The Shrink

["Parker!"]

[don't make fun of my title or i WILL eat you. =Z nummm num.]

The cop walked on the side of the street, and for once people weren't looking at him with hesistant eyes. He was just perfectly normal... looking. The truth was he wasn't dressed-- in his uniform, dur! No, today he skipped work for a lovely day with Silvia...at the shrink. He had skipped seeing Necro, instantly slipping into bed, not saying a word- although he had dreaded nightmares. It was a demonstration of the day before where it was only a hallucination- except it was real in his dream. And they were both chopped to peices. Horrible. He had awoken sweaty and panting, the sheets had been kicked away from him. But that was just this morning. He had left the house early, leaving a small note for his wife which read: Need fresh air, I love you. Watch Sophie, please? Then he had scribbled a little heart beside his initials.

He had walked around town, inspecing things. He had litteraly jumped when he turned and courner and bumped into three ladies. Images flashed in his mind- his eyes playing a trick as the three ladies were carring heads of people. He gasped stepping back before he realised that they weren't the fates. Just some ladies with shopping bags. This happend thoughout the day- seeing random men, random woman, and children. And when he'd passed the butcher's he'd almost freaked out.

So he figured it was time to see the shrink. But the problem was he wanted to go see it with Siliva. But... he'd...lost her number. He'd scrubbed it off- just incase Necro saw. And stupidly, he'd forgoten to write it down. So like an idiot- he had to go to her house. He looked up to the house, before walking up the steps and knocking on the door lightly. He wore dark washed jeans, a perfectly white wife beater showing his never changeing chest. Anyways- it was comfy. His hair was short, he didn't grease it anymore like he used to. He stood almost uncomfortably, feeling a bit stupid.

[xD poor val]

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"Be right there!" Came a voice from inside of the house. A perfectly normal...cheerful voice. Which wasn't exactly how Silvia was feeling. Her face was haggard, and she had deep circles under her eyes, she'd taken the week off of work, and her hair was straggling everywhere. She hadn't slept in over three days, instead keeping herself awake by use of the television. Valerius hadn't called, and she worried that he wasn't going to at all... she almost looked his phone number up at the offices, but that might start talk...or she was probably just being paranoid, but whatever.

She hoped he'd do the right thing. She came out with no pants on, pink underwear, and a large button down white stained shirt that came to the middle of her thighs... and pink socks. Silvia opened the door with dificulty, because she was holding her cup of coffee with one hand, and when she did manage to get it open, she sloshed her coffee all over the floor. "V-valerius! I-- I thought you were going to call!" she finally managed, and the nrealized how rude she was being, "Come in, come in. Do yo uwant coffee? I've just made some. She said, getting a rag from the kitchen and leaving the door open. She came back and whiped up the coffee from the floor distractedly, then got up again.

Her house was...pristine. It was perfectly organized, unlike her. She was a mess... "I can uh...get you something--" she paused, feeling a breeze by her legs and looking down...and she hadn't shaved either. ohgod. "Uh...lemme just...go get some proper clothes on." she muttered, rushing off.

["Parker!"]

Valerius's eyes glittered up as the door opened to see, well, Silvia. He was happy...and shocked...and emmbaressed...and everything inbetween. Uh..uhmmm..err!!? He could already tell that this wasn't such a good idea- figureing that she was in her underwear... Politely he kept his eyes up at her face, giving a weak smile as if saying 'err...sorry'. He gave a slight laugh as she said she made coffee,

"Er, hah, yeah I can see that. But no thank you..."

He walked himself in, closeing the door behind him, stepping around the spilt drink. He watched her clean up the drink for a momment, before his eyes caught sight of the place. He expected papers to be in clutters, everything to be a mess...but...it was acually clean. He glanced back at her as she seemed to realise that she was a bit..underdressed. He smiled uncomfortably and gave a little nod as he let her run off to go put something on. Meanwhile he stood their politely looking at all the little things in her house....

[rawr short but i wanted to get something in before i go]

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((haha, that was considerate!))

Silvia came back done looking much better. She'd put jeans on and a loose shirt as well as a bucketful of makeup to make herself look allright. But her eyes were still puffy, despite the globs of maskara and eyeliner she'd stuck on herself. So she looked more modern punkish than a grown up, but she was too tired to do her makeup right. "Yeah. I look like a mess. Ignore it." she told him tiredly when she came down without shoes and went into the kitchen. She saw a spot on the counter and cleaned picked at it with her fingernails in the OCD way that helped her deal with stress.

She pulled out a coffee cup from the cubboard and poured it for him. She set the milk and sugar in front of him, and finally sat down, drinking her own coffee, which was now cold. "I thought you weren't going to call...I was going to look for your phone number in the records, but I thought that might have been odd..." she trailed off, and took a sip of coffee. "I can set up an emergency appointment for today, if you want. I assume that's what you came over for." She gave him a quick smile, to show that she was pleased that that was the reason.

"I think it'll do us both good...I've been postponing." She added in a mutter, feeling squeamish.

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(( Was bored so I drew Silvia looking tired.

XD She has a lot of make up on, so she actually looks worse than this in real.))

["Parker!"]

Valerius was taken away from looking around her house as she trotted down the stairs. Clothes on- check. He smiled lightly feeling an odd presence on his back as if someone was watching him, he glanced behind himself. Valerius would have tired to stay up and not go to sleep- but comon, he was a guy- and coffee-- Ohhh coffee. His eyes looked suggestively to the coffee as she set it out for him. He hesitated, then fixing himself something. As she spoke he stopped pouring the sugar in his coffee and set it down. Eeep...

But he was backtracked, a emergency appointment? He nodded quickly giving a smile before looking down, swirling his coffee.

"Er-yeah, I could probably use that. I'm sorry I didn't call..."

He trailed off feeling she knew why- men were idiots. He glanced once more behind himself- just checking - before taking a sip of coffee.

[>_< short. rawr it's morning.]

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"Don't worry about it." She dismissed him, getting up and picking up the portable phone from the wall. She didn't bother looking the number up, she'd memorized it a long time ago... The phone rang a few times before somebody picked up. Silvia took a breath before speaking, "Hello, may I speak to Dr. Green? It's Silvia."

"A moment, please." There was a short pause, then a clamor on the other side of the phone. "SILVIA?! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!?" came the shriek from the phone.

Silvia held it away from her ear, "I--" she glanced at valerius, "Let's do this later." She told the doctor shortly. "I'd like to request a joing emergency session...there've been...some things..." she trailed off uneasily, not wanting to continue and feeling her stomach lurch again.

"Oh Silvia, honey, of course! Who's the friend?"

"...A cop. We...I accidentally involved him." she murmured into the phone, hoping Valerius couldn't hear the thick remorse in her voice. Another thing that had been keeping her up these past three nights, besides the faces of the dead...the three women. "Could we just-- head over? Now?"

There was the noise of shuffling papers and then bickering noises in the background, Finally a short pause and the low voice at the phone, "Of course you can."

Silvia didn't say goodbye, she hung up and smiled at Valerius, rubbing her eyes, "Lets go." she murmured, picking up a jacket from the small closet that was next to the kitchen and putting it on.
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They arrived at Doctor Green's office in eight minutes. It was a cheerful looking place, with white walls and plants everywhere. A fishtank where fish swam around lazily in the corner, and the disapproving secretary at her desk. "Doctor Green is busy." she said curtly, but a singsongy voice came from inside one of the rooms that contradicted her, "No I'm nooot! Come iiin!"

Silvia half smiled at valerius, "She's much nicer than her singing is." She whispered, giving him a quirky smirk and ambling her way over to the office.

Dr. Green looked up and ran to Silvia, hugging her tightly, "I'm so glad you're okay! I called yesterday but the phone was disconnected, and I was going to go see you to see if you were allright." she said, her eyes full of concern. Silvia took a deep breath and nodded, avoiding Dr. Green's piercing stare and heading over to one of the armchairs.

Green let valerious in and smiled, "You were Silvia's companion, then? I'd like to say I'm almost glad of it...she gets so lonely." She whispered the last part and shut the door with a click. "But I'm not glad...some of the things you've seen, Silvia..." she trailed off, looking rather sad.

The other woman shrugged, looking tiny and pathetic in the armchair, hugging her knees. "Can we just get this over with?" she asked in a harsh voice that didn't usually come out of her throat. Green nodded, as if this was normal. "Yes, yes. I'd like you both to know that this is strictly confidential. There are hearing wards /everywhere/, and since both of you went through the same experience, I'm hoping you won't be afraid to talk about it."

["Parker!"]

After the first sip, Valerius didn't detach from his cup of joe. The liquid seemed the only thing that was comforting for the momment, and he was willing to keep it all for himself. Until he ran out of course. Which was oddly seeming close. He glanced up from the swirling brown liquid, his own dark gray eyes pinpointing the call. He heard a shreik of unhearable words, his reatction rather confused. Huh? Dr. Green? Oh yeah- the shrink. He listened to the phone call, and as Silvia hung up, Valerius hastely put down the addiction and stalked out behind her.

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The office was clean. Yeah, he was glad of that. Nothing really made him jump. Just white and green shooting though his eyes. He blinked, looking blankly at the aggrivated secretary before being led off to another room led by a singing voice. He smiled lightly at a good mood from Silvia when they stepped into the office. He looked down at Green politely- very scilent though. He'd never been to a shrinks office...what...did he do? He gave a nod with a friendly grin. He walked close to Silvia, taking a arm chair beside of hers. He glanced about the room, before locking his eyes to the shrink--Er...Mrs. Green. Confidential. Perfect. He felt much more at ease, his eyes glanceing to an uptight Silvia.

[didn't know what to say for him. xD on with the talk!]

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Green smiled pleasantly at both of them, and for a few moments there was silence. "There are tissues to your right, Silvia." she told her quietly. Silvia glared at her, her teeth bared in an expression of resentment. Then she looked defeated, and took out about five tissues, and balling them up in her hand. Green frowned at both of them, "Silvia hon...it's okay to cry. I've told you before."

There was a chocked noise from Silvia that sounded like a short gasp, and then she was crying silently into her handkerchief. Green smiled at them sadly, and turned to Valerius, "So, what do you want to talk about? If you'd rather talk about something else, I'm fine with that. Silvia will be busy for a few moments." She said this as if she was so used to it that she timed how long the episodes lasted.

"And if you can't come up with anything...how have you been the last few days?" she asked serenly, adjusting her green glasses.

["Parker!"]

[xD haha here goes nothin!]

Valerius's eyes were stuck at the ground, unsure what to do. But as he heard a small snifle he glanced up. The shirnk whispered something about crying. Huh? He looked to Silvia as in a split second she had changed from a strong, confident woman, to a crying little girl. He would not cry.

His eyes adverted politely back to the shrink. She was nice. Willing to have a word while Silvia released some energy. The demon glanced at his hands almost shyly about speaking before raising his voice to normal,

"Besides the harrassment of women I can't see, feel, or hear-- I've been pretty... pissed."

He thought to himself quickly. Should he really be brining this up with her? Infront of Silvia. It was truely non of their buisness-- but wasn't it the shrinks job to help them release feelings? He folded his arms sitting back in his chair, his eyes hard on the Shrinks.

"I need some advice. You see, if I have to see this guy once more- I think I'm going to kill him."

He glanced to the floor, collecting his thoughts. Maybe before moving to the Fates -*shiver*- he should get over his grudge with an ol' friend. Mark that SoB. He nodded with a tiny grin and looked up. Crazy? Maybe.

[xD haha a nice little convo starter.]

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Green didn't really react. She wasn't writing anything down, and she nodded at him. "Why? Did you know him from your past?" she prompted, as Silvia got out another five tissues from the box, and continued her silent sobbing. She did this every time she came in here. It was her way of releasing. Especially after not sleeping for three days, and Dr. Green understood perfectly.

"Do you feel angrier because of what happened, or is this normal anger?"

((I figure we keep these posts short, because it's basically question, reply, question, reply.))

["Parker!"]

Valerius gritted his teeth, feeling this sort of release of pressure coming out in his words,

"Yes, I knew him very well. I was once part of him- but it's complicated. He basically is a drop out father and now he expects to come back into our lives?"

He hissed out of clentched teeth, eyes burning. He remembered the atmosphere around him and instantly calmed, giving a light smile.

"He and my wife were lovers in highschool. They had a kid. Her name is Sophie, she lives with me and my wife. But now I guess he can suddenly come in all of a sudden..."

The demon growled in dissaproval, his teeth re-clentched.

[>___<]

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Green nodded, "I suppose you feel it's unfair?" she asked quietly, neither disapproving or approving of his behavior. She was a little concerned, but decided not to take further action, because the man was just venting.

Silvia had stopped crying, and now she sat on her chair listlessly. He had a kid? And a wife? Something inside her shriveled sadly and she let out a shaking sigh, wiping her face (the epic amount of maskara she'd put on her face had run), and nose.

[ßlue]

((OMG I feel like Necro should be here to hug him she would feel so bad and curl up in his arms and try to make him feel better))

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((haha. I'm planning on Silvia having a really big grudge against necro, depending on how much valerius talks about her. XP And depending on what he says, of course.))