Let Me Sing

Muse-ic to my ears

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help // camel & callie

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emotion-locomotion:

Camel was expecting the results, but the starkness of the blue and pink results against the white sticks was hard to stomach. She grabbed Callie’s hand. She felt like she was going to fall over. “Aunt Thalia?” she called out weakly.

Callie jumped as Thalia’s footsteps got closer and closer. She turned to face the door, holding tight to Camel’s hand. “Mom, we got an issue...” she began, Camel finishing it off with a question.

Thalia appeared in the doorway, confused. She glanced between the two of them, frowning, then she saw test in her niece’s hand and paled. “Oh dear,” she said, dropping her bag of art supplies and coming over, peering at the test. “Alright, hun, what happened?” she asked, one hand moving to Camel’s shoulder.

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help // camel & callie

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Camel sniffed. “Probably,” she joked. “Think your dad could get me a lawyer?” Her phone on the table went off and Camel flinched. She hadn’t expected the sound to come out of nowhere. She picked it up and switched off the timer. “Moment of truth,” she said, standing up. Like a kid, she took Callie’s hand and pulled her with her to the bathroom. One test had a pink plus sign, one had two lines, and the other simply said, in blue block letters, PREGNANT.

“Best in the country,” she assured with a nod. She pulled back at the noise, then followed her to the bathroom. Callie held her breath and peered over her friend’s shoulder, then flinched at the results. “...Yikes,” she whispered.

On the other side of the penthouse came the sound of the door opening and closing. “Callie I’m hoooomeeee,” Thalia sang out.

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help // camel & callie

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emotion-locomotion:

Camel turned and buried her face in Callie’s shoulder instead. “I know,” she said, her voice small. “I know I can. I just… I never wanted to have to do this.” She’d been on the pill since she was in high school. Her mom had put her on it so she’d never wind up in the position she was in now. “I’m really scared.”

Callie stroked her hair, frowning. “I’m sorry, Camel. You should sue,” she said, going to squeeze her tightly again. “Bet you could land a shit ton of money.” The redhead really had no idea what to do or say to comfort her friend at this point. She never even considered a situation like this would come up. Thalia had been remarkably strict about birth control once Callie had started seeing Hosea and she’d also been told time and time again to also use condoms, too. Callie had never been sure why the extra caution was so necessary but now she was starting to realize.

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help // camel & callie

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“Oh my god,” Camel said, her face tipping forward into her hands. She stayed there for several long moments, taking deep breaths. “I can’t do it. I can’t even tell him about it, much less have a baby with him. I can’t do it, Callie, I really can’t.” Her voice got more and more desperate as her words went on.

“Whoa, hey, it’s okay, Camel,” Callie said, leaning to grab her friend’s arms. “You don’t have to do anything, you know. You can get this taken care of easily! The beauty of being in the modern age and not in the 1950′s is that you don’t have to have a baby you don’t want.”

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help // camel & callie

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“I don’t know. I just have a bad feeling. A really, really bad feeling. The worst feeling.” She rubbed her face with her hands. “It’s not his fault. He’d feel really bad if he knew.” She’d been texting Donzel and had seen him a few times since they’d slept together, but they hadn’t done it again. “What am I supposed to tell him? Hey, I flirted with you for months and practically dragged you to bed and now I’m pregnant with your child, congratulations?”

“Well yeah, basically,” she said, nodding. “Any scrub who knocks you up should have to suffer just as well.” Callie had no sympathy for this unknown guy.

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help // camel & callie

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Camel had to laugh at the super sperm comment. “You’d like him. I like him. Only now he’s never going to want to sleep with me again, because I’m cursed.” She shrugged. “I took three tests, but I feel like I know. I’m three days late, and I’m never late, but I thought maybe it was just one of those things until I saw about the recall, and now I just… I don’t know. I can’t think straight.”

“Maybe your body just got confused because of the pill but you’re not actually knocked up,” she suggested. Callie had no idea how she would feel in Camel’s place. “I could kill him and make it look like a robbery and we could collect his life insurance and run away.”

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help // camel & callie

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Camel wrapped her arms around Callie’s middle like a helpless child. “And it was only once,” she said miserably. “Can you believe it? I’m on the pill, I have sex one time in a month, and… this happens.” How could she not even bring herself to say the p-word if that’s what she was? She was screwed. She was so, so, screwed.

“What kind of...super sperm...” she muttered out loud, squinting off into space. “I’ve never even met this turd friend of yours.” Callie squeezed her tightly before patting her back. “Whatever actually happens, ‘m here for you.”

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help // camel & callie

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Camel nodded and rushed inside to the master bathroom, leaving Callie clutching her phone. She pulled all three tests out of their boxes and did her best to follow the instructions before coming back out to Callie. Shakily, she took her phone back and set a timer for when the tests would be ready. All that done, she sat, her muscles tense. She had nothing left to take care of, but her adrenaline was still driving her up the wall. She bounced her leg and looked up at Callie. “Sorry for barging.”

Callie shuffled after her, anxious for her friend and still groggy and disoriented from her interrupted nap. She waited while Camel took the tests, then gave her a hug. “S’okay,” she said. “S’gonna be okay.”

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help // camel & callie

Camel pounded on Callie’s door. She knew she’d be home- it was early afternoon, and she hadn’t said anything about going anywhere. Besides, she couldn’t be out. Camel needed her. She needed her right now.

Callie opened the door, and before she had the chance to say anything, Camel shoved her phone into Callie’s face. On the screen was an email from her pharmacy, notifying her that her birth control pill was being recalled for lack of contraceptive effectiveness. In her other hand, Camel clutched a brown paper bag. Inside were three pregnancy tests, all different brands. “I slept with Donzel,” was all she managed to say. She wasn’t in tears, but her face was red, like she was preparing to be.

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Callie had been sleeping on the couch when she heard ferocious pounding on the door. It frightened her awake and she fell onto the ground, panicking with limbs flying about like a trapped animal.

It took a few moments before she figured out what was going on and was able to get to the door, opening it so that a just-as-panicked looking Camel was in her face. Callie leaned back, eyes wide, then leaned forward and squinted at the screen. “Uh oh,” she mumbled.

“No one else is home, you can use my parent’s bathroom.”

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Gimme A Job || Muse & Callie

[theoneandonlymuse]

“Hey Callie,” Tim greets. “How ya doin’?” Most of the artists here knew about Muse’s extended family. When they were young, they always brought amusement to the parlor.

He gestures to the back. “He’s drowning in paperwork. All business and math.”

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“Bored, as always,” Callie replied, brushing past the counter and heading towards the back. “He’s boring, glad I came,” she hummed. 

Callie burst into Muse’s office. “UNCOW MOOSE I NEED A JOB!”

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Gimme A Job || Muse & Callie

Archon was busy at school and she knew Camel was also probably busy with finals. So, she was alone. Hosea was off somewhere, probably with Vincent, and the girl had no want to hang out with her parents today.

A bored Callie was no good for anyone. So, she’d taken it upon herself to wander around town and visit her uncle Muse to see how he was doing and if he had anything fun around his shop for her to play with. 

The redhead pushed her way into the parlor, glancing around. “Uncle Muuuuusseeee?” she called.

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I’m so fuckin’ bored lately

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Roast // Callie and Hosea

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     An awkward still settled over the group as they ate, the sound of cutlery the only break in the silence.  Hosea took the opportunity to try and get the burning crimson on his cheeks to abate.  He spared a glance to Callie and smiled just briefly, worried that even the slightest show of affection might set her father off again.

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Callie sighed at the silence, unused to it. The tenseness made her squirm. Thankfully, her mother was great at keeping the conversation going. Thalia glanced at Archon as she took a break from her meal. “I’m going to a critics’ screening tomorrow for this new movie coming out soon, you want to be my plus one?” she asked her son, grabbing her glass of wine as she sat back in her chair.

The younger redhead looked at Hosea and grinned back at him, not caring if the prolonged instance of affection irritated Lucas.

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Roast // Callie and Hosea

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     Archon shrugged, ‘my grades are fine, my friends are fine, everyone else is an asshole.  Not much to report.’ He fiddled with his food, taking a few small bites.  Hosea got the sense that the boy was feeling ignored, a feeling that Hosea himself was all too familiar with.

     ‘Don’t worry man, it gets better after high school, I promise.’

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“Yeah, probably,” Callie said, glancing at Hosea. She had no idea how to bring him back into the conversation, so figured maybe she should just be quiet now.

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Can you cook?

i can microwave popcorn like nobody’s business

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Roast // Callie and Hosea

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seashells-and-loneliness:

     ‘All right, all right,’ Lucas said, waving a hand, ‘relax, I’ll lay off.  Please, sit down, both of you.’  Hosea, seeing his point was proven, sat slowly, going back to his roast.

     ‘Hosea,’ Lucas said, ‘you have to understand that Calypso is my daughter, my only daughter, so I’m naturally a little over-protective.  I apologise for my behaviour, I just don’t like the idea of my little girl dating already.

     ‘I can respect that, sir,’ Hosea said, garnering a little nod from Lucas, ‘but I think you need to understand and respect that your daughter is her own person, and perfectly capable of making her own choices.  I didn’t coerce her into anything.’

     ‘Can we please just move on?’ Archon piped up suddenly.  ‘Like, seriously, let’s just talk about anything but Callie and Hosea, at least until supper’s over.’

Callie reluctantly sat down, squinting at her father. She didn’t like being called a little girl anymore, but Hosea sprang to her defense quite nicely. In fact, she felt pretty proud of him. He was definitely going to be getting some intimate attention later. She smiled at him, grateful before she glanced at Archon, her smile turning into a smirk.

Thalia snickered and reached over to pat her son’s shoulder. “Anything interesting in school, kiddo?” she asked before finishing off her roast.

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Roast // Callie and Hosea

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seashells-and-loneliness:

     Hosea was feeling like he’d had enough.  He put a hand on Callie’s back looking over to his girlfriend with a facade of confidence and opened his mouth to speak.

     ‘So, do you want to go to your bedroom now then?’

Callie looked at him with surprise, then smirked. “Yes,” she said, standing abruptly. “C’mon, babe.” She grabbed his hand and tugged him up so they could leave the table.