Easier This Way

[Devyn Solway]

Hey sexy!

You done with work yet?

I want to talk to you, but like over the phone.

Can't do it in person. Not yet.

((Tag:Vera M. Solway))

[Vera M. Solway]

Hi bby! 

Just about. Why what's up?

Oh. Ok. 

What was it that you wanted to talk about?

[Devyn Solway]

Oh good. You going back to your room or did you want to meet up?

Nothing serious, just want to talk to you or text if you don't want to like actually hear what I want...or feel like I should say.

Okay, so it's serious but like nothing like I'm breaking up with you or anything like that. Would be a dick move to do over the phone.

Uh...you know how on the trip I said we should visit my mom but then backed out of it when we were done with what we originally came there to do? Well uh...its cause my mom and I have a strained relationship.

Probably should not do this by texting...or over the phone at all...

[Vera M. Solway]

That was the plan but if you wanted to meet up somewhere else, I'm fine with that too.

Okay well thats good to know. I mean, shit, you kinda had me worried there for a second.

Okay so I'm still worried but yeah I remember.

Devyn, wait.

Just tell me where to meet you and I'm there.

[Devyn Solway]

Uh...do whatever your plan was. Or go somewhere not around others or something.

Sorry, didn't mean to. Not like sure how to word this and still not the best at like texting. Don't expect any text talk lol.

Minus the lol...

Shit, how am I nervous over text? XD

No, just...I don't think I can say this to you face to face...or anyone. I'm kind of hiding out in the woods, up in a tree at the moment.

But it's eating at me and I want to tell you...but like we don't have to talk about it if you don't feel comfortable. Want to do it by phone call over text?

[Vera M. Solway]

Um... okay. I can do that.

I could've told you that lol.

You being nervous is making me nervous. Like srs nervous energy right now.

A tree? Okay, you know what. That's fine. Whatever makes you feel comfortable.

Don't sacrifice your comfort for mine. I'll be fine. This is about you.

I'm heading to my dorm now so just call me. Okay?

[Devyn Solway]

Sorry, I'm being confusing, huh?

True, but u knw i could try if i tried.

^Like that?

I'm sorry, really I am. Don't be nervous.

It harder for me to pull shadows all the way up a tree, so keeps me from transforming.

But like, I care about your comfort too. You're important to me.

Okay.

Devyn took a deep breath, looking down at the ground below before she pulled up the details of her girlfriend and dialed to call her up. Part of her felt liek just hanging up and texting Vera back and telling her that never mind and she would meet up with her in a half hour or so. She didn't however, she just took a deep breath and listened to the ring.

[Vera M. Solway]

Just a bit.

Oh yh, totally loved it. So clever. Rlly. I'm turned on now bc my gf is so clever omg. *insert sarcasm here*

Oh ok. That makes sense.

Aww baby...

Vera managed to unlock the door to the dorm room, walking in with her black platform heels just a clacking away. The thing that sucked about being security during summer was that she was kind of "expected" to wear the school uniform around the students who had to take summer courses. While it was kind of brushed to the side by the younger staff most of the time, Vera swore she was being watched by the Head. Like they were just waiting for her to break a rule or something stupid. Whatever. She headed straight into her own room when she heard her phone ring.

Looking down, it was just the name she was hoping to see pop up. She sat on the edge of her bed and answered while slipping her heels off. "Hey." She was still worried about what could have been going on with Devyn and that probably could have been heard in her voice.

[Devyn Solway]

Sorry -_-

Really? Hot damn I should text talk to you all the time then. I'm ignoring your sarcasm and taking it as the real thing.

Yeah, don't tell anyone my weakness. Shhh

The playful banter was helping Devyn feel a little better, but Vera always seemed to know the right things to say; or in this case text, to make Dev feel better. it helped with keeping the nerve to call up her girlfriend to talk about something that kept nagging at the back of her mind. She knew so much about Vera's past after the road trip and it felt so unfair that Vera didn't really know much about her. Perhaps Vera didn't want to know...and now thinking about that fact made Dev feel like hesitating again. It was too late however because Vera answered the phone and it would have been rude to just hand up right then and there.

"Hey, so...you stripping right now?" Devyn asked, going right to the flirty subject change that she often did when an uncomfortable topic was being talked about or was going to be talked about. she could tell in Vera's voice that her girlfriend was worried so she was not going to play around too much. "But really uh...I just felt like it was fair I tell you about my family stuff, since I know so much about yours." Devyn spoke up as she worked on gathering the right way to say what she felt like she needed to say. She was likely just going to come out and say it because planning just never really worked out well for her.

[Vera M. Solway]

I should've learned by now. You're immune to sarcasm when you wanna be. 

 Dnt worry. Your secret is safe with me.

While keeping her phone in between one ear and a shoulder, Vera managed to undo her tie and button up shirt right after. A slight smirk managed to show, "Yeah, just got in. Too bad you're not here to help me." She teased. Vera would have to watch herself, it was always too tempting to fall into the whole sex talk while on the phone with Devyn. Especially when there was something more important at hand.

Vera paused, not really saying much of anything as she switched the phone from her ear to the other. There was a very good reason why Vera didn't ask about family when it came to her close friends. She didn't know much about Devyn's family except for the little information she got about her father and because of that Vera had always been scared to dig deeper. Then again, it just looked like she didn't care to know but she did, she really did. Now she felt bad. "Dev..."

She placed her shirt and tie on the chair at her study desk. "I don't want you to think you have to be pressured in telling me anything you're not comfortable with talking about yet." Vera ran her fingers through her hair. "But I mean - I always did want to know, you know; About your family. So consider me all ears."

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn didn't respond back to the next text. She figured she could say all that she wanted to say once they were on the phone with one another. Plus it was a lot more fun to play and tease when she could hear her girlfriend’s voice. That was also part of why she went right to the playful flirting when Vera answered the phone. It was so much easier to get off topic and talk about something they both enjoyed instead of focusing on something serious. It was just in Devyn's nature, especially since she was the kind of person that did things over saying them.

"Don't tempt me. You could always be a sweety and tell me everything you are doing." Devyn responded, unable to keep herself from responding back as a smirk spread across her lips. Yes, this was so much easier then talking about anything heavy but she knew she could not avoid the topic forever; well she could...but it would just keep eating away at her instead of making things better. There was another deep breath, Vera saying her name, and then Vera telling Devyn that she didn't really have to do this if she didn't want to. The truth that Vera did want to know but still the fact that she was not forcing Devyn to do this. "I know. I want to...or at least I should. Don't want something bad to happen and the cops show up asking questions and you having no clue cause I never told you much about me..." Devyn said, her voice trailing off near the end.

She then adjusted how she was sitting in the tree, tugging at her hair a little as she wondered how Vera was going to react to all of this, and if saying it on the phone was even a good idea. "So...I ended up changing my mind about us meeting my mom because she uh...she used to abuse me in...ways, as a kid. Pretty much until my dad died and while she has not done anything besides a few cruel words here and there I was still worried about what she might tell you. I didn't want her to...tell you certain things that might make you no longer want to be with me." Devyn managed to get out, pausing a few times along the way.

[Vera M. Solway]

She shifted her hips until the skirt slid off, revealing her black bra and panties. Vera moved around her room until she could find one of her hair ties. "How about I be the biggest tease and tell you to let your imagination run wild." Her girlfriend was pretty wild, and did have an imagination on her so Vera was sure she'd be just fine without her giving up every detail.

Vera managed to put her hair in the messiest bun possible before sitting back down on her bed and scooting towards the middle until she had enough space to cross her legs Indian style. At first, she was a bit confused. Why would cops show up and ask questions, let alone anything bad... She hesitated but finally responded, "Okay."

She hadn't said much of anything after that but when Devyn finally started explaining, Vera was sure she could hear her heart shatter. She had known about her dad not being with her, that much was known but know that she used to be abused... even if it was verbal abuse - Well, it kind of explained a lot. Vera had never been abused before by a parent or anyone but when someone she loved had been, it was hard to digest. "I'm sorry..." Why was she apologizing? Vera didn't know but she felt it was needed, it felt like the best thing to say.

"Why - uh, why would anything stop me from being with you? Let alone what your mother might tell me?" This whole thing, it didn't sound too good. Vera was kind of afraid to ask but did anyway. In her mind, she was sure there wasn't a single person who could cause Vera to leave Devyn but Devyn herself. Her hazel eyes looked towards the edge of her bed as she cleared her throat. She hadn't even met Devyn's mother yet and so far the woman had a strike against her, so what could her mother possibly tell Vera that would make her care about what she had to say?

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn felt like Vera was getting undress in a slow manner now, as if her girlfriend was not doing something to tease Devyn. How she wished she had the power to like see through a cell phone or something like that. Oh great, not her imagination really was going to have to be left to its own devices since Vera was declaring that she was going to be a tease. "Booo, no fair. Guess that means that I'm just going to have to think of you doing the naughtiness and kinkiness of things then. All alone. In your bedroom. Likely on your bed." Devyn said, letting out a deep sigh after it all.

Now she just wanted to think about that while she hung out in her tree and forget everything else. Not that she could, the problem was still there and it was even interrupting her day dream so she knew she had to get it out there. She had to tell someone and she didn't know why but Vera seemed like the first person she should tell. After all, she loved the other girl which made her the closest thing to Devyn's heart. Dev went ahead, leaving things a bit vague for the sake of trying to actually accept the fact that she was telling Vera this. She then quickly started to regret it when Vera apologized. "No, no need to apologize. It was not your fault. It was mine. I'm cursed and I did take the attention of my dad when he was home." Devyn quickly assured Vera, not sure if that was helping or not.

"Like, its better now. Like I said it’s just been verbal ever since my father died and I'm over the physical stuff. Yeah I have a fear of needles and medications because of the things she did to me and got a few scars and burns form her too but that was all in the past and like I don't hate her for it or anything." Devyn said, really trying to get Vera to understand that she was okay with it, even if that was not probably how she should have felt about the matter. Then there was the question that had Devyn tugging on her hair a little as she move the phone into her mouth as she climbed up a little higher in the tree before putting her phone to her ear again.

"Cause she could tell you things I did...bad things. Tell you the story of the cursed Shadow Prince...and you might start to believe that you would be better off without me in your life..." Devyn said, hesitating a few times before her voice trailed off near the end. This was a lot easier to say over the phone then it would have been in person, but it also felt very weird to talk about something she never told any. Ever.

[Vera M. Solway]

While pressing her lips together, she smiled trying not to give into the temptation but Devyn was making it hard on her. She wouldn't give in. Nope. Nice try dear. "Like I said, I'm sure you'll use that imagination of yours..." God she was so mean but Vera knew Devyn would be alright without a night of sexual innuendos. Or would she? Hmm... The idea of it kind of made her wonder.

She took a deep breath, "I don't see how any of that is your fault, Dev. That's what daughters are supposed to do... be the center of attention. I don't know your relationship with your father but it sounds like you were daddy's girl... and that's what he probably loved most. That doesn't make it your fault." Vera didn't know how the whole Father/Daughter relationship felt like, her and her father had somewhat of a shaky mutual relationship the older she became. The only thing they could agree on was sports and how to take down someone in less than a minute.

What her girlfriend said next hadn't sat well with Vera, not at all. It wasn't her place to disagree with Devyn for doing what she did or for even getting over it but she wanted to. She wanted to and instead kept her mouth shut. Her teeth gently bit and tugged on the skin of her bottom lip. Her hazel eyes looked up at one of the bedroom walls as she could hear movement on the other end of the line. "Well you're a better person than me..."

Then there was something about this curse, the same curse Devyn mentioned before hand. Vera couldn't say she believed in curses or even luck, she didn't really know what she believed in. "I mean, what could have you possibly have done that was just so bad that would make me want to leave you now." She furrowed her brows slightly, "I think it's a bit too late to judge you by your past, don't you?"

[Devyn Solway]

"Oh I am, but I would enjoy your participation so much more." Devyn said, letting out a small whimper to add to it. Perhaps the whimper would help Vera give in and be a bit more willing to play the game with Devyn to keep her mind off the other thing to talk about. If not, well she was confident she could get Vera worked up later and her girlfriend would give into her. She was that confident but still now was the time to get serious and stop fooling around. She could fool around once all of this heavy stuff was out of the way. At least she fully planned to fool around once she got most of what she felt was important out of the way.

It would be impossible for her to feel stable for too long when talking about such a matter without making some light banter and jokes in there to try and change the topic. Devyn let out a sigh as she tugged on her hair a little more when Vera pointed out that there was nothing wrong with Devyn having been a daddy's girl. She so was one. "Well like...yeah I was a daddy's girl. We did everything together, wanted to be just like him when I grew up. He took me out camping, hunting, all sorts of sports and...he was the best. But like, he was in the military, Special Forces so he didn't get to be home all that often and when he was I ended up hogging him from my mom and that was not fair of me. She loved him too..." Devyn said, trying to defend what her mother did a little bit.

Now she didn’t see what her mother did as right or anything, a mother was not supposed to do the things her mother did to their child. Dev jus understood why the woman felt the need to harm her or why she did. It was just easier to deal with and move past once you understood what might have been wrong with the person at the time. "Like, we talk from time to time and she helps me out every now and again so we are cool now but...I just figured you should know since it probably explains a few things about why I act the way I do. I don't know." Devyn said as she gave a shoulder shrug, not that Vera would see it. Vera's words had Devyn blinking for a moment, wondering how she was a better person then Vera was.

"Not true. We talked about this before, don't think like that. Okay?" Devyn asked, practically pleading with her girlfriend. This had been another reason why she didn't want to tell Vera this, because of Vera's relationship with her parents and what had happened. Then there was another question, one of what could Devyn had done to make Vera not want to be with her, and pointing out that it was a bit too late for any judgement to be made. Devyn didn't think it was ever too late for someone to make a judgement on someone’s past. "I...I don't want to tell you but just understand that I've worked and I'm still working on being better. Remember that I love you...and that I just want us to be okay for as long as we can despite the curse." Devyn responded back after a pause that lasted a little over a minute.