Empty Room

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*Maia makes her way to her room, she is exhausted but also in a strange way refreshed. Her talk with a_phale helped her see more clearly somehow. What did it matter in the grand scheme of things what happened to people who refused her help?

After a quick shower Maia crawls into bed, she looks around and realizes that whatever comes is going to come and going around trying to save the world and people who refuse to be helped only served to make Maia miserable.

With that thought Maia turns out the light very happy that people who need a key to her room have it and prays that River remembered her key tonight.

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Maia's dreams turn, oddly, to something unexpected. She finds herself perched at one end of a comfortably upholstered sofa... and from behind her, River walks up and sits down crosslegged on the other cushion with a smile.

"Hey, Maia. Sorry to have been missing... did anyone get spooked when I took off like that?"

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*Maia blinks and looks around* Yeah we did River. Everyone's spooked around here. Everyones crazy. I dont like it here River. Will you take me away?

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River looks confused. "From... the dream? Or the school?"

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From everywhere River, from here from them, from everyone who does not understand us. *Maia's eyes cry* You went away and I am still here, everything everything is wrong for us here River.

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"But... Maia, I got hurt. I'm in the clinic. That's why I haven't been here the past couple of days."

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*Maia looks at River* Your hurt.. oh River, I didnt know. Something bad is happening to all of us. Your hurt Oh River, how I didnt see it, I couldnt stop it

*Maia turns fitfully in her sleep knocking pillows off the bed*

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"Maia, no... it wasn't your fault. I only saw what was happening because Chiana..." River bites her lip, blushing, as ephemeral images of an unclothed River presses herself against a similarly attired Chiana. The River on the sofa stares for an instant, then waves a hand at the apparition and it vanishes. "Um... yeah."

"It caught me by surprise, too. So... what's wrong? What's happened?"

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"Angelus, Belthazor... they are evil River. Sara, Sara is going to be in danger River..I cant-She wont let me protect her...Phoebe I tried to tell her but she talks to him, she loves him. She will not go away from him. Sara, River..Sara is going to be in danger. I-I cant protect her, I cant protect you. I cant do it. *Maia on the edge of the sofa looking around the room crying* "I cant do it River."

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"Can't save everyone all the time, Maia. I know. And sometimes, in trying to save everyone, you get hurt yourself. So you just have to do the best you can." River gathers Maia into a comforting hug.

Then, while still embracing the other girl... "Sara? Who's that?"

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"My lover" Maia whispers almost inaudibly.

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River pulls back to look at Maia, raising one eyebrow inquisitively. "Oh? And how'd you meet her?"

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Here at school *looking at River mystified* its Sara, Sara Sidle.

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"Sara..." River blinks for a moment, then... "YOU'RE SLEEPING WITH PROFESSOR SIDLE?!?"

Had the exclamation been voiced anywhere but in this dreamscape, everyone on the floor would have likely heard.

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I-I *Maia looks at River* It just happened, we, we were in a bar, Spikes Pub and we were drinking and talking and one thing led to another and yeah we are *Maia finishes lamely*

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River's silent for a moment, with the concerned expression still filling her face as she nibbles at her lip.

Then... "Well, how was it then?"

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*Maia looks around more out of habit then actually worrying about being overheard*

Like waking up from a long dream actually.

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"Was it that dream where you're standing on a pyramid in sort of sun-goddess robes, and thousands of beautiful men are cheering and throwing little pickles at you?"

At Maia's confused reaction, River muses, "Why am I the only one who has that dream?"

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Maia laughs at River, "I think its because your you." *Maia puts her arm around River*

"Lemme tell you about this guy named Freud" Maia giggles at River perched for a story. "I'm being silly honey"

Then Maia smiles again "What was it like.. it was like nothing I've ever done before. Kinda like, I didnt know where we ended and began at you know. And then, when it was over, we fell asleep together and for the first time, I didnt dream. It was so peaceful River"

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River smiles, wistfully. "I think I know that feeling. When Chiana and I were... ah... initially going at it, the first time for me caught both of us by surprise." She sighs. "I'm happy for you, Maia... I guess I just have some concerns about getting into a relationship like that with one of your teachers."

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So you and Chiana huh? She's nice, she does not act like you and I are freaks. She didnt even mind when I asked why she was a different color then people are. *Maia smiles* Well... tell me about it?? I told you *grins*

And dont worry about Sara I mean, she's not going to hurt me and she does not let it reflect anything to do with my studies.

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"I'm not sure it's like that with Chiana," River says. "I mean, it is, and my gods it's great, but... I think we're both just having fun with it, and seeing where it takes us." She sighs happily, then adds, "And I think she's kind of rubbing off on me."