BambiBambi looked between the Fox and the Phoenix as she gripped the phone tightly in her clutches.
"What do you mean you're not coming home?" She demanded all the while trying to control her breathing.
"I'm not coming home, do you want a definition? I'm at Fredrick's so cool it," Ryker's accent pooled out of the phone as he swore in Spanish.
"You should be
here, with us, not at Fredrick's," she reasoned obviously hurt by his sudden abandonment. He needed to be home, not running around doing God knows what.
"Excuse me for being with my
real family," he pushed exhausted with her constant prodding.
"That's not fair," she paused looking back at the two and wishing they weren't there to hear this argument. Shion was upset enough. He didn't need this drama.
"What? So you're not going to request Bo come stay with you for a while? Hmmh?" Ryker accused as if she was being spoiled.
Ryker's ranting over the phone wasn't helping anyone. "No, I didn't say that," Bambi paused watching Shion's eyes carefully as she took a step back. If the phone wasn't connected to a cord she'd be outside.
Not that, that apparently was safe to do... "But Bolinda doesn't have anyone else here, and she and...." Bambi couldn't say Alice's name, it hurt too much. The girls were near the same age, height, weight, liked the same activities, and were friends.... Bo needed protection.
"Whatever, is Isobel prodding this? I can take care of myself, o-k-a-y
mom. What about Ki and Rayna, are they following these stupid rules you're making?"
"Isobel left, about an hour ago, Kali is going to be home soon and she's going to freak out if you aren't home... Don't worry about Rayna and Ki, worry about yourself. I haven't seen you since you ditched class, Kali is stressed as it is,"
"So the truth comes out! You are pissed I ditched class, have you snitched already? Hmmh?"
"I'm not going to tell her about that... Okay-Fine! I won't tell her today,
Hey! Being honest is not a bad thing! Maybe we wouldn't be in this fight now if you would be a little more honest and tell me why you're avoiding us." Bambi paused her eyes narrowing as she detected lie after lie spilling from his mouth.
"Fredrick needed me, so I went, Gretta was scared, she's a girl too..." He rolled his eyes as if Gretta was scared of anything.
"That is utter nonsense, tell me what it is or I'm coming to get you." Bambi threatened, reaching for her coat.
"You don't drive," he blanked for a moment before realizing what she was threatening. "No. Don't. That's not safe," he paused glaring across the room at his keys before cursing again this time in English. "You're really fucking stubborn you know that right?"
"Don't come," he stated again very clearly, "I can't come home, I did something that I shouldn't have," he paused looking around nervously as if the walls could hear him. With his luck Vic was listening on the other side of the bedroom door. It wasn't below him.
"Oh Ryker," Bambi paused motioning for Adel to take Shion from the room. Whatever he had done she doubted he wanted everyone to know.
"Did you get into another fight?" she whispered looking at the doorway afraid that the fox was still listening.
"No I fed Alissa my blood," he stated his words creating silence on the other end. "Bambi?" he asked unsure if the girl was still on the other end. "Bambi?" he asked again his voice guarded.
"You're really screwed up," Bambi paused her eyes glassy. Vampire blood was not something to take lightly. Hadn't he learned his lesson with Sofie? Why would he do that? Was he trying to hurt her? Why would he do that? Oh God, Alice...
"You need help, you really need help. I-I," she couldn't think of what else to say to him.
"I know! God Dammit! I didn't want it to go that way, I just wanted to help her, she was hysterical. She-She wasn't Alice, I just wanted to help her,
okay?" he yelled into the phone with sudden anger he didn't know he had.
"Does Kal know what you did, do her doctors?" Bambi worried forgetting that Adel and Shion could probably hear everything that was going on. His voice was now carrying down the hallway as he became more emotional.
"Yes, that's why I can't come home," he explained with slight fear.
"Kal will understand, right? It's Kal, you need to come home and apologize, you were just trying to help, she'll understand, we're a family right? That's what she tells us... Kali will forgive you, you just need to come home, please," Bambi asked carefully.
"She can't, she won't, they never do..." he paused his words now coming out as whispers.
"I forgive you," Bambi whispered back trying to push down his walls again before wiping sweat from her brow. This was just another exhausting thing on an exhausting day.
"Thanks, but she won't," he tried again.
"Kali, she will I know she will, she has to... She's Kal- she's supposed to do that sort of thing," Bambi urged, before pulling a dirty card, "No one's going to be able to sleep until everyone is safe, and if you aren't home how are we supposed to know you are safe? How are you supposed to know we're safe? Hmmh? Please come back," Bambi pleaded again.
"Fine, fine... But if she mauls me it's your fault," He expressed finally agreeing to what Bambi wanted.