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Post by Max Madden on Jan 5, 2016 22:34:13 GMT 2
When he headed out of the hospital he was stroke by the cold. He hadn't noticed before how cold it was outside. Ruby Blackwood still had his coat, but she could keep it for now, she needed it more than he. He reached the car, inviting Ruby to sit in the passenger seat while he put Lucius in the back. The pup didn't stay in the back for very long however, too exited to see Ruby back and maybe wondering where the bunnies went. "Do you want me to drive you back home? It's your call." he questioned the woman, adjusting his seat, the rear mirror and the side ones before removing the police lights from the top of the car and starting the engine, putting on the heater so his breath would stop making some white mist every time he breathed. He was tired, but he believed he could drive just fine as long as they didn't get caught in any traffic. And traffic at this hour, well it was very unlikely. His mind wasn't focused on anything precise, just trailing from a subject to another. At one point it was Jacob in the hospital all by himself, the next was his sister, the later his dog, what Ruby was thinking, where they were headed and the road to take, how tired he was, the one responsible for all this despicable mess and so on in a continuous wheel. |
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Post by Ruby Blackwood on Jan 5, 2016 22:46:55 GMT 2
Once outside the hospital, Ruby was thankful that Max offered her his coat. The cold sure settled just fine, and she was pretty sure the man would catch his own cold if he wouldnt be properly dressed. She'd have to give him back his coat in the car, since they were both situated on their seats , and she would hate herself to forget about it and have him walk up to his apartment freezing. "That would be perfect. I just want to get in a blanket amd forget this day." Ruby answered the cop, mumbnling the last part while getting off the said coat, and turning her body to place it on the backseat, getting greeted by Lucius. She obviously picked him up, in her lap.
"Can we talk, Max? I'm not sure if it's fine while driving, but we really need to." Her voice carried a guilty, and concerned tone, while the woman softly petted the puppy and looked ahead at the road, occasionally stealing glances from the man. No eye contact yet.
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Post by Max Madden on Jan 5, 2016 23:02:37 GMT 2
Ruby took off his coat and moved it to the back. Good thing he thought about putting the heater on or she would have been freezing. He drove out of the parking place, taking the highway to get to Ruby's place. It took him a few minutes to figure out the fastest way to get there, mentally tracing the map to head in the right direction. He was looking straight at the road when Ruby spoke, her tone serious, guilty. She sounded even concerned. Max believed he knew what the subject was going to be about, and perhaps the fact that he was driving right now was a good thing. Maybe he'll be forced to concentrate on the road and cars around him rather than the discussion they were about to have. He was dreading this talk, afraid to hear what Ruby Blackwood had to say. Cutting short to his train of thoughts he gave a quick glance at Ruby. She wasn't looking at him. Eyes back on the road he breathed in and out slowly, silently before answering. "What do you want to talk about?" why was he playing the card of the innocent and unknowing man? Maybe it was so she felt more confident in talking to him. Maybe if he showed that he noticed and might have an idea of what happened she would have feared his wrath or something along those lines. To be honest he didn't know if he would feel wrath or not. |
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Post by Ruby Blackwood on Jan 6, 2016 10:08:14 GMT 2
Lucius was probably tired too, he curled up in her lap, letting the woman stroke his fur in a content way, while she was choosing her words for this talk. She had no idea if the kiss meant something, or not, Ruby couldnt read anyone's mind. But a simple moment when her mind derived and pushed her into doing something that would ruin friendships - at least she knew that was wrong. "I uh.." Blackwood put her elbow on the car door's trim, her hand reaching for her forehead, looking as if she was still trying to figure out her approach on this matter. "I kissed Jacob today..it was just a heat of the moment kiss, it didn't mean anything. I just.. I just thought you should know." The blonde's words were as sincere as they could be, dragged down by guilt. Her gaze lowered on the dog in her lap for a moment, before being pointed at Max Madden 's face, searching for a reaction. Let the scolding begin. |
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Post by Max Madden on Jan 6, 2016 11:26:41 GMT 2
He was right, what Ruby Blackwood and Jacob did was simply the reality of things. The lipstick smeared on each other's lips was no makeup for some plan, nor did it seem like it was for cover. At least Ruby didn't make it seem like it was for come sort of cover. His face was, immobile, his eyes kept looking at the road and he had a hard time focusing on both the road and his thoughts. But the truth was that he didn't know what to think. What was that supposed to mean? The heat of the moment? Could you just, kiss a random person because of the 'heat of the moment' ? He truly wanted to trust Ruby on this one that, like she made it seem, there was nothing more to it. He thought about what Jacob was about to say at the hospital. He was right to believe he wanted to talk about that kiss. Did they both feel so guilty that they couldn't keep that as a secret? It would have been hard to do so and at some point it would have come out of one of them. Max was, in a way glad to see that they were both ready to tell him the truth despite the looming fear that he could get truly angry. In a way, he truly wanted to be angry, but right now he remained silent, turning in his head her words, trying to understand. |
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Post by Ruby Blackwood on Jan 6, 2016 11:47:03 GMT 2
His silence was unsettling, like that saying "if you got nothing nice to say, dont say anything". Ruby feared that this poorly thought act of the criminals was going to shatter the cop's trust in them, shatter their friendship. Jacob was her bestfriend, Max was too, and she couldnt get herself to put one in front of the other. Yet there had always been something about Madden that made Red look at him like there could be something more than a friendship, between them. It was a foolish thought, that perhaps only bloomed in the mind of the ones who never loved before. And somehow, calling themselves "exclusive" added onto that. She sometimes felt like Max was just leading her on, but other times, she called herself stupid for thinking that.
She let out a silent sigh, not knowing what else to say. What else to tell him, to make him understand how that kiss was just a mistake. Ruby looked away from him hesitantly, for he seemingly avoided her eye contact. "I know what we talked, I'm not 100% sure if you meant it, or if it's just some game, but I know I dont want to break it because of a mistake." Ruby felt nervous, like this moment could determine so much more about tomorrow. "I wouldnt blame you if you wanted to." The woman added a few moments later, looking down at Lucius again.
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Post by Max Madden on Jan 6, 2016 12:05:11 GMT 2
He felt somehow hurt that she could believe that perhaps he was joking about being exclusives. But looking at it under a different angle, he could understand how she could be lead to think so. He didn't look or act like the most serious man every day, in fact it was rare for Ruby and Jacob to see him truly serious about something. He had a hard time keeping to his missions and engagements. A fact he should work on. Ruby was trying to push him away again and he didn't understand why. Did she not want to be with him or was it something else? Max wasn't the kind to suffer from paranoia, but with the exhaustion and the anger slowly filling him up against his will, he found himself suspecting things he wouldn't have otherwise. He finally looked at her, even if it was for a quick second, his eyes probably showed anger he wished he would be able to hide.
"You sound awfully guilty for a mistake. And Jacob did too." His tone was cold and serious but didn't betray any other feeling. He wanted to believe she wasn't lying but the way she spoke, acted, it all felt like a lie to him. Anger was filling him up. Anger against himself for being unable to simply trust the two, anger against Ruby for talking about that kiss like it was no big deal, anger against that person who made all of this more complicated than it already was. He felt no anger against Jacob just yet. In his mind, things played that the man had no choice but to push Ruby away and he knew not if he did or didn't. Max felt like the merc could feel guilty for being a part of it or responding to it. For the moment his anger was mostly directed at Ruby, and while his eyes looked at the road, he nearly missed a red light and stopped abruptly in front of it, exhaling once but retaining his anger inside. Only his face started to show the weakness building up.
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Post by Ruby Blackwood on Jan 6, 2016 14:44:07 GMT 2
She knew how her words could have sounded, like she was trying to push him away, or take a decision for him. It appeared to herself too that sometimes, her only defense was to stay away. Maybe she subtly picked up that trait from Jacob? Or it was just another way of trying to keep everyone happy, to stop influencing their lives, their moods, just leave them alone. Max Madden on the other hand looked full set on rubbing the guilt in Ruby's face some more, his scolding tactic was..hurting. His words so distant, if she handt known better, Ruby would have said he knew about this kiss already. Did that hug at the hospital betray something? Or her temporary breakdown? In all honesty, she did not pay attention to the lipstick traces. However, he had the guts to play angry right now, and Red didnt fully understand his reasoning. "Do you want me to laugh it away? I cant laugh away something that makes me hate myself. I feel like I've betrayed you, and that guilt is eating me up. I dont like it, some unmeant kiss making me feel unfaithful or something." Betrayl, in Blackwood's eyes, was something death-worthy, and it wasnt the actual kiss 's guilt that was rotting inside of the woman, but the feeling of having crossed a word, a deal, and her loyalty was all she could be prideful about. Slowly, she was losing it all. Max's trust, probably the respect too, but she mostly feared losing the two altogether. Max's driving was obviously influenced by whatever anger he felt in the moment, a not so well reasoned anger if Red was to think about it. Mr White was not a reason big enough for the woman to consume her energy getting angry at some jerk who escaped half alive. He will taste the dirt soon. But as Max almost drove through a red light, Ruby moved a hand on the trim again, holding the handle with quite the grip. The forced stop had startled Lucius too, who was now panting and looking around; his glare and the woman's both now on Max. Red's was more of a soft, scolding and starled one, she wished to snap at him with "are you trying to kill us both?!" but she decided that shutting up would be best. |
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Post by Max Madden on Jan 6, 2016 15:22:06 GMT 2
Uh she needed to make him feel guilty for being angry now. Why such a quick turn of tables? He was hating it, making him even more angry. The red light turned green and he resumed driving. Now that they were off the highway he better pay more attention to the road rather than let himself see the world in red. Unfaithful. It sounded like they were about to get married or something and that this kiss happened. He glanced at her again, a frown traced upon his face. "Don't talk like that." his tone was made of sharp cutting edges, as he wished that there could be a single red light that would last longer than any other so he could face her, watch the look on her face more intently. "If it was just an accident like you keep saying then there is nothing to talk about." he thought he had his self control in his pocket, that he would be able to hide the tonalities of his voice, the angry ones he shouldn't be having. He felt guilty for yelling at her after what they had gone through, but a part of him was wishing to simply evacuate all of it now, justifying his anger by this kiss rather than to think of it as a minor happening and move on. In his mind he thought, it sure must have been an enjoyable kiss since you both had the same lips in the end. Smeared in lipstick. He said nothing about it, but another thought had arisen. "Is that why Jacob is in the hospital right now? Did your 'mission' go downhill because of that 'accident'?" he was bitter in his words, and like karma coming back at him, all the lights were green.
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Post by Ruby Blackwood on Jan 6, 2016 16:09:30 GMT 2
"Dont talk like that." He said, and her brows cocked in a similar frown, yet hers was fueled by confusion rather than blind anger. "Like what?" The woman threw her question back at him, starting to pick up the bravery in his voice. "Alright then. The talk is over." Ruby closed her mouth, her jaws clenching sightly at how Max seemed to just love rising his voice for no reason. She just thought that he would probably like to know if something, as minor as this, had happened. Ruby would have appreciated the gesture, if Max happened to have kissed someone, meaning it or not. She always thought that finding out from the direct source was better than hearing about it a week later and having jealousy blooming in her chest. Her voice rose as well when she talked, but it was contained, determined to get this shitty discussion and his childlish acting done. Her blue eyes fixed on the window at her side, looking aimlessly as the night seemed to pass by too slow for Ruby's sanity. Then Max Madden continued his mini interrogation, and each time one of the two raised their voices, the puppy would look up at them, confused by the sudden change of waters. Max asked a question..to which Ruby couldnt really answer. She was unsure of the facts, but until that was proven, that she had jeopardized the mission, she would be fully convinced that the target was indeed trained to escape assassins. A detail both Jacob and herself thought that it should have been said in the contract. And sometimes, blaming the bad guy in all of this was better for your own mental sake too. "No, Max. Whoever gave Jacob this two-party mission was a son of a bitch. We considered the target to be some rich asshole, but he had training against any 'attempts'. He had the poison ready...I dont think this was some hate assignment..It does sound like a trap, but..I dont know.." She was too tired, too emotionally exhausted to stay and run through all the facts and decide if this was just another fail, or something deeply planned. Her elbow got placed against the car door again, and she held her forehead in her hand, closing her eyes for a second more to clear her mind. Only if Madden didnt start yelling again.
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Post by Max Madden on Jan 6, 2016 16:30:11 GMT 2
The car rolled, and Ruby explained herself. He was making things complicated by being angry and despite his anger still being there he was unable to focus it on anything for much longer. Except maybe the wheel, which he had been scraping his nails against, tugging at the leather and other materials in a way to relieve some of his frustration. He didn't want to be angry at Jacob or Ruby for this. But would it seem like he didn't care if he got angry? Accidents happen, those kind of things can happen too? It was confusing and hard to believe but he had to make an effort and look beyond his first line of thoughts. The truth was that Ruby and Jacob meant a lot to him, and that learning that something as insignificant as a kiss could have happened threw what seemed to be poison in the water. Finally a red light. They weren't far away from her house now, probably only a few blocks away. He leaned back into the seat and finally took the time to look at Ruby Blackwood. She didn't want him to be angry, he could see that. He looked out his own window for a moment before looking back at her. He took a deep breath, his face felt like it was carved in stone, unable to move from his frown and angry eyes. "I'm sorry." it felt like those words were a pain to get out. Why so prideful all of a sudden. "Thank you__for telling me." the pride in him was forbidding him to reach out for her hand. Lucius was looking at him, aware of his master's anger. "I shouldn't have yelled at you." the light turned green, and it took him a few seconds before he saw it and continued to drive. |
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Post by Ruby Blackwood on Jan 6, 2016 19:12:11 GMT 2
Ruby would have never thought that a seatbelt would be needed, not when Max was driving. But apparently, he had the potential needed to become a driver just as bad as she was. He kept driving like nothing happened, and the woman felt really tensed just because he was.
As they stopped at a red light, Ruby sighed, hoping he wont get even more unreasonable, or angry. She was surprised to hear an apology come out of his mouth instead of some more accusatory questions. Honestly she had no idea how to respond to this kind of Max, she was more prepared to fight with him than say sorry's and stuff. "Dont worry about it, Max. It's fine." Ruby responded in a genuine way, pursing her lips together in a understanding manner. "..I'm sorry for not being able to handle things better, in the waiting room." Blackwood apologised for her own meltdown, and ironically, her hands now on the puppy's pelt, went to his floppy ears, as if to avoid having hear how the mommy figure next to his two daddies was weak. Sometimes she treated pets like children, and for her it went unnoticed, but for others it might not. "And for yelling back." Finally she offered a small smile, with an amused huff, realising how both of them had acted childlish.
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Post by Max Madden on Jan 6, 2016 19:43:24 GMT 2
Those apology, that smile, everything she had done so far should be enough to knock out that anger and send him on a better path. But his mood was set and it was possible that there was no way for him to change it tonight. He wondered why she was sorry about her attitude in the waiting room. Wasn't it normal to be on edge when you weren't sure one of your best friends was going to get through the night or not? He didn't hold her responsible for any of that. It was a normal reaction and she shouldn't apologies for it. He would have snapped back at her and asked her to stop apologizing for everything, but that smile, that sweet smile she was giving him and he was able to notice because of the stop light that gave them a second to breath, collect shattered pieces. He couldn't smile back as much as a part of him wanted to. He kept on driving in silence until they arrived at Ruby's apartment. He parked as close of the building as he could and got out of the car to open Ruby's door. He could feel himself tensed, just wanting to dive into a warm bath to ease his muscles and joints after this stressful night. He waited for Ruby Blackwood to get out, making sure Lucius wasn't going to hop out with her. |
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Post by Ruby Blackwood on Jan 6, 2016 22:03:48 GMT 2
The rest of the ride was silent, not that there was much of it left anyway. Lucius seemed to have slowly regained his happy demeanor too, now that no one was yelling anymore and that no daggers were shot through their glares or thoughts. Ruby smiled at the puppy a few times, whenever he'd raise his head at her, and as the car stopped, she looked up, spotting the familiar surroundings. As Max exited the car, Red picked Lucius up and placed him on the driver's seat, a moment later her door being opened by a gentleman Madden. She exited the car as well, waving at the dog once and closing the door. She's walk up on the sidewalk and turn to look at Max Madden again, trying to achieve eye contact. "Thank you, Max. For..everything." Meaning the help, responding to her sudden phone call and coming as fast as he could without needed explications, for being there in her weak moments..for being her friend, and ultimately for understanding, as much as he did. She wished to pull him in an embrace, to express her gratitude, and maybe some hidden sentiment, but she'd be more than ok if he'd refuse her. And after that, she would wait until he was in his car again, before entering the building and going up to her apartment. A long shower would be waiting, and a blanket & pillow pile will be made on her bed. |
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Post by Max Madden on Jan 6, 2016 22:38:28 GMT 2
Ruby came out of the car, the cold breeze probably biting her skin. Max wondered why women rarely ever wore coats or some warmer layer over their dresses. As the door closed, Lucius put both of his paws on the edge of the window, looking at the two and barking slightly. Max looked at him, his eyes had softened a bit, so that when his eyes finally met Ruby's, he didn't appear to be as angry as before. He didn't want to scare her by being too angry. If he was, who knew how long it would take them to see each other again. Max knew Jacob would be the reason they would be reunited again, he wouldn't dare remain angry with Ruby if it meant not being able to see Jacob anymore. And stopping to see Ruby, it was a thought he only now considered. It would be stupid to throw their friendship and whatever else there was out the window because of something that happened. Something she claims didn't mean anything. It will be hard for Max to accept it all as it was, a feeling of betrayal reigned in his mind, corrupting his calm state and self control.
He then did what he was too prideful to do in the car, which was to take Ruby in his arms, letting her warm contact do so much more for him than simply brush away most of his anger. All of her guilt, it was enough for him to cut the angry tone and attitude, he couldn't mentally and physically remain her enemy, he couldn't remain that angry man that could let rage consume him over something as futile and childish as a kiss. It will take time for him to forget it happened, and maybe at some point he should attempt to sort it out with Jacob as well. But there was fear looming over his head, a fear that simply told him he didn't want to hear more about it. What was done was done. As he spoke his tone was calm again, the tension was nearly gone, and his muscles were tensing mostly because of the cold. His coat was still in the back of the car.
"Thank you for not letting Jacob die and for trusting me." he sighed and moved so he could see her face, putting a hand on her cheek. Now that he thought about it, he truly wished that he wouldn't have to see her cry again. Would any of the words he wanted to say to her make her even more guilty? He wanted to find a way to water them down, so she wouldn't. She felt guilty enough for tonight, he felt like he wouldn't be able to speak again. "I'm always here for both you and Jacob. Don't forget that." He wanted to say one last thing, but those last three words never came out, choking him from the inside.
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