Mad House;;Lacey

[Mason Jay Bradley]

I stood in the kitchens with Kalin in my arms, on hand holding the baby bottle carefully. Earlier I'd told Zoe I could watch Kalin for a while, and then, well, after having a dispute about who should watch her I'd come to Hogwarts to get away from her and I'd managed to have been holding Kalin in my arms. It was a mad house to have Zoe living with me, there was no way to get along with her, and it was driving me insane. Well on the very rare occasion there was an okay conversation, but it never really lasted. Still, the longer she stayed with me and Kalin the more my thoughts went to Meilana and how I hadn't seen her for a while and how I was wondering if what she'd think of Zoe living with me.

Sighing softly I smiled down to the little girl, taking the bottle away when I saw she was asleep and just simply set it on the counter next to me. She looked more like Zoe than anything, which was almost horrifying, but I could deal with it, she was my daughter.

[[Uhm, crappy? haha]]

[Meilana Holbrooks]

[[ aw, lol, nah, it's okay ]]

I hadn't seen Mason in quite a while. And really, I didn't see how or why it seemed so diffcult to not be around him every once in a while. We'd only hung out a few times, but I guess I just let myself get a bit too attached. Maybe it was better if I just stayed out of his life, so he could go off with Zoe and the three of them could be happy. Which was funny to think considering how young they were.. how young I was even. I had no idea how I would handle being preggers.
I walked down to the kitchen, not really sure of what I wanted, just wanting something and walked inside through the portrait hole.
But when I stepped through I realised my plan wasn't going to work. There he was, with his child.. That was still weird to think.
I looked at him and just stood where I was, unsure of what to do and deciding to just not say anything for now and I took my eyes off him a moment later, walking over to the fridge.

[Mason Jay Bradley]

I didn't really notice anything happening, just sort of fixed up in my own little world, until I heard the portrait opening to let someone else into the kitchen, and from there I was back in the reality of everything. After a very brief moment I brought my eyes from Kalin's face and looked up to see who was there. Maybe I shouldn't have brought Kalin with. "Hey Lacey." There was a small grin on my face as I looked at her. After having been so long since seeing her I didn't think that I was actually going to see her anymore, maybe she was ignoring me or something. Well if she had been it was good thing that she wasn't any good at it. The grin started to fall from my lips slightly when she stopped looking at me and walked to the fridge. So maybe she is good at ignoring me.

[Meilana Holbrooks]

I wasn't even sure why I was upset with him anymore and now I seemed to be staying that way just because I didn't know. I mean, so he got someone pregnant. It was before I even met him, so it shouldn't be a problem right?
I got a yoghurt out of the fridge and just leaned against the door, shutting it and staying where I was, leaning infront of it, looking down at the small container, that contained peach yoguhrt.
"Hi.." I said quietly, glancing up to him. Maybe I should just try to make this work.. too bad it was harder on me becuase I actually liked him and I knew that I couldn't be with him. Maybe that was why I was avoiding him.. I bit my lip faintly for a moment, wanting to say something else but staying quiet agin.

[Mason Jay Bradley]

I continued to watch her back as opened the fridge to get a yogurt from the fridge, and then it was shut and she was leaning against it. Now I could tell that she had been avoiding me because she couldn't even look up at me, well asides from the quick glance, and she hadn't said anything asides from the quiet hi.
I moved my eyes from her finally, not sure what else to do, really I hadn't thought that I was ever going to not know what to do because a girl was avoiding me and possibly hated me, I mean Zoe hated me, I could deal with that. I couldn't deal with Meilana hating me.
"How're you?" I asked after a moment, looking up at her again.

[Meilana Holbrooks]

I shrugged a little bit. "I'm okay.." I said quietly to him, biting my lip faintly. "Um.. how're you?" I asked back to him, trying to snap myself out of whatever mood I was in as soon as I saw him.
"T-This her then?" I asked a moment later, not having waited for him to answer, hoping he knew that he could stll answer. It was obvious that I couldn't just avoid him. It was making it harder on me and probably on him too.

[Mason Jay Bradley]

"You seem kind of out of it." I murmured softly when she still stayed silent, watching her as she bit her lip lightly. Really I figured that she was like this because of the last time we'd seen eachother. Before I could answer her question she asked another, causing me to chuckle faintly. "Yeah, this is Kalin." I murmured softly. "Going through hell you could say." I shook my head with a ghost of a smile on my lips.

[Meilana Holbrooks]

I shrugged faintly when he mentioned that I seemed kind of out of it and sighed slightly. Really, it was probably just becuase I was thinking back to that last time I talked to him. I walked a little closer, looking at her. "She's cute.." I said quietly.
"What do you mean?" I asked a moment later when he said he was going through hell.

[Mason Jay Bradley]

"You want to hold her?" I asked softly, looking at her with an eyebrow faintly raised, smiling a little when she said she was cute. "Just everything with Zoe, can't stand it." I muttered, shaking my head a little, really I didn't know how to bring Zoe into the conversation because it just made things awkward in a way.

[Meilana Holbrooks]

"Um.. n-no.." I said quietly, shaking my head a little a bit. "Not right now.." I added with a weak smile, biting my lip a little bit.
I nodded slightly, "Wel.. what can't you stand about it? Aren't you guys getting along?" I asked curiously.

[Mason Jay Bradley]

I nod a little when she say no and then added that she didn't want to right now, it was sort of understandable. "Everything Lace." I chuckled faintly, shaking my head. "The only reason we haven't killed eachother is because of Kalin."

[Riley Pearson]

[[ ehh, too lazy to switch, lol ]]

Really, I don't know where I got the idea that everything was just peachy and fine. It just popped in my head I think because now that I think about it, I can't remember him ever telling that thigns were great. I was just being stubborn and not letting go of whatever feelings I still had from the last time I spoke with him.
"Well.. I-I mean.. at least you don't have to see her that often then?" I asked him after a few seconds.

[Riyann Servansikk]

[[CHEATER, jk... diddn't see this. .Whoops]]

It was quiet for a few seconds and I really just wanted to know what was going through Lace's head right now. And then she started speaking, leaving the silence behind, the past few silent seconds had felt way too long, more like a few hours at least.
I furrowed my eyebrows slightly at what she said, wondering now how to say that no, she was living with me. Could always lie. "You know I don't have to marry my cousin anymore. Got disowned." I smiled a little towards her after changing subjects. "Would of called, just didn't have a number."

[Riley Pearson]

[ lmao xD ... aw, haha, tis no problem ^^ ]

He didn't answer my question and just changed the subject. I didn't know what that meant and I was planning on finding out. I mean, were they living together or something? Or maybe it's just the opposite. How could I know if he was just going to avoid the message?
I was going to get back to him on that.. just not right now, because of what he happend to change the subject to. I raised my eyebrows slightly, genuinely surprised by what he's told me. "I.. wow.. because of...?" I asked, my sentance trailing off with a small gesture toward Kalin.

[Riyann Servansikk]

[[Lol, and YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]

She didn't seem about to drop the subject, but because of what I had said she did for the time being and I was thankful for that, I should, shouldn't I? It wasn't like I wanted Zoe to move in, I'd made that pretty clear, I didn't like her in the least but I had to feel bad for having almost full custody over Kalin and had to let her when she practically begged me.
"Yeah," I nodded a little, looking down at the tiny girl with a small smile. I didn't quite like that it was because of my daughter, but it had happened because of her and there wasn't much I was going to be able to change of it. "I would've come and found you too, just think you've been avoiding me." I added quietly, looking up at her again.

[Riley Pearson]

[[ wooo! haha ]]

I didn't know if I should be happy for him or be apolising for it. He seemed okay though, he'd even smiled when he said it. I nodded slightly, "... That's cause I have been." I said quietly with a small shrug. "I stay out of your way, you can just pretend that I don't exist and neither of us get hurt." I said explaining my reasoning in a quiet voice, crossing my arms infront of me slightly.

[Riyann Servansikk]

[[lol]]

"Why Lace?" I asked softly, feeling more than awkward now that I had brought Kalin with, really I was sure I'd rather have this run in without her, but that was too late and now I felt guilty for thinking that. "And like that'd ever happen." I said, shaking my head a little, how could I ever pretend she didn't exist, I could before all of this happened because I didn't know she existed, not until the owlery.

[Riley Pearson]

[[ ^^! ]]

I shrugged slgihtly, looking down to the floor now. "Because.." I mumbled quietly. I really didn't know so this question was honestly just difficult to answer. The more I thought abou it the more I realised I probably just did it to protect myself from getting any more hurt than I already was.. or still am.

[Riyann Servansikk]

"Because you don't know or you don't want to tell me?" I asked softly, watching as she looked at the floor. If I wasn't so paranoid about something happening to Kalin I'm sure I would've maybe had a house elf hold her so I could hug Lace or something.

[Riley Pearson]

I shrugged faintly, "Both.. if that makes sense." I said quietly after a moment, keeping my eyes where they were. And both was true, for one thing, I really wasn't positive why and another part of it was becuase I was thinking that it had to do with being hurt and I didn't want to tell him that.

[Riyann Servansikk]

"I'll just stay out of your way then." I murmured, with a small nod towards her, really not wanting to have said those words, but I had to get over it, she's already seemed to have somewhat, to have been avoiding me for so long now.

[Riley Pearson]

I looked up to him, and shook my head, it taking me a moment to find my voice. "No. You don't have to do that." I said shaking my head again. "I just.. I dunno what's up with me."

[Riyann Servansikk]

I could feel myself shaking my head a little but I didn't move and just looked away from her now, looking at the wall on the opposite side of the kitchen instead, not knowing what else to do. "It's fine." I said, mostly because it sounded like she was using that as an apology.

[Riley Pearson]

I watched him, feeling my heart drop a bit more as he just looked away from me, which is exactly what I didn't want. "I don't want you to." I said quietly with a small frown.

[Riyann Servansikk]

All she really was doing was confusing me. First she was avoiding me and such and now she didn't want me to stay out of her way, she didn't want me too. It sort of caught me off guard, not that I let it show. "Then I won't."

[Riley Pearson]

I saw the confused look on his face and I looked down to the floor for another moment. "Thanks." I said quietly, pausing for a few more moments. "... I told you I don't know what's up with me.. I was avoiding you becuase I thought it was for the best.. but it obviously isn't."

[Riyann Servansikk]

I nodded a little towards her when she said thanks and then looked at her before looking to the wall again. "S'alright Lace." I said softly, shaking my head a little.

[Riley Pearson]

I sighed slightly, plopping down in one of the chairs at the table. "So.. didn't you bring her in a stroller or anything? You just carry her here?"

[Riyann Servansikk]

"Have you ever known me to think of doing something like that?" I asked with a small and faint chuckle. I honestly didn't even have the money to buy a stroller, but that was the point of a job, right? To get money for things you need. "I'll think of it next time." I moved to where she was and sat across the table from her, Kalin fitting comfertably in my arms.

[Riley Pearson]

I let a faint laugh pass through my lips and smiled a little bit. "Well.. you never know." I said with a small nod, watching him sit down across the table. "Good.." I said, looking down at my hands, playing with the bracelet that he had gotten me. Sure, I was avoiding him, but I still liked it and did actually wear it.