forum A Safe Place (A few more male characters would be nice)

Started July 07, 2018 by @Natasha

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Tara shrugged. "Why should you be?" She asked, more of a statement than a question.

Paige couldn't come up with an answer right away. "Uh…"

Tara nodded. "That's what I thought."

Paige was suddenly hit with hundreds of things that she felt like saying, but she held them back. "I was telling John a little about my life before I came here. And i wanted to tell you that and some other things."

Tara nodded. "Fire away."

Paige took a deep breath, starting the same way she had with John, except adding in little details. "I live in Bel Air Maryland with my parents and little sister. I'm… a rich kid. My mom is a neurosurgeon and my dad runs his own company. I didn't try to be a rich kid. But other kids… Other kids didn't like it. They didn't like me. They would beat me out of jealousy. The teachers didn't care, except for one. She… She… "

Tara nodded for Paige to continue.

Paige breathed deeply. "She got fired for 'reasons of conscience'." Her fingers balled up into fists.

Tara walked over to Paige and pulled her into a hug.

Paige loosened into the hug. She made sure not to get any leftover traces of blood on Tara's shirt.

"Paige, I know it doesn't feel like it now, but things are going to get better." Tara whispered.

"Do you promise? Like, really promise?" She didn't want to admit how gullible she'd been in the past with stupid promises.

Tara nodded. "Listen Paige. I'm not like other people. My promises mean business, okay? Are we clear?"

Paige nodded confirmingly. In the deep recesses of her heart, though, she was still doubtful.

Ryan walked to the kitchen now that he was alone. He felt better after getting it out in the air, yet also bare in a way. Ryan was so used to putting on a mask and not telling anyone about what he felt. He leaned against the kitchen counter.

Cas awkwardly stood outside Paige’s room

Paige sighed. "I never saw her again, Tara. After the day she got fired. She was like my second mother."

"……..Then we can find her. Trust me if something's online, I can find it." Tara said finally.

Paige looked at her wide with eyes. "Really? Because she moved the day after she left. She never… She never said where."

"Like I said, if I know a persons' name, if they have any online life I can find them."

Paige cry-laughed. "Thank you! Thank you thank you thank you!"