Sunday: May/31/09 - Phone: Maggie/Devon Maggie: *calls* Devon: *answers just before it goes to voicemail* Hello. *muffled* Shut. Ah! Hold on. *sounds like a bit of struggling and then a breath followed by his voice more clearly* Hi. Sorry. Maggie? Maggie: *hesitant* Uh.. it's.. can you talk? I can call later, or.. you can call me. Devon: No. No, no, no. It's fine. I was just... at some thing that Blue dragged me to. But I'm outside now. Well, outside of that room and in another room where it's quiet so.. I can talk. *short pause* How are you? Maggie: You know, just call me later when you're not busy. It's fine. I don't wanna bother you. Devon: Maggie, don't go. Talk to me. I'm not busy. Maggie: *starts crying* Devon: Mags... What's wrong? Maggie: *tiny voice through sniffles* I'm a vampire. Devon: What? I couldn't.. I couldn't understand that. Maggie: A vampire. I am one now. Devon: What? *clearly confused* Wait, how? Why? Maggie: Ava's sire.. he made her turn me. Some kind of magic or something. He forced her. An now everything's all messed up. Devon: What? How is that... even possible? When did this happen, Maggie? Are you okay?" Maggie: It happened last week. Now I have to stay with Uncle Charlie. Devon: Well.. hell, Mags. That's... that's crap. Maggie: *flops down and hides under a pillow* He's so angry.. and sad. Devon: Well of course he is! I mean... he knows what it's like and he's tried so hard to protect you and then this happens. *sighs* I'd be angry and sad too. Maggie: *whines* It hurts, Devon. Devon: What hurts? Maggie: He killed Saul. Uncle Charlie did. I didn't think it would hurt me too, but it does. Devon: Well.. because he's your blood. I mean... I know that it's... I don't know. I mean I don't know everything. Maybe I don't even know anything. But I know Blue gets sad sometimes too, because her... her daddy isn't around. Maggie: Aunt Ava and Ana feel worse than I do. Devon: Of course. That tie is even closer for them. *pauses* I'm sorry, Maggie. I'm sure it won't hurt forever. Maggie: But I'm stuck like this forever. Devon: *soft* So am I. Maggie: What? Devon: Stuck. I think. I mean I haven't.. aged at all or changed at all since... since I stopped. And that's been... a while. I mentioned it to Will once but... I guess it hadn't been long enough to be strange yet but it's been long enough to be strange now. Maggie: So you think you might live forever and stay this age? Devon: I think so. I mean.. I guess only time will tell or.. maybe if I ask the Djinn that did this, she can tell me. But she's there and I'm here so... I haven't had the chance to. Maggie: Are you coming back? Devon: I don't know. Maybe? Tiger is visiting right now so... Maggie: I miss you. Devon: I know. I miss you too. It's just... It's hard for me there. There's so much... So many bad reminders. Maggie: Yeah. Devon: Not that there aren't good ones too. Like you, Maggie: I hate being stuck in the apartment, but I got out the other night by accident.. sleepwalkin'. I bit Xander. Devon: Vampires do that sometimes. It'll get easier once you're like, you know, more... used to controlling things. Maggie: Fox came to visit me, and I wanted to bite him.. even though I know it'd make me sick. Devon: Are you drinking from bags or donors right now? Maggie: Just bags. Uncle Charlie says it's too soon for me to drink from people. Says I probably wouldn't be able to stop. Devon: He might be right. But the bags just leave you more hungry. That's what Blue always said. Like they don't really make the thirst fully go away. Maggie: Yeah, maybe.. I'm hungry all the time. Devon: You just need somebody strong to feed on, I think. Somebody that can make you stop if you get too out of control. Maggie: They won't be able to. I'm still able to shift, and I'm stronger than Uncle Charlie when I do. Devon: Then... have them collar you. That could work. They could enchant something, like a necklace or whatever to make it so you can't shift. And then, you know, you wouldn't be able to so you'd be fine. Maggie: That's a good idea. Thanks. Devon: You're welcome. Sometimes you just gotta be further away from something to see the whole picture, ya know? Maggie: I don't like you being further away. Devon: It's not really all that far. Like... I could take a train there even. Well, to Boston. Then Danvers is like.. an hour? Maybe I could just come and visit even if I don't decide to come back for good. Maggie: Really? Devon: Sure. I could bring you your birthday present and stuff. *pauses* I just... I ca' Devon: n' Devon: I can't stay for long unless Blue comes with me. She gets in trouble sometimes when she's left alone. Maggie: So you're, like.. with her now? Devon: I don't know. I mean.. I'm not having sex with her. But she tells the other girls that I'm hers so... I don't really know. Maggie: Oh. Devon: I think maybe she does that so that they'll leave me alone. They all seem to really like me. I don't know why, Maggie: I like you. Devon: Well I know why you like me. Because I'm kind of like you and I understand you more than other people do. But they're not like us, or me, so I don't really get it. I guess it's maybe because I'm different than what they're used to when it comes to the guys that are usually around. Maggie: Because you're nice and.. cute. Devon: Thanks. Maggie: *delay* We're never gonna be normal, are we? Devon: *quiet and then confused* Where did that come from? Did I... Did I say something wrong? Maggie: No. Devon: Are you sure? Because... I kinda feel like maybe I did. Maggie: I'm just sad. Devon: It's gonna be okay. I mean... I guess things could always be worse, right? Maggie: How? Devon: You could be... really dead, I guess. That would be worse. Maggie: Maybe. Devon: Definitely. Maggie: Uncle Charlie wanted to kill himself a few times. Devon: But he won't. And you won't either. Because... if I'm gonna stuck here forever and always... be the same as I am now, then I need you to be stuck with me. Maggie: You're not here. Devon: Not there, but I'm here. We're both here, as in... you know, alive. Maggie: Doesn't count for much. Devon: It does. I know I can see you. And you know you can see me. That counts, Maggie. Maggie: Whatever. Devon: Don't be like that, Maggie. I know things are bad right now. I know it's... it's hard to feel... to feel good about anything but don't... Don't be like that. Okay? Maggie: You don't know what it's like. Devon: No, I don't. But I know that not everything is lost yet. And that's what you have to remember, Maggie. Maggie: I don't wanna be stuck like this. Devon: Neither do.. homeless people on the streets here or.. that guy that has no legs and has to scoot around on a skateboard down in central park or millions of other people that have horrible things happen to them but they keep going, Maggie, because there is no ther way. Maggie: Do you think God is real? Devon: Angels are real, so I guess so. Maggie: Then why does stuff like this happen? Devon: I don't know. Because the devil is real too. Maggie: What did I do wrong? Devon: Nothing. Wrong doesn't matter. Bad things happen to good people all the time and good things happen to bad people. It's... random Maggie: I don't understand it. Devon: I know. Maggie: I don't understand why Uncle Charlie and I can't go to Church anymore. Devon: Because that's just the way it is. I mean I don't... I wish there was another explanation, but there just isn't, Maggie. And you have to just... accept what is and move on. You can do it. You've done it before. Maggie: It's different this time. I'm different.