Here's looking at you, kid [for Lara, Riley, Val]

[bachjones]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         


As Lara had promised Bach, she had asked Riley and Valeria for their opinion on whatever had happened to him. After putting some thought into finding some time in their busy schedules (except for Bach, of course), they all managed to meet up at Lara's place today, just after lunch. 

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[bachjones]

Bach looks and feels like warmed up death. And he's kind of disappointed that they are meeting up after lunch, because he's hungry.

[asharpertongue]

When the door buzzer goes, Lara puts down her tablet and gets up to see Bach standing there looking sick as a dog. Frowning, she walks down the stairs to open the door and let him in.

"Come in, Bach." She leads then up the stairs again and into the lounge. "Sit. You look like you're going to collapse." She said, pointing at the couch. "Can I get you something to eat or drink? I have sandwiches in the fridge and some pizza from last night?"

[bachjones]

"Yeah, that sounds good." He sits down and waits for her to return.

"Cinderella still won't touch me", Bach tells the empty room. "Nothing will."

[asharpertongue]

Lara makes a sympathetic face and walks through the lounge to the open kitchen at the end of the room.

She comes back after grabbing pretty much everything in her fridge and a pitcher of water, tucking some glasses under her arms. She sets it out on the table and then sits next to him.

"That's not true." She clicks her tongue and Osha looks up from her place on her bed in front of the window. She spots Bach and scrabbles up, crossing the room to see if he has any treats. "See? Now help yourself. I can make coffee or something if you want it?"

[jiyunnies]

She's been thinking about Bach's situation since Lara came to her and Val the other day. It's definitely curious. She packed her bag with a few books for research purposes along with some ingredients for a custom potion making session if their little meeting called for one. Val would bring herbs of course. Feeling like everything was covered, Riley knocks on Lara's front door.

[asharpertongue]

Lara pushes the buzzer and the door lock for Riley. "We're in the living room. Come on up."

[bachjones]

"That's a dog. And she's only here to see if I have food. Not meant to be rude."

He piles sandwiches and vegetables and works through it methodically, anything to kill the hunger. "Thank you. My last money went to Cinderella's food."

[asharpertongue]

Lara chuckled. "Maybe but she wouldn't do that if she didn't want to be around you. She's a fussy dog." As if to prove her point, Osha lays her huge head on Bach's knee, looking for fusses.

She watched him piling up food and made a mental note to send him some supplies anonymously.

[bachjones]

"She's a heavy dog." He looks at her. "Your head is probably half the weight of Cinderella. You're huge, and I know not a lot of women like to hear that, but I'm sorry to tell you."

[bachjones]

"That Riley?"

Bach feels just a little bit like hiding so he doesn't have to confront Riley with being a complete waste of time, but he's sure neither of the women would allow that. Bossy lot, the both of them.

So he straightens his scarf, ruffles his hair and greets her with a half-smile.

[asharpertongue]

Osha just shuffles closer, leaning her weight harder into his legs and makes an agreeable noise.

Lara laughs. "She knows what she is and accepts herself."

[bachjones]

"Yeah ..I guess." He picks up his third sandwich and shakes his head. "You're still not getting any of my food."

[asharpertongue]

Laughing, Lara shook her head, reaching over to scratch Osha's ear. "Girl, you're going to have try a lot harder than that I think." Osha wuffs quietly and gives him her best puppy eyes.

[bachjones]

"You're soft to her." He doesn't bother emptying his mouth before continuing. "Good food."

[asharpertongue]

"I am." Lara agrees, smiling because it's true. She and Osha treat eachother well.

[bachjones]

"Had her since she was little?"

[asharpertongue]

"She was four months old when I got her and she was about twice the size of a house cat. Six months after that her head was level with my hip. Six months after that she was as big as you see her now. Luckily she's stopped growing." Lara said as Osha tried her best to turn her head upside down in an effort to be more endearing to Bach.

[jiyunnies]

She paths up the stairs, finding Lara's living room easily and comfortably as she's been in the woman's home several time.

"Hi!" She smiles at Lara but her attention is grabbed when Osha makes her presence known. Riley kneels on the ground to give her plenty of pets. "How's everything?" She asks, looking up at Lara.

[jiyunnies]

She smiles brightly when she sees him. "Hi, Bach. How are you feeling?"

[bachjones]

"You wanted a big dog because you're .." He waves at his surroundings. "Alone?"

[asharpertongue]

Osha abandons Bach and heads straight over to Riley when she walks in, nudging her gently as Riley pets her.

"Hey Riley. Everything's good. For me anyway." She kneels down with her and lowers her voice. "He's looking sick."

[asharpertongue]

She shook her head, laughing. "No! I didn't even want a dog. My friend had to give her up for what I realise now was a bullshit reason and she said Osha wouldn't get much bigger so I figured, why not? Keep me company. Be a good guard dog. And then she kept growing."

[bachjones]

He shrugs. "Silent. Is that a thing? Also hungry, but miss Quinn is changing that for me. Because she has food. A lot."

[bachjones]

"That's rude of your friend. If it's still your friend." He awkwardly patted the back of her head. "At least you're never cold with her around."

[asharpertongue]

Lara pours herself a glass of water, smiling while Osha pushes into his hand when he pets her and makes the most of it.

"She's not my friend anymore - she left the country with her boyfriend the week after I took the pup. But yes. She's a good couch buddy. Bit heavy sometimes."