Testing the Waters [Open to Evie and or Marcus]

The Bitch Wolf · Big Bad Bitch

Testing the Waters [Open to Evie and or Marcus]

Evie North · Telemetric Trickster

She was finally doing it. Evie North was finally starting to get her boxes together. Not to unpack, something she should have done four months ago. No. She was re-packing.

After having her cards read by Winter weeks before, Evie had come face to face a very scary possible future. Full of death and torture and -- what the fuck! -- pregnancy. There was only one option left for her.

And for once, she wasn't turning tail to run away. Unbeknownst to Ash, Evie had made up her mind to move into the pack house. She'd tell him eventually. Probably when she showed up carrying all of her shit. He liked surprises, right? ... right.

It was while she was sifting through old gloves that she felt it. A presence familiar, but distant. One that she had been separated from for too long. Loke.

Evie didn't hold it against Loke for not coming to see her sooner; hell, Evie hadn't made the effort, either. The truth was, both women were dealing with their demons in different ways. Loke went to Tibet, Evie went back and forth from Italy to London. Sneaking in a few AA meetings when she felt like it. No, she hadn't stopped drinking. But she had certainly slowed the fuck down. It was more for Ash than for her. Or, so she told herself. Why she was afraid to admit that she wanted to make a change in her life for her own benefit was yet another mystery in the Land of Evie.

In fact, Evie's reaction was quite the opposite of anger. Jumping to her socked feet, joyous energy bursting from her empathetic self like fireworks, the tiny telemetric started down the stairs of her rickety villa at full-tilt. "Looookeeee!" In denim shorts and a black tank top, along with a pair of simple black gloves, Evie looked ten years younger as she slid into her door with a thud. Scrambling with the lock, she finally was able to throw the door open.

"Yaaaaaagh!" Or, something similar. Launching herself at Loke, her sister, she squeezed her tight. "SHE'S ALIIIIVE!"

Maybe she hadn't been enough around people recently. Huh.

The Bitch Wolf · Big Bad Bitch

Fear, unease and most of all guilt washed away with leaving her feeling sheepish and silly for her feelings. Even as she stood on the stoop and heard the wild yell of her name from inside she braced herself. Evie showed the exuberance of a puppy or a child long away from it's friend. That in itself made Loke feel 100% times better. When the lock rattled open she openned her mouth to greet Evie but had to catch the flying tornado. Arms curled around her as she burried her face in Evie's hair and drew in deep breaths. The smell alone was ... there was no word for it. It simply made everything alright again.

"Your hair is longer.... and your taller." Okay so not much taller but she was. Loke could almost feel it in her bones. She set Evie back on her feet and smoothed some of that beautiful brown hair off her face before smiling wide at her.

"Can I come in?"

-- Edited by The Bitch Wolf on Tuesday 2nd of June 2009 07:37:43 PM

Evie North · Telemetric Trickster

There were times when Evie wished she had the ability to smell her friends. Sure, she could get the whiff of scent that reminded her of Loke, but to really smell someone ... it was different for the werefolk. Normal. Still, Evie gave it a try, inhaling deeply. Loke smelled ... well, like Loke. Soft and a little spicy, but sun-baked. Perfect, and warm. Aah, yes. Life was good.

You're hair is longer ... and you're taller. Pulling back, Evie gave a shrug, her usually too-serious face scrunching slightly. "Too lazy to cut it, and I couldn't actually get shorter." Grinning broadly, Evie's gloved hands started running through Loke's unruly mane, happy to have her back. Her Loke. "Missed you." More of an off-handed mumble, like she hadn't noticed she was speaking. It didn't really matter, though ... this was her sister.

Can I come in? Giving a small start, Evie stared at her open door, and then outside. "Yeah. Forgot we were outside." Not that the Italians minded. They were all about public touching. "Come in, come in!" Moving backward, Evie' socked feet slid lightly over the old wooden floors. "Tell me everything. Or nothing. Whatever. Just ... talk to me." She'd missed her. All of her.

The Bitch Wolf · Big Bad Bitch

"I should hope you don't get any shorter. Although that might be fun if you turned minature, then I could carry you around in my pocket and be like BAM! I got a wocket in my Pocket!" Loke grinned wide as she stepped in closing the door behind her. Although she had been gone a few months the boxes seemed to not be unpacked yet, hmm interesting.

"You didn't unpack yet?" She glanced around at the boxes and then tilted her head at Evie. "Waiting for a big strapping beautiful wolf to help weren't you?" Her smile was bright and alive. Much more alive then it had been in the last year. Tibet had done her well, it had alleviated a lot of stress and helped her iron out problems in her life.

"You want to know everything?" A mischievous smile lingered on her lips as she paused to remove her flip flops because she didn't want to track mud or dirt through Evie's place. Besides, she preferred to be barefoot anyway.

"Well first things first, it was amazingly beautiful! Although I could live without the plane right. I swear the plane was from like 1920 and it was duck tapped in areas." Okay so she was exaggerating but Loke was not a fan of flying in things so small when it seemed to rattle more then it should.

"The temple was so beautiful and peaceful, and everyone was .. well beyond welcoming. I was really bitter at first, I felt like I was being punished wrongly but over time Sifu.. rather Anya.. she was called Sifu because she was teaching me. Well she helped me get past a lot of my bitterness and down to the control issues." Loke strode into the living room sitting on the couch, one leg folded under her as she drew her fingers through her hair.

"The food sucked, but what can you expect up in the frozen mountains of Tibet. Although I did get to spend time with Marcus, just him being there was a great help. I didn't feel comfortable at first talking about my problems with Sifu, I felt insulted and a bit embarressed that some stranger was suppose to help me. But Marcus calmed me down. I got myself settled and started to re-learn what it was like to be human again." She watched Evie sit and then shifted her other leg over the top of the other one that was under her, sitting indian style facing her on the couch. "I guess when I went feral there for a while, when I stayed wolf I forgot what it was like to be human and I let that get a hold of me. I mean, my eyes and teeth will never be right but at least I'm back to how I was before."

She reached out smoothing her thumb between Evie's brows as they wrinkled in concentration as she listened, a small smile on her lips. "I brought a dog back with me, but since I'm horrible with names, his name is Puppy." Hands dropped into her lap as she took a breath feeling comfortable enough to tell Evie everything.

"I also talked with Marcus, about ... us." She lifted a finger and indicated herself and Evie and Marcus as if he was sitting opposite them. "I know things have changed, life changes people. I was always trying to live in the past, expecially when I found you both in Hawaii. I tried to rekindle what we had in New Orleans but.. well you had both evolved into something more. Something so pure and wonderful and here I was..." She grinned sheepishly. "The outsider trying to butt my way into something that wasn't mine to get into."

She kept talking so she could get it all out before Evie jumped up to defend or get upset. "I decided, as much as I both loved you. I was not "In" love with Marcus, not the way you are. I yearned for him, yeah but it wasn't what you to have. I know you guys are bound, and the Ulfric somehow fits in that and I'm okay with that. I think I want to find that one special person that fills me like he fills you." She tilted her head, smile still on her lips.

"Of course, that doesn't mean I'm ever going to leave you alone. You are my heart and soul's sister and I will always be there for you, how ever and when ever you need me." She went quiet so Evie could digest the bomb that Loke had dropped on her.

Evie North · Telemetric Trickster

Baha. A miniature Evie. She stepped further into the shabby villa, taking Loke's hand and leading her like she might have her best friend in middle school. Back when she'd had friends in middle school. Grinning, Evie shook her head. "Screw that, man. If I was miniature, I'd have to be in Ash's pocket to stay out of trouble." That was an understatement. She'd be in a tiny bird cage, under lock and key. No slandering Ash of course -- it really would be for her own good. Tiny Evie would be more of an insane nuisance than Big Evie. Big Evie was still pretty small.

Glancing around at the many boxed, Evie gave a wide grin. "Actually, I'm moving." A moment passed, before she realized how bad that could sound. "... oh! Not, away. Into the packhouse. I just, need to tell Ash that." They weren't getting rid of her that easily. Why she wasn't moving in with Marcus went unsaid. Maybe because she was still a little afraid of the other vampires. Or maybe because that would get them closer to the final mark, one that she wasn't quite ready for. Yes, she wanted to spend forever with Marcus. She just needed to get to know and like who she was, before she decided to be herself forever. Convoluted, sure. But that was Evie.

Moving to the couch and sitting next to her sister, Evie curled her bare legs up and prepared for listen. "Spare me no details."

The plane details were filed away -- Loke no like fly-y. Good to know. She made mental note of other matters, commenting allowed with tiny remarks like, "Sifu. Gotcha." Trying to get every detail. However, when Loke began to speak about herself, the self she was so ashamed of, Evie felt it necessary to stroke her arm with her gloved hand. "You were always you, Loke, just ... a different part of you."

Glee perked in her at the mention of the new addition to their family. "Ooh! A puppy? I ... well. Nevermind." The glee came and went. The last time Evie'd had a puppy, she'd strangled it to death. She'd only been a kid. Twelve, or thirteen. It had been an accident, fueled by the emotion she didn't possess weighing in on her. Driving her mad. She hadn't actually played with a dog since. A bad memory, to be certain. Trying to wipe the look of shadowed loss on her face, Evie gave a small smile. "But I'm sure I'll like him." No strangling this time around. Shudder.

But the puppy conversation came and went. They were on to the meat of what Loke'd been wanting to talk about for a long time. What they'd both been avoiding. It was easier than she'd expected, bringing it all up. Maybe they'd both changed. For the better, for once. "Loke, I don't ... I'm not sure you understand. When we met, in New Orleans, I thought I was keeping you and Marcus apart. What ended up happening with us ... part of me always thought that it was because you had left, and ... I don't know. I understand how you feel, I just ... I don't understand how you could feel it. Not now." Scooting closer, Evie let her head rest on Loke's shoulder. The closeness was a testament alone to how much she trusted her. How much they'd grown.

"Well, hell yes you're always going to be here. You're my sister. You're my heart. I can't do it without you." With that, she pulled the necklace she hadn't once taken off from beneath her shirt. "See?"

The Bitch Wolf · Big Bad Bitch

This was about as good as it got right here. It was suprizing just how many emotions this tiny waif of a human could make the wolf bitch feel. And when Evie announced she would be coming to the pack house, pure exhaltation rocked through her. She would give anything to have Evie in the same house with her. Of course, she might try to monopolize the poor girls time but that was her punishment for moving heh. Amber eyes focused on Evie's gloved hand as she comforted her, it was amazing what one touch, even if she was wearing a glove, how that made her feel so good.

Loke shifted faintly as they had spoken and once Evie leaned into her she shifted a leg behind her and set one back on the floor and pulled Evie in close to her. She held her in the warmth of her body and stroked her hair. Despite the fact it was a touchy subject, the stroking of Evie's hair wasn't to calm Evie but rather to calm Loke. That constant touch, was better then any perscribed drug. Evie's scent was so unique, and below that the faint traces of wolf. Loke honestly doubted that Ash would have a problem with Evie wanting to move into the pack house.    Loke would beg for it if need be.

"Honey, I loved you both. I loved my pride too much in New Orleans to allow myself to open up to Marcus. I always wanted to be the big bad wolf. I mean sometimes now I do also, but I got my head on straight now." Loke nodded, releasing Evie and moved her hands to her shoulds pushing her away so she could look her directly in the eyes. "I've finally grown up and I realized what I'm a great person. I love hard and strong but I am inside a very jealous person. I loved Marcus but I couldn't see sharing my love with him and him thinking about someone else. With you though, I could have. But I think I need to find my one, my one and only." She smiled brightly before tilting her head.   "Besides, while Marcus is a-fucking-mazing, he's too much for me. His brightness would burn me out too soon trying to keep up with him and not loose myself."

There was so much that Loke learned about herself it was scary to let it all out, but of all the people she trusted Evie was the one. She could pour her life and soul out to her and in the end everything would be okay.    She grinned wide as Evie lifted the necklace.   Although it was an outragous gift of diamonds and white gold it was still beautiful and it had reminded Loke of her own heart. Cold, and sharp enough to cut you. She chuckled at Evie before drawing one of Evie's gloved hands to her face and setting her cheek in her hand, just nuzzling her hand. "And you will always be my North Star."