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Who:

Victor Brannigan, Aoife Gallagher, and Kat Lowsley

What:

Helping friends

When:

About 20 minutes after this

Where:

Victor's place

Warnings:

TBD, but maybe language



Despite revisions taking over her life, when she'd heard Aoife was kind of breaking she'd packed up to spend time with her friend. Well cousin now, but it still counted. She was glad Aoife had felt safe enough to find Victor, because Kat didn't want to think of how Aoife could have hurt herself.

Grief made you do strange things, or at least so she'd heard. She hadn't gone through it, and she didn't want to for a good long time.

She'd called the pizza place before she'd left so she'd been able to pick up dinner on her way there. She'd dug into her funds for her costume for it, but she'd been fine with that. She shifted her bag on her back and held the pizza's with one hand as she'd run Victor's doorbell and smiled at him when he opened it.

"Pizza as promised. The good kind. Pizza Hut is the work of demons." Once he'd taken the boxes she'd step inside, hoping Aoife knew that she was here to help. It'd be a touch awkward otherwise.

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Aoife knew. Victor had told her he was going to let Kat know where she was, and she was glad her cousin had come over to be with her.

"Kat!" Aoife moved from the sofa to hug Kat tightly. "Thank you for coming, so so much."

Victor set the pizza boxes on the table and went to fetch plates and something to drink.

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Her cousin's greeting answered her question and she smiled as she returned the hug. "Hey, and of course. You can call you know. Never too busy for you." She held onto Aoife for a while, wishing hugs could solve all her problems, before she pulled back.

"Here let me get my coat off," she did so and took off her shoes before moving to the couch and giving Aoife a worried look. "I won't ask if you're alright. Dumb question. Anything I can do?"

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Aoife had essentially made herself at home in Victor's house the moment she set foot in the door. She found the remote and switched off the television before turning to face Kat on the sofa, her legs pulled up underneath her.

"It's not a dumb question. It just hit me all last night and I know I could have called but you have finals and I didn't want to bug you. I'm glad Victor woke up when I pounded on his door like a zombie."

Victor carried the pizzas over to the coffee table along with a few drinks and several plates. He wasn't precious about people eating in the living room at all, and he left everything there so they could serve themselves when they were ready.

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"Revisions. And even if I had finals you are always more important then them Aoife. We're family." And family always came first for her. "And I can't relate, but I will listen if you need me to."

She gave Victor a thankful smile and took a plate for herself. "And I'm glad for that. So how are you feeling? And no thinking you're bothering me alright?" She'd make sure to make time for Aoife as well. She wouldn't let her cousin think that other things were more important. Her finals never took that long.

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Aoife gave Kat a fond and loving smile. "I am feeling shit but I guess...I needed to feel shit so it's something?"

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"I guess, I really don't know here." But she gave Aoife a smile and took her hand, "but I'm still here. And I brought pizza. Seriously, judging for the Pizza Hut. So much judging."

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Aoife laughed and she pushed at Kat's arm. "You two are ganging up on me!" she squealed and she pointed at Victor who gave her his most innocent look.

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She was glad to have made Aoife laugh and she just gave a nod. "Only for your own benefit. Pizza Hut is of the devil."

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Aoife gave her a questioning look as she held her fingers up near the sides of her head like horns.

At that Victor laughed loudly and nearly dropped his pizza, though he saved it at the last minute.

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She gave a laugh to Aoife's action and shook her head. Pizza Hut was probably not run by devils but still. "Nice catch there," she smirked to Victor.

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"I got some moves," he laughed before taking a big bite.

"He also plays that guitar really well," Aoife said, pointing at it. "I said I could sing and he practically had a conniption fit asking if he could play while I sang."

"That is so not what happened," he protests

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"He told me about the guitar thing," She gave Victor a questionable look, but she was teasing. "Uhhuh. And he so doesn't have moves." She looked to Aoife. "Asked me over for dinner and did the whole 'I'm totally stretching but hey look I'm holding you now' thing." She shook her head, "It was pretty funny in retrospect though."

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Aoife turned to Victor and laughed as he grinned widely at the both of them.

"She says as if it's not a classic for a reason," he winked.

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"Alright, you get the classic, but still." Smiling she shook her head, "he gets away with it because he's cute."

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Victor blushed and he ducked his head and Aoife looked over at Kat. "He is pretty cute, it's true. He answered the door topless too. Nice."

Victor pretended to be offended by this topic of conversation, but in reality it was pretty hard to offend him. "Oh come on!"

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"Hey you invited me. Gossip will occur," smirking she turned to Aoife. "I haven't gotten the topless greeting yet." With a smile she set her arm around Aoife's shoulders. "So my favorite cousin will totally share details right?"

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"Oh totally," Aoife said with a huge node and Victor just laughed and surrendered.

"I honestly thought it was the zombie apocalypse or something. The zombie apocalypse does not wait for shirts," he said wisely.

"At least you had pants on," Aoife mused.

"I think the zombie apocalypse might wait for pants," he said with a sage nod.

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She laughed at the conversation. She was glad they were all getting along though, and Aoife seemed like she was doing a little better. "Okay, one. Zombies don't knock. And even if they did, opening the door is an awesome idea." She sighed, "Come on Vic, you're totally part of my zombie survival plan now, getting bitten first is totally lame."

"Where else am I going to find a cop, right?" She smiled at Aoife. "I am disappointed in his lack of foresight. If you were a zombie we'd be missing a key ingredient."

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"Totally. Next time I knock on the door and he answers, I will bite him so he remembers."

"I'm not sure this is my favourite plan," he laughed. "But you do have a good point, not many zombies would ring a bell. There was a movie where one used a camera though."

"Oh god, zombie facebook photos!" Aoife wailed and pretended to cry.

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"Truly, the saddest thing that will exist during the zombie apocalypse. Also, please don't bite him. I kind of like him." She wondered if Aoife's mother knew her daughter was okay, but seeing there wasn't a legion banging down the door she figured Aphrodite was probably not very worried.

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"Well alright, just for you," Aoife winked at Kat and Victor felt a bit warm and fuzzy inside.

"He let me have his bed last night while he slept out here on a fake bed, so I suppose it would be ungrateful to bite him as well."

"I was so confused when I woke up," Victor admitted. "I didn't know where I was for a moment."

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"You are so very kind." It didn't bother her Aoife had spend the night here. She was just glad her cousin was okay. "Yeah I've had that whenever I've passed out on the couch. Although it's never comfortable. And yes. Tiny bit ungrateful."

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Victor refrained from mentioning he had also thought he was seeing his wife in the kitchen when it had actually been Aoife. Perhaps a conversation for another time. "I would have forgiven you. Eventually," he said with a wink.

Aoife grinned and she grabbed another slice of pizza. She should probably explain how she ended up here in the first place.

"I was just out at a club, dancing and it all hit me," she told Kat. "I thought 'I should get my phone to call dad so he doesn't worry' and then...bam."

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"It's easy to forgive Aoife. She has amazing puppy eyes." She grew more serious as Aoife explained how she'd ended up here. She set her hand on her cousin's shoulder. She wasn't sure how much it would help but she was trying.

"I'm sorry Aoife. It's not enough but it's all I can say."

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"There's nothing anyone can do really," Aoife said with a shrug, but she turned to kiss Kat's hand. "Victor said I should just love him as much as I ever did and remember so that's what I'm doing."

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"Okay," then she hugged Aoife because it felt right to do. And she figured it may help a little. "And however I can help with that, let me know. I'll totally do it."

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"I know," Aoife said with a wide grin. "You're both pretty fucking awesome," she informed them. "We should watch Star Wars!"

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"I try to be," smiling she released Aoife. "I think this is a pretty good idea, just not the prequels. Those are atrocities upon mankind."