[SCT]Types Of Pain

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn was heading down from the slopes after spending hours snowboarding the day away. She was not actually sure how long she had been snowboarding but all she knew was she was good and tired. Not tired enough that she was ready to sleep, but enough that she wanted to sneak off, have a few beers, and just relax until it got a little later. "I think I pulled something." Devyn muttered out loud to herself as she rolled her shoulder a few times. Her snowboard was tucked under her arm while she walked, messing with her goggles a little as she walked.

She planned to just head off to where she had a few beers hidden already but she spotted someone that she had thought had all but disappeared. She had already a level of dislike for the guy since she found out that he had been giving drugs to a few of her friends. She didn't care the details or if he was actually a good guy or not. In her mind he was a bad person just by the fact that she knew that he had given a few of her friend’s drugs and she heard a few other bad things about the guy. All of that just blurred together as she dropped down her snow board and went on a full sprint at the guy.

Her plan was to tackle the boy she knew for sure was Trevor, tackle him down right into the snow. At least the landing would not be that hard, but the hit would be hard. Then again, she was dressed up in her full snowboard gear so she was not moving as fast as she normally would and her jacket did have a bit of cushion to her. That was why as soon as she had Trevor on the ground, she moved to punch him in the face. A quick punch to his jaw. She wanted to yell something at him, but no words came to mind.

((Tag:Trevor Paige))

[Trevor Paige]

From the moment Trevor's plane touched down in Aspen and he joined his fellow students on the ski trip the argument could have been made that it was an utter disaster. There had been no fewer than three brushes with his ex-girlfriend which he'd never admit were more difficult than he'd imagined, a run in with a business associate who suddenly seemed like he was starting to put things together and then there was the fact that it was snowing and cold as hell. Yes, he knew where he was going, he'd visited Aspen before so he was no stranger to ski resorts in the winter. But he'd just came from spending the better part of three months in Los Angeles, California where the weather had been absolutely perfect in spite of it being the dead of winter. He was amazed at how quickly he lost his resilience to the cold.

Finally, though, Trevor had managed to secure some time alone. Or, at least time without human company. Argos, Trevor's four month old golden retriever puppy was bounding along through the snow. A thin smile touched his lips as he watched the canine burrow his way through the white powder and then flail around, kicking the snow up into the air and trying to snap at it.

With his hands in his pockets, his attention on Argos, and his mind being anywhere but where his body was, Trevor had only become aware of the charging person when he was violently knocked to the ground. He'd scarcely had a chance to issue a yelp of surprised before being driven into the snow and a gloved fist came crashing into his jaw. Argos was still young, but a protective animal nonetheless. The pup came dashing toward the one-sided scuffle and issued a low growl even though he knew he wasn't the dominant animal in this altercation.

"The hell?" Trevor blurted, his hands coming up to protect his face from anymore blows that might come to follow. He didn't even know who the hell it was who's weight he could feel on top of him and he certainly hadn't registered the pain in his jaw just yet.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn was very pleased that her attack had been successful, but there had been little room for it to fail unless the other guy had like super speed or something along those lines. He clearly didn't or just had been ill prepared for someone to come running over out of nowhere and tackling him to the ground. The whole action had felt good, the tackling, shoving him down into the snow, and punching him across the face. Admittedly she had escalated from zero to ten pretty fast with him and didn't even give him a chance like she did most people.

She blamed the pent up emotions within her for how quickly she stepped and used him as an outlet. She shook her hand a little after punching the guy in the face, almost going to say something but a puppy coming over distracted her. She glared at the puppy, baring her teeth and growling right back at the dog. When it came to real animals, she tended to not get along with them since they tended to be afraid of her or at least cautious. The puppy at least seemed smart and didn't do much more then growl, staying at a distance.

Trever managed out two words, hands already going to protect his face, but Devyn didn't plan on punching him any more than once. "That was for giving drugs to my friends." Devyn said as she moved to stand up. She did feel slightly bad for not even making it a fair fight and thus why she was looking away and debating if she was going to let him get in a hit or if she should apologize for not giving him a heads up first. "I don't care why you do it, but they have staff to give people medication if they need it and just ask. You should not be handing out drugs. I heard you are supposed to be some smart guy, but it’s pretty dumb to be handing out drugs." Devyn added after a moment as she crossed her arms.

[Trevor Paige]

And this, boys and girls, was the exact reason why Trevor absolutely abhorred working in any capacity with drugs, be them legal or otherwise. It didn't seem to matter what the motivations on either side was and no one ever gave any thought that his clients would find their drugs elsewhere and probably through much more risky and dubious means. No, it was always his fault and the subject carried a stigma that was difficult to shake.

"Yeah, yeah." He grumbled, not in the mood to fight with the throbbing in his jaw, but also not about to just lay there and wait for the next barrage of knuckles to come crashing down. Trevor shifted, reaching up in an attempt to push the slender girl away so he could at least scoot backward through the snow to get some distance.

"Oh. You." He said with a sigh. Devyn Solway had been on Trevor's radar for quite some time. He'd even considered approaching her in hopes of procuring her services as a troublemaker and rabble rouser but thought better of it. A hand came up to press gingerly against the spot on his face that would surely be the sight of a nasty bruise and some swelling in the very near future. "Nice to meet you too."

The puppy wanted nothing to do with Devyn. Even at his young age Argos knew who the superior animal was in this but loyalty was a strange thing for dogs. His front paws shifted in the snow nervously but he refused to fully concede until it was apparent his master was safe.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn didn’t care why Trevor did it or if his way was safer than the other ways a student would get their hands on drugs. She didn’t care in the slightest. He was dealing something that he was not supposed to be handing out and that by default made him a bad person. If he was handing out condoms then she would not have cared but he was handing out drugs. Medications that while they might help they could hurt and she had a lot of bad experiences with medication. She didn’t understand why someone could not just ask someone on the medical staff for a particular medication.

They literally had staff members that made medication to help out students, so what Trevor was doing was wrong. No matter what he said or argued on the matter, so long as he did it she was going to be angry at him. She could tell that he was less than pleased at her words, but it was his fault for passing out drugs instead of telling them to go to a nurse or something. There was the whole medical confidentiality thing or whatever the words was, Devyn didn’t want to think too much about it. She moved away from Trevor at the push, not really that slender of a girl in her opinion. She worked out, was pretty tall; only an inch shorter then him, and she also had her power.

“Familiar with me, Trevor?” Devyn asked. The two of them had not really actually talked to one another in the time she saw the boy around. She knew mostly about him through what she heard from her friends and from Dirty Laundry. She knew Dirty Laundry was not her best source but it was pretty accurate on telling who was dating who. So Trevor was the guy that had ended up with Erika and like others she had ended up with, he got left for some guy, the guy that she had left before for some guy who she had left for Trevor. It was a lot of leaving and going to another guy and now going back.

Yet, that thought did remind Devyn that at the moment Trevor was like her if all the rumors had some truth to them. “Not my best greeting, I’ll admit.” Devyn said with a smirk appearing on her face. She glanced over to the puppy but since it didn’t seem like it was going to be trying anything at the moment she focused her attention on Trevor. “Put some snow on it for a little and it should at least help the bruise not be too bad.” Devyn pointed out as she crossed her arms over her chest.

[Trevor Paige]

"Yeah, I know who you are." Trevor said, his eyes turning from the girl to the pup that stood nervously nearby. He waved Argos over as he shifted to at least get up off the snow and settled into a kneeling position so he could better ease the canine's mind with a few scratches behind the ear and pats on the back. Only once it seemed as though the pup was relaxing did Trevor even bother turning his attention back to Devyn. Priorities and all.

"Do you just randomly go around punching people who allegedly do things you don't agree with?" He asked, a bit of light snark coming out to play. Even though he'd just been tackled and clocked across the face he didn't waver, flinch, or even seem as if anything out of the ordinary had happened. He was as cool, calm, and collected as ever on the outside. "But I suppose there's probably some sort of karmic force at work here." He reasoned with a little less sarcasm and just a touch more sincerity. He figured somewhere along the lines he'd probably done something to deserve getting punched in the mouth. "How does it feel to be an instrument of fate?" He said with a chuckle.

[Devyn Solway]

“I don’t know if I should be flattered or concerned to hear that.” Devyn said, but honestly if someone didn’t know her then they were either new, didn’t pay attention to what was going on around the school, didn’t care, or a combination of the three. She watched him ease the pup’s tension and with the pup being comforted caused her to relax a little more. She at least knew that she didn’t have to worry about the puppy trying anything stupid and it didn’t seem liked Trevor was going to try anything as well.

She actually didn’t know Trevor’s power but she assumed she could take him either way so that just made her almost completely relax now. “Not really, no. I tend to only punch people who have hurt those I care about in some way. Sure you might not be beating them up or making them cry, but you are giving them medication instead of telling them to get it from a nurse or something, when that’s the job. Just makes you all kinds of bad and a danger to them.” Devyn explained, giving him enough of an explanation that she figured would be satisfying.

“I also normally give someone a heads up so sorry about not giving you a chance to defend yourself.” Devyn added, after a moment. So there, she felt slightly better for catching him off guard since she apologized for it. He didn’t seem to hurt over it, which was good since it was not like she went to town on his face or anything. She had gone easy on him in a way. She tilted her head a little at his words about karmic force, figuring he meant because he was dealing out drugs and she hurt him for it. “Uh…good in a way, but not completely.” Devyn said as she shifted her stance. “I only dislike you for selling stuff to my friends, other than that I feel for you…with you know.” Devyn pointed out, not wanting to outright say it in case it caused Trevor pain or what have you.

[Trevor Paige]

"Allegedly." Trevor pointed out, sticking to his guns of never admitting to any wrong doing. Ever. His fingers returned to the sore spot on his jaw and, once the pup was properly calmed, slowly got to his feet. He looked over Devyn with a curious eye. She'd been an interesting case to keep tabs on as of late. Much like himself, Devyn's personal life seemed to be a hot topic among those who would gossip and whisper in the halls of the Academy. Trevor rarely lent weight to the rumors that flew around Bellefonte but he knew it was to his benefit to keep up on them. He could only imagine what his abrupt return would cause once it got back to campus.

Trevor's brow furrowed as he dusted the snow off his pants and jacket. "Feel for me?" He repeated curiously. He was hardly one that needed the pity of others and Devyn's words felt strange. Few had ever expressed such feelings toward him regardless of situation. Even in the wake of his break up, which had been just as a hot topic as Devyn's split, Trevor received more ire for simply being his parent's child than he did sympathy for being unceremoniously cast aside. His head shook and he shrugged, smirking a bit. Even his hair didn't seem out of place after the brief altercation. It looked as though it fell exactly where he wanted it to. "Thanks, but it's in the past now." He assured her.

[Devyn Solway]

"Allegedly then." Devyn said after his denial words. She didn't need for him to really confirm or deny it either way. She trusted the words of the friends who had told her so she was sure of what Trevor had done. Plus she had seen him passing things off to someone before and she did have a pretty good nose for that sort of thing. A.K.A, she had a good sense of smell and did in fact smell a few things on Trevor that just proved what he did. Not that she smelled them on him now, but it didn't matter so much anymore once she punched him.

It was like he had his punishment, she gave him his warning, and with that she was done. He would only find her coming to beat him up for real if she heard about him doing it again. For now they were cool and she felt like she owed him a few apologies. She did at least one and then pointed out how she felt for him. It had not meant to be in a pity way but more in a she could relate to him in a way. To both be just dumped so quickly for whatever difference reasons there were by people who told them they loved them.

Devyn disliked that people could toss that love word around so causally, end something with someone, and expect that they would be fine after. "Yeah, like I can relate to you I guess. Not on the same level because I didn't get dumped as soon an ex of my girl's showed up. If the rumors are true that is." Devyn said, tacking on the last bit because she felt like it was important. She wanted him to know she was going off of rumors so she was not saying that she was right in what she was assuming. "Wow, wish I could be so uncaring about it." Devyn said, being honest.

She did look at Trevor a little, staring and wondering if he was just putting on an act or if he really was over it. If he was over it, then he didn't really love her either in Devyn opinion. "Don't even want to get even or want her back?" Devyn could not help but to ask.

[Trevor Paige]

This was not what Trevor had wanted to talk about. Erika was, literally, the one thing he was hoping to avoid at all costs during this trip and he'd failed so miserably the two of hem had even hit the slopes together earlier. He was doing an absolutely terrible job of staying away on his own and it seemed the people around him were doing no favors in that department either. Still, his calm, collected demeanor never wavered. He knew the score, knew he had Devyn had been rumored to have been given a raw deal. Of course, he'd heard a few of the stories that had emanated from the girl's recent breakup but he wasn't one to judge.

"It's not that I don't care." He said honestly, moving to lightly scratch the pup, who was standing obediently by, behind the ear. "Or, well, didn't." He corrected himself. "It's more not getting caught up in the emotions of everything." His reasoning was vague, but he did intend on clarifying. "Truthfully, if I was so easily thrown away then I probably wasn't all that important to her to begin with, right?" He didn't know what it was that had spurred him to be so candid with Devyn. It certainly wasn't the charming way in which she introduced herself. "And if that's the case, I'd be doing myself a disservice by letting it run my life." It probably didn't hurt that shortly after he'd left the Academy for nearly three months. Nothing helped mend a broken heart like falling off the face of the planet for a while to heal.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn was not really sure if Trevor was cool talking about this sort of thing or not. She knew she was not, but because it was practically always on her mind it tended to slip out. More so in the form of all the other things that were bothering her. She could not really blame anyone for why she was stuck in her own darkness the way she was. It was just a lot of bad stacked up on top of one another that she didn't feel like she had a break. When there was a break, things went bad when she had planned well. It was just not all the fun to do anything anymore but she was at least trying do some unknown force that half controlled her life.

Trevor admitted that it was not that he didn't care, or well didn't, but it was more that he didn't want to be caught up in the emotions of everything. Yeah, Devyn wished that she could do that but her life seemed to be all about emotions now. Having tried to ignore them and avoid them had seemed to make things worse and she was losing on what she should do. Everyone that did talk to her always said she get over it, that there were other fish in the sea, but they didn't understand what the real problem behind it all. "Any tips on how to get out of the emotions of everything?" Devyn asked in a teasing manner, but part of her was being serious.

"..." Devyn opened her mouth to say something after Trevor’s words about how he most not been that important to her to begin with. She could not say anything however because that was how she felt, so many times and didn't really know what to say to try and make it better or turn it around. At this point it did feel like not being important anymore was the problem. "Dude, you are only like seventeen, right? How can you be so casual about ignoring it? I heard that you two were like in love with one another and even living together. Nothing inside you at all wants payback?" Devyn asked. She wanted to know, practically needed to know his true thoughts on it and how could just treat it the way he was. "Want to drink with me?" Devyn then asked after a pause. It was slightly a random question, but not all that random to her.

[Trevor Paige]

In truth, Trevor didn't know how he was able to disconnect so well from everything, he just did. He'd always chalked it up to the strange circumstances surrounding his childhood. While his parents were loving and attentive, and he was afforded a lavish lifestyle the likes of which most could only dream of, they had gone through their rearing of the boy in more the fashion one would foster a growing business investment rather than a child. Other kids had toys and played outside during elementary school while Trevor was busy having every moment of every day meticulously planned around a development schedule that would, upon reaching adulthood, would see to it the Paige's had created the quintessential candidate to take over the family business.

Devyn was right, however, he and Erika were in love but unlike Devyn, Trevor hadn't done anything that could be construed as wrong. He hadn't strayed, or even looked at another girl in that capacity and he certainly hadn't treated Erika poorly. But what was he to do? Pine over someone who so readily threw away their relationship the moment someone who had done the same to her reappeared? No, Trevor was far from going to let that define him in any way.

"It's not the quantity of years." He pointed out slyly. "But the quality." Trevor couldn't deny getting a drink right now was probably a good idea. "Yeah." He said with a nod as he started back along the trail heading toward the lodge. "Let's talk over a drink."

[Devyn Solway]

If Devyn knew that Trevor thought that she had done something wrong to warrant being broken up with, she would have pointed out that he was wrong. She had done nothing wrong as apparently so many thought. She had been sleeping around with other people the first couple of months dating Zoe because Zoe had basically given her the okay. They had agreed to an open relationship because Zoe knew Devyn had urges and due to Zoe's power she could not satisfy them completely with the other girl. Even in the moment that Devyn slept with Vera; whom Devyn had come to assume was what the problem was, they had still been in an open relationship. She didn't understand at what point the rules of an open relationship changed that made it cheating on the other person.

Devyn knew if she had been in Trevor's face, the other guy would have been punched in the face right in front of the girl. She would have yelled at them and pointed out how they could not just walk back into the girl's life and have her back. Devyn would have made it clear the level of possession she would have had for the girl and made it known that the moment the guy slipped up she would break them. That was just the kind of person Devyn was however, so thankfully for the other parties she was not Trevor. She did wonder if there was a moment where Trevor did consider doing something or did he just give up? Had he at least tried to get her to not just leave? She could not ask him that yet; however, not yet.

"...I guess that’s one way of looking at it..." Devyn muttered out. Problem was she didn't think that quality had been perfect and that was in part her fault and the environment that seemed to like to make their lives awful. He agreed to have some drinks with her so she motioned for him to follow her. She headed over to pick up her board first and then started to head to the tree line so they could go into the wooded area. She had a hidden stash here up in a tree that she often indulged in with locals or worker on their free time. "I have a bottle of Martini and a bottle of Corona, last I checked. That alright?" Devyn asked, not having too many options in terms of drinks.

[Trevor Paige]

Oh, no. Now that just wouldn't do. Trevor gave a smirk that was equal parts playful, unassuming and smug as he kept his gaze upon the girl. If they were going to do this, they were going to do it right. "I've got one of the cabins across the way rented." He said, already starting off in the direction, pausing just long enough to get Argos moving alongside him. The last thing Trevor needed was to be seen by his peers at the Academy getting ripped with Devyn and someone possibly overhearing their conversation. Call him paranoid, but Trevor liked his privacy. "It's got a fully stocked mini-bar and room service." He tempted, glancing to Devyn as he walked.

[Devyn Solway]

Trevor said that he had a place rented out. Oh right, the guy was rolling in money and like had those kinds of connections. Devyn recalled now how much he had paid for Erika Bellefonte back during the auction. It all felt so long ago but at the same time it still stayed in her memories as if it had happened yesterday. He was already moving off in a direction, his puppy dog following after him so Devyn assumed that meant he was extending an invitation.

Devyn didn't care if anyone heard or saw her drinking, because well it was true. She only had an issue when lies were spread about her, she hated that. Trevor then was saying words that were pretty much sealing the deal for her joining him. There was a small part of her that would have preferred drinking outside then she did inside but it would not have been that big of a deal right? Trevor and she could related on some level, well he seemed to have moved on and still making something of himself. Devyn wanted that drive to appear in her so maybe hanging out with him would do some good.

"Done deal. Lucky for you I'm a lightweight so I should not empty it out completely, but no promises." Devyn said as she chuckled a little. She then would follow Trevor back to his rented place and would head right for the mini fridge when she saw it so they could get to the drinking.