Starbucks "Home" Delivery (Audrey)

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It really was a wonder that he got permission for this. Good behavior or some such nonsense. It worked for him though. He had a metal mutt on his heels though, which was annoying. Oh well, whatever it took. He descended the stairs quietly. Or, it would be quiet without metal paws following. At least it wasn’t one of the praetors themselves. That would be infinitely worse. Here at least he got some privacy. That he knew of, these things couldn’t actually do much. The two coffees in his hands were awfully hot, but he wanted to bring one anyway. He was pretty sure that she hadn’t been given much in the way of proper food or the like down here. So that meant he was going to bring her coffee.

For a change he wasn’t wearing his overcoat, but considering it was June now, that was to be expected. He was, however, still wearing all black. He just preferred it that way. And formal, too. Not like a tie, heavens no, but not like a t-shirt either. Black slacks and polished shoes that made the softest of sounds as he walked. And a black button-up shirt with long sleeves. And, of course, his eye patch. Couldn’t exactly leave that one be, right? That one wasn’t optional. If he let light get into that damaged eye, well, it wasn’t pretty. Least it could do was a migraine and terrorizing whoever saw it. Come to think of it, only Evelyn’s mother had seen his damaged eye firsthand. It had made her go pale at the grotesque scene, but she was strong and hadn’t flinched… that much. Either way, though, he didn’t bother to let anyone else see it. Not even those he considered family anymore. He walked down the row of cells. “Audrey?”

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Audrey was spending her time by drawing pictures. She had finally erased the equations she wrote in the dirt. It was useless to keep them around it was just giving her a headache. She couldn't erase the equations she had marked on the walls, though she had tried. But either way, she was drawing a random drawing. It really wasn't anything, just going into the doodles she use to do in her school years when she got bored. Which surprisingly caused her to play through her memories in her head. Which was odd, she never really went down memory lane but then again she had a ton of free time so it was no surprise once you thought about it.

Lucky for her her thoughts were pulled away when she heard the clanking footsteps from what she assumed was from one of the preators metal dogs. But why would they come down here? They hadn't bothered for some time unless it was for food or just to double check she was alive. And she was fairly certain it was meal time. Then she heard her name and had to look at the floor in confusion. The voice was familiar. All too familiar. It was her old boss after all, but what was he doing down here? And freely she might add.

She looked up out of the bars to where he was approach. "They keep me locked up and let you walk free? Did you come here to gloat and..." She smelled the familiar scent in the air and let out something close to a whimper. "Did you seriously bring coffee to drink in front of me? That's the lowest of lows." Audrey whined slightly. She didn't care if she sounded childish, she was done caring about anything. After all she probably looked like a wild animal with how long she had been down here without being able to properly care for herself so fine, childish or crazy, she would act that way and if anyone had anything to complain about they could just blame themselves for putting her through this misery. At least she had a valid reason for what she did, they were just keeping her here because well, she didn't even know!

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This wasn’t going well. He took a moment to just examine her cell. It looked uncomfortable, that was for sure. All written up with equations too, by the looks of it. She’d been keeping herself busy at least. Finally, he looked back to her. “If you don’t want good news, I suppose I could leave you here even longer.” No, he really wasn’t sure how he got free and she did not. And of course he didn’t like it. Which was why he was doing what he was. He shrugged. “But I can understand why you would be so, ah, cozy here with your doodles and comfy cot and everything. Of course I can’t blame you for wanting to stay.” He turned to look at the obnoxious dog with him, anything but her because his annoyance was rising. Was this really worth it? No, hold on, she had every right to be upset. He would have been beside himself.

He sighed and looked back to her when she spoke gain. “Thank you for considering me so cruel, Watkins. Obviously,” he said sarcastically, “I have given you every reason to dislike me in that I have been trying to plead your case and then decided the best I could do was bring you some good news and share a coffee with you.” He held up the two cups of steaming hot coffee. “Because of course, I planned on drinking both of these. I’m just that much of an ass. Thank you for the vote of confidence. Perhaps I shall reconsider this whole plan of mine and just leave you here until those children see fit to finally let you out, hmm? How does that sound?” He kicked at the bars lightly just for effect. “Now, are you ready to be civil with me and respect me, or do you want me to dump your coffee on your head, leave, and never come back?” His voice was hard, but he meant every word. He was not a man to be disrespected and he did not like her insinuating that he would treat her anything less than respectful in return. He may not be the kindest soul, but he was not an absolute brute, not to those who didn’t deserve it. And last he checked, Audrey did not deserve it. But she was on her way there.

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Audrey pursed her lips at his tone. She had forgotten how intimidating his harsh tone could be. It had been months, who could blame her, plus it wasn't like she had been having a vacation down here in the wretched dump. Though, as annoyed as she was and how her own honor was telling her that she had every right in the world to have a tone in her own voice and to just yell at him, she was curious about this good news and plan of his. It must be something very interesting if he would purposely find a way to make a trek to make her acquaintance again. So with a harsh sigh she finally responded.

"Fine, I'm civil....for now. What's this news of yours? And, sir, may I please, please have that coffee." She said with her voice staying strong at the beginning but slowly declining into a pathetic begging for a cherishable drink. "It must be pretty darn important if you would come down here, and speaking of, how did you even manage to pull that one off?" Audrey asked, curious about both subjects. After all, it wasn't exactly common place for her to have visitors. Something she thinks has less to do with what her job had previously entailed and more to do with a son harboring a grudge against her. She never thought all those years ago that giving up the child would end up biting her in the butt like this. Screw the gods, it was Apollo's fault she was even in this mess. It would all just be simpler if she never had found out about them, never was able to see through their magical mist. She would probably have been some world renowned medical scientist by now with countless breakthroughs and probably would have married someone and started a family by now. No, instead she had her one son holding her prisoner and she was in love with another demigod who probably thought poorly of her too, no matter how much she wanted to prove him wrong.

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Avetis smirked at her desire for the coffee in his hand. Yes, he knew this young lady well enough to know her weaknesses. Usually involved coffee. And he was proved correct by her whimpery tone. He examined one of the two cups, then took a sip. “Ah, nice and hot, yet not too hot. And I added caramel flavoring to it too, which seems to have it just right.” He glanced back at her, smirk firmly in place. Silently, he knelt on the floor and slid the unsipped cup between the bars. “However, I have no particular reason to be cruel to you, so there you are. Yours has caramel too. And Splenda.”

He took a moment or two to sip his drink, thinking hard on how to word it. “It is important. Just wanted to let you know to not get too used to this place.” He looked to her with his one good eye as if trying to convey the message through that alone. He couldn’t exactly say his plan with that blasted dog here anyway. Just to be safe. For all he knew, they could be listening in on them right now. “As for how I got here, never underestimate the power of good deeds. Do them a favor, then ask one in return. Just a trifling thing really.” Okay, not a trifling thing. A rather big thing actually. He took another sip. “With escort of course. Though I must say, you seem to have one of their leaders with a personal vendetta against you… doesn’t help your cause, I imagine.”

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Notes: I’m sorry it’s so short! I’m tiiiiired!

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She very gingerly took the cup, worried that it was just an illusion. And upon sipping it felt herself enter a small, very short time of bliss. The warmth of the sweet drink was welcoming, a nice opposition to the gruel she was now use to eating. But upon Avetis's next words and meeting her gaze she couldn't help but be a tad confused. She understood what he meant, but what she didn't understand was how that would even be possible. Kyle had said he would figure something out and well, it's been months. If he couldn't pull something off then how did Avetis think he could? And why would he be so eager to pull her out of here either? You would think someone who was barely able to get citizenship in New Rome would try his best to make sure not to screw up again.

There was so many questions swarming in her head but instead of voicing them she just gave a nod, though her expression probably told her confusion. But she couldn't dare say anything in case that blasted metal dog had a mic system and was recording this entire meeting, which Audrey wouldn't put past the adolescents.

Audrey rolled her eyes. "Yes well, apparently when you kidnap and experiment your son's wife, it doesn't exactly flow well. Especially when it's the son you had put up for adoption. Oh well, wouldn't want to claim someone with that much of a chip on his shoulder and that bad at holding grudges as my son anyway. He's showing how immature he is too by purposely keeping me in here. Stupid Romans, no offense." Audrey stated annoyed, forgetting for a moment that Avetis was technically a Roman, even if he was the one who spearheaded the campaign against them.

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notes: ENJOY ^_^