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Coffee might as well be Ambrosia (Closed)

Who: Chell

forsometimenow
What: A promised trip out for coffee and catching up.
When: Backdated to the ninth.
Where: At an unspecified coffee house in town.
Rating: Say PG for safety's sakes but I honestly don't think it'll be above a G.

[Chell had been looking forward to this since she'd been on expedition. And she had a promise to keep. So, she's sitting on one of the lobby sofas, waiting expectantly for Jennifer. It'll be so nice to catch up with her friend. It really has been a long time.]

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[Jennifer had decided to make the trip to meet Chell without her constant shadows- Marie and Blue. It made her extremely nervous, and Blue seemed reluctant to stay put in her room in the castle, but she felt like she needed to. She didn't want to become chained to her fear, wanted to prove to herself that she could look after herself.

She immediately spotted Chell and plopped down beside her, smiling softly.]

Hey.

Hello!

[Chell grinned back. Jennifer wasn't the only one who was minus a constant companion.Chell's dog, Target Jazz Fuzzybutt was back in her room, and a bit like Blue he'd seemed reluctant to stay. But most people didn't take dogs out for coffee.]

How're you?

[OOC: Sorry for uber-lateness! My Internet's been out.]

[No problem!]

[Jennifer nervously licked her lips and looked down, toying with a loose thread on the sofa.]

I've been better, to tell you the truth. But I've been worse, too, so I guess that evens out to okay.

[She really didn't want to spill out everything she was feeling at that moment- how insecurity was still gnawing at her, how she didn't feel safe inside her own clinic, everything else.]

But tell me how the expedition went! I wish I could have come, but I needed a break.

[Chell grinned at her.]

Oh man, Jennifer! The expedition was awesome. There were the weird eyeless buffaloes, and a guy who, when we hit the edge of the Live Zone, his hair... it kinda caught fire at random. He said he was a fire elemental...

And there's a whole Western town out there that was kind of being attacked by these alien bugs apparently.

[Don't mind her. She's rambling.]

[Jennifer's eyes widened- alien bugs. That left a stirring of fear inside of her since, well, the Wraith were essentially bugs.]

Sounds exciting. Did the bugs ever show up? Did you all manage to scare them off?

[She doesn't mind the rambling, really- it distracts her from her own troubles.]

They never showed up... But they sure wrecked the town. They were called the collectors? Or something like that.

[Jennifer smiles crookedly.]

Reminds me a little bit of home, strangely enough... we had alien bugs, too. Now I'm kinda wishing I'd gone, but sounds like you all did fine on your own.

[She then goes quiet, thoughts of home hurting her deeply, like they had been. She wanted to go home, to be with everyone else again, to see her dad and John and Ronon and Teyla, Carson, Rodney, Sam... all of her friends.

Her silence is very noticable.]

[And Chell's the most observant. Reaching out, she tentatively lays an arm around Jennifer's shoulders in a friendly hug.]

Missing home?

[Jennifer returns the hug, feeling her burden lightened a little. You have friends, she reminded herself. Good ones who are here for you.]

... Yeah. I am a lot. A lot of things lately have reminded me of it... home meaning Atlantis, the place I lived before I was brought here. It was the first place I really felt like I belonged, and I miss my dad, and my friends from there. Not that I'm entirely unhappy here, though. I have great friends.

[Chell nods.] Would talking about it help?

[Looking uncomfortable again, Jennifer gave a half shrug. Might as well be honest, she told herself, though when she speaks, her tone is hesitant and halting.]

I... well... a few days ago I got... held up by someone in the clinic. She'd just arrived, and I guess she comes from a pretty bad world and... didn't understand that I wasn't going to hurt her. It scared me. Badly. And made me feel... terrible. Brought up a lot of old insecurities, things I thought I'd worked past. I just wish I had someone here from my world to talk to about it, someone who knows me. ... Not that I'm spitting on my friends here, of course!

[Chell nods. She doesn't take offense. She definitely understands that.]

I'm really sorry, Jennifer. That's always the hardest, when you think you've worked past something and it comes back to bite you in the butt when you don't expect it. I'm also sorry you got held up.

If it helps any, sometimes I wish there were still people from my world here, but then again, all the ones I knew were people testing me. But still, I miss them sometimes. I definitely understand where you're coming from.

Yeah... sometimes the familiarity is what you need.

[She sighs and shifts in her seat, trying several different positions before finally settling again.]

I also want to just... move past it. I wish I could move past it. It's not like that's the first time I've ever been held hostage in order to give someone medical treatment, even. I got so scared, though. I just... froze up instead of fighting back.

I've read some books and things on that. I'm not sure if anything I read would be helpful... But apparently when you experience something that reminds you of something bad, or is the same situation, it can take you a while to move past it. Just don't beat yourself up. You got enough bad treatment from the person holding you hostage, I'd think.

[Chell smiles kindly at her friend.]

And you're right about familiarity.

[Jennifer nods slowly and returns the smile.]

I'm trying not to be too down on myself, yeah. I keep reminding myself that I would have been no good to anybody if she'd ended up shooting me... or worse.

[She shudders a little at the thought.]

I did what I hoped was the smart thing and just took care of her wound as best I could.

I think that was exactly what you needed to do. I think you have a lot of courage.

I made you something, while I was out on the expedition. Remember you told me you once got turned into a turtle?

[Chell pulls a neatly folded picture out of her pocket. It's a turtle with a rainbow shell.]

I drew this and it reminded me of you.

Well, thank you for saying so... I certainly didn't feel it.

[Jennifer takes the picture and laughs.]

Very cute! I'll never forget that- it was the strangest thing that's ever happened to me, and I've seen my fair share of strange things. I'll put this up on my wall as a reminder, though.

[Chell grins!]

I'm glad you like it. What're some of the other strange things you've seen?

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