"Dumb all over."
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multipleloveWho: Brett Jennings, Cheyne Rousseau, Dion Rousseau and Sally Jennings
What: That awkward moment when you're accidentally a d-bag
Where: Pharmacy, NYC
When: Sunday, late morning
Brett wasn't in the best of moods. It was a result of a really stressful and painful week, plus he had been up during the night talking to Zoran, which was the priority over everything right now, as far as he was concerned. To top it all off, he woke up with a cold and he always had a history of being a miserable shit when he was sick. A cold was all well and good, but for Brett, it usually fucked with his asthma, which he hated having on the best of days. Not being able to breathe properly was something he wouldn't wish on anyone. It was mostly controlled, but still there.
Sunday was family lunch day for the Jennings family and had been as a tradition forever. Usually, Zoran would pick the girls up and drive up to Dobbs Ferry with them because neither of them had cars. Brett usually arrived home from Harvard on a Friday night, driving back with Callum. That week, Zoran was out of action. He had crashed out and it was pretty obvious he wouldn't be up to Sunday lunch. Even if he was feeling shitty, Brett said he would drive to the City to pick Sally and Lila up, and while he was there, he could pick up some cold and flu pills and get his prescription for his asthma meds while he was there.
Lila got tied up with an 'important telephone call', which Brett wagered a guess was nothing to do with work and everything to do with a guy Sal said Lila had heart-eyes over recently, though no one had met him yet. He picked up Sally and they headed to the pharmacy, Brett veering out of his bad mood a little to tease Sally about not needing condoms because her love life was non-existent. The store was busy, which wasn't helping his mood because he didn't feel like peopling right now.
He headed up the aisle with his shopping cart and there was a guy standing right in the middle looking at one of the shelves. "'Scuse me," Brett said, trying to get him to move aside so he could pass. The guy completely ignored him. "Oh, for fuck's sake, move! What are you, deaf?" he demanded bitchily.
What: That awkward moment when you're accidentally a d-bag
Where: Pharmacy, NYC
When: Sunday, late morning
Brett wasn't in the best of moods. It was a result of a really stressful and painful week, plus he had been up during the night talking to Zoran, which was the priority over everything right now, as far as he was concerned. To top it all off, he woke up with a cold and he always had a history of being a miserable shit when he was sick. A cold was all well and good, but for Brett, it usually fucked with his asthma, which he hated having on the best of days. Not being able to breathe properly was something he wouldn't wish on anyone. It was mostly controlled, but still there.
Sunday was family lunch day for the Jennings family and had been as a tradition forever. Usually, Zoran would pick the girls up and drive up to Dobbs Ferry with them because neither of them had cars. Brett usually arrived home from Harvard on a Friday night, driving back with Callum. That week, Zoran was out of action. He had crashed out and it was pretty obvious he wouldn't be up to Sunday lunch. Even if he was feeling shitty, Brett said he would drive to the City to pick Sally and Lila up, and while he was there, he could pick up some cold and flu pills and get his prescription for his asthma meds while he was there.
Lila got tied up with an 'important telephone call', which Brett wagered a guess was nothing to do with work and everything to do with a guy Sal said Lila had heart-eyes over recently, though no one had met him yet. He picked up Sally and they headed to the pharmacy, Brett veering out of his bad mood a little to tease Sally about not needing condoms because her love life was non-existent. The store was busy, which wasn't helping his mood because he didn't feel like peopling right now.
He headed up the aisle with his shopping cart and there was a guy standing right in the middle looking at one of the shelves. "'Scuse me," Brett said, trying to get him to move aside so he could pass. The guy completely ignored him. "Oh, for fuck's sake, move! What are you, deaf?" he demanded bitchily.
[ TEXT MESSAGE ] To Sally and Lila
Nov. 22nd, 2015 10:10 pmmultipleloveZed's staying with Mom and Dad, and he's passed out on the sofa. Mom said to tell you guys not to come racing in all loud and girly squeals for Sunday lunch. I think this should stand for every week, personally.
"You know that I could use somebody..."
Oct. 23rd, 2015 09:47 pmbemydownfallWho? Caleb Leary and Sally Jennings
What? Face to face
When? After Caleb's text conversation with Nick
Where? Mt. Sinai, outside Zed's room
Nick's advice had stuck with Caleb, and he'd found himself standing in the hallway near Zed's room, hoping that someone would come out of the room or go in and be able to tell him how Zed was doing. There was still an overwhelming amount of guilt. How could he ask someone who loved Zed how he was doing when he'd been there... he had fucking been in the same house when Zed had cut his wrists? If he was any kind of friend, he would've known. He would've done something to stop it... something to help him. This was bullshit. He'd let him hurt himself. He hadn't stopped it. And the fact that he couldn't have, even if he'd wanted to wasn't doing anything to sway his feelings of guilt.
It was so heavy, in fact, that he was seriously about to walk away... until a pretty blonde girl was walking out of the room with tears in her eyes, and as much as he wanted to walk away and not bring more pain, he had listened to that voice long before... the one that told him that his absence would be less painful than his presence. It had cost him Zoran. He wasn't going to make that mistake again. So he stopped her then and there with a deep breath. "Hi," he said to her softly. "I'm... I'm a friend of Zed's, and I'm really sorry to bother you... I just... I wanted to ask how he's doing."
What? Face to face
When? After Caleb's text conversation with Nick
Where? Mt. Sinai, outside Zed's room
Nick's advice had stuck with Caleb, and he'd found himself standing in the hallway near Zed's room, hoping that someone would come out of the room or go in and be able to tell him how Zed was doing. There was still an overwhelming amount of guilt. How could he ask someone who loved Zed how he was doing when he'd been there... he had fucking been in the same house when Zed had cut his wrists? If he was any kind of friend, he would've known. He would've done something to stop it... something to help him. This was bullshit. He'd let him hurt himself. He hadn't stopped it. And the fact that he couldn't have, even if he'd wanted to wasn't doing anything to sway his feelings of guilt.
It was so heavy, in fact, that he was seriously about to walk away... until a pretty blonde girl was walking out of the room with tears in her eyes, and as much as he wanted to walk away and not bring more pain, he had listened to that voice long before... the one that told him that his absence would be less painful than his presence. It had cost him Zoran. He wasn't going to make that mistake again. So he stopped her then and there with a deep breath. "Hi," he said to her softly. "I'm... I'm a friend of Zed's, and I'm really sorry to bother you... I just... I wanted to ask how he's doing."
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muserevival // 105.2. Quote
Oct. 23rd, 2015 11:08 pmgivemesomeloveHERE @ muserevival
"Sometimes life is gonna hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith." - Steve Jobs
Once Sally's job was based in the City, there was an executive family decision that she, instead of their parents, would be listed as Zed's in-cast-of-emergency contact. Brett was currently living with their grandparents in Boston while he finished college, having decided to take a couple of years out to travel before starting. That was where the family had been during the week, Sally included, for their grandparents 40th wedding anniversary. Though, Zed had been doing his elusive/evasive routine the last couple of weeks so no one pushed him to come along. Sometimes, he just needed space.
( By some sheer stroke of luck, Sally had come home from Boston early... )
muserevival"Sometimes life is gonna hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith." - Steve Jobs
Once Sally's job was based in the City, there was an executive family decision that she, instead of their parents, would be listed as Zed's in-cast-of-emergency contact. Brett was currently living with their grandparents in Boston while he finished college, having decided to take a couple of years out to travel before starting. That was where the family had been during the week, Sally included, for their grandparents 40th wedding anniversary. Though, Zed had been doing his elusive/evasive routine the last couple of weeks so no one pushed him to come along. Sometimes, he just needed space.
( By some sheer stroke of luck, Sally had come home from Boston early... )