The Roof: Saturday Early Evening [9-30]

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana crept quietly up to the roof, checking to make sure no one was there before going to sit near the edge and stare off into space. She made sure to sit well back from Bel's plants. She looked, well... terrible.


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[demonbelthazor]

Bel had been looking for Lana since Blair's phone call the night before and now finally found her up on the roof. "Hey," he said, carefully approaching her. "What's wrong?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Bel..." Lana looked a little startled.

She hesitated, biting her lip. "Nothing," she lied. "Just... sitting up here."

[demonbelthazor]

Bel pulled out a cigarette and lit it. "Yeah, and I'm an angel."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana ducked her head, looking embarassed. "It's just... a really bad day. I'm screwing everything up as usual."

[demonbelthazor]

Bel was silent for a moment. "You kill anybody?" he asked finally.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana glanced up at him. "No..."

[demonbelthazor]

"There, then it could be a lot worse," he said, settling down beside her. "So what happened?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"I screwed everything up with Jim."

She pulled her knees into her chest and wrapped her arms around them. "And Blair thought... terrible things."

[demonbelthazor]

Bel blinked. "Blair thinking terrible things? That doesn't sound like Blair. What did you do? What did he say?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"He said he thought I tried to force Jim to have sex with me and that that was why Jim was so desperate to get away from me."

Her eyes filled as she looked up at him. "How could he think that, Bel? How could Blair ever think I would do something like that to anyone?"

[demonbelthazor]

"The hell?" Bel said. "That doesn't sound right. You know Blair got banged up pretty badly the other day by demons. Maybe his head got more rattled than we thought. 'Cause someone would have to be insane to think you'd force someone to have sex with you."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana looked a little relieved. Half of her had been afraid Bel would agree with Blair. "I wouldn't - couldn't do anything like that."

"Though I screwed things up enough anyway. I don't think he's coming back, Bel. Not to me at least." She put her head down on her knees, facing away from him so he couldn't see her crying.

[demonbelthazor]

"He cut out on you?" Bel said, his brow furrowing. He exhaled smoke angrily. "I'll kick his ass."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"No, you won't," Lana said firmly. "I told you it was my fault."

[demonbelthazor]

"How is it your fault?" Bel asked. "What happened?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Look, he's..." Lana hesitated, not sure how to say it or whether she should even be sharing this with anyone. "He's not really very...experienced and he's a little freaked out about how fast things have been moving with us. And his dad's upset that we're dating."

She sighed. "I knew all that. I'd promised him we'd take things slow and then I kept pushing. And then yesterday... I told him I thought I was falling in love with him. I didn't mean to, knew it would freak him out even more, but..."

[demonbelthazor]

Bel sighed. "Ah. So he's a typical male afraid of commitment. You say the L word and he runs."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana nodded. "I didn't mean to say it," she said softly. "I'm not even ready to admit it to myself. But I'd just had a nightmare and I was half-asleep."

She looked over at him again as if waiting for his condemnation. "I know that's no excuse, but..."

[demonbelthazor]

"Not your fault he's a little chicken shit," Bel said with a shrug.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana just put her head down on her knees again. "That's not the point," she said sadly. "He is what he is. The point is I knew not to say anything and I did anyway and now it's all screwed up. I should just go home. Be the pretty little small town princess that nobody expects anything of."

[demonbelthazor]

"You're being too hard on yourself," Bel said. "You're gonna bring my plants down." He glanced toward the garden. "Shit. Somebody already beat you to it."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"I was careful to sit far away from them," Lana protested.

[demonbelthazor]

"Somebody gave 'em a dose of emo," Bel grumbled. "Look at them. I'm going to have to put up the disco ball after all."

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

Joxer wasn't sure why he was headed to the roof. He just felt like it was the place to go to emo.

"Hi Lana. Hi Bel," he said, before sitting down and propping his head in his hands and heaving out a sad sigh.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"I probably infected them from all the way over here," Lana said morosely.