Taylor had been so lost in thought of last year in the summertime when she'd first come down and how her and her (at the time) new-found friends spent most of their days down at the lake. Nothing around her seemed to really bother her while she was so lost in nostalgia. It had been a long year and a half, but she knew there'd still be time for more memories.
Well, assuming they didn't all get murdered, that is. Sadie in the back was smacking her tail up against the backseats when she could see Josh on his way back over but Taylor hadn't even noticed. It wasn't until he'd slid into his seat and shut the door that she finally came to.
"Liv invited us over, you wanna come?"Taylor turned to watch Liv's car disappear out of the lot before she turned back to address Josh's question. She smiled playfully and teased,
"Oh yeah, so we can go over and she can plan our wedding date, right?" Taylor smirked at that, shaking her head to look back into the direction Liv had disappeared.
"Yeah, I'd be down to go. I just.." Normally Taylor wasn't one to speak her mind, but it seemed to come a bit too easily with Josh.
"I hope she lays off the jokes. Kinda gets old after a while." Taylor offered Josh a small, shy smile.
After a few moments of silence, Taylor went on,
"Question is, do you want to go over to Oli's house." At that, she teasingly nudged his arm with hers, looking over at him with a smirk.
Location: Red Mountain // Abandoned Silver Mine
Interactions: Finley {
@FantasyChic } ; Gwen {
@Morose }
Declan grit his teeth and dug his fingers into the gravel, closing his eyes tightly. Partially in pain as well as in..fear? Taking a moment, he lets out a deep sigh and slowly gets up, dusting himself off. He looked at the girls and was about to begin explaining when Finley blurted out her secret.
"I can see the future!"Declan raised an eyebrow at that.
You gotta be kidding me, right? He stood there, slowly crossing his arms with a neutral expression on his face. She continued to go on about how exactly these
visions worked. Quite honestly, it seemed far-fetched to Declan, but for her to go into such detail and, well... he was a werewolf. How crazy could a future seer be? While still facing Finley, he glanced at Jenna out of the corner of his eyes, pressing his lips into a firm, thin line.
What could you possibly be hiding, Jenna? So many things ran through his mind. Even
werewolf like himself, but of course it was quickly dismissed when the thought of her being unaffected by the mine. He narrowed his eyebrows as he continued to think, having been lost in thought half the time Finley was explaining herself. Not intentionally, of course. Normally he'd give both the girls his undivided attention, but right now he was a bit lost. Suddenly he was brought back when his attention was most needed.
"So now that I spilled, what the fuck is going on with your hands? And why the fuck were we put in this fricken' goose chase to find you?"This time Declan looked at Jenna before looking back at Finley. He'd almost all but forgotten that Jenna had been dodging them and their questions of her true whereabouts. It wasn't a major concern of his anymore. The fact was, it was too easy to forgive his friends. His face was bright red right now. Not because he was embarrassed, but because what he was about to say was something he never thought he'd tell anyone. Especially the girls. Knowing this, he felt, would be more of a burden than not knowing. He hoped the girls wouldn't freak out. He really hoped that they wouldn't laugh, either. This was probably the most serious moment in the last 19 years he'd been alive. And most likely would be the most serious one in life
ever.
With a long inhale, Declan just... let it out.
"Werewolf. I'm.. a werewolf."He slowly laced his fingers behind his neck and turned around, pacing away a few steps before turning back, his eyes closed and teeth grit tightly. If the tone of his voice wasn't reassuring enough of how serious he was, the look on his face should have been, but he decided to sweeten the deal.
"If you don't believe me, I can-" Declan swallowed hard and muttered through his teeth,
"I can show you." He let out his breath heavily, opening his eyes to exchange looks with his friends. His eyes soft and vulnerable, he continued,
"I never told you guys because, well why would you need to know? I mean, we tell each other everything for the most part but that... that's not meant to be something that people actually believe in, let alone live out as a reality. It's a curse! And anyone who has to carry around the burden of knowing it is as much at risk as the infected. Me, in this case." He dropped his hands hard, letting them clap against his sides as he slipped them into his athletic pants. Declan bit down on his lower lip, a very uncommon thing to see Declan do. It made him look like a small child waiting for their parents to yell at them knowing they'd done something wrong to deserve punishment.
In a much softer tone, Declan spoke up again,
"Just please... don't tell anyone." his shoulders slumped in defeat, unable to take back what had already been said and already having waded too far into the knee-deep shithole he'd gotten himself in, he was done trying to lie.
