Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2014 11:00:05 GMT -8
Pain demands to be felt, she knew that. Fiona had always had a pretty good threshold for pain, something that was tested over the Christmas holidays. God, she hated it. Why did it have to be in the middle of dinner, surrounded by a family who were, at the kindest, indifferent towards her? Well, except her father. That much wasn’t new; he hardly ever saw them.
The worst part was being incapable of any bodily control; she’d writhed and screamed and tried so hard not to. Damian took her to St Mungo’s himself, a sentiment that brought tears to her eyes, but he’d probably not known the difference as they mingled with the others. The girl had stayed there for a while and, in all honesty, missed school. She wondered whether anyone missed her; whether Damian did.
As bad as that pain had been, the subtle hatred towards her that she sometimes witnessed in Damian’s eyes hurt far worse.
She should have said nothing. She should have pretended to fall into the purist ways of her family but she couldn’t. Her stomach turned at their so called civil conversation, even at Christmas... During Fi’s weeks in St Mungo’s, she’d had time to think over her mysterious ailment and there was only one conclusion she could arrive at; it was Christmas, which meant presents, from her, the only bloodtraiter’s, family... She’d heard of cursed objects before but the thought that she’d received one from her family... For simply not hating people... She needed herself to be wrong about this one.
Fiona hoped Damian was in. She’d asked, and as he was far more popular than she was, one or two people pointed her in the direction they thought they’d last seen him. She knocked gently on the door. Tap tap tap. “Damian?” she asked, unsure.
tagged: DAMIAN SEBASTIAN LOCKE
notes: hope you don't mind! thought we needed some, er, well-needed sibling time.
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