poison on my mind (DARLA)

[DARLA ADRIENNE SELWYN]

It was so obvious that she loved Nick, and so obvious that he felt the same way, but something Darla always noted was that he’d never flat out said it. But she knew, simply by the way he looked at her, and she’d never tried to ask him. At the end of the day, they found love young—she knew that. And she knew how prideful Nick could be; he wasn’t ready to say it out loud. But she still wondered, what could it be? What family related thing would make him leave her? He was drawing it out so long, what was truly happening?

At the mention of the Zabini girl, Darla’s mouth went dry. ”That narcissistic parasite!” she hissed, standing up immediately. She was restless, and full of uneasy feelings. There was a knot in her stomach and she was ever more anxious. ”Caterina Zabini!” she yelled, anger noticeably rising in her. ”That girl is without a doubt, the lowest, most awful creature to ever walk the planet!” she yelled, beginning the pacing that she was so recognized for. ”She’s built a reputation you know, all she does is sleep with men! And Nick? He flirts with every attractive girl that crosses his path! Why didn’t I see it before?” she exclaimed. Getting herself in a tizzy she sat down once again, her mind racing.

For a moment, Darla didn’t feel the control of her actions, she could only watch. She watched as Dom spoke to her, yet the words in question never even processed, they seemed so slow. Throughout the time, she could only hypothesize; wondering what could happen when she met her father once more. A lot could happen in ten years. He could be a changed man, good and remorseful. Then again, what if he did attack her? When was the last time she felt true pain? Did things hurt more when you were older than when you were younger? All these questions filled Darla’s mind, something she was only broken from at the touch of Dom’s hand on her own.

She felt the pressure encompass her hand, as briefly as it was, and found herself just smiling weakly, back at Dom. Now it was simply encouraging words and thoughts, thinks Darla simply nodded back to. Her full attention wasn’t captured until the animation in Dom’s voice and actions peaked. In a flash, a girl with blonde hair just knelt before her, grabbing her attention by the shoulders. ”Nick?!” she replied out of shock and surprise. Dom notably despised Nick, and here she was suggesting him? ”Dom, I told him about my father. I told him everything! Things…detail’s—I told him about me, and Lia, and mum…and what did he do?” she began her explanation, all the meanwhile, pacing back and forth like an angry professor. ”…he has a conniption fit right in front of me! First he picks up my dittany bottle…do you know how expensive that stuff is? He takes my bottle from my hands, and then he threw it across the room!” she added, the sign of worry and confusion in her voice. Though in her own explanation of the ordeal, she came to understand his reaction better. He was angry…so terribly angry at the time. But he’d protect her, and she knew he would. ”What’s to keep Nick calm during the time?” she asked, a better reasoning for him not to go coming to mind. Surely he would be her knight in shining armor, there was no doubt about that. He would simply murder her father the moment he could.


(OOC: What if Darla told Dom that she’d have Nick take her, simply to get Dom off her back—Darla being all independent and whatnot. After the attack from her father and Darla’s little stint in St. Mungo’s, Dom should find Nick and be like WTF where’s Darla and then the whole thing unravels from there?!?


PS: there is sooooooooo a Parent Trap reference in here )

[dominique]

Dominique sighed at her best friend and took her hand, giving it a squeeze. "That idiot has too big an ego. So he may not say it, but he's so completely in love with you. You should see the look on his face when he looks at you," she teased, trying to get a smile on her friend's face and put an ease to her worries. She pulled back her hand and decided to momentarily leave her worries out of it. She didn't need to tell Darla about Stefan just yet anyway, right? She bit her lip, contemplating if she should mention the morning's run in with her ex and what she'd discovered, but hushed up at the saddened look on Darla's face.

She jumped just as she started screaming about Cathy Zabini and watched with a slightly amused and slightly angry expression. She blinked at the way she jumped to conclusions and stood up aswell. The last thing the school needed was another rumor about cheating. "Woah, hold you horses, missy! I never said anything happened. You know Nick! Even if he flirts with every other thing with a chest, he will not, for goodness sake cheat on you! Please! And that conniving bitch," she hissed, her anger and suspicions from the morning returning. "She's really in for a piece of hell. She and that sly little sister of your boyfriend's."

She listened to Darla's narration with wide, shocked eyes. She'd heard of Nicholas Avery having a temper but she never believed it because he was always so relaxed and chilled whenever she'd been around but. But the fact that he'd resorted to fits and breaking things, was truly mind boggling. It was frightening and yet it brought her a sense of reassurance. She stood up, arguing back. "Exactly! So you know for a fact that he'll keep you safe and won't think twice about doing something to protect you! What the hell is safer than that?" she threw back, shaking her head at Darla's flawed logic.

"Besides, I know he's your father Darla, but he deserves it. He has it coming," she seethed, feeling pure anger for the man who'd dared to hurt her best friend's family. She could only imagine how Nick must've reacted at that. She'd been one of the only ones to be trusted with the knowledge and after she'd been there for her, Dom had gone to her dorms, drawn the hangings around her bed and cried to sleep, imagining horrors which Darla had gone through. And it was those images which gave her the anger and drive to suggest taking Nick with her.

{OOC - GENIUS! I cannot wait to write that one out xD

Also, the Parent Trap reference...completely went over my head..I haven't seen the movie in ages... :/}