Gym, Tuesday Afternoon. After Classes

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

There was no particular reason why Billy had draped a blue towel with eyeholes cut out of it over the head of one of the practice dummies. Nor was there any particular reason he was beating on said dummy like he was trying to beat someone to death. Ignore the look of murder in his eye. Really.

ooc: Very open, SEE a very disturbed boy! SEE his angsty pummeling! THRILL at his...something thrilling!

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[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair felt bad about not meeting with Billy to meditate and finally tracked him to the gym. He stood for a minute watching the pummeling with raised eyebrows.

"Are you upset about something in particular, Ninja or is this just a general rage?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy's feet left the floor as he leaped up, kicking the dummy twice in the head before landing. He looked in surprise at Blair, and tried to calm himself. And come up with a plausible reason for...

He jerked the towel off the dummie's head and hid it behind his back. "Nothing!"

Smooth.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Uh-huh." Blair said. "You wanna try that again?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy mentally flailed. He should be used to this, he'd maintained facades before. Granted he'd been caught at it before too.

But trying to keep up the story, when his mind wasn't clear, and, something to foster difficult questions right there...

"I, uh, it's, it's nothing..." he said. "Just, just bad uhm, memories."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair took a seat on the floor and settled his cast on his backpack. "Okay, I'm ready to listen."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Crap. Okay think fast here. The easiest lie to maintain is the truth.

Billy took a deep breath, and used the blue towel to wipe the sweat from his brow. "Well, uhm...How much have I already told you about myself?"

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Loads." Blair lied through his teeth. "But I think I missed the part about beating up towels."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy'd met so many people, he didn't remember who he'd told things to. "Well then to re-cap, my father was military, and we moved around a lot. About...four years ago we were in a car accident. My parents died and I lost my eye and leg. Been bounced around in foster care ever since."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Aww, man. I'm sorry." Blair shook his head. "Did one of your foster parents...uh...look like the towel?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Heh, no. There's, well there was, this terrorist organization called Cobra...leader always hid his face, one of the masks he wore was like this."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair blinked. "Did the towel-dude touch you inappropriately?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

That was pretty much the only thing he didn't do. Billy laughed, in genuine, if bitter amusement.

"No, he's just an easy, guilt free target."

Because it was all his bastard megalomaniac father's fault!!!

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Why don't we funnel all that energy into meditation which is actually guilt free and involves no use of towels." Blair smiled and pointed at the mat across from him in invitation.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy sighed. He should have done that in the first place possibly. "Yeah, yeah that sounds good."

He sat down on the mat, and took a deep breath.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Are you good with meditating on your own or do you need direction?" Blair asked politely while starting to even out his breathing.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"I'm good." Billy managed not to snap. He wasn't mad at Blair, and there was no way he'd allow himself to take out his anger on anyone.

Unless they deserved it.

"It was part of my training." he explained.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Cool." Blair bounced once. "See you on the spirit plane!"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Well I haven't gotten that far." Billy muttered.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair opened one eye and looked at Billy. "Do you want help getting there, man?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"That, yeah that might be interesting." billy agreed.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Awesome, man." Blair scooted forward a little and nodded at Billy. "Just get comfortable and meditate like normal. Deep breaths and empty your mind."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy knew those steps well enough, and despite the current turmoil, was able to find the place in his mind that helped calm him. Now that he was actually trying to get there.