'd been rather disoriented still), just nodded.
"I would love some." She stated.
"Those things are way too delicious to be legal, I swear."
Jaden laughed a little when she said that.
"Truth." he said.
"He makes them SO well." he commented.
"But sure." he then said.
"I'll grab you a few." he told her.
"What do you want to drink?" he asked.
"You know what drinks he has, and what's around."
"Truth." he said.
"He makes them SO well." he commented.
"But sure." he then said.
"I'll grab you a few." he told her.
"What do you want to drink?" he asked.
"You know what drinks he has, and what's around."
Desiree paused a moment.
"Hmmm.... I could really go for some lemonade, admittedly." She said after a moment or two.
"So if at all -possible, that would be wonderful."
"Lemonade? No problem!" Jaden replied.
"I'll go and grab that now." he told her.
"I should be back in... eh... give me 10 minutes." he said.
"Don't want to use my portals flippantly and all that." he reasoned.
"At any rate, I shall be back with food for you." he told her.
"Back soon!" he finished, as he grabbed his jacket and left to go get her lunch.
"I'll go and grab that now." he told her.
"I should be back in... eh... give me 10 minutes." he said.
"Don't want to use my portals flippantly and all that." he reasoned.
"At any rate, I shall be back with food for you." he told her.
"Back soon!" he finished, as he grabbed his jacket and left to go get her lunch.
"thanks Jaden." Desiree said with a soft smile, barely managing to get it out before he had managed to leave.
Once he was gone, she just sighed lightly,
"I can't believe Mother's gone..." She then said quietly.
"At least ... if he spoke true."
About 5 minutes later, Desiree heard the door.
Naturally, she assured that Jaden was back, quicker than expected.
However, when it opened, she saw someone that.... wasn't Jaden.
He wore tattered and torn jeans, had a thick hoodie on, and the hood was taken up completely, obscuring his face.
"....." he was silent, before closing the door.
Naturally, she assured that Jaden was back, quicker than expected.
However, when it opened, she saw someone that.... wasn't Jaden.
He wore tattered and torn jeans, had a thick hoodie on, and the hood was taken up completely, obscuring his face.
"....." he was silent, before closing the door.
Desiree was completely silent as she saw him, seeming to know who it was before he made a sound, aside from his footsteps.
There was only one person that would come looking for her in such a state of dress, after all.
"How is your face?" She asked after a moment, her voice with a bit of hesitation
"....." the individual was still silent, but then growled.
"Hurts." Deryck said.
"Stings." he told her.
"But whatever." he went on.
"You." he then said further, anger in his tone.
"Why? Why do you care?" he asked her.
"Hurts." Deryck said.
"Stings." he told her.
"But whatever." he went on.
"You." he then said further, anger in his tone.
"Why? Why do you care?" he asked her.
"Because you are my brother." Desiree answered honestly, and simply.
"And it does not matter what you may have done to me in the past... you still share my blood." She continued.
]"IF you are here to finish the job, it would be quite easy while I'm laid up in here."
Deryck's hands balled into fists, and they were visibly shaking.
"I know." he said.
"I had planned on it." he told her.
"I could end you right here. And disappear once again." he went on.
".........but I can't." he told her, his hands relaxing.
"I.... I can't. I just.... I can't." he went on.
"Every time I imagine doing so... picturing it... getting it done... I have trouble looking at myself in the mirror for a little while afterwards." he admitted.
"I know." he said.
"I had planned on it." he told her.
"I could end you right here. And disappear once again." he went on.
".........but I can't." he told her, his hands relaxing.
"I.... I can't. I just.... I can't." he went on.
"Every time I imagine doing so... picturing it... getting it done... I have trouble looking at myself in the mirror for a little while afterwards." he admitted.
Desiree just smiled softly.
"Mother didn't beat your conscience out of you." She commented.
"Good. You can still recover, and you can still be taht sweet boy I knew when I was little." She added.
"You'll make someone very happy if you can."
".....curse you...." Deryck responded.
"Why!?" he exclaimed.
"I've hurt you... I've battered you... bruised you... broken your bones..." he went on.
"Even now something inside me is saying to continue what I started, while you're weak." he continued, his voice quavering slightly now.
"Why...? How...?" he went on, looking up at her... and showing her that, even though his expression was angry, tears were streaming down his scratched-up face.
"How can you still be nice to me? Call me your brother?"
"Why!?" he exclaimed.
"I've hurt you... I've battered you... bruised you... broken your bones..." he went on.
"Even now something inside me is saying to continue what I started, while you're weak." he continued, his voice quavering slightly now.
"Why...? How...?" he went on, looking up at her... and showing her that, even though his expression was angry, tears were streaming down his scratched-up face.
"How can you still be nice to me? Call me your brother?"
Desiree was silent as Deryck said all he did.
"Why? Because you ARE." She told him honestly.
"We share the same blood." She continued.
"I may have been the one that Mother hated, but you didn't at first. It wasn't until Mother twisted you that you started to see her side of things." She paused here for a moment, meeting his gaze.
"I know you have good inside you. I know you can return back to that caring person you were once befroe."
"I will help you get there too, Deryck. Mother can't control you any longer. You are now free to be who YOU want to be."
"No." Deryck replied.
"No, you will NOT help me get there." he told her.
"I refuse that." he growled... before sighing.
"I don't.... trust myself not to do anything..." he went on, trailing off some. "And you shouldn't either." he warned her.
"Your biggest flaw... yet largest asset... is how you trust so easily." he then said.
"But I digress. I'm going to disappear." he told her. "I'm going to find somewhere that I can figure all this out. Do NOT come looking for me." he warned.
"In all likelihood, we will never see each other again... and maybe... that's for the best." he continued.
"But I need to find out who I am, what I am, and where to go from here." he finished.
"No, you will NOT help me get there." he told her.
"I refuse that." he growled... before sighing.
"I don't.... trust myself not to do anything..." he went on, trailing off some. "And you shouldn't either." he warned her.
"Your biggest flaw... yet largest asset... is how you trust so easily." he then said.
"But I digress. I'm going to disappear." he told her. "I'm going to find somewhere that I can figure all this out. Do NOT come looking for me." he warned.
"In all likelihood, we will never see each other again... and maybe... that's for the best." he continued.
"But I need to find out who I am, what I am, and where to go from here." he finished.
Desiree was silent for a moment before sighing.
"Deryck...Please... don't shove me away." She said quietly.
"I want to help, and if it causes me my death, then that's on me, not you." She told him.
"I won't blame you."
Deryck just gritted his teeth when she said that.
"I. Said. No." he told her.
"This is something I need to do on my own." he said.
"Also, you planning to abandon your friends?" he asked.
"Because that's what you're doing if you choose to go with me." he told her.
"There are multiple warrants out there for my arrest." he said further.
"And they won't be overlooked because you say it's okay."
"I. Said. No." he told her.
"This is something I need to do on my own." he said.
"Also, you planning to abandon your friends?" he asked.
"Because that's what you're doing if you choose to go with me." he told her.
"There are multiple warrants out there for my arrest." he said further.
"And they won't be overlooked because you say it's okay."
Desiree just sighed.
'I know there are. A good number of them are because I wasn't able to stop people from placing them on you after you've assaulted me." She told him.
"But... I know a lwyer who would be willing to help get you a lighter sentence, who could help you actually get on with your life." She continued.
"Deryck, please. Let me help."
Deryck seemed to be getting angrier now.
"See... THIS is the problem." he said.
"You be nice to me. But that confused me. Which angers me. Which results in my getting violent." he went on.
"I need to be alone until I can learn how to properly react to and handle you being nice to me." he said.
"If you want to call this pushing you away, so be it." he then continued.
"But this is what needs to happen." he told her firmly.
"....goodbye, Desiree." he finished, turning around.
"If we see each other again, hopefully I'll be worthy of being called your brother."
"See... THIS is the problem." he said.
"You be nice to me. But that confused me. Which angers me. Which results in my getting violent." he went on.
"I need to be alone until I can learn how to properly react to and handle you being nice to me." he said.
"If you want to call this pushing you away, so be it." he then continued.
"But this is what needs to happen." he told her firmly.
"....goodbye, Desiree." he finished, turning around.
"If we see each other again, hopefully I'll be worthy of being called your brother."
"There is no shame in deterrence. Having a weapon is very different from actually using it." - Ghandi
Desiree just sighed lightly.
"Yet.... well, exposure can be one of the best ways to adapt." She told him.
"But if you want to leave, then do so. If I never see you again, then I hope you can live with who you become in the future." She added with a soft smile.
'I love you, Deryck."
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