The talk.. NO not that talk! (Lizzy)

[adamspecter]

Adam hadn't started his new job yet, hell he was still going through everything in his head from the mutant protection agency. He was torn as well he hadn't heard from Belinda in a few days and started to worry that he had jacked things up. Then, there was Lizzy, once again she had been going off and not leaving notes. It was really starting to wear him thin. He hadn't slept in days, and Gran had given him a good talking to about keeping Lizzy locked up while they had been in her home. He still had problems letting go though.

Sitting at the table in their tiny apartment above Gran's, he looked out the window. It had started to get dark, and he was worried about Lizzy even though he knew she had gone out with Gran this night to help get a few things for the loving old woman. Rubbing his hands over his head ruffling up his hair he groaned before flopping his head down on the table. How was he going to do this? He didn't know how to talk to her without sounding like her father and not her brother or making himself sound like a prison warden. "Fuck..." Muttered from his lips before he went back to looking outside.

He had been out shopping today and in all honesty it had been really hard as of late not to revert to his old habits and go back to gambling. He was tired as well it had been a few days since he had gotten a good night sleep he kept having nightmares that the VSF raided their home and took Lizzy keeping her from him. Glancing to the counter he smiled at a little, he had found a few notebooks in the shops as well as some color pencils and a few pastels as well they were rarities that he knew Lizzy would covet. Other than that he didn't know what else she might like. There was a top there too a pretty tank top that would be nice with her eyes. The blue would bring them out. He really just wanted to be a good brother and protect her, but he felt that he was failing.

"Come on Lizzy, Gran, where are you two it's getting too late." He worried that the two had run into some trouble. Giving her a bit freer reign lately has been a suggestion he had gotten when talking to a few friends, but it was wearing on his nerves. Getting up from the table, he went into the fridge and got himself a drink before walking back. All he could do was wait until she got home. Which he hoped she would do soon.

[elizabethspector]

Lizzy loved the chance to go out with Gran to the market. Even if she had been bundled up. Her hair was twisted up and pinned and she wore a cap to cover it. Gran had smudged her face up a bit to make her look younger then her 18 years. It was getting a little hard to keep flying under the radar. One fella in particular had stared at her till she tugged on Gran's sleeve and they got moving.

It was uneventful really. Gran just seemed to be moving a might bit slower. Liz made sure she carried everything and wouldn't take no for an answer either. Not like what they had gone out for was heavy. She even went so far as to put everything away, over the protestations of Gran. "I got this Gran. Could I take some cookies up to Adam?" She asked hoping to distract her. Gran nodded and moved off to make up a small bag for her to take up to him. She was a sucker for giving them cookies and what ever else she baked. Lizzy knew it was kinda taking advantage of Gran but she didn't want her doing to much.

Once she said her goodbyes and gave Gran a quick peck on the cheek she was out the door and heading up the stairs. She yanked off the cap and her hair tumbled down around her shoulders. One stand fell over her eye and she frowned. It had faded to a barely pink. That was not going to work. "Hey Adam.. Did you get some more colors? My hair is getting all washed out again." She asked as she pushed open their apartment door.

Tossing her cap on the little table she kept going till she reached him and handed him the brown bag of cookies. "Gran sent up some cookies for you. The market was nice but we didn't find everything she was looking for. Sorry it took so long. Have you eaten dinner? I'm kinda hungry." She just kinda rambled along as she reached into the fridge for one of the few pieces of fruit that was left.

Biting into the sweet apple she sat near him. Her eyes landed on the books and art supplies and she let out a sudden squeal of delight. "Oh my goodness you found more. You're the best Adam. Thank you." She jumped up and gave him a quick hug and peck on the cheek before scooping up the books and things checking them over. She would be so lost without supplies. Literally she would go insane if it were not for being able to draw everything she saw or the Coffee that Gavin had supplied her with. Caffeine kept the shakes and head aches away. Liquor was better but convincing Adam that his kid sister needed a drink hadn't gone over very well.

[adamspecter]

Adam had seen them coming back finally and smiled glad to see that they were ok. Though he became antsy when she had taken longer than he expected to come on up. This had him worry more after all he had seen that she had been carrying everything. As Lizzy came in he smiled and tried to be cheery a little more. " Hey Lizard how did it go?" Hearing her ramble on a little for a moment he thought she wasn't going to take a breath and pass out. " Your rambling Lizzy is everything ok with Gran?" Seeing the cookies his stomach growled he had forgotten to eat again he knew he had forgotten something and grabbed two of the cookies out of the bag and shoved them in his mouth. In all honesty, he was going a little stir crazy with his new job. He didn't get to use his talent as much as he liked. In fact, he missed it.

When she asked him about more colors, he frowned. " You already went through all the others already?" Damn he thought he had kept up on that and pushed up from his chair as he moved into his room still listening to her but remembering he had put a spare batch in his room for emergencies. HE would have to remember to pick up even more. He had just sat back down when she had spotted the supplies, and it made him smile to see her light up. " Anything for you Lizard you know that I'm glad you like them. " Yes, he knew that his kid sister's burden was hard on her, and that was just it she wasn't a kid anymore, and he realized that. Clearing his throat, he placed the packs of colors for her hair on the table then sighed. " Lizzy we need to talk. " Yes, the dreaded set of words that made everyone freak out.

"I ... I know that I've been hard on you and kept you locked up from the world. I just worry about you, and I have realized that I can't do that anymore. " He wrung his hands now as he talked to keep from absently rolling a pencil back and forth on the table before him with his powers, he wasn't good at this stuff and didn't know where to begin. "You are a smart bright young lady, and it's getting to where we can't hide that anymore. I know that I can't be with you all day everyday and Gran says that I should let you out more." The pencil rolled back and forth back and forth while he talked, he found it hard to look at the young woman who was his sister. "As you know, you know I took the job with the Mutant Protection Agency. and we get your registration soon. "Running his hand over his head now the pencil rolled across the table towards Lizzy. " So with you becoming a young woman, there are going to be some changes..." Yes it sounded so wrong like he was about to give her the typical sex talk. He wasn't but hey Adam was horrible with this. He just wanted to have an adult talk with his sister one he had to accept wasn't a kid anymore.

[elizabethspector]

Lizzy gave a snort of laughter as Adam shoved the cookies in his mouth.. "Um you might want to chew those." She knew he loved Grans cookies but he must be seriously stressing about something if he was going to forget to chew.

Her brow quirked and she nodded, showing him a hank of her washed out colored hair. It wasn't like the color lasted long. She really did try to make it last. Maybe it was time to start giving up colors, she thought for a moment till he came back with more. Her eyes lit up and she couldn't help but grin. Maybe not just yet. He may keep her bound to the house but he did spoil her. She was about to lean up and kiss his cheek when he dropped the proverbial word bomb.. we need to talk.

Shock and unease flickered across her face faster then she could stop them. Adam was the one that was rambling on now and she grew a little worried. The fact that he was wringing his hands really was making her nervous. "Adam?" She all but squeaked then blushed totally crimson. "Oh my God! You can't.. no uh no way. Trust me Gran has already gave me the birds and the bee's talk. Really I'm not doing nothing like that. How? Why.. Geeze Adam. No I know I'm grown up and all but I am so not doing anything like that." She sputtered flustered herself that her brother would try and have that talk. She loved him and all. He was her world really. But, she did not need to know what a girl did with a guy that made a baby. Visions were bad enough she didn't need to have him explain how 1+1 often ended up equaling 3.

Lizzy plopped down on the sofa and just stared at the blank wall for a moment. Her mind was bouncing all over and she needed to focus. Sighing finially she ended up chuckling. "Seriously Adam you do not have anything to worry about.. I don't even get to see boys much less be with them." Hopefully one day; in the far off future. That would happen. Though if... yeah she didn't want to maybe have a babe that would be like her. Not able to even go out for fear of being found. That just would not do at all. It was alright with her.

[adamspecter]

Adam had all but inhaled the cookies in his antsy behavior while trying to talk to Lizzy about giving her more freedom. So he had gotten up to get himself a drink of water to now quench the thirst he had caused in his mouth. It was about that time when Lizzy was now stumbling as well he realized that she thought he was having 'THE TALK' not just a talk about her getting to have a little more freedom. His eyes widened and he almost choked on the water when she said that Gran had already given her the talk about the birds and the bees. " SHE DID?! I mean NO... noo Lizzy no that's not. " All the while, he was coughing and hacking a little on the water he had choked on.

Blinking a little at her then shaking his head as he finally got his breath. He stood with his hands braced on the counter looking down at it. His breath coming in slow gasps while he fought the oncoming headache he felt forming from tension. " Lizzy what I was trying to get at was I think it's time you're allowed to go out a little more, but I want you in before dark. I want a note left if not a note, then tell Gran and have her let me know where and when you left. " He brushed his hands back over his head now as he turned around and got a grip on the situation. " This is hard for me, and I know it's going to be hard for you but incidents like the other day we can't afford to happen again. I want to trust you Lizzy, I know your not a little girl anymore so I am giving you the chance like you asked, and like Gran said I need to do."

Once he got all that out, he waited to see how she would react. Yes, Adam had just given her more surprise than she probably thought. Then, there was the next part. " Also... I met someone's Lizzy. I want you to meet her eventually too. She doesn't know what I am I don't even know if I'll be able to tell her but I really like her, she's a down-to-earth woman. Her names Belinda. " He smiled as he thought about Belinda and how much he wished she was here right now too. He missed her. Looking over to Lizzy, he now waited wondering how she would take all the news he was dumping on her, and if she was going to be able to handle this well.

"So... what do you think?"

[elizabethspector]

She couldn't help the amused smirk and laughter that followed on his sputtering and exclamations of Gran having that talk with her. Boys, they were so funny at times. Her fingers toyed with the new pencils as he continued after getting over his little shock. She did not see what the big deal about that really was any way. Elizabeth knew he was just trying to protect her.

Her eyes widened at his mention of going out. "Are you serious?" She blurted her jaw nearly dropped down to the floor in shock. He was going to seriously let her go out.. He wasn't freaking out that the Vamp's might find her or that she would get picked up by VSF for being a unregistered mutant. Even though Gavin said they could register as being able to taste the color orange or something equally benign, she did not believe it would work. Not truly.

Then he continued and dropped another bomb. He met someone, her brow shot up as he mentioned that he did not tell this person what he was. So a human. Well Gran was human and she was awesome. Lizzy worried her lip some as she processed what he'd said. Belinda, a nice enough name she guessed. Not that she was any judge. She could tell by the sound of her brothers voice that it was serious enough. He had never really said he.. well had girl friends or what ever they would be. He had always just been there for her.

Taking a deep breath she looked up at him. "If you really like her, you should tell her what you are. Am I going to meet her soon?" Lizzy asked him cautiously. She wasn't really sure if she was ready for someone other then Gran to become apart of their lives. Given what she'd seen though things like that happened and she couldn't keep her brother from finding someone. It would not be fair to him. Nor would it be fair to this girl he liked. Lizard wondered what she was like an how Adam met her. "How did you meet her?" popped out of her mouth before she could even finish the thought.

[adamspecter]

Adam watched her features and couldn't help the laughter that came when Lizzy's mouth hung open slightly to what he had just said to her. " You might want to close that thing before you start collecting flies." teasing her. He loved his sister with everything in him, but he knew keeping her locked up forever was going to be hard and there wasn't a guarantee that he was going to be around forever. Adam wasn't a fool, there were things in this world that could always take him down or out. " I am serious, but you have to be careful I mean really CAREFUL Lizzy. " stepping back to the chair to sit down.

Adam had never had the chance to actually think of adding someone else in their lives. Lizzy had always been his life and even now it was hard to him to think of how he was going to allow Belinda into their lives and how it might actually affect them both. " I do like her; I like her a lot she makes me smile, and I don't feel... I don't feel like I need to you...well you know." He motioned his hand to the table and moved the pencils without a thought as if they were another set of dice to be tossed before moving them back to Lizzy. " I went into one of the casinos. I Wanted to gamble and was sitting at the bar thinking about it for a while when she showed up." Now that Lizzy had him talking about Belinda, he couldn't stop.

"She's beautiful Lizzy like a dark angel. Her hair is dark brown, her skin... she's just an angel to good for someone like me. I mean she was just. Amazing." He had a look like he was remembering the woman that had enchanted him like she was sitting at the table with them. "I think you would really like her Lizzy, she's sweet and kind. Family oriented everything. " When Lizzy mentioned him telling Belinda what he was she felt his stomach drop. " I don't know if I can do that Lizzy what if she hates me for it?" He felt his hands smoothing back and forth on his jeans cause of his nervousness. Looking down to the fabric he pushed up and moved once more towards the windows. Leaning against the wall and looking out into the now dark of the day and the slight movement on the streets below. People going to and from work as the city never seemed to sleep really.

His hand lifted brushing back through his already messy hair, and a sigh came from him. His shoulders slumped slightly before he spoke again. " I guess your right, though I should probably tell her. If I don't I may lose her anyway." He didn't like thinking about it. This was something as well that was going to keep him up tonight again he knew. The insomnia was getting to him more lately, and he wasn't sure what or how he should go about handling it again. He kept having nightmares where he lost both Lizzy and Belinda.