The Cat Came Back

by **Brigid Plunder** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:10 am

Brigid checked to make sure Theresa was online, then sent a Skype request.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:21 am

The video came on, Theresa was wearing her headset again. "What's up?"

by **Brigid Plunder** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:22 am

"Hey, you ready for some seriously good news?"

by **Theresa McMasters** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:22 am

Theresa looked skeptical. "What news?"

by **Brigid Plunder** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:54 pm

"Colin wants to talk to you. I told him I'd check with you before giving your contact information out."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:38 pm

"You're pulling my leg. "

by **Brigid Plunder** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:48 pm

"Seriously. I can invite him to this chat, just say the word."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:54 pm

"Ummm... umm... Do you know what he wants?" Theresa was providing a good example of the phrase 'deer in the headlights'.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:00 pm

"He said he wanted to apologize to you."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:05 pm

"Apologize?"

by **Brigid Plunder** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:08 pm

"He apparently heard about how you left the party."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:16 pm

"Oh god." She buried her face in her hands, which made the next bit muffled. "And now he thinks it's his fault."

by **Brigid Plunder** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:00 pm

"...well, at least he wants to talk to you?"

by **Theresa McMasters** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:10 pm

"Right. Think positive I guess." She took a couple of deep breaths. "How do I look?"

by **Brigid Plunder** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:18 pm

"Good enough for a webcam?" She grinned.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 8:36 am

Theresa thought for a minute. "I suppose it'll have to do." Another deep breath. "Okay, invite away."

by **Brigid Plunder** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 2:06 pm

"Alright. If at any point during this you want me to bow out and let you two talk, shoot me an IM."

She invited Colin to the chat.

by **Colin Davis** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 3:59 pm

Colin's cam booted up but he wasn't in frame.

"Just a second... need to...move these boxes..."

He slid a stack of boxes over and sat down.

"Sorry, can't find my chair in this mess. Hi!" he waved at the girls.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:22 pm

"Hi," Theresa said, waving back.

by **Colin Davis** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:55 pm

"Yeah...so...a couple of birds told me you had a bit of a melt down at the party. Well, it was more of the rumor really, an electrical storm in a stairwell. Figured that might have been you. You ok?"

by **Theresa McMasters** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:04 pm

Given how he described it, Theresa was doing her best not to look mortified, "Me? Umm... yeah... I'm okay."

by **Colin Davis** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:10 pm

"That's good, you didn't do much harm either. Keeping everyone on their toes. I also wanted to say sorry, a friend mentioned that you might have felt...ignored at the party. That really was not the plan that night."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:39 pm

"Well, now that I'm not in the moment, you had other guests to see too. I shouldn't have been tryin' to take up all your time." As much as I would have liked to...

by **Colin Davis** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 8:59 pm

"Yeah, nice girl, sorta shy. Not at all comfortable with herself or the situation. I think I helped a bit, hope I did anyway."

"So...How's things where you are? Where are you guys anyway?"

by **Theresa McMasters** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:00 pm

"Hot and muggy in Southern Alabama."

by **Colin Davis** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:34 pm

"You know, for some odd reason I have never wanted to visit there and I don't think you're quite suited for the tourism board either." he smiled.

"Your hair looks great, you're going to hate winter up here."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:40 pm

"Thanks." She might be blushing, but the camera's resolution made it hard to tell. "Our only real sellin' point is how close we are to the Gulf Coast and if that's what you want, why not just go there?"

by **Colin Davis** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:54 pm

"Must be a great place to own rental properties." He seemed a bit lost for a moment.

"Looking forward to September? Planning on coming in with a wicked tan?"

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:16 pm

"I don't know how much I'll make it to the beach this summer." She swallowed hard, really hard, "I'm not even really sure I'll be at school in September."

by **Colin Davis** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:55 pm

"Aww how come? Was I too creepy? I was wasn't I?"

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:05 pm

"No... god no. You were fine. You are fine. I'm just not sure I'm going to fit in there."

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:18 pm

"That's not true, Theresa. You've got to know that," Brigid chimed in.

by **Colin Davis** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:24 pm

"How so? You have an ability, yeah? You want to learn how to control it, yeah? Where else would you go?"

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:34 pm

"I don't know," she admitted.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:39 pm

"It's not like you won't have friends there, right?"

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:01 pm

Theresa started to rub her temples, caught herself, and stopped the gesture. "Can we not have this conversation right now?"

by **Colin Davis** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:35 pm

"Then when? When the next thing you 'zot' isn't a something but a someone?"

"You don't have to come here, but I suggest not waiting until something does go really wrong and as Brigid said, you've got friends."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:51 pm

That apparently crossed the line. Her eyes went hard and she just stared at the camera. Her voice went cold, "You want to tell me somethin' I don't know? You think I don't know just how dangerous this could be?" She just watched the screen, waiting for her explanation.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:10 pm

"Theresa, he's just saying that because he cares."

by **Colin Davis** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:18 pm

"I don't know, I'm confused, I can't read minds. You're the one who just said you may not come. I can't imagine a good enough reason why not, you yourself just said you know you'll need help down the line. If you don't want to come, you don't want to come." He held his hands up in surrender.

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