Room 502 | Morning | Monday | September 12

[therewaslife]

Bod was awake. He was awake and fully aware but he was pretending he wasn't awake. If he stayed asleep, he'd stop remembering shoving Kate and accusing her of stealing his memories (really?) right before he'd gone into town and hit someone with a rock. That had led to pushing poor Juliet off the roof and Bod just wanted to die. He wanted to curl up and die and he wanted the blankets act as a shield so no one could see him.

Bod really missed the days when this sort of island weirdness decided to skip him and leave him normally. He knew his luck was due to run out some day and apparently this past weekend had been that day. Bod moaned and pulled the blankets up and over his head. His blanket fort would protect him.

He couldn't even really say it was unfair since he wasn't the only one dealing with all these memories and even if he was sure that Juliet was fine and Kate was fine and everyone was fine (though embarrassed and exhausted), it didn't really help him get his focus back. He would just stay under his blankets and sulk.

Sulking was a good plan...until he had class.

[Door closed, post open if anyone's looking for him.]

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[vanillajello]

Kate wasn't really looking for him. She hoped he'd be in his room and not some random place in town. And if he was in the dorms, then she couldn't really come find him, and so calling him became the first order of business after leaving the graveyard.

[therewaslife]

Bod let his phone ring at least ten times before he reached over and brought it under his blanket with him. The name on the display wasn't a surprise but he was still nervous.

"Hullo?" he asked, sounding quieter than usual.

[vanillajello]

Kate got mildly annoyed when he kept her waiting, but that seemed to fade away once she actually heard his voice.

"Hi," she breathed. "You okay?"

[therewaslife]

"I've made a nest in my blankets," he said, sighing and closing his eyes. "So, I don't think I am, no. Are you all right?"

[vanillajello]

"Probably not," she admitted, quietly. "But, I'm normal. No more crazy Kate. Everything seems... back to normal."

Well, except for whatever had happened with the island, but she really hadn't paid much attention to that.

[therewaslife]

"I hope so." Bod winced and closed his eyes, concentrating on her voice. "I pushed someone off the roof. I hope she's all right."

[vanillajello]

"Well, as someone who got killed last night and is just fine today," Kate drawled, "I'm sure she's okay."

Probably not the best way to tell him about that, but she was tired.

[therewaslife]

"Y-you were killed last night?" Bod repeated slowly, trying not to panic about that because he could hear that she was fine. "I'm...I'm sorry. I don't know what else to say. I'm sorry."

[vanillajello]

"Jack was a vampire," she told him with a sigh. "And I let him turn me."

Yeah.

[therewaslife]

"Is there anything I can do?" Bod asked, forgetting about his own moodiness for the moment. "Anything?"

[vanillajello]

"I'm fine, Bod," Kate assured him. "I'm just... really tired. Really, really tired. And sore. I slept in a mausoleum."

[therewaslife]

"Are you angry with me?" he wondered, frowning. "I'm sorry I put my hands on you like I did. I am."

[vanillajello]

"Did you not hear that one of my friends killed me last night?" she asked, attempting wryness. "I'm not angry with anyone. Least of all you, Bod."

[therewaslife]

"I'm angry with myself," he admitted, closing his eyes tightly and shaking his head. "I didn't like what happened this weekend. I wish I could forget it entirely. I wish I could take it back."

He knew he hadn't had control but it was still hard to deal with right now.

[vanillajello]

"I know," Kate murmured, trying to soothe over the phone because it was easier for her to concentrate on what was wrong with him if she had to choose between that and her own issues. "But you're so not the only one feeling like that right now. It'll pass."

[therewaslife]

"I know. I'm just not used to this," he said, sighing and rubbing his eyes. "Have you left the island? Are you back in Kansas?"

[vanillajello]

"I haven't left yet," she told him, shaking her head even if he couldn't see. "But I'm gonna, soon. They were expecting me home last night."

[therewaslife]

"You can blame your lateness on me if you haven't already," Bod offered lightly. "I'm sure they'd believe I was too smitten with you to let you go that easily."

[vanillajello]

"I'm pretty sure they already think that," Kate shared, trying for a smile. "If fandom hadn't interfered in its patently shitty way, it could have easily been true, too."

[therewaslife]

"It could have," he said and sighed. "I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to see you before you left. I didn't know you were coming and then this weekend happened and now you're departing."

[vanillajello]

"It was supposed to be a surprise," she sighed. "But then it took me forever to get here, so I just went to the mixer, and then I crashed at Mitchell's, and then... Flight attendant."

[therewaslife]

"Your uniform was quite nice," Bod replied quietly, shrugging. "From what I remember, you looked very professional. I would have been impressed if I'd been in my right mind."

[vanillajello]

"Wasn't my uniform," Kate pointed out, equally quiet. "Or, you know, Katherine's. It was Vicki's."

[therewaslife]

"I know," he said and sighed into the phone. "I was just trying to find a bit of a silver lining for the both of us. Just something to make us both smile in the hopes of starting to get past all this."

[vanillajello]

"Well, that failed," she replied lightly, wryly. "Sorry. I didn't mean to stomp on your silver lining."

[therewaslife]

"All right," Bod said, nodding and closing his eyes. "So, I'll just...I'll try to do better next time if there's a silver lining to be found. I apologize."

[vanillajello]

"No, don't," Kate replied immediately. "Don't apologize. You have nothing to apologize for. I love you. You're gonna visit again soon, right?"

[therewaslife]

"I'll visit whenever you'd like me to visit," Bod promised, nodding. "So, yes. Definitely. I'll visit soon, I promise."

[vanillajello]

"And it'll be awesome," she sighed. "The most relaxing time you could possibly hope for."

Or at least she hoped it would be.

[therewaslife]

"I could really use it," he replied, nodding and closing his eyes. "I want nothing more than to just close the door to our room, turn the lights off and just...just do whatever we'd like to do with each other."

[vanillajello]

Kate huffed out a very quiet, very faint laugh. "Is it wrong that all I can think to do in a scenario like that right now is just to put on the most comfortable clothes possible and just sleep?"

[therewaslife]

"It's not," he said, shaking his head. "It sounds like a wonderful idea, honestly. I slept here last night, in my bed, but it wasn't a very comfortable sleep at all. I feel like I slept for perhaps an hour."

[vanillajello]

"And I slept like I was dead." For obvious reasons. "Really uncomfortable. I'm sore all over."

[therewaslife]

"Are you sure you don't need my help for anything?" wondered Bod, frowning when he heard that. "I hate to know you're feeling so bad."

[vanillajello]

"No, I'm fine, really, I am." Be a little less convincing, Kate. "I'm just gonna go home and, you know, take a nice long bath or something."

[therewaslife]

"Would you tell me if you needed me right now?" Bod asked quietly, frowning. "I know you're not fine. I just don't know how not fine you are."

[vanillajello]

"I don't know what to ask for, Bod," she sighed, rubbing the bridge of her nose. "Okay? You know I suck at that."

[therewaslife]

"That's not -- " Bod shut his mouth and shook his head. "I understand. I won't ask you again. I just thought I'd offer."

[vanillajello]

"Don't say that," she murmured, again, not really even knowing why she did. "I'm sorry. I do need you, I always need you, but just... I just don't wanna take you away from your... other stuff."

[therewaslife]

"I'm hiding under my blankets," Bod reminded her quietly, shaking his head. "I don't have any other stuff right now but if you'd like to be alone, that's fine. You can just say that."

[vanillajello]

"I got coffee with Jack," Kate said, because it was about the only thing she could find to say. She didn't know if she wanted to be alone or not, so touching on that subject was out of the question. "I'll be fine."

[therewaslife]

"All right," he said, doing a valiant job of doing his voice nice and calm there. "I'll speak with you soon then, all right? Take care of yourself."

[vanillajello]

"You too," she murmured, quietly. "Love you."

[therewaslife]

"I love you too," he said quietly before hanging up and going back to pretending to sleep under his shield of blankets.