Dorm Roof, Wednesday afternoon

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

After his Karate workshop, Pip found himself with a burning need for a cigarette. And since he had promised Molly that he wouldn't smoke in the common room any longer, here he was, out on the roof in his exercise clothes, smoking said cigarette.


_{[[Roof's open, but thread with Paige is only for Pip and Paige]]}

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[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip frowned. "She want you back home?"

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

"She seems to think it'll be for the best you know cos of what I am, I guess she thinks I should learn everything before, well before it all starts. I guess it makes sense, I just...I don't want to leave. I like it here." She said sadly.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip's frown turned into a grimace and he turned to Paige. "We like you here too, Paige."

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

She smiled slightly when he said that and moved a little closer, "thanks Pip, that's nice of you to say and thanks you know for all the training shame you couldn't teach me all the magic stuff too."

She closed her eyes for a moment to stop herself from crying, "I'll miss you."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip smiled a little sadly. "I'll miss you too. C'mere," he said, pulling her into a hug.

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

She hugged him tightly trying, unsuccessfully, not to cry. "Well this sucks," she said against his shoulder, "I'm not even sure when I'm going yet."

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip squeezed her a little. "The letter just came?"

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, this morning," she replied, glad for the hug, "it didn't say when she wanted me back though, it just said soon. Least I have chance to say goodbye right?"

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Pip said. "Speaking from experience, not getting a chance to say goodbye is the worst."

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

She took a deep breath and rested her head against his shoulder, "Saying goodbye isn't exactly easy either," she replied.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Trust me," Pip said. "You'll be glad you did when the time comes."

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

"Yeah I know I...just wish it wasn't so hard, Mai already knows I'm leaving I think, but I don't know how I'm going to say goodbye to her, I almost left a while ago and she didn't take it so well back then." she replied.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip nodded. "Maia doesn't like it when people leave. Very gentle person, our Maia."

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

"And know that's one of the reasons I didn't leave then, you'll make sure she'd okay right?" she asked, because really Mai was the person she'd miss most, she'd still see her sisters.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Of course I will. I'll always keep an eye out for Maia."

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

"Thanks Pip," she replied as what he said made her think of something. "Can I ask you something?"

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Sure."

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

She bit her lip and looked at him, "what happened to your eye?"

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip blinked a few times and sighed. He relased her and sat on the edge of the roof, motioning her to sit next to him.

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to,' she said sitting close to him, "but I did tell you my biggest secret," she pointed out clearly joking, she wasn;t going to force him to talk about it.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip nodded and took a drag on his cigarette.

"When I was ten, my grandfather's company took a job in the Middle East, exterminating some terrorist infighters that were attack oil rigs," he began. "In response, the terrorists invading the school I was staying at, hoping to convince my grandfather to call off the job or they'd kill me. My grandfather made an initial refusal and started making plans to rescue me. While they were planning, they decided that they needed to show him that they meant business. So... they ripped out my eye and sent it to him."

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

"Fuck!" Paige replied putting her arm around him, "still the eye patch is pretty sexy," she told him attempting to lighten the mood a little.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Yep. That's why I have it instead of a prosthetic. Makes me look rakish."

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

"It works for you definitely, cause some could argue it's your natural good looks that make it look so sexy," she teased.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"It enhances my already naturally good looks," Pip said. "Like putting beautiful flowers into a nice vase."