The Gardens, Afternoon

[nothornlessrose.livejournal.com]

For anyone but Cassidy, the school gardens would probably be a strange place to come visit and wander.

Ok, she probably wasn't the only one, but still.

After the brunch and talking to a couple of friends she had missed dreadfully, she found herself visiting the gardens. How much time had she once spent out here, working in them while she was working too many things over in her mind?

Probably far too many, as most of the males in her Court would point out.

She was alone right now -- though knew that probably wouldn't last for long -- which is why she was on her knees next to some new seedlings, clearing out the weeds and doing whatever else she put her mind to for helping them.



[[OOC: Open garden is open and yes, Cassidy still plays in the dirt, even twenty years later]]

Comments

[snarkyhealer.livejournal.com]

"I haven't seen anything yet," Shira replied. "And I know that's not an indicator of anything, but given everything else, I think it's Elle's way of telling Gray she cares without actually telling him she cares."

[nothornlessrose.livejournal.com]

"To protect him... or to protect herself from being rejected like she was before she realized we loved her like family?"

Cassidy dripped blood on another plant as she asked.

[snarkyhealer.livejournal.com]

"Mostly the first, I think," Shira said. "But at the same time, there's still that part of her that's scared of rejection on all sides. So she's trying to protect herself, too, even though she knows that we won't reject her."

[nothornlessrose.livejournal.com]

"She's our sister before she's a member of our Court," she agreed.

[snarkyhealer.livejournal.com]

"And she really is your sister. I thought Elle was going to faint when Devra said she was part of your family now."

[nothornlessrose.livejournal.com]

"She needed a family that loved her. We wanted her."

[snarkyhealer.livejournal.com]

"She gets that now. But it was a long road for her and I think she's afraid of losing everything she's worked for."

[nothornlessrose.livejournal.com]

"She will never lose her family or her belonging to this Court. The day that happens is the day that I have returned to the Darkness."

[snarkyhealer.livejournal.com]

Shira nodded. "She'll get used to that in time."