For Rachel, 5-23-2012

[likesthestooges]

With Henry far more stable, Aidan was able to get a bit more sleep than he had the last few days, which he badly needed. Seeing Henry for the first time in 80 years had brought back a flood of emotions and memories that he hadn't had to deal with for a long time. With Henry came thoughts of Suren and all that relationship had entailed. For some reason, thoughts of Suren made him think of Rachel.

The relationship they had was odd at best, although not unenjoyable. She had her issues but he didn't mind that. If he was honest, he would say he even liked that, it made him feel less like he was ruining someone because of his own issues just by being close to them. Not only that, but it gave him another person to look after, which is something that he knew he desperately needed. Not exactly the most healthy reasons to be with someone, but real ones all the same.

He figured that he owed her an explanation of where he had been the last few days. Maybe she had tried to find him and maybe she hadn't. He hoped she would have come looking though and found that he would feel a bit hurt if she hadn't. She didn't owe him anything, but still...

Aidan knew she taught on Wednesdays, and showed up just as her class was ending to ensure that he caught her. When he saw her, he gave a broader smile than he had in several days and gave her a wave. When she was done finishing everything up, he could talk to her about Henry.

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[starchilde_lost]

She was still in class mode, mentally going over what she wanted for the next class, what she wanted to go over with Zell. There was a great deal, more than she'd really anticipated when she took the job, but she was finding she liked it. It made her focus on things outside of herself, made her focus on the well-being of others.

And she took a certain amount of guilty glee when she got to show a student just how much they didn't know before she helped them back up off the ground.

She was sweaty and a little tired, but she still felt a rush when she saw Aidan smile at her. He had the worst (or the best) affect on her. She didn't get it, she was drawn to him, she couldn't explain exactly why but she was getting used to having him around. Having him in her life and even her bed. Except for the last few days. She'd gone to his hut to check on him the day before and he hadn't been there, she'd been planning on spending the rest of the day looking for him.

Looked like she'd found him.

"Hey, Houdini, where did you disappear off to?" She wasn't sure she had the right to ask. Yeah, they were sleeping together and they were in a kind of more-than-friends place, but she hadn't asked him to be exclusive and if he'd gone off to shack up with someone else for a few days... was it her place to ask? To even care?