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[ do the video thing. come on. Do it. He knows this one. ]
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Shit.

[ Fuck. He broke it. What kind of idiot can't use a phone? Way to go, R. ]

[There's absolute, dead silence from the other end of the line, then Julie's voice - tense and annoyed.]

So you do know how to make words? A-plus for your first try.

[ This is not going as nicely as he hoped a reunion would go so far. ]

Ju.. lie. [ Hi. ]

... Oh my God.

[Yeah, there's no mistaking that voice, and her tone changes completely.]

R?

Mm. [ Okay. We've made contact. Now what? This is awful. No, wait it's good? This is a lot safer of an environment. Yeah. This is better. Safe Julie on an island that's cannibal free (besides him and maybe a two vampires but they're all nice people so.) Gosh. Didn't she ditch him?

Well, she did say she'd even take Mr.Friendly zombie so... ]

Where-? [ He'll come find you. Then you got someone recognizable, right? She probably doesn't know where she is. Hospital-ish area? Already going that way. ]

Still near the hospital, uh--

[Um.]

Is it.. safe for you? You know.. being out?

[ Walk faster, legs. ]

Mmhm. Nice... here. Safe. [ There's been a couple of close encounters but most people either think he's just some sickly dude, leave him alone, or oddly don't mind in the slightest. He thinks it's mostly because Lin's got the police force ordered keep an eye on him that nobody's actually opened fire on him yet. Yeah. That's probably it. ]

Oh.. well that's... That's good.

[There's a touch of relief in her tone and the faint sound of her footsteps as she paces restlessly back and forth in front of the hospital.]

Good.

[ Very good. It's almost normal, Julie. You'd like it. They've got people doing people things and working electricity and food that wasn't sitting in an airport for god knows how long that you can eat...

Give him a couple of minutes. He's almost got a (kinda-not-really) run going. Almost. ]

[She can wait (impatiently, anyway), however long it takes for him to get there while she pokes and plays with her shiny new phone and tries to find out if anyone else she knows is here. Surely dad and Nora would have jumped on her right away, but.. there's nothing.

It's enough to make her heart sink a little, but since she doesn't know exactly where she is, maybe it's better.

Dad would blow his top if he suddenly woke up in a hospital bed being told he wasn't real.

She's bouncing in place, rocking from her heels to the balls of her feet when she finally spots him (kinda-not-really) running, and she lifts one hand up in a (kinda-not-really) wave.]

[ He slows to a complete stop as soon as she's in sight. Julie. Oh. She's real. He thought he'd never see her again. It's easy enough to make it look like he's not pining over a girl (the lack of staring- almost blank default facial expressions helps) but she was always in his head. Did she make it back okay? Does she want to shoot him in the face for eating her boyfriend?

Okay. Play it cool. He closes the rest of the distance slowly and raises his arm in a (kinda-not-really) wave back. ]

Hey. [ So far so good. He stares at her feet then looks up to her face searching her for any injuries for a second. Healthy safe Julie: Check. ]

[Oh.

She stills that restless rocking back-and-forth motion as he approaches, a half-smile pulling at one corner of her mouth as she lets out a little not-quite laugh and lifts her shoulders up.

Shrug.]

Hey.

[But she's looking him up and down, too. Checking him over. He doesn't look hurt. He actually looks better than the last time she saw him.

Julie steps forwards through the remaining space between them both and, after a small hesitation, puts her arms around him and tucks her chin against his shoulder.]

... I actually really missed you, R.

[ His lips curve up a tiny bit. That half-smile is contagious on her. He looks at his feet for a second, letting it fade and being almost embarrassed. ]

M'sorry.

[ For, you know. Eating your boyfriend and everything. But he'll keep her safe. He goes still at the hug then carefully eases into it, awkwardly raising his arms up and hugging her back as well as he can manage. Tight warm hug. Julie Julie Julie. She's comforting and she smells nice in a not-dinner kind of way and everything's going to be okay now. ]

Me too. [ So much. ]

I know you are.

[She curls her fingers into the back of his clothes and shuts her eyes, smiling again where he can't see her. Forgiving him for killing Perry had been the easy part. He hadn't been able to help it.. but he's different now, and she knows that.]

I'm sorry, R, for leaving you behind.. but they would have killed you. You know that, right?

[ He's leaning his cheek on the top of her head and holding on. It's nice to have someone that close. He thinks if he listens hard enough he can hear her heart beating.]

I know.

[ That she even bothered to begin with meant the world. She didn't have to apologize to a dead guy. He can't blame her. ]

[Something tells her that she should feel awkward by now, but it's comfortable having her arms around him and she's just so, so glad that he's here. The intensity of it is enough to take her by surprise, and she exhales slowly, shifting away and resting one hand against his chest.]

You look good. [A+ conversation, Julie.] I mean, well, you know. [As good as a corpse can look?] Erm.. how are you.. y'no.. [She pulls a face and lowers her voice.] .. eating.

[ She pulls back and he drops his hands to his sides. He could've hugged her forever but that'd be completely impractical. ]

Thanks...? [ He furrows his brows and pulls his shoulders up in a shrug ] M'...not. Exactly. [ We've kind of being starving ourselves here in between spaced out hospital donations- a cold already donated organ (yuck but it works he guesses). He's been mentally debating eating a cop that's very rude for the past week. And there was that recent incident where he got curious and hungry enough to eat a cat but let's not even bring that one up ]

... Really?

[Come to think of it, she couldn't remember seeing him eat anyone after he brought her back to the airport. Maybe he had, and just hadn't told her, but she's almost sure of it. He was never gone for long enough.]

Are you.. okay? I mean.. I thought you needed.. [Maybe she's a little concerned.]

[ He might have had Perry's brains in his pocket at the airport so there was that. But besides that, no. We haven't eaten anybody since ...okay so when he got here he did eat a chunk out of a doctor or two. He didn't exactly get to finish that. ]

Hmm. Hungry be...fore but. [ Another shrug. He feels great right now, actually. ] I'm fine.

... Good.

[She hugs him again and though it's brief it's warmer this time, tight and close as she pushes her nose against his neck and chuckles. All of this is so, so very hard to believe, but the presence of someone familiar is grounding, and she's not as close to freaking out as she was before she found he was here.]

So, what does a girl have to do to get a guy to buy her a drink in this town?

[ Too brief but it's nice. He can feel her chuckle. It almost tickles. Can he get tickled? That's a weird thought. He dismisses it quickly and tilts his head at her when she pulls back. ]

Ask. [ He's reaching out and taking one of her hands and lightly giving it a tug and leading her along. This way. Julie needs a drink. He knows where to go for one of those. ]

[Julie smiles, twisting her hand in his but only so she can lace their fingers together. Her free hand comes up to grip his arm and she looks down at their feet as they walk.]

Is anyone else here? My dad?

[ R lowers his head and stares at their hands, the way she's holding on to his arm. People are nice, sure. But they're not Julie nice. ]

No.

[ He definitely would've known if Mister Grigio was somewhere about. That's the kind of guy that would announce his presence. Probably involve himself in the policing force. Established himself as an authority figure to everyone. Would've shot the only zombie on this entire island in the head by now... He's not here and that might be a good thing.

Julie's friend isn't here either. He's kept an eye out but no luck. ]

Oh, well.. I guess he'd hate it here, anyway.

[She has much the same thoughts as R does. Her father would be very quick about establishing himself in a place like this, and he wouldn't have allowed someone like R to live.

As they walk, she lets go of his arm to lightly swing their clasped hands.]

... I'm glad you're here, you know?

[ He doesn't doubt that. He'd be long dead. Er. Double dead. However dead you need to be after you've already died. That dead.

His gray eyes follow their swinging hands with a little amusement. He's seen the zombie kids do that before. The others think it's weird. He thinks it's fun. It seems so carefree. He almost thinks there should be a 'la la la' to go along with it. Or skipping. He'd probably fall on his face if they even tried to do that one though. ]

Glad you're here. [ Look at all the life here, Julie. She needed this. ]

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