Talking to Misty
[Henry]
Henry was confused by everything that he saw. It worried him and seeing Josh like that again made him want to find help. He wanted to make sure his grandmother was okay. He had never seen her shaken up before. Walking over to the door, he knocked on it. “Can I come in? It’s just me.”
[Misty]
Misty was in her office and watched as Waddles moved around playing with one of his toys. She lay on her couch before hearing someone knocking on the door. She sighed softly before sitting up. “Yes, come in.”
[Henry]
Henry opened the door and walked in. “Oh Waddles is here. It’s been a while since I have seen him.” He smiles at the penguin. “I wanted to apologize. I didn’t know that what Josh and I were doing would affect you like that. We didn’t plan on even doing that…I am sorry I got you in trouble with Papa.”
[Misty]
“Hm…it’s not your fault Henry.” Misty said, not really wanting to go in depth about him having sex with someone. “You didn’t do anything wrong. What happened wasn’t your fault and…me and your grandfather were already…he would have been mad even if things went well.”
[Henry]
“If I had known about the history between you and your friend I wouldn’t have asked for such a thing. You and him already what?” He asks as she trailed off.
[Misty]
“No, it’s good you asked. I wanted Dylan to know people can see good in him. I don’t want him to think everyone hates him.” She replied before seeing Waddles walk over to her and rest against her leg. “Nibs and I were already fighting. And that wasn't because of you.”
[Henry]
“Why would everyone hate him? What did he do?” He asks while looking at her as he sits down.
[Misty]
“Hm…” Misty trailed off as she wondered how much she should tell. It wasn’t her business mentioning Hope, so she just decided to focus on herself. “He and my father got together and did some really horrible things. They both hurt me in ways I…honestly he just hurt me. And because I fell in love with him while away from Nibs, that hurts him and he doesn’t like when we are alone together.”
[Henry]
“If he hurt you then why did you fall in love with him? That doesn’t make sense. Why were you and Papa not together? You two are always together? Dylan said something about true love being the only way to counter the alter personality…”
[Misty]
Waddles let out a displeased sound before Misty laughed, “Of course he did.” She smiled before looking at Waddles as she pet him, “I fell in love with him before everything happened. Things were really bad between us and I…I was mentally drained. Sometimes love isn’t easy. But it shouldn't be difficult.”
[Henry]
“Wait what? You fell in love with Dylan before he hurt you? You mean things were bad between you and Papa or you and Dylan? This is confusing. Does this mean unless I am his true love I can’t help him?”
[Misty]
“I don’t think I’m Dylan’s true love. I think I showed him what love is supposed to feel like. Which I guess was better than what Sam was doing.” Misty said before hearing his question. “Henry, me and your grandfather aren’t perfect. We weren’t always together. We both had different engagements. He had a child with someone else. He was bonded to someone else. I lived with someone else. But, if it’s real it will happen. If you and Josh are real then I am sure you can help him.”
[Henry]
“I know you two weren’t always together but you found each other because you are soulmates and imprints right? How do I know if it is real? What if he finds someone else?” He asks.
[Misty]
“Yes, we are and I wish I could tell you that love is easy and that you aren’t going to be challenged, I can’t. It’s real because they are the people you think about. When it hurts to breathe when they aren’t around. When you rather them be happy, then you. And there’s always a chance you will meet someone else, but if it’s real they will come back. But you can’t stop him from his journey.”
[Henry]
“Well I don’t want to stop him on his journey that would be selfish of me. I want him to be happy and I don’t know how happy he is with this other personality inside of him.” He tells her.
[Misty]
“He hates it. He doesn’t like the way he talks to you when he is that other person. He hates seeing the people he loves hurt by stuff he can’t control saying.” Misty told him. “He just wants to be himself again. And he is scared you are scared away.”
[Henry]
“How do you know all this? Why would he think he is scaring me away? I wouldn’t have offered to help him if I was being scared away.” He says while thinking about it.
[Misty]
“I went to his house. The perks of being a queen, you know where everyone lives.” She joked slightly. “If I let every horrible thing someone said about me affect me I wouldn’t be here. I wanted to make sure he was okay. He was apologetic of course, but mostly sad. That he was losing you.”
[Henry]
“Why would he think that he is losing me? I haven’t done anything to show him that he is losing me? In fact, the other day I told off his other personality so it doesn’t scare me.” He says before hearing the door opening and seeing one of the baby penguins waddling in and squawking at Waddles.
[Misty]
“Sometimes with Dylan, he would think that I would leave because of the things his other side would say to me. Or because his other side was pushing me away, he would think I hated him. I think Josh is young and scared and the only person he has to help him is you. And that is a lot of pressure for both of you.”
[Henry]
“That’s what I wanted to see if he could talk to your friend to see if he could help him with it. I don’t want him to feel alone in this. I know his parents don’t even think it is a real thing. They just ignore it. So then what did you do to show him that you weren’t going anyway?”
[Misty]
“Um….yeah you know you don’t have to do everything I did Henry. Something you can do…on your own okay?” She said before looking away from the boy at the penguins.
[Henry]
“Yes, but I need an idea of what I should be doing. Shouldn’t I? I don’t want to risk messing this up for him or making it worse.” He tells her as the little penguin kept squawking at Waddles for attention.
[Misty]
“I truly don’t think your parents would be happy if I told you what I did Henry.” She said hoping he would just get the hint and drop the question.
[Henry]
“I really don’t get it. If you are hinting at something. I don’t know what you are hinting at.” He tells her honestly. “Why would they not be happy? Is it because they don’t like Dylan or because of something else?”
[Misty]
“Henry….Nibs has ears everywhere. Sometimes I can’t really talk about everything.” She teased slightly before standing. “I don’t even think the way I helped Dylan would help Josh.”
[Henry]
“What? So you just aren’t going to tell me? Oh come on you can’t just say that and then not tell me. How did you help him? Was it being his girlfriend or something?” He asks in confusion.
[Misty]
“Henry, really it’s not…I do have meetings.” She said moving to close her door before Nibs could hear anything. “I just have things to do you know.”
[Henry]
“You are not making any sense right now. Just tell me and I can let you do whatever it is you need to do. Either that or I will just go ask Dylan myself then and see what he tells me.” He shrugged as he got up.
[Misty]
“No, would you…Henry. I said no. And you can’t go to Dylan because I told your mom who you saw so unless you want your mom to kill someone, I would just leave it alone and figure out your own way to help Josh.”
[Henry]
“Was it sex or something?” He asks. “Was it dates or cuddling? What was it?” He asks as he groans not knowing what it was.
[Misty]
Misty sighed as she rubbed her temples, “You are just like your mom when she was younger.” Misty said before looking at him and walking over to him. “Henry, you are a smart boy. You will figure it out.”
[Henry]
He scrunched his nose as he thought about it. “I will ask mom, maybe she would know then that way you don’t get in trouble.” Henry smiles before heading to the door.
[Misty]
“Your mom definitely doesn’t know, but you do that. I am sure everything will work itself out honey.” Misty told him.
[Henry]
“Well it’s not like I can fuck the other personality out of him. That is when it comes out the most.” He was thinking to himself out loud. “You said you would help me. This isn’t helping. You won’t tell me the answer.” He pouts.
[Misty]
“You should ask Nibs. He had a demon in him and he went to his boyfriend for help so, I am sure he could help too.” Misty smiled. “Go to him.”
[Henry]
“Now you want me to ask Papa? Maybe Uncle Stiles knows…A demon is different from a different personality. You can at least be conscious of what you are doing if you have a demon in you, but you can’t fight it. Whereas a different personality is something that happens unconsciously so there really isn’t a way to fight it.”
[Misty]
“Hm that’s not true, you know Nibs is like down the hall. I can even call him for you. He also has great advice since he also got rid of a demon with his boyfriend so I think he could help. And also you do know Dylan didn’t just have some random other side, it was a demon too so if you didn’t want that advice why ask me?”
[Henry]
“Okay I think I should go now. I don’t know what you are saying and my head is starting to hurt so I will just go. And how would I know that Dylan had a demon in him too? No one tells me these things and just acts like I should magically know them. I thought Peter was the one with the demon. Are you telling me this thing travels around?”
[Misty]
“That doesn’t sound like your mom at all. Your dad, maybe. But I am sure your mom definitely would have told you since I think everyone who knows her knows how she feels about…” Misty stopped as she saw her phone light up. “Um yeah, nevermind. Just go home Henry. Talk to your Uncle if you want. I will see you later.”
[Nibs]
Nibs was confused why Misty’s door was locked before he quickly unlocked it with his magic. He heard her phone going over and saw her getting it before noticing Henry was there. “Are you okay after what happened the other day?”
[Henry]
Henry was about to walk out the door before it opened on its own. He heard Nibs’ words and nodded his head. “I was just about to leave. I have to go and do something…Bye.” He said before leaving.
[Misty]
Misty picked up her phone before seeing Nibs walk in. “Nibs, can I talk to you later? I just need to answer this real quick.” She said before seeing Henry leaving.
[Nibs]
“What do you mean talk to me later? What is more important than us having Lunch together hm? Who is the jerk on the phone then? Tell them you will call them back later.” He says as he walks over to her.
[Misty]
“I didn’t know you would be done with your meeting so fast.” She said before looking at Nibs. “It will only take a second and I will meet you in the garden okay?” She told him. “I will meet you there.”
[Nibs]
“Mhm that doesn’t answer my question. Who are you on the phone with?” He asks as he stops her from answering the phone as he took it and held it above her head. “You know what you have to do in order to get it back princess.” He smirked.
[Misty]
Misty watched as Nibs took her phone and held it above her head. “Why do you have to be so tall?” She asked as she tried reaching for her phone. “No? What do I need to do?”
[Nibs]
Nibs snapped his fingers so the phone disappeared. “You need to tell me who was calling you and why you are blowing off our lunch to talk to them, that is what.” He tells her, “Otherwise, I don’t see a need for you to have a phone really.”
[Misty]
Misty saw him snapping his fingers and just sighed as she heard his words, “Nibs…it’s…you know…I…” Misty couldn’t really find the right words before hearing her assistant call her name. “I have to go. I will talk to you later.” She said before leaving.