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Instead of arguing, Jessica just says-
"Okay. I will." But it feels weird to do so. After they hang up, Jessica sighs deeply. Relieved. Overwhelmed. She looks at Marian to see how she is feeling.
"Me either. Thank fuck..." She hugs her and steps away from the counter. She says thanks to Tom for the use of the phone and she lingers around the aisles.
"We can get some food and drink. What do we do next? Get a bus or taxi or?" Jessica has a flood of ideas.
"Thank you so much, Arthur. You're a lifesaver. We really appreciate it." She is so relieved. She reaches to hold Marian's hand and can't help but smile. Plans and ideas run through her head. They could get food now, a ride, and travel to Marian's family. Relief floods her body entirely and she silently thanks the universe.
Instead of arguing, Jessica just says-
"Okay. I will." But it feels weird to do so. After they hang up, Jessica sighs deeply. Relieved. Overwhelmed. She looks at Marian to see how she is feeling.
Jessica tells him everything he would need and feels a lot of relief but also anxious to get the money quickly, which she completely conceals.
She stands close to Marian so that maybe they both might be able to listen.
"Thank you so much, Arthur. You're a lifesaver. We really appreciate it." She is so relieved. She reaches to hold Marian's hand and can't help but smile. Plans and ideas run through her head. They could get food now, a ride, and travel to Marian's family. Relief floods her body entirely and she silently thanks the universe.
Jessica nods and takes the phone. Ready to give any information that may be needed. She also can't help but say hello and express her gratitude. It feels oddly comforting to be able to call a parent for help, even if it isn't her own, as she no longer has parents to call. She feels a wave of emotions. The man at the counter taps his watch and she nods, being more concise now.
Jessica tells him everything he would need and feels a lot of relief but also anxious to get the money quickly, which she completely conceals.
She stands close to Marian so that maybe they both might be able to listen.
Jess smiles, pretty excited and relieved for help. It sounded like things were going their way. Jessica silently thinks of how grateful she is and sighs. Though she would feel way better when they actually had the money.
Jessica nods and takes the phone. Ready to give any information that may be needed. She also can't help but say hello and express her gratitude. It feels oddly comforting to be able to call a parent for help, even if it isn't her own, as she no longer has parents to call. She feels a wave of emotions. The man at the counter taps his watch and she nods, being more concise now.
"Yeah, pretty much all I have is my wallet." She always keeps it in her pocket along with a rescue inhaler and a now useless old house key.
She pulls out her wallet and she has her ID, old debit card, and old receipts bulking up her wallet.
"I have my ID and my old debit card but it's empty."
Jess smiles, pretty excited and relieved for help. It sounded like things were going their way. Jessica silently thinks of how grateful she is and sighs. Though she would feel way better when they actually had the money.
Jessica hurries to Tom and asks. He gives the address. She hurries back and says it to Marian.
"The Roadside Gas." She says at the end. She wonders how far they are from Simon and the... compound. Jessica smiles, this felt like a very good sign.
"Yeah, pretty much all I have is my wallet." She always keeps it in her pocket along with a rescue inhaler and a now useless old house key.
She pulls out her wallet and she has her ID, old debit card, and old receipts bulking up her wallet.
"I have my ID and my old debit card but it's empty."
Mari nodded and scooped up Jameson as Riley spoke with Florence. She bit down the order for Florence to get her ass up already. They'd had a hard night. Holding Jameson in her arms, she followed Riley out of the door. "Waffle, right." Hunter might be all over making Florence a ton of waffles just to practice with the maker.
She glanced at Riley's back again, quiet. "I just hope dream you isn't going to spend his nights attacking you."
"I feel like dream me would get bored of that quickly." Unless he was set on killin' me.
Riley looks around. The nature is eye catching and much nicer than the places they have been before.
Arthur sighed again. "All right, where are you?"
Marian opened her mouth, hesitated, then closed it again. She wasn't sure where they were anymore. She looked over at Jessica, frowning. "Where are we?"
Jessica hurries to Tom and asks. He gives the address. She hurries back and says it to Marian.
"The Roadside Gas." She says at the end. She wonders how far they are from Simon and the... compound. Jessica smiles, this felt like a very good sign.
"I..." Marian ran her free hand through her hair. "It's complicated."
"Complicated how?"
Marian almost said Arthur wouldn't believe her if she told him, but she managed to keep that to herself. "I might have attacked him when he started threatening people with the prison stuff." Technically, he had been threatening her specifically, and she had tried to strangle somebody, first. And she managed to burn him in the process. Arthur didn't need all of that, though.
The silence over the phone stretched out long enough for her to start fidgeting. At long last, Arthur sighed heavily into the receiver. "Did you escape with this prison exploded?"
Marian shook her head, but it was hard to tell with the rest of her shaking so hard. "I did my time. It wasn't that long."
"And what about Jessica? Is she still around after you put her through all of that?"
Marian actually breathed a laugh. "For some reason, yeah." She was pretty sure she couldn't run Jessica off if she tried. She reached out to pat Jessica's back. Marian resisted adding that Jessica wasn't so quick to drop people like her parents had been years ago.
Arthur grunted in response. "You on probation?"
"I technically was, but that's probably what saved us. He put us out on the edges of the community, so we were a ways away when things went south."
He was quiet again, but when he spoke, his voice had lost its edge. "Are you okay?"
"We're fine." They had been injured, but those seemed mostly healed on their own. "We're just...homeless now. And we can't go back. I don't know what Simon will do if we show up there again after leaving this time."
"So, you need to come home, I guess?" He paused again. "Can you afford that, or do you need help getting here?"
Marian relaxed so viscerally that she started shaking again. Her shoulders dropped, and she closed her eyes. "I hate asking, but we need help, yeah."
Jessica feels Marian pat her back and forces in a breath. She gives a small, forced smile of reassurance, trying to bury her anxiety with her hope. She holds Marian's arm gently as her back is patted and takes a deep breath. She nearly gasps when Marian says they need help. Jessica looks completely alert. Wide eyed and hopeful, now trying to read Marian's face and reactions. She clenches her fists tightly and presses them to her chest, leaning her chin on her knuckles. Stressed but hoping as hard as she can.
"True..." He nods. He stops scratching but now fidgets his leg. He is itchy.
"Should we get back to breakfast? Hunter's probably wondering where we went." He smiles at Jameson, wiggling a finger in his direction playfully.
"Yeah, I'm good, fuck it." He smiles and gets ready to go. On the way out he looks at Florence.
"We're gonna get some breakfast. You want me to bring you back anything? Oatmeal? A waffle? Hm?" He asks softly. Florence gently nods.
"Waffle." She says quietly. He smiles and nods.
"You got it."
Then he heads to the door. He opens it for Mari.
Jessica reaches for her hand at the same time and squeezes hard in return. He closes her eyes a moment, not quite praying. More trying to will the Universe for this to go in their favor. Any backup plans are cleared from her mind as she hopes, hard, for this to work. She watches Marian.
Jessica nods as Marian says that the place became not exactly safe, relieved anyone even answered in the first place. The phone is a bit too muffled for her to hear anything so far.
Her eyes go a little wide and her lips part from her slightly dropped jaw as Marian tells him about the whole prison part, she is slightly shaking her head without even realizing.
Jessica's jaw is fully dropped as she continues on and she is slightly in a state of disbelief at this display of the whole truth and nothing but the truth. She hears Marian's father say her name so loud that she can hear it and she instinctually covers her mouth, in a bit of shock that Marian said all of that. She puts her hands on her knees and leans her head down, mostly to catch her breath and put thoughts together for a back up plan. She has no idea how this is going to go and some of her hope has turned into shock and horror.
It feels like a big deviation from what she expected. Her hope feels more like a thread now. But she is still hopeful. Out of anxiety, she stops trying to listen and is more inclined to ask for an update after and to let her mind zone out. But she can't help but look at Marian. A bit confused and perplexed.
That was small comfort, but it wasn't nothing. Marian had been completely alone the first time. It was how she fell in with Viper. Taking a deep breath, Marian set her empty water cup down and dialed the number with trembling fingers. As it rang, Marian snagged Jessica's hand and squeezed hard.
Jessica reaches for her hand at the same time and squeezes hard in return. He closes her eyes a moment, not quite praying. More trying to will the Universe for this to go in their favor. Any backup plans are cleared from her mind as she hopes, hard, for this to work. She watches Marian.
Mari had to flex her fingers to stop herself from grabbing Riley's hand. "Stop scratching it for a second." She fidgeted with her fingers, glancing at Jameson again. The last thing she wanted to do was pick a fight with Riley over how capable they were, so she didn't point out that Gane had fed the day before. "We survived before Salvi. We'll make it now."
"True..." He nods. He stops scratching but now fidgets his leg. He is itchy.
"Should we get back to breakfast? Hunter's probably wondering where we went." He smiles at Jameson, wiggling a finger in his direction playfully.
"Oh yeah, of course. Of course. Parents should be you. Cashier can be me." She smiles pretty big and walks up to the counter. Her voice is very hopeful and cheery.
"Hi! I'm sorry to bother you, I was just wondering if we could use your phone? It will only be for a minute-" The man has a pretty blank expression as he points to a phone down the counter on the end. He is a bit heavy set, a pale round face and short curly hair, facial hair that has grown in patchy. He has a nametag that says 'TOM'
"Thank you sooo much, Tom!" She sounds relieved. Not pushing her luck or questioning it, Jessica walks down to take the phone off its cradle. She looks at Marian, ready to hand it over and if permitted, listen in.
Jessica hears that and feels kind of bad for Marian. She reaches to gently squeeze her arm.
"You didn't deserve that." She says softly and smiles at her. "I'm gonna have faith. That it's gonna go really well. I believe in you. We've got each other..." She reassures and then looks at the phone, quieting herself so Marian can make the call.
"Not if we ain't got any. Unless Gabe wants to do his whole poof thing. Did Salvi say how long he'd be gone? Feels weird... not having him here. He always feels like some kind of back up if we have an emergency." He glances at Jameson. Then his eyes snap back to Mari.
"I just don't like not having him here. He's like our backup, you know? He's actually like... dedicated. Florence is coming around, slow, but she can't help us if anything happened. I don't think anyway. And then Gabe..." He worries she will say some form of 'don't start' so he doesn't go there. He knows that she knows all too well how he feels about Gabe.
"Anyway. Just feel... safer when he's here I guess." He winces and reaches to itch that cut again.
"That makes sense..." She nods in return.
"Okay. Let's do it. Want me to do the talking?" She asks quietly as she starts to turn her body in the direction they would need to walk.
She wouldn't be too anxious to ask, and she didn't mind.
"Oh yeah, of course. Of course. Parents should be you. Cashier can be me." She smiles pretty big and walks up to the counter. Her voice is very hopeful and cheery.
"Hi! I'm sorry to bother you, I was just wondering if we could use your phone? It will only be for a minute-" The man has a pretty blank expression as he points to a phone down the counter on the end. He is a bit heavy set, a pale round face and short curly hair, facial hair that has grown in patchy. He has a nametag that says 'TOM'
"Thank you sooo much, Tom!" She sounds relieved. Not pushing her luck or questioning it, Jessica walks down to take the phone off its cradle. She looks at Marian, ready to hand it over and if permitted, listen in.
