Night's Omen

He hesitated, sensing the distress in her auras, and sighed, trying to figure out how to deal with this.  She obviously didn't want to verbalize these details, but he didn't so much like the idea of her fleeing and letting him figure things out after she was too far away for him to help her.

"You know, Dani, I can listen quite well.  I've listened to anything you needed to tell me for years now, and I could certainly do so again," he reminded her, then fell silent when a waitress came over to ask their order.  Ash didn't want anything, but he looked to Dani for her order.

She sat up a little and smiled. No, it was better if he found out when she was far, far away. That way, when he exploded like a nuclear bomb, she wouldn't be close enough to catch any of it - at least, not for a few days.

"You know what? It's not a big deal. I'm feeling very mish-mash right now is all. Maybe I should do drugs, or something," she said jokingly. They both knew it'd take more than she was willing to spend to feel the effects of chemical substances. It was a waste of time. She didn't even bother with alcohol anymore.

"Can I have a diet Dr. Pepper and... ooh, I want a bagel and blueberry cream cheese." She didn't realize how hungry she was. "You know, Ash," she said, leaning on the table, her head on her folded arms, "You really are like my best friend. I mean.. my only friend, but still. The best one."

Again, Danielle was getting at something. She was usually blunt, and damn fine at it, but lately she'd had a hard time expressing herself to him because she really felt so schizophrenic she didn't want to be like, 'Wait, take it back, I didn't mean that, changed my mind'. She was really unstable with her thoughts and feelings. Well, most of them. The killing part was dandy.

Ash watched her curiously, aware that she was getting at something, and getting damn close to wanting to shake it out of her.  It was then that he smiled somewhat, aware of the effect she'd had on him.  He'd never had those sorts of urges before, though it only really happened with her.  She was the one person who could frustrate him to his wit's end, though she hadn't seemed to ever find out just how crazy she made him sometime.  And he didn't mind it in the least.  It was exciting, a new challenge, and he really needed that.  

"You're behaving rather strangely, even for you, Dani.  Tell me what's going on, please?" he asked once the waitress was gone.  She wasn't making enough sense, not acting like herself.  He was starting to get really worried, and considering wisking her to the Hollow for at least a week, and probably more, depending on how much safe time she needed.

She laughed, and then ran her hand through her hair in a harsh manner. "I can't. I'll tell you later." She laughed again, as though she was giggling at a secret only she knew. Her cheeks coloured for a moment, and she dove into her Diet Dr. Pepper, sucking down half the glass through the straw. She didn't realize how thirsty she was. Bad Vida!

"I'll just.. don't worry about it." She shook her head and began eating her bagel, watching him with a strange smile. If he were to give her a quick once over, he'd see that she'd calmed down immensly, although there was an occasionaly flutter in the chest and stomach - she was nervous about something, but she was still managing to keep her cool. She giggled again and looked out the window.

Man, who gave her the LSD today, huh?

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