Here's The Thing
Luckily, it didn't take long for Peregrine to respond to her call. When the chocolatey woman made her appearance, Ricochet couldn't help lightening up a bit. She always felt in a good mood around Peregrine. "Hey, asshole," she said with an endearing smile. "We need to talk about something."
The ebony woman backed away from the water, shaking her paws dry though a bit of sand still clung to them. Screw it, she'd wash them out later. She turned and walked closer to her little friend, smirking as she took in the slight difference in her posture. Of course, Peregrine had always been a confident little shit, but now there was some real authority behind that confidence. Ricochet, unsurprisingly, found that to be ridiculously attractive in a woman. "How've you been?" she asked first, surprising even herself with the attempt at pleasantries. This whole discussion thing was not her forte.
"Look, Pere, I'm..." How could she say it? No matter how it was phrased it would come out sounding hopelessly sappy. "...really, uh... proud of you, for taking control like this and getting your own pack. It's... it's pretty cool..." Yep, sappy. God damn it.
"I'm just gonna be straight forward with you. I like your company a lot, in fact I might even fancy your cocky little ass from time to time," Ricochet said with as casual a grin as she could manage. "I want to be a part of this. I want to be a part of whatever you're building here, because I have a shit ton of faith in you." God damn it, not again. "Shut up, alright?" she said, as if warning Peregrine not to tease her even thought she knew she inevitably would. "I just want you to know that I want to be a part of your pack, which sounds crazy even as I say it because I've never wanted to be in a pack. This may surprise you, but I don't like being bossed around."
After another grin, she continued further. "But here's the thing: I haven't told you much about my past. I have a lot of siblings, one of which I lost when we were young. I thought he was dead, but recently I found him. Here, in this land. He needs me, and I feel like we should stick together. I feel like I'm being pulled into two different directions, and I fucking hate it..." She sighed heavily and looked up at Peregrine, raising the brow above her one orange eye. "Is this making sense? I just don't really know what to do, I suck at making these kinds of decisions, I want to be a part of this pack but I also feel responsible for my family..." That was it. That was all she could say on the matter. The ebony dame let out another heavy sigh and just waited, hoping her friend could have some small piece of advice. |