“Aurora,” Lorcán called, his eyes slowly opening, no longer seeing the dark forest but rather the white lights of the infirmary, “I love you, Aurora.”
“Whoa, buddy!” He heard Cass call, his cousin was always one to ruin a tender moment. “About time you woke up.”
Suddenly Aurora’s smiling face was over him and Lorcán smiled back, struggling to move his hand to wipe away the tears he saw forming in the corners of her eyes, tears that were no doubt for him.
“It’s a miracle.” She breathed, placing her hand near him. It was surreal, this moment, this second chance he was given, they were given. And she definitely wasn’t going to waste it.
“It wasn’t a miracle,” Lorcán explained, patting his hand forward until he found Aurora’s, his eyes still firmly shut. She relished in the familiar warmth of his skin.
“Amma came in here in the middle of the night,” He continued and Aurora leaned in closer. Lorcán coughed slightly before he continued speaking.
“Amma. She did something to help.”
Aurora’s eyes went wide, shock etched on her features.
"I-I..." She stammered, her eyes instantly beginning to water. With a sniffle, she managed to speak coherently. "You should go get Tori and Aiden, tell them he's awake. Ripley too."
"I need a minute."
“No, don’t go! I want you here! Wait!”
Without another word, she teleported out of the infirmary. Lorcán was left grasping empty air before his eyes closed again before they could well up as Aurora disappeared, slumber overtaking his body.
“Whoa, buddy!” He heard Cass call, his cousin was always one to ruin a tender moment. “About time you woke up.”
Suddenly Aurora’s smiling face was over him and Lorcán smiled back, struggling to move his hand to wipe away the tears he saw forming in the corners of her eyes, tears that were no doubt for him.
“It’s a miracle.” She breathed, placing her hand near him. It was surreal, this moment, this second chance he was given, they were given. And she definitely wasn’t going to waste it.
“It wasn’t a miracle,” Lorcán explained, patting his hand forward until he found Aurora’s, his eyes still firmly shut. She relished in the familiar warmth of his skin.
“Amma came in here in the middle of the night,” He continued and Aurora leaned in closer. Lorcán coughed slightly before he continued speaking.
“Amma. She did something to help.”
Aurora’s eyes went wide, shock etched on her features.
"I-I..." She stammered, her eyes instantly beginning to water. With a sniffle, she managed to speak coherently. "You should go get Tori and Aiden, tell them he's awake. Ripley too."
"I need a minute."
“No, don’t go! I want you here! Wait!”
Without another word, she teleported out of the infirmary. Lorcán was left grasping empty air before his eyes closed again before they could well up as Aurora disappeared, slumber overtaking his body.
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Location: The Infirmary - Pacific Royal Collegiate & University
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Dance Monkey #4.002: I Write Sins, Not Tragedies
Interaction(s): None
Previously: November Rain
“You absolute moron!”
Lorcán looked up from his meal, his eyes meeting Ripley’s as she burst into the hospital room followed shortly by Cassander. Lorcán felt fairly lucky at that moment that Ripley hadn’t inherited the family's penchant for fire based on her tone of voice and the anger in her eyes.
“You called Aurora, Amma while holding her hand?” Ripley’s volume only increased as she came around the bed beside Lorcán. “This is your good arm right?”
“Yeah-”
Lorcán suddenly winced as Ripley drove her fist into his bicep before following it up with two more quick punches. Cassander on the other hand simply leaned against the door frame, smirking in response to the exchange between the two.
“A little help?” Lorcán asked only for Cass to shake his head.
“No, no, even I agree with her, Lor.” Cassander responded, “I was there, I had to witness the hurt in Aurora’s eyes, I have no idea how you’re ever going to apologize for this one. She had tears streaming down her face, she couldn’t get out of here fast enough, Lor.” He rolled his eyes before speaking again.
“Say it with me now, Au-ror-a, nothing like Am-ma,” Cass deadpanned, “But instead you wake up and go ‘Mmm’ ‘Amma!’ ‘Oh, Amma, Amma baby just like that,’” He mocked, “Must have been one hell of a dream you were having about Elvira.”
“Absolute moron!” Ripley chimed in, giving Lorcán one last punch before finally sitting down. “I hope they gave you lime Jell-O.”
“Aw man,” Lorcán moaned, suddenly seeing the package of green, “They actually did-”
“Really the least of your concerns right now, cuz.”
“What do you expect me to do?” Lorcán asked, “I was on drugs, I wasn’t dreaming about Amma, I was trying to tell Aurora that it wasn’t a miracle, it was Amma. Amma did something to me.”
“Maybe wake up next time and say, I’ve loved you since the day I first laid eyes on you and I couldn’t die knowing I’d never get to look into your eyes again!” Ripley interjected, prompting both a look from Cass and Lorcán.
“Or, just start with getting the name right.” Cass retorted.
“I said ‘I love you, Aurora’ first.” Both cousins paused to look at Lorcán before Cass shook his head.
“As someone who was there, I can certainly assure you that you did not.”
“You responded,” Lorcán argued, “You said ‘Whoa buddy’ almost immediately,”
Cass smacked a hand to his face before dragging it down his jaw in exasperation.
“You may think that’s what you said, but to the land of the living, you groaned.”
“Dude, no! Dude,” Lorcán was at a loss for words, his head spinning between Cass and Ripley, “Brah,”
“Bro,” Ripley replied, imitating Cass’ deadpan, “You fraked up.”
“Language!” Both Cass and Lorcán scolded the younger girl who rolled her eyes so hard they looked like they would vanish into the back of her head.
“You kiss our mother with that mouth, young lady?” Cass replied with a smirk before Ripley stood and slugged him in the arm.
“What’s ‘Rora’s favourite flower?” Ripley asked, turning back to Lorcán who had taken to poking the Jell-O cup with his fork.
“Uh, roses, no tulips, I think,”
“Then go and get about a hundred dozen tulips and place them all over her dorm room and maybe then she’ll think about forgiving you for calling her Amma!”
“I’m starting to think you’ve pissed Ripley off more than ‘Rora, Lor.” Cass chimed in with a small sneer before Ripley turned on him again. For a fourteen-year-old girl who was maybe ninety pounds soaking wet, she had already mastered ‘the look’.
“Of course I’m pissed off, because he hurt Aurora.” Ripley snapped, “You two need to talk, you need to apologize and you need to COM-MUN-I-CATE!” She continued, her voice growing in volume while Lorcán continued to absently poke at the cup of gelatin. Snatching the lime jell-o, Ripley hurled it at the wall as Cass tried to contain his mirth at the pint-size hurricane.
“Stop playing with your damn food and get some damn clothes on, get the hell out there and find Aurora!” Ripley yelled before spinning around and put a finger to Cass’s face, “And I dare you to reprimand me on my damn language.” Cass smirked but ultimately remained quiet before Ripley turned to leave, suddenly spinning around and lunging before backing off.
“That’s what I thought, huh, punk-ass bitch.”
Shaking his head, Cass raised a hand and flicked Ripley across the top of her ear, prompting a squeal of pain as she ducked and moved out of arm’s reach before looking again to Lorcán.
“Move your ass, Roth!”
“Then get out, I ain’t hanging eleven in front of you kooks,” Lorcán responded looking for his clothes as Ripley suddenly realized the validity of his comment.
“Okay, but if you’re not out in five minutes, I’m sending Cass back in.”
Lorcán looked up from his meal, his eyes meeting Ripley’s as she burst into the hospital room followed shortly by Cassander. Lorcán felt fairly lucky at that moment that Ripley hadn’t inherited the family's penchant for fire based on her tone of voice and the anger in her eyes.
“You called Aurora, Amma while holding her hand?” Ripley’s volume only increased as she came around the bed beside Lorcán. “This is your good arm right?”
“Yeah-”
Lorcán suddenly winced as Ripley drove her fist into his bicep before following it up with two more quick punches. Cassander on the other hand simply leaned against the door frame, smirking in response to the exchange between the two.
“A little help?” Lorcán asked only for Cass to shake his head.
“No, no, even I agree with her, Lor.” Cassander responded, “I was there, I had to witness the hurt in Aurora’s eyes, I have no idea how you’re ever going to apologize for this one. She had tears streaming down her face, she couldn’t get out of here fast enough, Lor.” He rolled his eyes before speaking again.
“Say it with me now, Au-ror-a, nothing like Am-ma,” Cass deadpanned, “But instead you wake up and go ‘Mmm’ ‘Amma!’ ‘Oh, Amma, Amma baby just like that,’” He mocked, “Must have been one hell of a dream you were having about Elvira.”
“Absolute moron!” Ripley chimed in, giving Lorcán one last punch before finally sitting down. “I hope they gave you lime Jell-O.”
“Aw man,” Lorcán moaned, suddenly seeing the package of green, “They actually did-”
“Really the least of your concerns right now, cuz.”
“What do you expect me to do?” Lorcán asked, “I was on drugs, I wasn’t dreaming about Amma, I was trying to tell Aurora that it wasn’t a miracle, it was Amma. Amma did something to me.”
“Maybe wake up next time and say, I’ve loved you since the day I first laid eyes on you and I couldn’t die knowing I’d never get to look into your eyes again!” Ripley interjected, prompting both a look from Cass and Lorcán.
“Or, just start with getting the name right.” Cass retorted.
“I said ‘I love you, Aurora’ first.” Both cousins paused to look at Lorcán before Cass shook his head.
“As someone who was there, I can certainly assure you that you did not.”
“You responded,” Lorcán argued, “You said ‘Whoa buddy’ almost immediately,”
Cass smacked a hand to his face before dragging it down his jaw in exasperation.
“You may think that’s what you said, but to the land of the living, you groaned.”
“Dude, no! Dude,” Lorcán was at a loss for words, his head spinning between Cass and Ripley, “Brah,”
“Bro,” Ripley replied, imitating Cass’ deadpan, “You fraked up.”
“Language!” Both Cass and Lorcán scolded the younger girl who rolled her eyes so hard they looked like they would vanish into the back of her head.
“You kiss our mother with that mouth, young lady?” Cass replied with a smirk before Ripley stood and slugged him in the arm.
“What’s ‘Rora’s favourite flower?” Ripley asked, turning back to Lorcán who had taken to poking the Jell-O cup with his fork.
“Uh, roses, no tulips, I think,”
“Then go and get about a hundred dozen tulips and place them all over her dorm room and maybe then she’ll think about forgiving you for calling her Amma!”
“I’m starting to think you’ve pissed Ripley off more than ‘Rora, Lor.” Cass chimed in with a small sneer before Ripley turned on him again. For a fourteen-year-old girl who was maybe ninety pounds soaking wet, she had already mastered ‘the look’.
“Of course I’m pissed off, because he hurt Aurora.” Ripley snapped, “You two need to talk, you need to apologize and you need to COM-MUN-I-CATE!” She continued, her voice growing in volume while Lorcán continued to absently poke at the cup of gelatin. Snatching the lime jell-o, Ripley hurled it at the wall as Cass tried to contain his mirth at the pint-size hurricane.
“Stop playing with your damn food and get some damn clothes on, get the hell out there and find Aurora!” Ripley yelled before spinning around and put a finger to Cass’s face, “And I dare you to reprimand me on my damn language.” Cass smirked but ultimately remained quiet before Ripley turned to leave, suddenly spinning around and lunging before backing off.
“That’s what I thought, huh, punk-ass bitch.”
Shaking his head, Cass raised a hand and flicked Ripley across the top of her ear, prompting a squeal of pain as she ducked and moved out of arm’s reach before looking again to Lorcán.
“Move your ass, Roth!”
“Then get out, I ain’t hanging eleven in front of you kooks,” Lorcán responded looking for his clothes as Ripley suddenly realized the validity of his comment.
“Okay, but if you’re not out in five minutes, I’m sending Cass back in.”