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Post by Joker on Apr 20, 2011 18:43:20 GMT 2
It was a long walk home from the gym, he knew he couldn't drive in the state he was in. Faye had left shortly before he did and Ree had left a while before that. He held his side and blocked out the pain as he walked. Soon he could see the front door and he slowly opened it, hopefully Diablo was asleep. The last thing he wanted was her to see the condition his new found ex left him in. Nothing short of what he deserved he caught his reflection in the mirror. That first punch had landed good and when she threw him, that was the only guess to where his broken nose came from. Quietly he made his way to the bath room and started the sink. He pulled his toothbrush from the cabnet and placed the end up his nose, he took a deep breath and with a quick jerk snapped the cartaledge back into place. The breath came out jagged but quiet aside from a small whimper. 'Ten time's asshat' The voice in the back of his mind counted the number of how many time's he'd broken it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2011 19:01:16 GMT 2
Angel glanced up from the engine block hearing the door open and close. There was no sign of Joker as she heard the faucet running in the bathroom. Frowning she stood up a wrench already in her hand, just in case it wasn't Joker in her apartment.
She moved silently, glad that she had gotten out of the habit of wearing Tripp pants when she was working on engines. Her body silently moved closer to the bathroom one hand double checking that her booty shorts were at an acceptable level and her tube top wasn't about to come down any further in case it was Joker.
Licking her lips she took a deep breath and sank into the corner out side of the bathroom, corners were normally a bad thing but she knew how to dodge if it came to that.
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Post by Joker on Apr 20, 2011 19:10:00 GMT 2
"You're breathing too loud." He mumbled looking down at the sink and dropping the rag he had started washing his face with. "You should have been in bed by now." He turned and faced her trying to keep his composure and hide what little tears had formed in his eyes. He took shallow steady breaths to bite back his pains.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2011 19:29:48 GMT 2
"Yeah I probably should be, but what the hell beauty sleep is over rated. I was working on an engine, lost track of time to be honest. I wasn't sure if it was you or not," Angel admitted scratching her nose innocently with her thumb nail as the wrench staid gripped in her other fingers.
She looked him over, years of being around tough guys helped her read people pretty easily, and Joker looked like he was hurting everywhere, mentally, physically, and especially emotionally. Angel took a slow step forward, like she would do to a wounded and cornered animal. She was a little worried about his reaction, but she could take a hit. Her experiences with Deon had taught her she was damn durable.
"Joker... I'm going to do you the favor and not ask if your okay, so you can do me the favor by not trying to lie to me. How bad are you hurt?"
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Post by Joker on Apr 20, 2011 19:41:16 GMT 2
"Didn't you know? I'm superman, just came back to get my cape..." He laughed and then grimaced, he wasn't doing anyone a favor with his sarcasm. "Three cracked ribs and a recently fixed broken nose," He coughed for a second under his groan. "I've been through worse but to be honest this probably hurts the most. She didn't take our break up too lightly, guess she put up more -break- then then I thought..." He smiled and laughed, and coughed again.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2011 19:57:38 GMT 2
Angel shook her head and tossed the wrench back down the hallway where it hit another bit of metal, "Yeah Superman, next time make sure she doesn't have kryptonite fists when she starts wailing on you," with a more tender look she slipped into the bathroom with him opening a cabinet and placed a bottle on the counter, "Well under the impression of your recent actions stories, there was pain killers involved. I use them when I get migraines every once in a blue moon, I'm sure they'll work on cracked rib pain too."
She rubbed his large back softly looking at him through the mirror, "I'm sorry I don't have anything to take away the rest of the pain, and I'm sorry things didn't work out between the two of you. I'll let you finish up in here, I'm gonna warm some food up for you."
Angel slipped past him pausing to place a kiss on his back over his heart, before she was out of the bathroom. There wasn't anything she could do for him, but patch him up and see what was up in the morning. She opened the fridge and pulled out the leftovers, thrusting them into the microwave with some distracted coordination.
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Post by Joker on Apr 21, 2011 4:54:12 GMT 2
Joker smiled as she walked away, he let out a short chuckle and a mutter. "Better then any nurse." He looked at the pain pills and pushed them away. He could stomach the pain, cracked ribs were nothing new he'd just have to hit up walmart and get his normal ointments. After a few minutes he checked himself in the mirror and followed her to the kitchen. "Smells good." He placed his hands on her hips to look past her. "What are we having?"
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 5:00:57 GMT 2
Angel looked up at him, "Tapas... ground pork, potatoes, corn, black beans and peppers all stuffed in little pastry packets. Don't say a word, Brian kicked me out of the garage early complaining about my less then human work ethic," she added for Joker's benefit, in case he wasn't completely familiar with Mexican food.
She leaned against the counter placing her hands on his shoulders, "So... you get anything else accomplished today other then getting your butt whooped?" Angel asked as her fingers dug into his tense shoulders working on the muscles, it was a little backwards but she managed well enough.
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Post by Joker on Apr 21, 2011 5:18:07 GMT 2
"Not really, swam, ran, swam, got my butt kicked, came home to a decent meal it looks like. Pretty effective day." His shoulder's visibly dropped at her touch. She was melting through his stress very quickly, looks to kill and a touch to murder was not a very good combo but at the moment it was perfect for him. "How was your day, aside from our evil employer being an ass?" He moved his hands slowly across her back till he had pulled her closer.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 5:28:17 GMT 2
Angel hummed softly, "Let's see I busted out 3 oil changes, did 4 tire rotations and finished the motor that had been living on the couch for the last month and a half, at which Brian told me I was crazy and I needed to go home because he ran out of jobs for me. So I came home, made Tapas and then busted out the plans for the new prototype motor and it's about a quarter of the way done. So all in all I kept busy so I could stop thinking."
She let him pull her closer as her heart began to pound and that particular hunger came back from this morning. Angel clamped down on it with the firm resolve that she wouldn't try anything that would wreck one of the sole companionships she had made here in LA. Her fingers squeezed out the remaining knots in his shoulders as she moved to the sides of his neck. Her thumbs passed over his arteries and the hunger snapped up again, necks were one of her favorite torture places... well the good kind of torture at least.
Her chest heaved as she tried to stop the flush from rising in her cheeks, it was embarrassing enough to have this smash down on her head without anything else making it worse.
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Post by Joker on Apr 21, 2011 5:38:39 GMT 2
"Jesus what are you trying to block out? Sounds like you're more productive then most people on the planet." His finger's traced small circles on her back as he smiled, "I can be a great listener, we haven't talked much since I've been living here and that is mostly my fault. So what do you say, get to know each other a bit better?" He raised an eyebrow and looked directly into her eyes.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 5:46:35 GMT 2
"Hm... that's more of what am I not trying to block out," she said her breath half catching in her throat, "Yeah sure we can talk," Angel said swallowing as her brain skipped talking and delved into the double meaning of getting to know one another.
She thankfully was saved by the microwave dinging that it was done. Quickly she released the sides of his neck and turned in his arms opening the microwave as her eyes squeezed shut as she resisted screaming obscenities for the cruelties Deon had wreaked on her, that had caused her two year dry spell. There wasn't a guy in the world that could hold her attention long enough before he popped back up.
"Hope your hungry Joker..." Angel finally said a finite tremble in her voice as she tried not to arch back into his chest like she wanted to, control... she would have control and this all would go away.
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Post by Joker on Apr 21, 2011 9:36:56 GMT 2
Joker smiled softly as she pulled away, the small twitch in her back showed that she wanted more. He wasn't going to push it though and let his hands drop to his side. Something was broken inside of her, probably having to do with an ex. He knew the feeling and was in no rush to open that can of worms any time soon. "I am famished, don't think I've eaten anything today to be honest." He chuckled again and made his way to the table once there he sat down gingerly, "How do you want to do this? Question for question or long winded explanation, I prefer the former."
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 16:46:21 GMT 2
Angel turned and looked at him placing the container in front of him, "Well if you finish these I can serve up ice cream," She said pulling out her own chair sitting cross legged on it the shorts bunched in the crease of her thighs as she straightened and pulled the tube top higher, "Question for question will save you from hearing me talk for hours on end."
She looked at him with steady and even breathes, trying to make sure that she staid far enough away that she couldn't fall into temptation. Angel was going to kill Deon if she ever saw him again.
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Post by Joker on Apr 21, 2011 19:32:11 GMT 2
"Same on my end, I'll start with why did you move from Miami?" He pulled the container closer to him and poked at it with a fork before he took a sizable chunk into his mouth.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 20:29:55 GMT 2
"Well that's an easy one, I didn't move from Miami. I moved from San Fran and I moved because I was getting stalked by my ex boyfriend," Angel said shrugged, "Now my turn, where did you used to live before here, in general LA."
Angel watched him eat with a slight satisfaction that he wasn't making a yuck face, Deon had never liked her cooking. He had always said that it was too Mexican for him.
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Post by Joker on Apr 21, 2011 20:37:56 GMT 2
"Remember that explosion in the private complex north of hollywood? That was a dirty bomb wired into a car in my garage..." He dug in eagerly, "If you mean more then that, depends on where I was needed, hotel's mostly. I haven't stopped moving in..." He dropped off thinking, "I want to say eight years?" He probbed as if tasting the time in his mouth, "Yeah eight years is about it." He stuffed his mouth, "Gawd, thish is great. Any more left or is this it?" He swollowed with a wide smile, "You cook almost as good as me! Okay, why did you leave your ex?"
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2011 20:56:32 GMT 2
Angel nodded before laughing, "Yeah but I tossed the rest of it in the freezer, hang on I'll go grab it and toss it in the microwave. And thank you, that's the first time someone has appreciated my cooking."
She unfolded her legs and stood up and the shorts slowly fell down giving Joker a look at the long well defined appendages Angel called legs. Angel opened the freezer after crossing the kitchen and pulled out the other container and pulling the lid off. She tossed it into the microwave and looked at him as she leaned on the counter.
"Why did I leave my ex...? Well I got tired of his business deals and the showing up anywhere I went. I mean he would show up when I went out with my sister to dinner, showed up at our trick races and he would always call me every hour and then come over when I didn't pick up."
"What happened between you and your girl?"
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Post by Joker on Apr 22, 2011 17:18:32 GMT 2
"I'll spare the drama and just stick to the short version, I was gone for three months. Came back a completely new person with a lot of new opertunities then got caught in moment and made a mistake. She found out tonight and we got in a fight, well more precisely I got caught in a fight." He shook his head, "I'm like a fish jumping at bait some times, so why stay in Cali? Aren't you worried about him finding you so easy?" Joker knew how easy it could be to find people if they wanted to, especially after the show they did the other night at the garage, enough people knew who they were and people talked, Tran and the other girl would be talking too, a lot.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2011 18:20:38 GMT 2
"He's from Miami so I figured if I just stayed low long enough he would go home and I could pick up the pieces not to far from where all my business was. Don't get me wrong I could start completely from scratch else where, but there isn't anywhere in the US I can hide. He can find me anywhere I go, and I'm not about to go out of country on a prayer to the gods," Angel explained with a soft sigh, "Why are you always training? I mean any time I see you your running off to either train or go to the garage."
She crossed her legs at the ankle as she looked him over with a soft sigh, she couldn't help it. Thinking about Deon made her heart sank, she really didn't know why everything had spun out so fast.
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