After The Battle

Chapter Seventeen: Mama's Home

Shitty Alastor edit I made. I'm proud of it.

Early in the morning Charlie woke up to Keekee nuzzling against her face and purring loudly, a... less than silent call for attention.
    She opened her eyes and squinted at the cat, groaning as she reached her hand up and scratched under Keekees chin.

After a few moments she sat up, her hair sticking up messily like it did most every morning. She rubbed her eyes with a yawn and looked at Vaggie, who was asleep next to her, with a smile, gently kissing the fallen exorcist on the cheek before getting out of bed and stretching, KeeKee doing the same.

Lat night was.... Pretty crazy.... But, she had calmed down a lot and prepared to talk to Alastor and her dad calmly, and politely, y'know, like the strong, independent adult she was!
    As she finished getting dressed and pulling her hair into its regular style she went to give Vaggie one last kiss (and Keekee a few head scratches) before leaving.

It was safe to say that after some long... LONG... consideration, she might just be..... a little less than okay with Alastor dating her dad. She had a LOT of questions, and she was going to make sure they answered them.
      Like- were they pretending to fight the last few days to make sure no one knew? Or were those real fights, they're kind of toxic if that was a real fight-
Also, how did ANGEL DUST know first.... Did he, like..... Walk in on something...?
'Ew... Gross, gross, gross!!' Charlie shuddered at the idea.

She made her way down to the lobby, seeing Husk sat at the bar with a cup of coffee, the mug reading "Fuck Mondays".
     "Good morning Husk!!" Charlie said cheerfully, coming over to him and leaning against the bar, head propped up on her fists.
Husk raised an eyebrow "Morning, princess... You seem... Chipper... Especially considering last night-"
     Charlie forced out a laugh to cut him off, "What do you mean? last night was wonderful, everything was perfect and normal and it went well!" she quickly blurted out, her eye twitching.
     ". . . I'm too sober to be subtle about this. I know you ain't happy about the little... Incident last night- and don't you fuckin' dare act like you don't know what I'm talking about." he warned, pointing a talon warningly at Charlie as she opened her mouth to speak, causing the princess to pout.

Huskers gaze softened and he sighed, gently placing his hand on Charlies shoulder.
"Look, kid, I get it, you want your dad to be happy, but don't bottle up your emotions. I'm here if you need me... or a drink." he gave a small smile, which Charlie returned.
     "Thanks... It's just... A weird thought, I guess... them being... "Together"... Especially when I thought... Mom was still... Y'know..." she bit her lower lip, and felt Husk squeeze her shoulder comfortingly, looking up at him to see an encouraging look.
She stood up straight with a sigh.

"I think... I'm okay though... I'm going to talk with both of them today! Hopefully-"
     Husk gave an amused huff, "Good look with that, Alastor ain't one for talking about stuff like this..." he took his hand of Charlies shoulder and took a sip of... Whatever was in his mug because it clearly wasn't coffee-
      Charlie waved her hand dismissively, "eh, how hard could it be? I'm sure it'll be easy to talk with both of them today, everything will go smoothly, I'm sure of it!" and with that very obvious foreshadowing charlie left Husk alone, the felines smile dropping and his gaze hardening.
     Something about all of this didn't add up to him, he knew Alastor well, unfortunately, he knew that asshole had to be planning something, and Angel Dust obviously knew as well...
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Charlie sat in the lobby, legs criss-crossed on the couch as she tapped her fingers on her knees, humming to herself as she waited.
      "Oh- morning Angel!" She said cheerfully, noticing the spider demon walking down the stairs, giving her a confused look.
     "Mornin' Charlie..." Angel said, glancing at Husk who waved him over. "What's up with her? I figured after last night- HEY-" Husk clamped his hand over Angels mouth and pulled him away from Charlie so they wouldn't be heard.
      "What the fuck is goin' on?! I know Alastor wasn't "makin' out" with the king, that ain't like him, what's really happening?!" Husk whisper-yelled and Angel frowned. Damn this hot fuckin' alcoholic for being smart, or at the very least not as dumb as everyone else-.

"Look- Husk- I can't tell ya-" Angel said after pulling Husk's hand off his mouth, not letting go of it. He didn't think telling Husk would be a great idea. He didn't think telling ANYONE would be a good idea. He kinda didn't want to fucking die, you know-.
   "Angel Dust. Tell me." Husk growled out "If Alastors planning something- if- if Charlie gets hurt because of him-" Husk's tone got darker, a slightly fearful look in his eyes. He didn't want that sadistic asshole hurting Charlie.... That poor girl trusts him...