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It was less then an hour between the time Cassie had found the brand new heavy bag with her name on it outside the hut and when she'd had it securely chained up in the branches of a near by tree. The accompanying gloves had been promptly tied in place and since then, she'd been pounding away her frustrations on the bag for a good few hours every morning and sometimes again in the afternoon. With her sparring partners limited again, and she'd never liked taking her anger out on other people anyway, the bag had helped her control her growing anger and unease caused by the island to the point she could function almost normally again. Because loosing control on New Year's Eve had frankly scared her.
Today, she'd worked in another afternoon session. She'd snapped at Iris for being in her way and she knew that when she yelled at the dog for no reason, it was time for a little cool down with her gloves and bag. Drinking a bottle of water, Cassie was just returning to the hut, gloves tied together and thrown over her shoulder, tired enough that it took her a moment to realize someone other then Cissie was there.
Today, she'd worked in another afternoon session. She'd snapped at Iris for being in her way and she knew that when she yelled at the dog for no reason, it was time for a little cool down with her gloves and bag. Drinking a bottle of water, Cassie was just returning to the hut, gloves tied together and thrown over her shoulder, tired enough that it took her a moment to realize someone other then Cissie was there.
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Date: 2011-01-23 03:21 am (UTC)It's nothing new, hesitating around Cassie, and he takes what comfort he can from that. "Are you busy?"
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Date: 2011-01-23 03:31 am (UTC)"Let me change my shirt and I'm all yours," she said in reply to her question, indicating for him to wait in the common room for a moment while she changed. It was only a short time later before she returned after changing and putting her gloves away. "What's up?"
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Date: 2011-01-23 04:41 am (UTC)His posture rarely anything but, he straightens that much more when she returns, tries to relax all over again and loosen his arms where they're crossed against his chest. "I was hoping I could speak with you about. Kon and I had a fight," he admits. It was more and less than that, but fight is a good word for it, makes him feel a little less...blameless than he'd been feeling at the time. "Did you know about the Batman and Robin game?"
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Date: 2011-01-23 05:00 am (UTC)"The LEGO one that Kon got last year? Yeah, but I've never played it. I thought it was kind of creepy." She cocked her head. "What did he do?" Kon had to have done something, she doubted Tim would be this agitated over a game.
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Date: 2011-01-24 07:23 am (UTC)"I caught him playing it, he was...killing Robin, and his behavior when I reacted poorly made me realize some things. He's so." Tim pauses, because Cassie's missed things too, and he's here today because he's trusting her to still be someone he can talk to. He took that for granted, when they were Young Justice. "He's so different," he settles on, looking down at his folded arms. "I'm different, and I'm worried it's going to hurt you guys." Easier to say that, than admit how much it hurts him too.
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Date: 2011-01-24 04:31 pm (UTC)"And wait...Kon was sitting there killing Robin in the game? Right in front of you?" Cassie felt her anger return and she was tempted to go back and get her gloves. "What an insensitive jerk!" There were other words she wanted to use but her inner Wonder wouldn't allow it. Then she sighed. "Kon...Kon here is different. For me too." Maybe it was the island. Maybe it wasn't. But Cassie was beginning to feel like she didn't know this Kon at all. Because any Kon she knew would never be such a jerk to his best friend. "Let me guess...he didn't really see anything wrong, did he?"
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Date: 2011-01-26 06:03 am (UTC)Tim shakes his head. "No, there's just--there's so much he doesn't know, even things he's heard second hand, and just. So much happens, and I just feel stupid and selfish, wishing he'd gone through something horrible for the sake of perspective."
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Date: 2011-01-28 03:27 am (UTC)With a sigh, she reached out and touched his arm. "It's not selfish. I'd think you were insane if you didn't, just a little. We're not how you want us to be and it's frustrating. It's frustrating that you and Bart are from so far in the future for the rest of us. It's just something we all have to deal with together. It...it takes a while to get used too." She shrugged slightly, "Sometimes better then others." Though she then gave him a pointed look, "Still doesn't give him an excuse to be a jerk to you though. Don't rationalize that away."
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Date: 2011-01-30 04:55 am (UTC)"I know it doesn't excuse it," he says, even if it took Jason to make him admit it to himself. "He...pushed me. I wanted to walk away when he didn't understand, and he just pushed until I was more upset, and that was part of it. Part of the rationale is just." He sighs. "I don't want to be upset with him, I'm just glad he's here."
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Date: 2011-01-30 05:47 am (UTC)Then she sighed heavily and looked at the floor past Tim. "I know what you mean. There have times here on the island where I've wanted to hate him, even had good reason too. But I couldn't. Because he was here and I needed that more then I needed to hate him. Especially when everyone from home started disappearing." It didn't even have to do with the fact that she loved Kon. In everything they had been through on the island, there was no point where she wouldn't have been devastated if he'd disappeared. Tim and Bart had been bad enough.
Cassie sigh heavily again then looked back at Tim, a small up turn at the corner of her lips. "He never did understand that pushing an issue doesn't solve anything, did he?"
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Date: 2011-01-30 05:59 am (UTC)"He grows up so much," he sighs. "You all do, though I think you never had as far to go as the rest of us," at the very least, she's managed to gain the experience here, too, and he wonders if he'll have to be ready for that. To lose people again, as suddenly and unfairly as they had at home.
He really doesn't want to think about it right now. "You two aren't as...close as I'd expected," he hazards, wondering if Cassie needs this talk as much as he does.
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Date: 2011-01-30 06:58 am (UTC)Which was good because Tim rendered her speechless for a moment, her eyes wide as she thought about that. Funny, she never felt very grown up. She at least felt Cissie had her beat there, even when they were Young Justice. But then, maybe that's why Cissie had had the strength to leave. "I don't feel very grown up. I wish I did." Maybe things would make sense for a change.
At his observation, Cassie pointedly looked away to hide the pain in her eyes. It wasn't so much that she didn't want to share with Tim, it was just reflex from trying to be strong all the time. "A lot has happened while we've been here." She said simply, more from not knowing how to say it then not wanting too. "We've both made a lot of mistakes that I don't think we're going to recover from." It was her fear after all, that she'd finally lost him.
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Date: 2011-01-30 07:16 am (UTC)"I don't always feel very grown up either, but sometimes it's for the best, right? We didn't form Young Justice because we wanted to be the new Justice League." His smile is a bit strained, thawing out as he hears himself say it and...remembers.
He's been doing too much on his own lately, trying to find himself without Bruce when he'd been someone without Bruce for years. Someone with his friends. "Are you okay, not recovering from them?"
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Date: 2011-01-30 08:26 am (UTC)A smile that returns when he mentions Young Justice. "We were so young then. No, we weren't trying to be the Justice League but I don't think any of us quite knew what we were getting into." She didn't, couldn't, regret it but it was true. "Sure was less complicated though wasn't it?" When they had voted for a leader like a new class president and Cassie still wondered if they'd been right.
Cassie knew that feeling, but it had been here on the island. Donna being around for a while had helped and Cissie made things better now but she was still figuring it out. Tim...Tim really helped and she was very glad he was here. Cissie was her best friend but Tim understood. She paused for a long moment before looking back at him. "Would you hold it against me if I said...if I said I don't know? I've tried...and as you can see, not doing so well."
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Date: 2011-01-31 05:18 am (UTC)He doesn't want to remember that, wonders why he couldn't be like them, cut off from that future. He wonders if Bart feels it too, and that--helps, some. "I couldn't, even if I wanted to," he says. "We'll just...help each other through it, like old times."
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