Veronica lifted her head up without speaking a word. "Yea…" She finally locked eyes with Clove, seeing the disbelief in her eyes. She got up from her chair and walked over to Clove, removing her restraints. She didn't look at her at all while doing it and when she was done she turned around, not able to meet her eyes again.
After she was released, Clove instantly jumped to her feet. “Veronica… Why? Why…. why did you do this? Why did you never tell me? We could have.. worked things out.. I could have helped you…” Her voice was choppy, and it sounded like she might cry any second. Eyes burning, she blinked quickly, keeping the tears back. She had no clue why, but a huge feeling of betrayal filled her. She reached out and grabbed Veronica’s hand, trying to get her friends attention and have her turn around.
Veronica turned around but still didn't even look at Clove. She looked down to he feet and began explaining. "I- I had to do it because…" She choked on her words a bit, it was hard admitting why and she really didn't want to say it but she owed it to Clove. "Because I… was jealous. You had everything and I wanted some of it, the fame, the money, you had it all and the only way I could do it was by…" She trailed off because she didn't want to say it out loud. She figured Clove understood what she was trying to say. "It's embarrassing, that's why I didn't tell you." She finally looked up to see her face, tears were begging to come out of Clove's eyes, and she could see the anger and disappointment.
Cloves eyes flicked across her friends face. Out of everyone in the world, Veronica was the person she thought she knew best, the one she could trust with anything, and now… Seeing the embarrassment etched on her face, she leaned in and tightly hugged her, feeling it was the only fitting response. It didn’t matter. It didn’t matter that Veronica was “evil”, or that she had done some bad things, she was still her best friend. She was still the person that she had eaten Chinese food with late last night. Nothing changed that for her. A few of the tears spilled out, and she hid her face in Veronica’s shoulder.
"I'm sorry." It was the only thing she managed to get out before she started silent crying too . She betrayed her friend's trust and did cruel things just for her own benefit. She returned the hug and buried herself in Clove's shoulder. Veronica silently vowed to herself never to do anything like she did ever again and work thing out in the future.
Clove hugged her tighter, then started to rub her back. Quietly hushing her, she whispered, “Shh, it’s all gonna be okay.. I promise..” To be honest though, she wasn’t sure if it was a promise she could keep. As more tears ran down her face, her mind started working, trying to think of ways that she could help her. If anyone revealed her friend… She’d for sure spend a lifetime in jail. No matter what it took, Clove would make sure that wouldn’t happen.
"Are you going to turn me in?" She asked, now worried about what would happen after this. If she was being honest to herself, she deserved it. She deserved 32 life sentences for all that she did. She wrecked havoc on the city, separated tons of families, and lost many resources.
Clove pulled back a little bit and held onto her shoulders. “Of course not.. I never would.” She had a look of sincerity, and she wished there was a way she could better vocalize the way she was feeling. “You’re my best friend… I couldn’t..”
"But I did horrendous things to you! How can you just forgive me for that?!" Veronica said, still in denial as to how Clove could still look at her the same way as she did before. "I deserve to go to jail for what I did. All those people need justice. If I don't go, how else are they going to see what needs to be done?"
She sighed, then looked at the floor. “Those people don’t know you the way I do.. Sure, you did some horrible things, but maybe the most justice you can give them is by changing yourself for the better and healing past wounds..” Squeezing her shoulders, she finally looked up and met her eyes again.
"Ok." Veronica finally agreed and looked back at Clove. "You're gonna have to help me in that department because I have no idea how to do that." Veronica wiped the tears off of her face and wiped her eyes. She sat back down in her chair and put her head in her hands again.
((Hey, I’m really really sorry for the late response… My grandma just died recently, and I’ve just been in a really rough place. I’m trying to get back into my usual schedule though, so I’ll be back online regularly again ^^))
The faint outline of a smile lit up Cloves face. “I’d be honored to help you. Don’t worry, I’ll help you learn. Everything’s going to be alright now, I promise.” More or less the last part was said so she could calm herself down. She reached her arm back and ran it through the underside of her hair, trying to restabilaze her emotions. Her arms dropped and her eyes fell back on Veronica, waiting for her response.
(It's fine, self-care is the best care)
Veronica looked back up to Clove and saw a very small smile on her lips. She couldn't help but smile back but just for a bit. "So what're we gonna do now?" She asked, looking back down at her wrung hands.
((Thanks ^^))
Clove took a few steps closer to Veronica and took her hands in her own. Squeezing a little, she said, “How about for now we just go back home for now.. We can work this out later. “
"Okay." Veronica squeezed her hand back before letting go. "I have to change back into my casual clothes."
Pulling herself back, Clove allowed herself a small smile. Looking down at her own outfit, she casually laughed, “Yeah, I should probably change too. You don’t happen to have anything laying around that I could borrow? My clothes are back in my car at the police station.”
"Yea, I actually have a storage locker of clothes that I've left or clothes for me to change into." Veronica said, walking back to her closet. "I'm sure you'll be able to find something to your liking." She opened the door to show a wide collection of clothes of all sorts. "The hoodie's are in the back in case you want one." She chose out her clothes and went to the bathroom to change.
“Thanks,” Clove called after Veronica as she walked away to change. She started to rifle through the clothes in the locker, until she found a pair of blue jeans and a cute hoodie. She totally lucked out at the fact her and Veronica were pretty much the same size, and stole each other’s clothes all the time. Well, more or less it was her steeling Veronica’s hoodies, but she had so many and they were soft. Since Veronica was in the bathroom, Clove quickly changed by the locker. After fixing her hair, she folded up her hero suit, then pulled back on her mid calf black boots.
Veronica wore some black skinny jeans and a pineapple t-shirt that had sequins on the arms. She knew it was childish but she loved flipping the sequins and changing it from yellow to pink. She put her hair up in a messy bun and stepped out of the bathroom. She put her backpack over her shoulder and went out to check on Clove. "You ready to go?"
((Call me an emo but now I have Ready To Go by Panic at the disco stuck in my head xD))
After tucking her pants around her boots, she looked up and smiled at her friend. “Yup. Let’s go.” She balled up her supersuit a little more and shoved it into the hoodies pocket, then proceded to shove her hands into the pocket. “Its so soft,” she thought. She burrowed herself into it a little more before saying, “So where’s the exit in this place? Where even is this place??” She looked around in wonder for a second, wondering how she never found this place before.
(Emo)
"Oh, well, umm…" Veronica scratched the back of her neck and looked up to the right. She completely forgot that her warehouse was literally in the middle of nowhere. "So, the thing is… there is no exit. We actually have to be… ejected out and sent through an underground tube, two cities away from where we live." She said, not making eye contact with Clove.