[ She's quick to return the hug, though the force of it had made her wobble slightly at first. It's not hard to tell from this close that she's running a fever and she has to choke down a cough as she buries her face against Max's hair.
It doesn't matter how shitty she feels because this hug was exactly what she's been hoping for since she knocked on her door. She feels tears prickling in her eyes and does her best to keep them there. ]
At least you can't say I don't keep your life exciting.
[She lets out a huff of a laugh.] Exciting is one word for it.
[She pulls away, putting a hand against Chloe's forehead.] Angela said you'd have a flu. She's probably going to make you stay at her house.
[And a more serious look passes over her face.] Oh, uh... by the way. Apparently you're kind of a big shot. Whatever happened to just being medium popular? [She smiles briefly.] Tons of people are pissed off about what happened. Not at you. But... Angela's kind of been taking the brunt of it.
[A pause.] Angela and Eddie aren't all that happy either.
[ Chloe averts her eyes at that, wrinkling her nose slightly. ] Yeah. I'm expecting a lecture that's hella worse than even yours when she finally sees I'm back.
[ She feels a twist of knots in her stomach at the idea of Angela getting the anger taken out on her. It makes her frown, figuring she'll have to look it up to see just how bad it was. ]
I'm - I wouldn't say I'm popular. Just not hated as much as back home. [ She has a skewed idea of what popular is, okay. ] Why are they yelling at her, though? It's not like she's the one who shot me in the head.
[Hella worse than Max's? And here she thought she was being too hard on her...]
You are definitely popular. Do you have any idea how many people have dropped the whole "oh hey, you're Max, Chloe's friend" on me? [She grins, trying to keep this light. It also means that Chloe talks about Max to other people, which is... an interesting fact.
Her expression fades at Chloe's question.] ...They think she should've done more to prevent what happened. [She shakes her head.] But don't worry about it, okay? Worry about getting better. [She pushes gently on Chloe's stomach.] Come on, back to bed. I'll call Angela.
[ She wrinkles her nose, shrugging her shoulders wit a small smile on her face. ] Guess it's easier to make friends when no one knows your personal bullshit.
[ Don't worry about it. That's easy to say. She scratches her arm a little, not sure she can stop herself from being a little worried, and definitely makes a note to look into it later. She's not particularly happy to know Angela was dealing with so much shit on top of the grief she must be feeling. ]
Alright. [ She feels shitty enough to not argue. ] Just don't judge me too harshly if I end up puking in front of you.
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Date: 2018-12-31 04:40 am (UTC)It doesn't matter how shitty she feels because this hug was exactly what she's been hoping for since she knocked on her door. She feels tears prickling in her eyes and does her best to keep them there. ]
At least you can't say I don't keep your life exciting.
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Date: 2018-12-31 04:48 am (UTC)[She pulls away, putting a hand against Chloe's forehead.] Angela said you'd have a flu. She's probably going to make you stay at her house.
[And a more serious look passes over her face.] Oh, uh... by the way. Apparently you're kind of a big shot. Whatever happened to just being medium popular? [She smiles briefly.] Tons of people are pissed off about what happened. Not at you. But... Angela's kind of been taking the brunt of it.
[A pause.] Angela and Eddie aren't all that happy either.
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Date: 2018-12-31 10:23 pm (UTC)[ She feels a twist of knots in her stomach at the idea of Angela getting the anger taken out on her. It makes her frown, figuring she'll have to look it up to see just how bad it was. ]
I'm - I wouldn't say I'm popular. Just not hated as much as back home. [ She has a skewed idea of what popular is, okay. ] Why are they yelling at her, though? It's not like she's the one who shot me in the head.
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Date: 2018-12-31 10:40 pm (UTC)You are definitely popular. Do you have any idea how many people have dropped the whole "oh hey, you're Max, Chloe's friend" on me? [She grins, trying to keep this light. It also means that Chloe talks about Max to other people, which is... an interesting fact.
Her expression fades at Chloe's question.] ...They think she should've done more to prevent what happened. [She shakes her head.] But don't worry about it, okay? Worry about getting better. [She pushes gently on Chloe's stomach.] Come on, back to bed. I'll call Angela.
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Date: 2019-01-03 11:06 am (UTC)[ Don't worry about it. That's easy to say. She scratches her arm a little, not sure she can stop herself from being a little worried, and definitely makes a note to look into it later. She's not particularly happy to know Angela was dealing with so much shit on top of the grief she must be feeling. ]
Alright. [ She feels shitty enough to not argue. ] Just don't judge me too harshly if I end up puking in front of you.