She Keeps Her Eyes On The Road, But Even At Night With Her Scars Covered In All That Makeup And Her Eye

She keeps her eyes on the road, but even at night with her scars covered in all that makeup and her eye hidden by a contact lens, it’s starting to become difficult to keep a clear focus. 

But she keeps driving even if they zoomed past the cops. They had more pressing matters over at the dinner, that focusing on them would be a waste of time. Sometimes she inspects JD, making sure that he doesn’t pass out. She peers over from her shoulder checking on Jason. 

She doesn’t know how to worry for herself, and cannot stop worrying for the two with her now. She hasn’t been able to do so in a while even with her. Part of her is hopeful she’ll learn to one day. But the other part of her feels so stuck in in this habit of hers. But she’s hopeful.

Eventually in the dead of the dark night, they eventually made it to a hospital. Pulling up to the parking lot, she stops the truck. Unbuckling her seat belt, she walks around the front of the truck, preparing to help take him to the ER, despite feeling so drained and exhausted herself.

She listens to his story. As she does, her expression changed from solemnness to that of subtle shock and horror. 

“That terrible thing Fahz mentioned. This was it, wasn’t it?” She softly asked. The cup she held in her left hand started crack as she held onto it tighter. There was anger, knowing all of this now. So many questions swirl around her mind, most of them equating to ‘why’.

At the end of it all, it always equated to human error and emotion. Something no one has no control over.

She remembered what she said at Fahz, that whatever terrible thing, she would make sure he earned her trust all over it and that he would have to tell her on his own time. And this was the time. Setting the cup aside, her expressions softened as she asked him.

“How long... would you have kept this buried deep down? How long would have allowed this to eat you up knowing this.”

“I have to tell you what happened at Settlement 2. I kept it secret from Del and Kait and… look where that got me.”

“I was running a squad of Deebees, trying to keep the peace. There was a protest. It started out peaceful, but then they started throwing firebombs. I panicked, and… ordered my Deebees to open fire. By the time I reined them back in, Fahz’s squad had opened fire, too.”

“People died. Because of me. That’s what happened, why Del and Kait hate me now. Not to mention the Hammer incident at the evacuation before my coma…”

“And we need to get you to a hospital, now,” She emphasized concern, as she takes an arm and wraps it around her should as she uses herself as a crutch to help him up. She did not see it as relief or a chance to celebrate their victory. The blood is a reminder of time. And another that needs to be taken with an immediate action or serious consequences will fall.

It would’ve reminded her of the blood Jean spilled for her. It was a mirrored memory of what would happen with him if they didn’t get him the help he needed. But she took her time taking him to the truck at the pace he was now. She didn’t want to rush him in his current condition out of concern he could faint and that would be game over.

Looking back at Jason, she gave him a thumbs-up, “Great job tonight. Thanks for that. How you holding up?”

“Depends. Are we talking of the kind stemmed from everyday life, or are we talking of the kind we imagine in our minds?”

She leans in whispering, “Either way I find both of them terrifying.”

Open | Steven

“Do you like ghost stories?”

So interesting stuff happened over the weekend. I found out that Aaron Carter had been using my Cosmic Lion art on his website, as tour promotional content and possibly other merch through a post which said that he had rendered said artwork. He got called out and then he said then he infact purchased this artwork. Then he went on to say his assistant did, and then said its trash and that it deserves to go in the trash. Regardless, I never sold him any of my work. Neither him or his team ever asked permission for any of my work, nor did they give any credit. These celebrities think that they can rip off artwork that artists spend time and energy creating and not face any consequences. Hes still using this artwork on his website and tour promotional content despite the backlash on twitter and instagram. Tumblr family, help me get this out to as big an audience as possible! 

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