Warhawk (warriorwilled) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-01-19 20:29:00

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inactive - nicolette hall, inactive - warhawk

Mending Fences (Nicolette)
Rex has had quite a bit of time to think recently, with Mickey's passing, Cerdian's and Jai West's as well. His mom and step-father had been in bad shape at one point, too. His love for Hope is a bright point in his life, as is the amount of caring he has for his teammates, but one relationship above all was still in tatters and it was time for Rex to step up and fix it, before he lost it forever.

He dialed Nic's phone and hoped she was somewhere nearby.

"Hey, Pnnt. Um...it's me. I need you to come home right away. It's important." Rex says to her voice-mail.

Then he gets started on cooking the bacon. Lots of bacon.

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	hawkgirl 2011-01-20 03:47 am UTC (link)
	Nic sat and listened to the voice mail a few times. He hadn't talked to her in awhile and now a voice mail. What did he want? It probably wasn't good. Never was. She dragged herself home, let herself in and smelled bacon. Yeah. It was a trap. "Here." (Reply to this)(Thread)

	warriorwilled 2011-01-20 03:59 am UTC (link)
	Damn. This was going to be harder than he thought. "Are you hungry? I'm making food." he says, pointing to the pan. "How are you?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hawkgirl 2011-01-20 04:13 am UTC (link)
	"It's bacon. I can always eat." She sat down at the table and watched him for a minute. "How angry are you at me now and how quickly are you sending back to Egypt or reform school? I can pack pretty fast, but I might have to do laundry first." Might as well cut to the chase. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

warriorwilled
2011-01-20 04:33 am UTC (link)

"You're not going to make this easy, are you?" Rex asks, taking a deep breath.

"I'm not angry and I'm not sending you away, Nic. I wanted you to come home so I could tell you that I love you." he says.

"I know that I've been hard on you, but that's because I know how I was at your age. No one could tell me anything because I knew everything. Mom and Carter tried. Check my arrest record if you don't believe me." Rex says.

"I also know what it's like to feel like no one listens to you or cares what you think. I lived that, too. But I just saw a good friend of mine have a hole blasted in her chest, Nic." Rex says, going silent for a moment.

"And the only thing I could think when I saw her was...what if that had been /you/?" he asked.

"I would have had to explain to Mom and Carter that you died on my watch, when they sent you to me to be safe. That's all I've ever tried to do is keep you safe, Pnnt. It's not about bossing you around, or trying to make you a slave. It's about keeping you from getting killed and having to wonder how I could have stopped it." Rex says.

"I don't like your relationship with Cindy Lord. It's not because she's a girl, either, before you go there...though I guess part of that did kind of catch me off guard. I learned one of the guys I work with is...gay. He and I used to be friends. I didn't realize it, but I guess once I found out, I kind of distanced myself from him, without meaning to. He quit not long after, and I messed up that friendship." Rex tells her, turning the fire downn low on the bacon.

"I think Cindy is a lot like her dad, just in a prettier package. Max Lord is /scum/, Nic. I don't want him to get anywhere near you...but that's not my call. That's yours." he says.

"Just keep your eyes and ears open and don't let Cindy or anyone pressure you into anything you don't want to do. You do that, I'll try to live with the rest of it on my end." Rex finishes.

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hawkgirl
2011-01-20 04:48 am UTC (link)

"I'm actually not gay."

She looked up at Rex for a moment, then looked down at her hands before pulling he edge of one wing in a bit to pick at the feathers.

"No one ever asked; they just assumed."

She looked up at him again. She hadn't expected this at all and she really didn't know quite what to say.

"No one...ever asks me anything. Or really notices I exist unless I cause trouble."

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warriorwilled
2011-01-20 04:58 am UTC (link)

"That's not true, Nic. You never talk to anyone, though. You act out, scream or break things and then no one knows what to say to you." Rex tells her.

"You're my sister and I love you, but I'm not a mind-reader. If you want to go back to Egypt, I can't stop you. But I wish you wouldn't, because I like having you here." Rex says.

"You know, for a long time, I thought Mom and Carter took you to live in Egypt because you were the kid they wanted and it was easier to leave me to my own devices and hope I didn't wreck anything. I used to be jealous of you because you have both of your parents.

I don't have either of mine anymore." Rex says.

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hawkgirl
2011-01-20 05:15 am UTC (link)

"Last I checked, Mom's not dead. Which was this morning, when she called to let me know that she put money in your bank account to cover some of my expenses. Mom...Mom loves you more than me. You're her Little Bird and I'm the complication. I was really surprised when they took me with them to Egypt. I was expecting nun school. They love you. I'm...a short headache.

"How can you possibly like having me here? I eat your food, I piss you off, I sometimes steal your beer, and I'm only half your sister. You wanted to serve me for Thanksgiving. Not that I blame you," she says.

"I scream and break things because I don't think anyone would listen to me if I don't make a lot of noise. Quiet and Hawk doesn't really seem to go together. I don't even know how to tell people things."

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warriorwilled
2011-01-20 05:22 am UTC (link)

"You /do/ realize that the Thanksgiving things was a joke, right? It was just funny to see you cry that one time. If I'd know you'd take it this way, I'd have gotten you a shrink." Rex chuckles.

"And stop with that half-sister bullshit. You're my /sister/. Not half of you." Rex says, sitting down with her.

"Mom loves you a ton, Pnnt. So does Carter. I think Carter would arm up again if something happened to you, because your his baby girl. And yes, you do eat my food and drink my beer, but it's not like I'd let you starve." he says.

"Though, if I am starving and there's nothing else to eat...that whole Thanksgiving thing gets real real fast." he smirks.

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	hawkgirl 2011-01-20 05:30 am UTC (link)
	"You chased me through the house with a box of Stove Top. It was not funny and I swear to the gods if you come after me as a food item you will be fed through a tube for the rest of your life." She frowns. "You really don't hate me?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	warriorwilled 2011-01-20 05:38 am UTC (link)
	"No, I don't hate you. I really don't get how you thought that. You're my sister. I hate things that you /do/ but never /you/." he says. "I /hate/ Hello Kitty. I do not hate you." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hawkgirl 2011-01-20 02:55 pm UTC (link)
	"I've been wrecking your life pretty much since day one. And I did just get dumped on your out of nowhere. You would have right to hate me and Hello Kitty." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

warriorwilled
2011-01-22 02:35 am UTC (link)

"I don't like the fact that Mom and Carter just sent you here without trying to understand anything about you, but I don't hate you for it. We've had to work to figure things out, but you're doing a lot better than when you got here, Nic. I acknowledge that." Rex says, offering her a smile.

"Pink and Hello Kitty are two things I'm never going to forgive, though. So don't bother." he laughs.

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	hawkgirl 2011-01-23 01:24 am UTC (link)
	"How the heck am I doing /better/? I got expelled last week, dude." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	warriorwilled 2011-01-23 02:01 am UTC (link)
	"Wait. How the /hell/ did you get /expelled/, Nicolette?" Rex asks in shock. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hawkgirl 2011-01-23 02:05 am UTC (link)
	"I, uh, might've called the Algebra teacher a homophobic pervert who was just jealous he couldn't get any hot girl tail." Nic tries her best innocent face. "He was being really uncool to a girl in class so I kinda lost it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	warriorwilled 2011-01-23 02:51 am UTC (link)
	"Why am I just now hearing about this? I should have gotten a call, Nic. Mom and Carter are going to have a cow when I tell them, but we'd better get you back into school before I tell them." Rex says. "And if I need to knock some sense into this teacher, then that'll happen, too." Rex says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hawkgirl 2011-01-23 02:53 am UTC (link)
	"I'll go back Monday...whoa wait you're....not taking the asshole teacher's side." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

warriorwilled
2011-01-23 03:39 am UTC (link)

"No, I'm not. It's not fair to rag on someone based on their sexual orientation or anything else, Nic. Even if I don't agree with the way you life your life, /no one/ has the right to make you feel like shit over it. Not even me. And if I did that, I'm sorry." Rex says.

"But I'll be damned if I let someone talk to my sister like that or kick her out of school. If you can't go back to that school, then neither can he." Rex says.

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	hawkgirl 2011-01-23 03:52 am UTC (link)
	"I can go back. I'll be back Monday. It's cool. All's good." She smiles a little. "I'm starting to wonder if you're really my brother. You're never this nice to me." Pause. "Do you need a liver or something?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	warriorwilled 2011-01-23 04:32 pm UTC (link)
	"What are the chances that you'll just accept that I'm trying to be good to you and that I really am your brother?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hawkgirl 2011-01-23 04:34 pm UTC (link)
	"This isn't a side of you I know, man. Or...haven't seen in a long time. I...kinda miss you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	warriorwilled 2011-01-24 01:07 am UTC (link)
	"Well, then let me try to be nicer to you, please." Rex says. "I can't promise I'm going to be okay with everything you do, but I'll do my best to give it a fair shake." he says. He'd rather bite out his own tongue than say this next part, but he has to prove that he is trying, right? "IncludingCindy." he grumbles. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hawkgirl 2011-01-24 01:32 am UTC (link)
	"So...it's okay if she comes over tomorrow night?" She noted the grumbling. "With you here instead of finding somewhere else to be?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	warriorwilled 2011-01-25 02:55 am UTC (link)
	Rex tries not visibly cringe. "Yeah, I can be here, Pnnt. I'm doin' this for you, okay? I am not gonna be Cindy's friend or apologize for punchin' out her old man. He deserved it." Rex says. "If you can live with that, I'll do what I have to to get through the night." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hawkgirl 2011-01-25 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	"I can live with that!" (Reply to this)(Parent)

	callmemissstorm 2011-02-04 01:10 am UTC (link)
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