Friday night, in the woods (NFB)

[demonbelthazor]

Smoking a cigarette, Bel watched the luau at the main campfire from the shadows beside the Koala cabin. He wasn't feeling very social. In fact, he was downright cranky. And worried. Talking to Blair had helped a little, but he was still disconcerted with how easily demon instincts had come back to him. So much for dedicating himself to good.

Throwing down the cigarette butt, he stalked off into the woods to brood alone.


[Locked to she who knows who she is.]

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[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica was standing outside Flamingo, watching all the activity at the luau and pondering if she felt up to going when she noticed Bel standing by his cabin.

She had spotted Phoebe talking to Piper at the luau and wondered why Bel wasn't there with her.

Then he turned and headed into the woods. Remembering the other night, Veronica decided to follow him.

[demonbelthazor]

Once he was out of sight and sound of the camp, Bel let loose of some of the turmoil within him. He clenched his fist and punched at a tree. The bark exploded from the force of the blow, which left his knuckles scraped and bloody. Ow. But it felt good.

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"Did you expect it to fight back?" Veronica asked, standing about ten yards away, leaning against another tree, her arms folded over her chest as she watched him with concern.

[demonbelthazor]

Bel whirled around. He'd been so wrapped up in his own emo he hadn't realized he'd been followed. "What the hell are you doing out here?" he said.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica shrugged. "If I'm not allowed in the woods by myself, then you shouldn't be either," she said. "What's wrong?"

[demonbelthazor]

"I can take care of myself," Bel said. "Nothing would dare bother me out here. Except you.""

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"Yes, you've proven that you can injure the poor, defenseless trees quite well," Veronica said. "Why aren't you at the luau dancing with your girlfriend?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Not in the mood for a party," Bel muttered.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"Why not?" Veronica asked.

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Veronica looked up. "If you want to talk about it. Otherwise, I'll just sit here quietly and keep you company."

[demonbelthazor]

Bel walked over to Veronica and crouched down beside her. "How do you like this?" he said. "I came pretty damn close to killing John last night. If Phoebe hadn't knocked him out when she did, I probably would have."

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"Were you afraid that he would kill you or one of the girls?" Veronica asked.

[demonbelthazor]

"I wasn't afraid," Bel said stiffly.

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Veronica rolled her eyes. "Was there reason to believe that he would fatally harm someone else?"

[demonbelthazor]

"He might've, yeah," Bel said. "Didn't much care."

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"You know my dad's a former cop, right?" Veronica asked.

[demonbelthazor]

"What about him?" Bel said.

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Veronica was quiet for a minute.

"You know, there's someone that could probably give you better advice on how to handle this than I can," she finally said.

[demonbelthazor]

"No," Bel said, shaking his head.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"He'd want to help you."

[demonbelthazor]

"Right," Bel said bitterly. "That would imply he cared."

Bel, still jealous? Not at all.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica sighed. "He does care about you," she said. "Just maybe not the way you want him to."

No, she doesn't understand that feeling at all.

[demonbelthazor]

"Whatever," Bel muttered. "If he cared he wouldn't have lied about having to go alone."

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"I don't think he lied," Veronica said. "I honestly think he felt like he needed to go alone, but changed his mind at the last minute for whatever reason."

[demonbelthazor]

"Yeah, changed his mind for Logan," Bel said. "That makes me feel so much better."