[CLOSED] there is no storybook ending.

[aubri 'bee' ella-paige reed]

Aubri walked out of the bathroom, running a towel through her wet hair. She had on a baggy button down shirt and her panties, but she frankly didn't care. She was gonna take Trez's word for what it was worth. And she couldn't ice the bruises with pants on.

She walked over to the sofa, curling up at one end. She looked over at Sean, chewing on her lip. "Can you get me ice?" She asked, hugging her knees close. The bruises on her legs hurt the worst. And her back was killing her. She pulled her jacket over herself again, covering up her legs.

[sean michael cutler]

Sean frowned as he studied her when she came out of the bathroom. "I take it it was more than just a few bumps and bruises, huh?" He murmured softly, slinking to the kitchen. He grabbed a few bags of ice, then sat down beside her, brushed her hair back.

"Here, let me help..." Biting his lip at the awkward words, he frowned some. "I'm a hundred percent gay, don't worry. You can ask Trez.." His lips quirked up some as he gently handed her a blanket, pulling her jacket away and tenderly pressing the ice to some of the bruising along her thighs.

[aubri 'bee' ella-paige reed]

"I fell asleep on him earlier." She said, leaning back a little more on the couch. She let one leg hang off the side of the couch, the other bent against the back of the sofa. "I don't think he's the kind of person to just.. let someone take a girl home who's been hurt that he knows is going to hurt them." She pushed her hair off her forehead, but it fell into her eyes again.

"I didn't think you liked girls anyways." She said with a smile.

[sean michael cutler]

Sean chuckled. "Course he's not. It's Trez, he's like, the safest guy in the world." He smiled at her gently, bringing the other ice pack to her hip after pushing her shirt up some. "Yeah, never did I don't think. Just made some stupid mistakes." He shrugged. "Didn't have any parents to guide me along the way though, they died in nine eleven, I barely remember them anymore..just...remember that phone call. The moving house to house cos no one wanted to keep me." He shook his head faintly. "I was such a rotten kid it's not even funny."

[aubri 'bee' ella-paige reed]

"I don't have a family either." She said, chewing on her lip. "I had six bothers and a little baby sister." She folded her arms across her chest, shivering at how cold the ice was.

"My oldest brother used to always complain when my mom had to ice his bruises. He would always yell 'THIS IS COLD AS ICE!' and my mom would be like 'well, yeah, dummy. It's ice.'" She smiled, reaching over to brush his hair out of his eyes.

"Your eyes are pretty. I like people with pretty eyes. They're usually really nice. And people with pretty smiles. Marc has the prettiest." She smiled over at him.

[sean michael cutler]

Sean laughed softly as she talked about her brother. He smiled when she brushed his hair aside. "Alle naturalll," He drawled with a smirk. "Thanks." He gently moved onto another bruised. "I am like, envying your hair right now, though," He teased. "If I dyed mine it would look like crap." A crooked smile and shake of his head, reaching over to drape the blanket over her, pushing it aside just enough that he could still see what he was doing.

[aubri 'bee' ella-paige reed]

She smiled at his compliment. "Thanks.. It needs to be redone. I've got like, an entire inch of the panels missing dye. But I don't have the money to go get it redone. And I don't trust myself with dye." She laughed, pulling the blanket up over her arms. She found it odd how she didn't care what Sean saw, but she didn't want Trez to see anything. Maybe because she knew Sean didn't like girls.

"I dunno. I think your hair looks nice the way it is." She said with a smile.

[sean michael cutler]

"Hm, find someone to do it free." He raised an eyebrow, smiling over at her. "Eh, I gotta get it cut at some point. Getting too long.." His voice trailed a moment and he smiled in sudden recognition.

"Hey whoah, you're Nash's cousin." He fekt like an idiot for not even realizing who it was. "You thought I killed him," He teased.

[aubri 'bee' ella-paige reed]

Aubri smiled, nodding her head. "Yeah, Nash and his dad are all I got left. I can say that I was high as a kite when you brought him home." She nodded, then realized maybe she hadn't been sober for an entire week. She shrugged.

"He's a good boy. I guess.. Everyone's good compared to me.. I talked to him the other day. He seems to think you're pretty cool. His mom hates him cause he had a boyfriend or something. Or a boy over. I dunno. He was all happy over you though. It's not often he smiles." She smiled again, hugging her arms tighter around herself.

[sean michael cutler]

"We all got our rough spots," He comforted softly. "Glad I could make him smile, hoped to hang out with him some more." Another smile tilted his own lips as he got up to get some more ice.

"Hang on a sec."
He refilled the bags, wondering how much he would end up going through, returned and sat back down gently.