[OPEN] two's a crowd

[lacey anne blayzer]

Tears fell gently down the face of the young woman. It was rare that Lacey ever cried. She had always acted in ways that gave her the title of Queen Bitch. And yet here she was in an empty gym, a mess.
The testing had been horrible-coming here she had not expected such morbid thigs. The torture, the poking and prodding. None of it. Something felt wrong with her now, inhuman and wild; and for once that scared her.

But what scared Lacey more than that had been her morning sickness, her missed period. So she had weaved a lie to get into basic care, and had stolen a pregnancy test.
It had ended up positive.

She couldn't raise a kid here, there was no way out. There was no telling who the father was, and she was pretty sure all this testing and all these alterations would kill the poor thing. She felt horrible with that idea. Not that she'd slept around and got knocked up, but that the baby had a slim chance here. Maybe if she had got pregnant after the initial first week of testing. But not for it to turn up so in the middle of it. Her own body hurt enough. She felt helpless, failing the child that should have had a chance to grow within her, and failing Damon as well. He wasn't in a condition to be here, as crazy as he was. It wasn't fair to any of them. And Lacey had no clue what to do. Her hand trembled, still hanging onto the test. Did she tell somebody? But even if the baby made it nine months within her...would she keep it? Would it be tortured as well...?

[thaleia grace blank]

Thaleia gritted her teeth, struggling against the nurse dragging her. If there was one thing she hated, it was being forced. She was barely in the door of the gym when she turned and socked him in the nose, her blue eyes boring holes in him. She'd be damned if they made her do another thing she said no to. She couldn't hear him telling her she had to go lift weights, that her testing was slowly but surely draining her of whatever muscle she had before. And even if she could hear him, it wouldn't have made any sense.

He reached for her, and she grabbed a dumb bell, bringing it up into his jaw. He dropped to the ground, and she finally let the weight drop from her hand. "No.." She choked out, sitting there in front of him to spite him as he stood up. She glanced over at the crying girl and pulled her knees to her chest, more afraid of people than anything.

[lacey anne blayzer]

Lacey looked towards the sound of commotion and wiped at her eyes, refusing to seem as weak as she felt. 'tears are weakness leaving the body,' Damon had insisted once. She smiled faintly. Not one to usually be friendly, especially towards other females, Lacey hesitated. But the woman looked frightened, something seemed off about her. "Are...are you okay?" A trembling hand reached to push red locks from her face, forgetting about the test in her hand. She needed to dispose of it...nobody could know about this. Not yet at least.

[thaleia grace blank]

Thaleia looked up as the girl came closer, not sure what she'd said. She was fine at reading lips, but when people repeated things, she got confused. She could never understand someone who stammered or stuttered. She motioned to her ears, then wrapped her arms around her knees again. She didn't give in to help easily. And from the looks of the tears staining her cheeks, she guessed the girl was the on who needed the help. She didn't have anything on her to write with, so communicating with the girl would have been impossible anyways.