Outed and Doubted

[Vera M. Solway]

.hours after this thread

"How could you be so fucking stupid!?" Speaking to no one really, as most of her roommates were still out.

She was pacing, which might have not been a good thing. Vera was often on the move, warmed up, she always had to do something, movement was always the answer to her excitement. her pacing came from a different fire. The telekinetic was angry, plain and simple. Vera managed to keep it together throughout the end of the assembly, even a bit before it but when she received a text from Roxana, it was kind of hard to keep that bottled in. And it wasn't Rox that made the young adult mad, it was everything that built up to that point.

Having little to no time to enjoy the cookout was one thing, but the assembly, the corny speech, the news...

The news. That was what made this specific telekinetic's temper flare. Had it been up to Vera, she'd march over to said camp, find the loser who yapped his mouth and made sure he had to find another way to communicate. But no, the staff probably wanted to talk things out, discuss, have meetings, figure out ways to keep everything from falling apart.

And it wasn't that she was ashamed of being known as a mutant, it wasn't about that. It was safety that was on her mind, she cared about her other classmates, about the younger students, about how parents may had or probably will have found out that people outside of the school knew. People who were so ignorant and quick to post things on social media, and other mutants who weren't so comfortable and confident with other people knowing.

This was exactly why she called her girlfriend over; Her temper. She needed someone to vent to, which was usually asked of her by her trauma and PTSD therapist. She was ready to blow.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn did not want to get separated from Vera after the announcement was made, and had been doing pretty good at not letting her girlfriend out of her sights. However; they had work to do and Devyn had to show what she was capable of. Now more than ever it looked like she was going to have to support her girlfriend by following her orders, so that was what Devyn did. She needed to help go around and calm down any students who might have been panicking and in general bring everyone onto the school grounds.

Most of them should have already been, but a few had wondered off and she had to handle rounding them up as well as trying to keep the peace. She had already done that for a couple of students but as soon as she got the text she let her girlfriend know she was on her way and headed over. This was not supposed to have happened, none of this. It got in the way of Devyn’s plans and now she didn't know if there was ever going to be a right time to ask the question she had been ready to ask. She kept that thought to herself as she knocked in the door before keying in. "Vera, it's me. I'm here." Devyn spoke up, going over to sit on the bed and ready for her girlfriend.

She already wanted to pull her significant others close, but figured Vera had to get some things off her chest first. She needed to settle down and Dev was ready for whatever happened to achieve that goal. If she got hurt in the process, it didn't matter. She loved Vera and would sacrifice it all for the other girl's happiness. "I'm guessing this is about that stupid shit those hippies pulled off? You know I'm never going to let anyone hurt you, right?" Devyn asked, and she meant every word of it. The world would burn and die before she allowed anyone to hurt her love.

[Vera M. Solway]

"Vera, it's me. I'm here."

Her head quickly turned towards the sound of a knocking. For those few seconds, it stopped all train of thought as her eyes watched Devyn move into her room. Her lips parted and but nothing truly came out, at least not until she moved to close her door. Her back stayed leaning against it as she thought about as everything. She needed to calm down, Devyn was here... she needed to relax, to breathe, she needed to chill ou-

"This whole thing is so-" She violently threw her arm from where her television sat to to adjacent wall, telekinetically smashing it against said wall. "-FUCKED!" She paused, taking a moment before she realized she did it on purpose as she was still on the edge. "You know what, that's okay, because I didn't even really use that television..." Her hazel eyes looked towards her girlfriend as she tried taking in a deep breath.

Her face softened, even if it was just slightly. Vera knew and felt every day how much Devyn cared for her and there was nothing that could compare it. "And that's the thing, Dev. I know, I know you would never let anyone hurt me but I'm not even worried about my well being. I'm worried about yours, I'm worried about the other students, our friends, I'm worried that stupid people are going to do stupid things. I-I I don't know..."

She raked her fingers through her purple locks as she began to pace again. "And you heard that unprepared dick talk about how everything was going to be taken care of? How the FUCK did he figure that? How does anyone know that? He-He didn't even sound confident! Videos spread like a virus, mouths talk, eyes see shit, it's fucking 2015! Imagine if SPECTRE so happened to pop their heads back out..." Vera stopped. SPECTRE was probably the last thing she wanted to think about but it was hard to forget. She was sure it was hard for anyone to forget.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn could feel her girlfriends eyes on here as she walked into the room at sat down on the other girl’s bed. She could tell Vera was upset and was a little worried about just how upset Vera was. No matter what, she was going to do what she could to try and calm her down and also let Vera get it all out. Dev might not have been very good at expressing her emotions, but she knew how important it was to get them out. She didn't do it, but she would be damn if she didn't try to get Vera to do it. Except in this case, she didn't really have to do anything and Vera was already lashing out. The result of which destroys a TV and Dev jumping a little bit at the display of power and discretion.

Just another further reminder that Vera was not one to upset and that the two of them did make a pretty deadly combination. Was it odd that it turned her on a little? Maybe, but that thought just remained hidden away as Dev's green eyes remained on her girlfriend as she waited. She didn’t want to get up and close just yet in case Vera wanted to let out a bit more of her power and frustration. "I did like that television." Dev said, trying to make a light joke. It was probably not the best given the situation but she would never claim to know all the right things to say to make things better. She listened as Vera went on to talk about how she knew that Dev would look after her but that she was not worried about her wellbeing.

Vera was worried about Devyn's and other people, which was understandable and it was kind of hard to tell Vera not to worry. Devyn's mouth opened to say something but Vera was then pacing and then talking about how the guy giving the speech said everything would be okay, but didn’t really seem sure of it. Dev doubted things would be okay, it was hard to take back something that a whole town had seen and heard but at the very least it could be kept in the town. "Come here and take a deep breath." Devyn said as she held her hands out and motioned for Vera to come over. She even made sure to give a small pout and move back on the bed far enough so Vera could sit on her lap and the two of them would be comfortable.

When Vera was within range Dev would make sure to pull her girlfriend in close and lean in whatever way she needed to in order to give Vera a quick kiss. "I'm here with you. You don't have to deal with all of this alone. I'm always going to be by your side and help you out with whatever you need. Need help looking out for your friends, I got you. I'm not going anywhere Vera." Dev said, wanting to make that clear. Vera would not have to deal with all this all alone; she would never have to deal with anything all alone as long as she didn’t want to.