Venus's room was decorative to a Moon Goddess; vanity full of makeup and hair accessories, closet full of designer clothes, racks upon racks of designer heels, boots, and sandals, and paintings of Van Gogh and other artists Dee couldn't recognize. As beautiful and peaceful Venus's room was, it was lifeless. The lights were not on, and the curtains were closed, making her room seem like an over-the-top cell in prison. A head case's bedroom that was just as lifeless an empty as the maniac's soul.
There she was, Euridacee's role model, laying on her bed. Her eyes were closed, her lips never opened, her hair surrounding her head like a halo, and IVs connected to her body to check her daily vitals. She reminded Dee of Sleeping Beauty, and wondered if her prince would ever come to awaken her with a kiss. Dee stood over Venus's body, gently caressing her soft, cherub cheeks and pushing a few strands that webbed over her Goddess-like features. Thankfully, the blonde nurse wasn't in the room, probably so far up Geller's ass she can't see straight. Dee took the moment to talk to Venus as if the woman was just sleeping, not lost in her own mind in a world beyond Purgatory.
Dee retrieved Venus's makeup case and her hair brush, sitting on the chair that was adjacent to Venus's face. First, Dee ran the brush through those sunshine blonde locks, combing out the knots and tangles from her long mane.
"I'm so sorry I haven't been here lately talking to you. I mean, ever since you came back from New York with Hair Gel, I've been here everyday talking to you, but things have been so hectic lately, and I really don't know who else to talk to. So, first order of business. I opened up my own shooting range. Yeah I know awesome right? I'm finally not bumming off Hair Gel anymore and becoming a career woman. Yep, it's just right outside the city in a nice open area so that shots won't disrupt the people in the city like there's a war going on. I'm also offering people classes for their gun license cause you know, I think it's important that people should know how to defend themselves with a gun since hand-to-hand combat might not be quick enough."
As Dee continued to blab on, she stopped combing through Venus's hair, and grabbed the color of Venus's foundation. With a large makeup brush, Dee dipped the end into the powder foundation and applied it to Venus's features, covering up the harsh veins appearing due to lack of nutrition.
"Oh I'm using your makeup by the way right now. I'm trying to test out my makeup skills, so you're my guinea pig. And I saw this new eye shadow kit to do like the smokey effect? It looks really cool, so I'm gonna do it on you. Anyways, more good news. Sirus and I are officially together. Yeah I know! I'm really excited too! See Venus? Your advice paid off and I finally got the man I wanted. What happened? Well, he took me to a Zephyrs game, which was awesome! And he asked if we were together, and I said yes. And then we kissed. Well, actually we kissed before and the Kiss Cam caught us in action. I know right? I was so embarrassed, but in a good way. And then he asked me. And after the game, we sat by the lakefront and talked about what a relationship is. Well I know you know, but Venus, this is my first time ever being in a relationship, so I have no idea what the hell I'm doing. I guess I'll learn as time goes on."
After Dee applied the foundation, she applied the powder concealer and a light floral blush to her cheeks. She opened the eye shadow kit, reading the instructions first, and then applied the first step to Venus's eyelids.
"Hair Gel wants me to get to know Jenna. I mean, she seems like a real nice lady, and I know he is like head-over-heels in love with her. It's sickening really. They're so attached to each other like white on rice. Hahaha I know what you mean! I haven't had time to have a face-to-face talk with her, but they did get me a Starbucks giftcard loaded with money on it. Venus, seriously, Mr. Coffee and I don't get along. I don't know how to work that dang-gone machine. But our war is not over. He may have won a few fights, but I'm gonna win the war. He's got it coming to him."
She then applied the next step to her eyelids. Slowly, but surely the smokey effect was looking even more fabulous than it did on the instruction card. Of course, this was Venus, so she could make a trash bag look like a million dollars. Dee spoke to her as if Venus was really listening, and answering back. In reality though, Venus didn't answer back; the woman was comatose due to a serious beating from some guy in New York.
"I don't know what you got yourself into back in New York, but girl, that person did a real good number on you. Luckily, I'm here so I can make you look gorgeous everyday, especially when you have visitors. They're gonna be like 'awww Venus, she's in a coma but dayum she looks good!' Anyways, I think Maya is going nuts. I walk into the house today and she was calling out for someone named Mr. Ghost Person? Either there is someone haunting our house, or something is haunting Maya's brains. She did get a job at Paix though working with Jenna, so I'm glad she's doing something other than driving herself insane."
With the final step, Dee applied the last layer of the eye shadow, and smeared the color around her eyes with her pinky for the smokey effect. She leaned up, admiring the awesome makeup skills she just did on her role model, and smiled. The smile, however, slowly frowned when Dee's colorful timberwolf tried to reach into Venus. The wolf lifted her nose into the air, smelling for the familiar aroma of Venus's own beast inside. Warmth flowed from Dee's body onto Venus, enveloping around her like a lover's winter blanket, defying the empty, cold, lifeless atmosphere. The wolf tried to paw the air, feeling nothing once again, and laid down, crying for her familiar mate. Dee leaned into Venus again, applying a glossy, raspberry glace color to her full lips.
"All done! See? Now when people come to visit you, you're not gonna look like a corpse. You'll still be beautiful, as you always are. Hey, maybe I can call Vincent and see if he would like to stop by sometime. You would love that, won't you? Yeah, I know you would."
-Ohmigod! Maya pretty much bolted into an upright position the second her alarm made a peep. She had been asleep for all of three hours but she felt like she'd been hit by a bolt of electricity. Throwing the covers back she realized she was still in her torn shirt and shorts from the strange events of the night before. Popping out of the bed with all the freshness of a daisy she slammed a hand down on the alarm clock to shut it up and then ran for Zoe's room and threw the door open. Her best friend was still on so many pain meds apparently that her sleep wake cycles were all fucked up.-
"Zoe! You have to wake up."
-Crawling up onto the bed she pulled the covers back and practically crawled on top of Zoe. Her hands lightly slapped at her friends cheeks. Not so hard that it would hurt! She wasn't a total bitch! Just enough to get Zoe to mumble something and half open her eyes to see Maya hovering over her. Curly blonde hair draped to either side of Zoe's face and Maya was staring down at her with a smile.-
"Oh good! You're awake!"
-Slipping off the bed she hoisted Zoe up in her arms like her best friend weighed nothing. Thank you lycanthropy for making Maya's day. Carrying Zoe in her arms towards Venus's room she was glad that Dee Dee had left the door ajar. Pushing it open with her hip she walked inside with Zoe and crawled up onto the bed to lay Zoe down next to Dee Dee where she'd fallen asleep the night before. Then Maya poked Dee Dee awake too.-
"Come on ladies. Wake up! Wake up! Emergency house meeting!" -Dainty hands clapped together and then she saw that Venus's head had sort of....flopped to one side. Frowning sadly Maya crawled further up the bed and very gently moved Venus's head so it was facing them.- "There, that's better."
-Scooting back again so she could look at her three friends in the bed. First there was Venus, all blonde and still pretty even if she was in a coma. Then Dee who looked murderous at being woken up so early. And finally Zoe who was obviously still drugged but at least she was there. Sitting back on her heels Maya gave the three women assembled the biggest brightest smile in the world and for the first time she didn't look the least bit petulant.-
"I......" -She stretched it out for her three sisters to anticipate. Too bad Venus couldn't hear and Zoe looked like she was going to start drooling any second.- "GOT ASKED OUT ON A DATE!"
-Maya's hands went up to cover her mouth as she made a soft girly noise and tried to hide it. Light sparkled in her cerulean blue eyes. It was her first date ever! As her sisters here would well know. Hands dropped to her legs as she leaned forward to make sure they were listening...sort of.-
"I need a dress! You guys have to help me pick." -Those baby doll lips were pouting slightly and her eyes were wide with just an edge of insecurity in them.- "Please. I want to look nice."
-Then she added.- "Oh and by the way, the house is totally fucking haunted. The ghosts name is Jack. But don't worry, he only wants our telly....I mean television."
-Trent had a comic book in one hand and a bagel in the other. It wasn't a collectors comic or anything so he didn't care about eating around it. Gnoshing on the bagel he was walking through the house towards his room still dressed in just a loose pair of boxers that had C3P0 on them and little R2D2s. When he heard Maya call for an 'emergency house meeting' he looked up from the comic and towards the door of Venus's room. How come he hadn't been called to this supposed emergency meeting?-
-Bushy brows drew together as he headed that way and closed the comic book, tucking it into the back of his elastic waistband where it thumped against his back as he walked. Already he was hoping this wasn't another kidnapping. If it was then Trent might just loose whatever faith he still had in humanity. Stepping through the door his bright green eyes looked at the scene in front of him. Comatose Venus, Cranky Dee, Drugged Zoe, and Maya screaming about a date.-
"Uh-oh."
-Nope. This was not a meeting he wanted anything to do with. Trying to turn and head back for the door before they could see him Trent actually ducked his head in an effort to become less noticable. Too bad his hair was fire engine red and his skin was as white as a ghost. Speaking of which. Maya's next announcement had him spinning back around.-
+It was some time later when Geller finally found himself on the way up to Venus's room for a visit. He liked trying to stop in and see her when the nurse wasn't around. To be honest Angie's constant attentions were starting to make him just a bit nervous. Not in the sense that he was actually frightened by her, just that any woman hovering around that much tended to make him feel a little itchy. Maybe it was some kind of repressed memory from his childhood or something.+
+When he heard a scream from Venus's room he ran towards the door. Pushing it open he stopped running when he saw what was going on inside. A totally shamefaced Trent stood in the middle of the floor wearing a dress and it looked like Dee was trying to attack him with some eyelash device to show Maya how it worked. Geller stood there a minute watching and then burst into laughter that almost made him cry.+
-Was it his imagination or was Venus laughing at him? Trent would have sworn she was. All he wanted was to know about the ghost and the next thing he knew Dee Dee and Maya had wrangled him into a dress...apparently. One of the choices for Maya that night. Dear God. As though life as a lycan wasn't hard enough now he had to put up with this. Okay, it wasn't so bad really, better than laying alone in his room all day. When they shoved him in a chair and started doing his make up though he put up a bit of a fuss and when Dee came at him with the eyelash curler he screamed.-
-Geller bursting into the room had Trent's pale cheeks turning about four shades of red. It was one thing for the girls to treat him like their personal Ken doll, but it was quite another thing for one of the guys to see it. Yeesh. Luckily though it made Dee back off with the things she was calling eyelash curlers that looked like some kind of a weapon. Green eyes looked to Geller and he just sort of grinner sheepishly.-
"It wasn't my idea."
-That was the only explanation he could give for the fact that he was sitting there looking like a contestant on Ru Pauls Drag Race. His eyes looked hopeful that Geller might put a stop to this. Venus had been quietly watching and Zoe was just grinning, making Trent wonder what exactly the doctors were giving her for pain.-
The serum designed to subdue Lycan capabilities (from the New York mafia scientist) had certainly did more then keeping Venus from regenerating that strength to reviving herself. The extra douse, intentionally given at the battle scene had left Venus lost to her family and friends in this sensitive coma portrait before those gathered today. Their individual thoughts continued to question why she was not coming out of this heinous coma. Since it was all to clear Lycan strengths usually helped make quick recoveries? What type of substance could do this?
….a potent one made with that conquest to do exactly this…
For a good month Venus remained unaware to the days passing. Who came in and spoke to her, or where she was at? Could you imagine just how the conscious mind might reveal daily life to the coma victim? In this situation all that daily life offered to Venus was dreams bleeding into memories. The voices that came and gone through each visit added to the collective memory when she interacted with them. Dee’s voice lured her to the days shopping in the mall and preparing her for that first extravagant date. Maya’s expressive voice brought Venus into the past when she first met her in the Geller warehouse in New York, and Jack Daniels came into play. Zoe, who did not speak at the time but her nearness, perfumed the woman’s scent. Revealing the time in her memory when she snuck into Zoe’s room to wake her up, and Zoe literally swatted her from being to groggy, and they feistily duked it out until Zoe woke up.
Venus eyes moved under the eyelids drastically the more individuals came into the room. Their powers aided in bring her out of the coma. Venus almost reached consciousness but their strengths were not enough to lure her awake.
Trent came into the proximity boosting that level to continue rapidly brining her more conscious. Did he hear a laugh? No, it was a small moan that came from her struggles to revive. Trent’s voice drew her to when they first really met one another in the café. Their conversation together was compelling even though it was simple due to his shy nature, or maybe distant for a reason? Shoulders uplifted a bit off the bed to feel just how aching that figure was from being to long in the bed. Still to no avail the body rejected that initiative to awaken.
It only took the strongest of them all too really enter the room and that was Geller. His strength literally pulverized the drugs imprisoning barrier and lead her into coming into consciousness. Darkness seemed to break like the fog running away from sunlight. Geller’s voice brought her to the moment in time at Christmas in New York and it was her first full-moon with him. That time spent together was the most impressionable. Even more impressionable then nacho man because they spent time just talking. It was just random conversations about their past getting to know one another as friends should. Light behind her eyelids now blurred away as those mascara eyelashes (from Dee’s make-up practice) uplifted.
At first the only senses alert to her surroundings was the bed movements from those sitting about it. Her full-body lips parted feeling their dryness from not partaking in liquids through the mouth to long. A loud moan implied the complications understanding were she was, and how her body felt with the necessary things monitoring her. Venus rocked her head back and forth on the pillow trying to break out of that grogginess. Then she paused to see everyone clearly now.
“ ..please tell me were not having an orgy. Because I don’t think I can keep up at the moment” A slight joke to break the ice from being confused how she got here in her families care.
After it seemed like hours talking to comatose Venus, Dee crawled over her lifeless body and curled up to the moon goddess, falling into a deep, much needed sleep.
She awoke with Maya bursting into the room, carrying Zoe like a baby and laying her beside Dee. Dee groaned heavily and angrily as Maya interrupted her dream about her and Sirus making love in a blanket of snow. Dee really hoped while dreaming she was not groping and attacking Venus's body passionately. Yeah, that would have been weird to explain her hand on Venus's breasts if Maya came into the room hours before she awoke.
Dee slowly lifted herself up, and pressed her back into the headboard when Maya sat on the edge of the bed; her eyes gleaming with joy. Maya got asked out on a date! That was not only rare, but really good news to wake up to.
"That's great Maya! I'm so happy for you!"
She crawled out of bed and squeezed her arms around Maya's petite frame, giving her a well-deserved hug.
"Who's the lucky fella?"
Dee nodded frantically when Maya asked to help pick out a dress. Dee went into Venus-mode when Maya came back with a few dresses right when Trent walked into the room. Instantly, an evil plan came into her mind. Since Trent was about perfect size to Maya, he would be the guinea pig. And at Maya's next words about the ghost in their house, that's when the puzzle pieces came together.
"So you WERE talking to someone! A ghost, no less. I seriously thought I would have to take you to River Oaks. But that's cool though! A ghost in our house named Jack. Never a dull moment in the Geller house."
Now awake, Dee crawled out of bed, and her and Maya shoved Trent into dresses. Laughter filled the room when poor little Trent wore the dresses with the most miserable, agonizing look in his eyes. Another devious plan came to Dee's head. Not only did Trent look fabulous in the dresses, but he would look even more fabulous with makeup on. The moment she followed Trent around with an eyelash curler, and him screaming around the room, trapped, that's when Hair Gel walked in. Dee and Maya laughed hysterically, chiming in together.
"Nothing!"
Another roll of laughter howled from them. But everything stopped. All jokes and laughter stopped when Dee realized the movement and grumbling coming from behind her. Dee dropped the eyelash curler in shock when the awakening noises were coming from Venus. Dee immediately rushed to Venus's side, dropping to her knees that caused an earthquake beneath them on the floor. She stared at Venus long and hard, and then tears began streaming down her cheeks like a waterfall. What Venus said was hilarious, but Dee couldn't bring herself to laugh. Only cry. Venus was awake. She was truly and fully awake.
It was Geller's laughter she heard first. She just got home, blonde hair shimmering, muted sage green sun dress flipping and dancing around her legs as she ran up the stairs to find her baby, his laughter, and the draw of his beast to hers leading the tigressr into Venus' room. The gathering was a mixture of smells and emotions, assaulting her senses like a sudden rainstorm. Refreshing but unexpected. The first thing she saw was Trent's face, her brows lifting in surprise when he raced behind her, peeking out at the others in the room. Her comment mirroring Gellers. "What are they doing to you, Trent?" Laughing, her fingers were lifting to brush at Geller's cheek, when she heard a familiar voice. She saw Dee's face, streaked with tears, felt her heart leap in her chest and then her eyes snapped to Venus. Her mouth opened. They'd waited so long, been through so much in hopes that Venus would pull through. And pull through she did!
She stepped forward, "Oh my god, you're back. Thank god, you're back, Venus...." her voice was softer, less excitable than the rest, but it held a wealth of emotion and passion. Her gaze swept over Maya and Zoe, then Dee. For the first time in a long time, Jenna didn't give a shit about anything of the past. She saw her family here, though they still had a way to go in getting to know each other, experiencing a moment of great relief, of joy and gratitude. Nothing could have warmed her heart more fully save the man nearing her from behind. She could sense his exact location at all times when they were near, their very souls were inextricably bound together. As sickening and mushy as Geller and Jenna were, what they had together was very real, and very powerful.
Her hands lifted to cover her nose and mouth as her own tears spilled between thick lashes, her eyes closing in a silent prayer of thanks for the miracle. She slid her hands down, put her fingertips to her mouth and as her eyes opened, she blew Venus a kiss. The talk she'd had with her in New York had been for Jenna, but it had healed an old wound for Jenna. That's what love did, it opened you up, then healed you from the inside out. The love in this room, between them all, was like a feast. You could live on it for days. The laughter at Venus' comment had Jenna turning her head and putting her hand on Geller's at her shoulder, tilting her head to see if Trent was safe back there before she herself laughed. God. It felt so good to laugh.
Cadence would be in her room when it seem like a war had broke out down the hall from her. Maya yelling something about a date then. When into something about Trent. That was also when she felt that weird unknown presence that she hadn't met just yet. So her curious nature made her slide from her room to make her way down the hall toward the women name Venus's room where it seem that everyone had gather. Brow rose at Trent in a dress behind Jenna.
Slowly approaching to stick her head in when she looked at the scene before her knowing that this was a emotional moment for the others since they knew the women better then herself. But hoping she would get to know her well also once she was able to meet her. Hand would gently touch Jenna elbow to get her attention to find out what was going on completely " Is everything ok ? " She spoke in a soft whisper to Jenna.
Jenna felt the soft brush of delicate fingertips to her elbow, then that sweet voice asking her if everything is okay. Her featured softened, and she reached for Cadence, bringing her into her arms tenderly. Leaning back against Geller, her hand stroking gently over Cadence's back she spoke quietly to fill in the little wolf.
"Venus has been in a coma for a long time. Geller and I brought her back from New York. She just awakened, so everything is more than okay. It's wonderful." She smiled and nuzzled her cheek to Cadence's hair. "Also, I believe there is talk of Maya's date, make up, hair and dresses, and a ghost. That last bit about the ghost, I'm not sure about, but it sounds interesting..."
The warm pulse of power in the room was soothing, relaxing nerves, and smoothing out tension. She gave Cadence a light squeeze, then gave a wink to Maya. The girl was a wonder, to be sure. Something about the natural energy level of the pinked out beauty was contagious, infecting all around her.
-Maya felt so super surrounded by love when she was with her family. She wouldn't trade this for anything in the WORLD! Dee was still her hero especially as she brandished eyelash curlers and chased a dress wearing Trent around the room. Maya was left in giggles and periodically gave warm snuggles to Venus and Zoe who were amazing even if they were drugged or comatose. When Geller joined them Maya bounded over to him with bouncing steps and threw her arms around his neck to kiss his cheek.-
"I have a date! We're prepping. It's fucking important!"
-She assured him of the importance in case he didn't know. Letting go of Geller's neck she ducked out of the way before Trent ran her over. Then Jenna was there and YAY she loved Jenna. Hugging the tigress she promised to head over to Paix very very soon to see Jenna and Valen. Wow big day huh? Then Cadence was there and yay for that because Maya loved them all and was so full of yummy lovlieness she thought she might burst. Then she heard Venus and did burst with an excited scream!-
"OHMIGOD! YOU'RE ALIVE! My date woke you from your fucking coma that is so cool!"
-Her arms were currently around Cadence's neck and she started bouncing so happily she nearly throttled the woman. Why the hell was everyone crying! FUCK! This was good news people. Rushing to the bed she poked Venus's foot.-
"Can you feel that?"
-poked her ankle-
"Can you feel that?"
-poked her knee-
"Can you feel that?"
-And all the way up Venus's body was poked until she was satisfied the woman wasn't brain damaged or paralized. Hugging Venus she then turned to the group and announced.- "She's fine!" -Yup, Dr. Maya on duty. Smiling gleefully she kissed Venus's cheek then crawled over her to molest Zoe a little but then she had to get ready! Sitting up on the bed she glared at Trent-
"Alright! Out of my dress. I have to wear that." -Then to Venus.- "Happy you're alive and I love you and all but I don't love you enough to not go on my very first date ever. SO I will have to see you after everyone else has had a crack at you."
-Grinning at Venus Maya was sure she would have plenty of company in the meantime. Then Maya chased Trent and got him out of her clothes so she could go shower and such before heading to Paix for some pampering.-
+His black and silver whorled eyes watched as Dee and Maya collapsed into fits of hysteria. With all the illness running around the house he was half tempted to find out if they had some kind of rare disease. Yet the laughter was infectious and he found himself chuckling right along with them. Then the feel of Jenna's hand on his back made him lean just slightly into her touch, head moving to brush a stubbled cheek against the hand that offered affection there as his smiling face looked down into her eyes.+
"Nothing? Oh suuuure. Looks like nothing."
+He was responding to Dee, but that responce was cut short by a voice from the bed. At first he half thought it was Zoe talking but when he glanced over he saw Venus laying there, eyes open, watching all of them with a smile on her face. Well that was a surprising new development. Jenna moved forward towards the bed and Geller followed behind her like he was being drawn through a state of shock. An arm wound around Jenna's waist as he heard those tears being shed and felt the slight tremor race through her body.+
"We thought....well....we didn't exactly know what to think."
+Then everyone was moving and talking at once. Jenna spoke to Cadence and Maya was poking Venus and the activity level in the room spiked up about a dozen notches. It felt good to have them all together like this, both the family from London and those new. His eyes finally left Venus and he looked at those who had been in London one at a time. His cousin Zoe, his best friend Dee, his little wolf Maya. Then he looked at Trent with makeup on and that ridiculous dress and he chuckled softly, eyes then went to Cadence offering her a reassuring smile, and finally he looked down at the woman in his arms and gave her a soft squeeze.+
"How are you feeling? Now that Maya has tested you for incapacitation?"
+A soft ache squeezed his heart as he wondered where Nike was, where Toa had gone, and who might go next. Holding onto Jenna like an anchor to reality he felt a cold wetness at his cheek as a tear rolled down from his eye and matted his lashes. How could you laugh and want to cry at the same time? They would find a way. They could all catch up, make sure that Venus was alright, and wish Maya good luck on her date. Maybe some of them would even hover at the top of the stairs when the man came to pick her up, but for right now he just basked in those feelings racing through all of them.+
Those remarkable rare sea-green eyes labored themselves from one person to the next in disbelief. Maybe this was a dream because so many of them were in her bedroom. Seeing Trent dressed in woman’s clothing and semi-tainted with woman’s make-up caused those lovely eyelashes to blink to comprehend what sick dream she was sunk into? Venus pulled her hands out from underneath covers so that fingers could go airborne to a starting point at her temples. Manicured finger nails combed through the various intricate hair strands to pull the heavy bangs from being an annoyance on the side of her features. She pressed slightly on her cranium to subdue that brain pressure from the lingering drug aspects. You know -- slight disorientation to focus on a singular point of interest. Taking in a deep breath she closed her eyes momentarily to coax herself to rehabilitate her mental status quo. When she reopened those eyes again to view everyone exactly as they were but now responding to her alertness, she then knew it was official this was not a dream.
Dee’s approach was a heart-felt thing to watch. It coerces Venus bold sensuous lips to smile at the reunited position her friend took at the bed side. Viewing these tears that weld in Dee’s eye ducts couldn’t be denied as precious. Withdrawing her fingers from the depths of those thick blonde highlighted hair strands, only one of them did not fall back to the bed. In fact it navigated to wrap four fingers around Dee’s warm cheek while the thumb feathered gentle like over the wet tear that channeled down. An inward breath entered in and out from her lungs capacity before speaking.
“Seems I’ve been void for quit a bit? “ Soft manner of her voice stated to the whole group standing there basking in her pampering moments with Dee. Venus gave Dee a confident right eye wink to let her know without words everything is going to be alright. Well….. glancing over Dee’s shoulder and studying Trent’s new assemble caused Venus to reconsider if things were alright? Naturally she couldn’t help laugh at the poor man just as everyone else was. The situation for him had been endearing, cute, and certainly a great piece to add to the family memory of how weird this household could be.
Venus hand jolted away from Dee’s features when Maya literally sent the bed into a fun unsettling bounce from that hurled glee to be at Venus side. Hands abandoned their attention on Dee to put both palms down on the mattress to keep sturdy, and not falling over. Maya’s playful pokes against the comforter, teasing her skin beneath from each attack made Venus shake her head. There is no one quit like Maya and by the time that gorgeous playful minxs reached a good nearness. Venus arms reached out and held onto Maya so tightly. Waif of Maya’s hygiene perfumes were intoxicating to smell. It warmed her heart to be in such a wondrous state to be loved, and welcomed home by this particular beauty who she claimed sisterhood, as she did with Zoe, and Nike. Near Maya’s ear she whispered.
“Congrats on your upcoming date Maya. I cannot wait to hear all about it. If you need anything at all just let me know. I’ll do everything in my power to make it all special for you. I promise.” Her lucrative lips kissed the bountiful expansion of Maya’s neckline, before releasing her in order to observe the girl crawl off the bed, then order Trent excitedly out of her dress and then dart to prepare for that special dating occasion. Venus closed her eyes and shook her head completely marveled at the young woman’s energetic personality. Again, as quoted before –there is no one quit like Maya. Venus didn’t say anything during the time Trent was trying to keep up being hassled out of the dress he was made to wear.
A momentary depression instilled itself within Venus mood. As her eyes lowered down to glare at the IV in her arm, and used to helped keep her hydrated during the comatose days. Memories of the situation would not be denied attacking her subconscious. She felt embarrassed that she couldn’t fend off the past that plagued her. A past that came vindictively that it sucked her family members into it. Venus eyes casted away from everyone to seek solace over the humility, guilt and suffering from being abducted and raped those days held hostage. Certainly she would need to seek therapy to feel like herself again. Hopefully – but there was always that alternative route of medicine to save herself an them all from anymore instability. A nice gun barrel blow job to blow her fucking head off to stop this never ending roller coaster ride.
Jenna’s entrance and interactions now in the family and to her awakening drew Venus away from her thoughts. Eye lids casually blinked over those staring eye’s at the woman. Being in New York away from the relationship of Geller and Jenna, away from everyone to seek resolve worked. Now she looked at them both holding onto one another without any displeasure. She wished them all the happiness that could envelope a couple. Venus had moved on so there would be no more walls from her stand point. A grateful smile once again claimed her lips before they articulated a response.
“Thank you Jenna it is good to be back.” She remarked during the time she was laying back down comfortably on the various pillows to support her head, and upper torso. No need to rush trying to get out of bed –right? “It’s good to see you again.” She said with a slight weakness in her voice. Her eyes did not stop watching that area by the door because it so happen, a new person was standing there –Cadence. A warm polite friendly smile was given to her a sort of welcome to the family sentiment, because it was certainly good to see this house growing.
Finally those friendship stare’s landed upon the man who she dubbed as a brother. She didn’t know how to respond to the question of ‘How was she feeling.’ She didn’t want to lie to him but she didn’t want to confess to her friend the hardships she will carry now from that traumatic experience in front of everyone. At least not yet due to the fact she needed a little more time spent with certain individuals to when Venus could confidently open up. Geller’s tear could not be missed. It was good to see him differently now then the man who lost himself to his own inner demons.
“Thank you Geller for ….” She glanced down coping with trying not to cry her self. “ …saving me.” Not that Jenna didn’t deserve to be thanked for assisting in the rescue? However, Venus last visual awareness was Geller bursting into the room, just before passing out during their arrival to save her. So that is who she presumed came. Affectionately she returned her eyes upon him with the utmost gratitude implied by staring, and not by speaking it out loud. He never failed her.
Venus didn’t know what more to say at this time. Only thing that really confused her about the room was that her fiancé was not amongst them all. Surely Vincent would have been here every waking hour yearning to assure her recovery. She tried not to put to much thought behind it. Maybe he had been here and left for work?
The french girl felt as if her eyelids weighed a thousand pounds each. Her body still ached from the multiple bruises, though the ribs were the worst, making each breath a struggle. Her body was healing, though slowly due to the sheer amount of blood loss she'd sustained. Even with a transfusion her condition had been dodgy at best, at first. Though now, most of the days she found any peace was when she slept. Of course, she couldn't sleep all the time.
Zoe had been mildly aware at best of the things going on in the house around her since coming back from the hospital, and continually stayed in a drugged state when she was awake so she didn't have to feel all the little aches and pains that crept up on her body. Her neck and shoulder were still covered in bandages that had to be changed daily and without the medication the only noises that usually came from her room were the grunts and moans of someone in severe agony.
Eyelashes fluttered over chocolate brown eyes when she felt hands slapping at her cheeks. "Maya?" she mumbled drowsily as the little blonde girl picked her up and carried her around as if she were as light as a feather. An interesting sight to say the least from the height differences of both the girls. She curled her head and tucked it against the effervescent wolf's shoulder, closing her eyes as she was carried into another room.
She felt herself being laid down again next to something warm, and curled up, snuggling down in the bed. She heard Maya exclaim that she had a date from seemingly far away, and tried to give a congratulatory cheer that came out more like a cough. Frowning she tried to work her vocal cords but couldn't get any words to come out and rested hr head against something soft, going in and out of consciousness.
The next thing that got through the young french girl's brain was Maya nearly screaming that someone was alive. The shout felt like nails being pushed into her skull and she groaned. "I might not be if you keep hollering like that," she croaked out finally getting her eyes open again. She turned her head, seeing everyone in the room, brown eyes finally settling on Venus. "Hey you..." Something in pushed in the back of her mind, a conversation of her cousin having to leave to find Venus, but the drugs made it disappear like trying to catch smoke.
