No More Avoiding

[Devyn Solway]

You know that feeling you got when someone was avoiding you? Everyone had that sense and after a while it started to become really obvious. Devyn at first didn't think about it too much but with dealing with this whole breakup thing still horribly and needing her close friends around, it was especially hard to just ignore when someone who you had talked to a lot before suddenly stopped talking to you. If the whole not talking to you was not bad enough, when they started to outright actually avoid you in person then you were just dumb if you didn't pick up on it. Devyn first tried to give Vera the benefit of the doubt and figured that the other girl was just busy with her knew intern along with college. Still, what kind of person were you if you did not make time for your friends at least once at some point. Devyn had thought they were best of friends after all, but would a best friend really avoid you like this?

She understood why Vera was doing it, at least she could guess why. Vera probably thought that Devyn blamed her for the reason why Zoe broke up with her. While in a way it was because Vera had told Zoe about them having sex, but really Devyn was not the kind of person to pin the blame all on someone and was more likely to take the blame. It took two to do what she and Vera did and Vera had been the drunken one, not Devyn. Sure Devyn was slightly made at Vera for telling Zoe they had sex, because who did that? Yet she was more upset with the other girl because she was avoiding her. Like Devyn got that she was scary and with her recent times of losing control over her power that she was probably something to avoid with everything you had if you were worried she was going she was going to beat you up or eat you. Have her cornered now. Devyn thought to herself as she waited until Vera was in the locker room where there was only one way to get in and get out unless you went through a window.

She practically glared and growled at anyone she came past, giving them a warning that it would probably be best if they left. She wanted to talk to Vera alone and since the other girl no longer lived on campus; and Devyn didn't know where Vera currently lived, this was the best option she had to go with. "You know it's not nice to avoid someone who considers you a friend, right?" Devyn asked as she found Vera. Moving to sort of block of the other girl's escape for a moment before she moved to lean back against the edge of the lockers. She didn't really need her shades on in the locker room, but she kept them on in order to hide her black eye, but bandages around her hands would have been a clear indication that she had been in a physical fight recently.

[Vera M. Solway]

It was seldom that you'd find Vera keeping to herself or better yet, doing her best to stay away from certain people. After the whole incident with Zoe and hearing rumors about them not being together and better yet, the security staff even talked about Devyn basically losing control in the library right after... Vera just didn't want to have to deal with the situation, just not right now. She felt bad, really bad about avoiding Devyn seeing how that was her close friend but her pride just couldn't allow her to look Devyn in the face or even talk about the issue. Vera felt horrible and even guilty about what she did but that didn't change anything. Feeling bad didn't fix a lick of shit. Having a big mouth and being the cause of a break up didn't make her feel any better. All in all, it was somewhat her fault.

For the past few hours, Vera had been working out and now found herself coming out of the showers with a towel wrapped around her body. Heading to her locker in the girls locker room that had been overly decorated over her years at the Academy, she sat down at the bench and started drying herself off while getting some lotion and deodorant on afterwards. The locker room had been pretty empty, which was weird for this time of day but then again she hadn't realized that Devyn had blocked the entrance.

"You know it's not nice to avoid someone who considers you a friend, right?" Her head snapped to the familiar voice. She took a deep breath and looked back towards the lockers as she quickly put on her clothes but leaving her hair a bit damped. After shoving her stuff in her locker, she tried to walk away but was soon blocked by Devyn. Vera tilted her head slightly and signed as she gave Devyn a very deadpan expression. She would have to deal with this sooner or later, apparently it would be sooner. "I have my reasons." Her hazel eyes studied Devyn's person. She wasn't too sure what the shades were all about the the bandages on her hands made her question what had transpired with Dev.

The whole situation made her feel uneasy for the first time in a long time, awkward even and Vera didn't really do awkward. "Can I go now?" She didn't mean to sound like a bitch on purpose because she did have so much love for Devyn, that was her girl, really but she wasn't trying to have this discussion. Not here and definitely not now. There was a different air about Devyn, she knew that much and that was fine but she wasn't going to stay here and figure it out. 

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn waited for Vera to come to her since the other girl didn't really have anywhere else to go in the locker room. She didn't think that Vera would be the type to go as far as to avoid her to jump out a window to get out. She didn't know how Vera was going to be with all of this and if Vera was going to be nice or not. She hoped Vera was, she really didn't want to have a fight with a girl that she saw as a good friend. Hell a friend that she was DTF if she was avoiding this whole F-ing thing like it was death itself. When Vera was in sight, she had not fully expected that Vera would try to leave but she had been ready for it. Already having moved in the way to prevent Vera from just walking out on her. She was tired of people walking out on her, she wanted it to stop. It hurt...too much.

It made her feel alone, unwanted, and hated. She doubted anyone understood that, no one ever really understood he and she had long since accepted that no one would. Devyn half scoffed at Vera just simply saying that she had her reasons for avoiding Devyn. "Ah, so do you hate me now? What did I do to you to upset you that I'm unaware of?" Devyn asked, the hurt clear in her voice but she just looked away and remained standing in the way. She did not want to be an ass and keep Vera here against her will, but...she just wanted a chance. Why did people feel that she didn't deserve a chance anymore? Vera asked if she could go, Devyn's hands going into her pockets as she let out a shallow shy. "Can you are least...at least tell me something?" Devyn asked as her stance shifted, not sure what to ask but she just wanted to know something. Wanted to know that Vera had not told Zoe because she was mad at Devyn for something or at least why she was avoiding to her.

"I thought we were...friends. Or was I just someone fun to mess around and chat with?" Devyn asked with a weak and forced chuckle. It would not be unheard of for someone to have just used her for that sort of thing; people did all of the time.

[Vera M. Solway]

There was so much going on within Vera that Devyn had no idea about and she was pretty sure there was even more going on with Devyn that Vera couldn't see by simple sight. She was just not willing to spill it all out and try to talk about it with Devyn right at this moment. It was so weird for Vera, to be in this spot... this situation. She literally felt as if Devyn and Zoe's breakup was her fault, she felt like a home wrecker, regardless of if their relationship was open or not. Vera had to take herself apart and build herself back up during the whole summer. She was working on herself, she was working on not being the type of person she was known to be; the type who just did what they wanted and had no remorse what so ever. So now this situation with Devyn and Zoe... it just made her feel like she hadn't changed one bit.

There was something abut Devyn that was different, she didn't seem like herself or even sound like herself and that shook Vera the wrong way. "I never said that and you didn't do anything." Was that a lie that she just threw up or was she being serious? She remembered seeing Zoe break down in front of her and she remembered that feeling of being betrayed in some kind of way, of not trusting someone. It made her feel like she needed to blame Devyn for the situation, she wanted to hate Devyn for it.

Vera was once the Zoe in her own situation with her first boyfriend. She remembered it so clearly and it made her angry, sad, and most of all; guilty.

Though, the other side of her knew that it took two people to tango. Drunk or not, Vera started it and Devyn finished it. Yup, it was clear as day and she would never deny that. Her hazel eyes couldn't focus in on Devyn's own through the sunglasses and it made it that much easier to be able to look her straight in her face. Devyn's next question had kind of taken Vera off guard and even worse it made her upset. "So... what?" Her brows furrowed as she tilted her head to get a better look at Devyn. "Do you think I'm the kind of person to just use people? You think I used you... for fun? I'm sorry to disappoint you, Devyn 'I sleep with anyone just for the shits and giggles' Solway but I'm not that kind of person." Or at least not since the day she turned seventeen. Either way, she was starting to feel offended.

Vera scoffed as she shook her head, "Were friends? I can't deal with this head on, it's not what I'm used to. I needed space because I felt guilt, okay? I felt guilty because I saw an innocent girl break down in front of me, cry, and damn near have a panic attack because I fucked her girlfriend during their Prom night." Her arms crossed out of habit as she looked away from Devyn's face. "I'm sorry if I can't fucking hide how I feel as easy as you."

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn really didn't know what was all going on with Vera since the other girl had been outright avoiding her. How was she supposed to know? The only thing that Devyn knew was that Vera was on the Security Squad and that Devyn might of had to end up working on the squad as well in order to make up for the damages she had done to the school library. She had tried out before and didn't make it because of her lack of team following unless she was in charge. She knew she didn't have the opinion really and knew that she would have to try out again and if she didn't make it well then the school could not be mad at her and at least she was showing that she was putting forth the effort to do what she was told. Devyn could not even think about all of that in too much detail or too long now that Vera was in front of her and she had finally been able to see the other girl up close and in person once more. The familiar scent making Devyn feel better but also brining a small level of pain because Vera was avoiding her.

"I know you didn't but...what else am I supposed to think when you have been avoiding me like I have some death causing sickness." Devyn pointed out as she took a deep breath to keep her tone even and not to give away too much emotional. She knew the kind of girl that Vera was and knew that she could not lose herself in front of this other girl. She doubted Vera would be able to handle something, not yet anyways. Plus Devyn didn't want to appear weak in front of someone that was avoiding her, someone that might have now hated her for something that Devyn could not even think of what she did this time. Devyn didn't know details of Vera's past, they talked but they still had a lot more talking to get to know that much about one another. So Devyn would not know that Vera had been able to relate to Zoe, but people had to also keep in mind that Devyn had been in that position too and compared to how things were done with her she honestly still didn't feel like she had done something some bad to end up with people turning on her.

Devyn looked at Vera before letting out a sigh as Vera asked if that was what Devyn really thought of her. Devyn didn't think Vera was that kind of person; they had talked before and while she knew that Vera liked to have her fun Vera never really seemed like that kind of person. Devyn just had it happen to her a lot before and people tended to avoid her after it so it was just what her mind assumed. What Vera said about the whole 'sleep with anyone for shits and giggles' hurt a little but Devyn chose to not think about it too much since she was not fully sure if Vera had actually meant that in a serious tone. Is that...really true about me? Devyn asked herself, wondering if she did just sleep with people for the laughs...no that was not it. She slept with people who wanted it, wanted her. "I didn't think that you were...I just...you just stopped talking to me Vera..." Devyn said as she started to rub at her father's ring from within her jean pocket.

Vera's scoff just made Devyn want to attack the other girl. How dare she scoff when Devyn was obviously trying to figure out what was wrong and try and fix it? Was it so damn hard to believe that Devyn didn't want to hurt anyone? Devyn calmed down a little as Vera started to explain why she had been avoiding Devyn and it was pretty much what Devyn had guessed but she didn't understand why that would be enough to keep Vera away from a friend. Then again, Devyn was a bit different when it came to what she saw as really bad. Devyn's mouth opened to say something but she fell into a silence for a moment at Vera pointing out the whole ;not being able to hide how I feel as easy as you' thing. "...you don't have to hide how you feel around me Vera. We are friends and even if you felt guilt you didn't have to avoid me. It's not your fault with what happened to me and Zoe...you can blame me for that. I'll take all of it...just please stop avoiding me." Devyn words near the end almost sounded like she was begging, and in a way she was as she still did her best to keep it together and made sure to not move out of the way still.

[Vera M. Solway]

She could easily blame a part of her keeping her space from Devyn on her internship but honestly, that would've been an outright lie. Yeah, the job pretty much meant she'd had her specific times where she had to do security stuff here and there as well as just be alert at all times as well as attend staff meetings and whatever that entailed of but she had free time, some free time. In all honesty, Vera just didn't want to use her free time to deal with a situation that made her feel like shit. Vera could handle almost anything, almost everything but when it came to making someone cry and they did absolutely nothing to her, that did sting. It stung a lot. Maybe Devyn understood that and maybe she didn't but either way Vera had her reasons. She shook her head slowly, "And I'm sorry. I really am, I should have answered a text or something. I don't want you to think that it's all your fault that I avoided you but I wasn't ready to be near you or... Zoe--after what happened."

Was she really sorry? Yeah, she was. Ever since she heard rumors about their break-up, she knew she should have been by Devyn's side throughout it all. Vera was sure Dev was going through some shit and she didn't want to make her the villain of the story but that's what it pretty much looked like. There were two wrongs standing in the ladies locker room right now and they both knew it. "I know, I know. Not that it makes it okay or anything but I am sorry."

When Vee scoffed it was more because she was really offended but tried to humor it before showing too much attitude. Vera was known to catch an attitude when she felt like she was being wronged and accusing her of using Devyn like some sort of... toy, it made her feel like shit because that wasn't the case.

She wasn't sure what it was that made her want to sit down but she didn't move anywhere but sit down on the edge of the bench behind her. Seeing Devyn look so hopeless, hearing her beg Vera to stop avoiding her, it made her heart drop... it made her feel that much lower. This was what she was protecting herself from; this whole feeling. Looking up at Devyn from her seat, the telekinetic said absolutely nothing for a few minutes. "It is my fault... and it's also your fault. It's our fault. Are you understanding what I'm trying to tell you right now? It's our fault and we don't deserve to be the victims."

Her brows furrowed but with more of a sadder look, "You lost control of your powers at the library... And I know you did, because I heard about it. Do you know how dangerous you are?" The only time Vera had lost all control was when she went under stress and a sudden change of emotions, something that had effected her emotionally. So it only told you how much the situation meant to Devyn if it allowed her to go berserk in the library. And that made her feel so shitty.

"I'm not ready to be around you..." And it wasn't because she was scared of Devyn, it was because she was now afraid of herself. The more she was around Devyn, the more she fell for her, the more she wanted to be with her, and the more she wanted her and clearly that wouldn't end well... at all, even with being just friends. Vera also had really deep feelings for Riley, and that just seemed like a better ending in the long wrong.

[Devyn Solway]

Yeah, at least a text would have been nice. Devyn thought to herself but she didn't let the words leave her thought because she knew they would have come out bitter. Vera had practically super avoided Devyn because she had sent the other girl text and left voice messages. Devyn hardly ever used her phone unless for an alarm clock but recently she had been using to text her friends. She even had a draft of a text that she wanted to send to Zoe, but she was unsure if she should send it or not. She didn't know if Zoe blocked her number or anything and if sending a text would be like an insult so she had just not sent it. Still having a hold of her ex's keys and did plan on at least dropping them off at some point to avoid any stupid idea of just 'breaking in' to Zoe's room and waiting for her to get back so they could talk. Devyn's plans always involved trapping and catching whoever off guard, basically what she was doing with Vera, but it was the only real way she could make sure someone at least heard her out.

Devyn understood why Vera would not want to be around Zoe because of Zoe likely crying in front of her, but Devyn was still having a hard time understanding why Vera would avoid her. Sure there was the whole risk of Devyn yelling at her and blaming her, but Devyn was not that kind of person but it seemed everyone seemed to think that she was. It must have been because of her 'dog-ish' record that people just assumed that she had all the other qualities that went along with someone who just liked to sleep around and have fun. Devyn knew there were rumors about the breakup, even if she had not told anyone. She figured that it was one of those things that people just put together now that they didn't see her and Zoe being close like they had been before or that Zoe had told her friends and they in turn had told other. Devyn didn't care how the information got out and just knew that it didn't matter because she was not done. She was not just going to give up right on the spot anymore and felt like she had to at least try in order to be a better person and stop reverting like she already felt like she was.

"I'm sorry too...that you felt like you needed to avoid me after it all and...well making things difficult for you." Devyn apologized because she again did blame herself because she was the one that had been sober and could have put a stop to it all. She didn't want to because she never did when someone showed that they wanted her. She wanted to be wanted and did what was wanted on her for years now and that had come back to bite her but it was just yet another lesson that she had to learn. Devyn really did not want to make Vera upset with the whole 'being just a toy' but she was just hurt and confused and just going off of what she was used to happening to her. Devyn looked at Vera as the other girl explained that it was the both of their faults and that neither of them deserved to be the victim. Devyn didn't agree with it because really it was not Vera's fault that she just acted on her impulses, Devyn did that all the time too. Well not so much anymore in that specific area, but before she had. "I know I don't...but you were drunk Vera and the relationship was open...you could not have known she was going to take things the way she did. You had never met her before then." Devyn pointed out as she looked down at the ground, moving to lean against the lockers when Vera no longer looked like she was going to try and leave.

Devyn looked up at Vera when she brought up Devyn having lost control, Devyn knowing that was pretty much around the school by now because she had messed up a part of the library and there had been people there. Devyn didn't care about people knowing, but what really hurt was the last bit that Vera had said. Asking Devyn if she understood how dangerous she was. Devyn wanted to say something, her mouth opening to point out that yeah she had been losing control a lot lately, but she had not killed anyone but the SPECTRE agents. Yet Vera said that she was not ready to be around Devyn, and of course Devyn not being a mind reader was taking it that Vera was afraid of her. That Vera thought Devyn was going to hurt her and that hurt most of all. "I...I know that I'm dangerous...but I have not...I didn't kill anyone. Just SPECTRE....anyone else has just been hurt and I...I would never hurt you or anyone...that I care about...I...I'm sorry." Devyn voice worried as she spoke, still able to keep the tears back but she did back away from Vera, as if trying to show that she meant no harm that she was not just some monster.

[Vera M. Solway]

There was a part of Vera that felt as if Devyn wasn't quite getting the hint of what she was trying to say, which was a given. At first Vera had been quite vague about the situation and the fact that she had to keep her space but she figured by now it would've been clear. Vera could no longer handle situations like this so Devyn would have to accept that. She just wouldn't let it come out of her mouth because they were both in a very upsetting and awkward position right now. Anything that came out of her mouth could make her sound like a bitch and she didn't want it to be like that. She didn't want Devyn to hate her or to be upset with her. She was already going through a lot, as she could tell and...

... just, ugh fuck.

Dev's apology sounded like a back handed apology at first. When someone apologized for how you felt and not for what they did. Vera tried not to dwell on it though, she wasn't the type to kick someone when they were already down. "I don't need an apology." Drunk or not, Vera would never blame Dev for allowing them to have sex. Vera asked for it and they both wanted it so there it wasn't something she needed to apologizing for. "I don't know, Dev." She squinted as she slightly shook her head, looking up at the girl. "For an open relationship, it seemed to have affected Zoe and yeah, I don't know her... at all. Which is why it shook me the way it did to see her cry like that and especially because she means something to you."

She closed her mouth and ran her tongue over her teeth. "I feel like a home wrecker and I should have known better than to sleep with someone in a relationship when their girlfriend was sound asleep... on their prom night, just because the guy I've fallen for didn't have the time to spend that special night with me." Vera sighed as she looked towards a random empty space in the locker room, she was always one to sting herself but the reality of it was... "Drunk or not, I made myself look pathetic."

Her lips parted as she slowly looked back up at Devyn, she shook her head with a confused look on her face. "I'm not afraid of you." She continued, "Or at least I'm not afraid of you because of your powers, Devyn. I'm afraid of you because of the effect you have on me."

Vera cleared her throat, "Can I go now?" As far as she was concerned, that was as much as she needed to let out.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn was a bit dense when getting things, especially things that involved feelings for another person or well anything outside of just having fun and being friends. It did take her months to actually come to terms with her feelings for Zoe and then even then a little while until she was actually able to say the words to the other girl. Not that the words helped her out when she had said them, but that didn't matter at the moment. Well...it mattered but Devyn didn't want to think about it too much and instead just wanted to think about fixing up things between her and Vera. Vera was a good friend of hers and she really didn't want to lose a friend over something like this. It would just...suck on way to many levels and Devyn really didn't want to lose her friend because of it. She was going to take all the blame or let Vera say whatever she wanted to make whatever pain or whatever was wrong with Vera. She really could not handle losing someone, she was tired of it.

Devyn really didn't mean to be hurting Vera at all, she was just missing things since she was taking things the wrong way. She just wanted things to be okay between them, to have Vera back around to talk with and hang out with. They had so much fun before it all just hit the fan and now it seemed like every aspect of Devyn's life was just falling apart. "Okay..." Devyn responded as she remained where she was as Vera said that she didn't need an apology. Devyn remaining silent as Vera went to explain how things had affected Zoe the way they had for the relationship to be open and for the fact that Devyn had feelings for Zoe. It was an open relationship, Zoe had agreed to it and she never spoke up about closing it. Devyn had not even realized her feelings fully until a week or two before the break up and she had planned on asking for the relationship to be closed but then stuff just happened. "I'm sorry you had to go through that..." Devyn responded and her voice trailed off there because if she said more she felt like it would have made things worse.

She would have told Vera that Zoe probably would have taken it bad to hear about Devyn having sex with another girl, but Devyn never actually considered someone going up to another girl and telling them they had sex. She still did not get why Vera had done that, but she had not been there so she could not really form any judgments so just stayed silent on the matter. She didn’t want Zoe to hurt and she didn't want Vera to hurt. She didn't want anyone she cared about to hurt, and yet they were hurting and it felt like it was always going to be Devyn's fault. "...I wanted to have sex with you too Vera. So...you should not feel like a home wrecker or pathetic. It probably would have happened eventually...it just happened on a...bad day is all." Devyn said, feeling like that if it had happened on any other day then this would have been less of a big deal. She really didn't fully get why the day had been the whole problem. She still did not recall making any promises, but maybe it was one of those silent promises you were supposed to assume and in which case that still meant it was Devyn's fault.

Devyn relaxed a little to hear that Vera was not afraid of her, but her face gave away confusion, even with her eyes hidden behind shades. An effect on Vera? What was she doing to her that she was unaware of? Devyn opened her mouth to ask what it was so she could fix it or try to. She didn't want Vera avoiding her because she was doing something that she didn't even know that she was doing. She could not fix it if she didn't know. Why would no one just tell her things? Vera asked if she could go then, making Devyn feel alone again. She didn't want to move out of the way, but she did a little. Not enough that Vera would be able to leave without getting super close and brushing pas her, but enough to at least show that she was not trying to force Vera to stay. "Are we not going to every hang out anymore then...are you just planning on leaving from here and going back to avoiding me...because if that is the case then...." Devyn's voice dropped off, wanting to say then she didn't want to let Vera leave if this was going to be the last time that they would deal with one another.

[Vera M. Solway]

It wasn't really Dev's fault to why Vera decided to keep her space from the girl. Well, it wasn't entirely her fault. There were some emotions and attractions towards Devyn that she wanted to straighten out before attempting to act like everything was fine again. She wasn't sure Devyn would soon have an idea on how Vera felt about her and that was somewhat of the plan. They made out, they had sex and they once shared a bed together... which made it even weirder for Vera to catch feelings for Devyn because Vera wasn't the type to catch feelings for anyone she had one night stands with. Usually it was the other person trying to keep in touch with her. As for an example, she was completely head over heels for Riley and they had never shared a kiss, or messed around... not once.

"Stop." She interrupted another one of Devyn's apologies. This was another reason why she didn't want to have this talk, she didn't need Devyn apologizing because it only made her feel worse about the situation. Honestly Vera could had even told Devyn that an open relationship was a bad idea but she didn't because it was Devyn's life and she was in that relationship long before she met Vera. Feelings always got involved in the worst way possible and now look.

"It shouldn't have happened at all." Okay so now she was regretting it, pretty much trying to take it back but you couldn't really erase what has already been done. So it was useless at this point. The next question had Vera stuck because she didn't know how to answer it. All she needed was some time, a little bit more time away from Devyn and that situation with Zoe. She didn't want to continue to avoid her friend either but she wondered if Devyn would even respect that she needed her space. Look, Dev couldn't even give Vera enough space to walk out, let alone to keep to herself.

At the same time she didn't want to lose a friend in case Dev decided to be fed up and done with her by the time Vera felt it comfortable enough to be around her. Because it wasn't really fair to Devyn but at the same time it wasn't fair to herself if Vera had to be around the air of a situation that was still going on.

Vera stood up with a deep breath and crossed her arms, "I think I just need my space for right now. and If you can't handle that... then I don't know what to tell you." So pushing back tears was a task at this point.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn didn't have a clue as to how Vera was feeling about her; she was not stepping out of the moment in order to do that. Normally she was pretty good at telling when someone felt something a little more for her, but she still only took things as going as far as the person wanting to just enjoy themselves with her. She did feel that from Vera before and she felt the same way back towards the other girl but right now all Devyn could feel was like she was just a screw up and could not even keep friends. She knew she was a screw up when it came to relationships and she was working on not being one, but she had at least thought that she was a good friend. Yet, with hos Vera was avoiding her and how she had not talked to several of her friends before...she just felt like she was messing everything up. Vera telling her to stop when she had gone to apologize again, just trying to make things better and to get Vera to understand that she really didn't mean to mess things up.

Had she just always ended up saying sorry so much that no one took it as he meaning it anymore? Even if she had always meant it and never was the type to just say things just to say them, hell she could not even really say she hated someone without actually having a real amount of hate for them and could not just say it to be a jerk. Devyn knew that open relationships didn't work out for everyone but they did work out here and there, it just had not been something that worked with Zoe. Devyn had that feeling all along, but Zoe had agreed to it and never brought it up. The only reason it had been an open one was because Devyn and her 'needs' that could not outright be met by Zoe due to her power. Devyn had worked on that however and even if she was pretty sure her libido was going to outright die at this rate, she was still holding strong. Devyn went still at Vera's words about how it should not have happened at all. That could only mean that Vera regretted it and wished that it had never happened.

Still hurts every time I hear it. Devyn thought to herself because how she was always going to hear words like that was that she was a mistake. Sleeping with her had been a mistake and that just cut deep but Devyn just looked at the lockers and didn't say anything. The shadows in the room moved a little, twitching and stretching towards Devyn for a moment. Yet a simple deep breath got them to act like shadows were supposed to. She would not allow her power to show more than that of losing control because that would just prove Vera's point about how dangerous Devyn was. Devyn glanced at Vera when the other girl let out a deep breath and began to answer the question that Devyn had asked about them being able to be friends again and for Vera to stop avoiding her. Vera said that she just needed some space, Devyn could understand that and while she wanted to argue that Vera had plenty of space from her while she was avoiding her, she didn't say anything.

Devyn could handle it; well at least she could try and handle it even if she didn't want to at all. She had already felt so alone and just abandoned but she could not expect people to want to deal with her depressed and angst self and Vera had her own things that she was dealing with. It would have been selfish of her to keep bothering the other girl and Devyn didn't want to be selfish, even if she seemed to end up being it without even realizing it. "Okay...I'll give you your space then." Devyn said as she shifted her stance a little before outright moving out of the way so Vera could leave. "Have a good rest of your day Vera..." Devyn responded in a low voice, swallowing hard for a moment as she adjusted her shades so she could rub at her eyes. She would wait until Vera did in fact leave before she planned on hanging out in the locker room for a little. Probably in one of the bathroom stalls or some weird location like that.

[Vera M. Solway]

For Vera, telling it like it is was so easy for her. Almost anything and everything that she felt about a situation, it was simple for her to spit out but when it came to showing any signs of vulnerability... not so much. It was a shame that Vera didn't want to go into more detail with Den, it really was but she wasn't trying to risk anything. It was even causing her to not seem like a friend to Devyn and that put Vera in a difficult place. She just wanted to be sure that she was 100% focused on only wanting to be Devyn's friend, not a friend with benefit, not a crush, not anything but just a friend and until she could do that, she needed her space. It caused enough trouble as it was.

Her hazel eyes studied Devyn's or tried to as they were still being hidden behind a pair of sunglasses. Only if she knew what was going on in that head of hers. Only if. It was probably a good thing that she wasn't a telepath, sometimes you just didn't need to know what was going on... even if you wanted to. The twitching and moving of the shadows around them were noticeable even if it was just a little movement. Vera didn't panic, or move, she simply looked at Devyn. If she were to lose control of her powers right here and now, Vera would have to go into security staff mode and she didn't want to have to do that. It wasn't fun.

She sighed as Devyn fully moved out of the way for her to leave, "Thanks, you too." She simply said as she gave Devyn one more glance over before making her way out of the girl's locker room as calmly as possible. Once she made it to the hallway, her pace quickened and Vera started breathing heavily as tears formed in her eyes. She ran her hand through her damp hair when she started crying. She needed to go home, she wanted to get out of this damn building and just... go home. Holding back as much as she did in front of Devyn had taken a toll on her and she was ready to break down. Vera couldn't handle seeing Devyn like that and especially not with how she was currently feeling.

Sad to say, normal breathing wasn't helping either. 

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn felt so in the dark, but she often felt like she was lost in the dark and figured that maybe that was just some hidden and weird side effect of her power. Like how she would growl and was territorial, maybe she just missed things that were going on around her from time to time. Why she missed them, she could not figure out. She figured if you cared enough about someone that you would know when something was wrong with them. Well, she did know when something was wrong with someone and it was in fact very easily to tell when someone one was in pain, either mentally or physically. What she could not tell was what the cause of their pain was; even less when she was apparently the cause of the pain. Devyn didn’t know what was going through Vera’s mind; she wanted to know, but it was clear that Vera didn’t really want to talk about it.

Devyn wished Vera would talk to her, Vera was her friend; at least she hoped she still was, and she wanted Vera in her life. Devyn didn’t want to lose people. Devyn just gave a small nod when Vera said thanks and wished her a good day to. It took everything in Devyn to not reach out and stop Vera when the other girl passed her. Standing ridged until she could no longer hear Vera’s footsteps but could still smell the other girl’s scent lingering behind. Her movements were quick, sending a fist to punch at the side of a locker. It was a very bad idea. “Ouuuch, motherfu-.” Devyn swore under her breath as she shook her hand before holding it. Her fist had already been brushed up from a physical altercation she had gotten herself mixed up to and now that she punched the locker she was pretty sure she added to or at least agitated her already existing injuries.

She hunched over for a moment, curling in on herself protectively over her hand like an injured animal would and just let out a low growl. Her eyes burned in a sense that she could feel the salty tears gathering up and slowly slipping out a little. No one was in here she was alone; like she wanted to, but not really. She remained still for a moment before fumbling to get her phone and going through her contacts…who could she call? She came across her mother’s number and hesitated for a moment before calling. It took a few rings before the phone was answered by the women on the other side; her mother who simply asked how much money Devyn wanted mailed over this time. “I uh…I didn’t call for money…um…ho-how are…can I…” Devyn couldn’t get anything out, at all. She was talking to a women that had brought her so much pain, messed her up the way she was now deep down inside but she had called her. Devyn’s mother was saying something, but Devyn had already checked out before hanging it up.

Had she really gotten that desperate to the point that she would call that women of all people trying to have someone to talk to and get some form of comfort? She really was lost. Sliding her phone away, wiping away at her eyes, and standing up she headed for her room to go lay down. Sleeping always seemed to help at least make the hours go by.