Chapter 15): Talks (2)
{I own nothing but my own Ideas, all other rights go to the creator of the books which was possible for the show: Caroline Kepnes.}
{Spoiler Alert if you haven't watched Season 2! Watch it before hand or don't, I am going to keep making this either way.}
{Skill Rankings: SSS, SS, S, A, B, C, D, F}
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Joe whistled as he made his way downstairs, near the basement area is where they kept the washing machines for his place, it was an inconvenience to him, the walk sucked. He did get caught up in his own head though as he whistled, he was respecting the skill more and more as he heard himself do it.
At the moment he was really happy because of his night with Love, although he didn't get to spend the night at her place, he was able to have a really nice evening with her. The dinner was nice, and it ended with a really heavy make out session which he really enjoyed.
Love and his relationship was going great, they were at a nice place after confirming that they really were in a relationship with one another. He hated flirting with women and not knowing where he stood, plus it was always a horrible idea to not know where your relationship was.
Going all out on his whistling he took his basket and set it to the side, he began to separate his colors and his whites, he didn't want his white t-shirts to end up pink or his socks. Not that he didn't like the color pink, it was just that was a quick way to ruin his clothes, he had been an adult long enough that he knew how washing clothes went.
Throwing them into two separate washing machines he went to the table and pulled out his phone, his hands were twitchy as he wanted to work on his device for the next game, but he wasn't taking the chance. The machines to wash here cost and he didn't want to leave his clothes unattended, that was a quick way for someone to steal your wash.
As he was sitting there going over the I.P address for the next game, Delilah walked in, looking up he gulped as he saw her because her legs in the short shorts, she was wearing was sexy. Sure, he was with Love, but that didn't mean he wasn't a healthy male who didn't notice the opposite sex just because he was with someone else.
Plus, he was living with past life memories, in his past life he had a thing for both Love and Delilah, so it was hard for him to just throw those feelings aside when she was right in front of him in person.
"Oh..." She said as she finally noticed him taking a headphone out of her ear, they hadn't seen one another since the party. To his knowledge they weren't avoiding one another, it was just that with her busy schedule and his early one they rarely ran into one another.
"Hey there, you should try those two. I didn't check them before coming in, but you know that last one..." Joe started.
"Yeah, eats quarters." She sighed while setting her basket next to the machines that were near his own, the lids were closed so he didn't know if they were being used, "So, I see you got your finger fixed."
He smiled slightly, he could remember that she wasn't as nice to the other Joe, but then again, he didn't see Hendy as 'a great guy' so there was bound to be things about them that was completely different from one another. Which is why Delilah was treating him different, he didn't get her riled up about Henderson.
"Yeah, someone I know, not Hendy, told me about Dr. Daniel when I got it cut, the guy does good work." Joe was watching her and even though he back was turned to him at the time he saw her tense when Henderson was mentioned, "So, not so fond memories of Henderson then?"
The room went quiet as he watched her, she was slowly putting things inside the machine while also seemingly thinking things over, he didn't disturb her and let her think whatever it was that she was thinking. He chuckled in his head as he realized that the entire time, he had been staring at her butt while she was thinking.
It was an amazing butt.
She turned around and smirked because he wasn't quick enough to look away as he hadn't expected her to turn around, she rolled her eyes playfully at him, "We met eight years ago, Henderson and me. At that time, I was dancing in a bar downtown, but not to do it but because I actually wanted to make something of myself."
Joe nodded, he could see that she was at the moment an investigative reporter and a manger of these apartments. She walked over and sat on top of the table in front of him, she messed with her shoelace before she sighed looking up at him again.
"I wanted to be Carrie Fisher. She's such a great writer." She said with a wistful smile on her face, "It didn't happen though because I was stuck in Covina and my mother was such a Cunt. One day I just said, 'Fuck it', at the first chance to get a fake ID, I took it and got myself a new life."
She bit her lip as she looked down, "And Henderson, he was there you know. He was all encouraging and things, which no one ever was for me, it just it made me feel good. And I had heard, about the young girls around him, but I didn't think anything of it..."
Joe paused for a fraction of a second before he reached over and took her hand, she had been picking at her shoelace to distract herself, so he wanted to show her some comfort. Even if he knew what had happened, he still felt sick to his stomach hearing it in person, the emotions were so different from watching it on a screen.
"One day I was at his place, and I know, I know that I only had three sips of a beer..." Her face was haunted as she gripped his hand a little tighter.
"If that was eight years ago, that means you were only..." Joe started grimacing as he thought of the age.
"Seventeen, yeah." There was a long pause before she spoke again, "And I remember waking up and being like...it's already ten at night. When I looked down my skirt was up."
Joe didn't think he just pulled her into him, she was surprised at first and even fought back as he held her, but eventually she took comfort in his arms when she realized that he wasn't going to let her go. They sat like that for a moment, he was just letting her take the comfort, he didn't want her to go into those dark memories anymore.
Finally, she did pull back letting out a breath, "And that is why I don't lose a wink of sleep over these motherfuckers! I write about them because they wouldn't listen to me when I wanted to write the truth about Henderson. I make sure they listen to me now."
Joe nodded leaning back in his chair as he smiled at her, "Good. There needs to be more people brought to justice like this, why do you think I hate social media."
She chuckled as she looked into his eyes, but her face was also serious as she spoke, "Don't act like you aren't one of them. You are just as bad as them, just because it might be something else doesn't mean that it isn't bad too."
Joe waited for more, because in the show she was always warning him away from Ellie, and even he spent a lot of time with Ellie, but she didn't seem to warn him away from her, she never brought it up after the first time. It seemed she wasn't going to be doing this either as she smiled at him while standing, apparently, she wasn't worried about her clothes.
"Thanks for listening....and have a nice day." She said with a smile as she backed out of the room, turning the corner she began to walk away but put her head back through the door with a smile, "Ahh, also stay the hell away from my sister, until you decide to tell me your evil at least."
Joe burst out laughing as she walked away from the room, he shook his head, he thought she was going to leave without saying that, but it seemed she still wanted to warn him away from Ellie.
'Hey system, draw the SS-Class Gacha please.' Joe said while leaning back into his chair once he was left alone.
As usual Joe watched the colors until they went away and all that was left was a floating ball of light, he reached out and touched it groaning as the information surged into his mind. This one was a little more painful than usual, it wasn't just affecting his mind this time.
[Congratulations Host, you have gained SS-Class Fighting Style 'Renewal Taekwondo' (Downgraded)]
Joe froze as he heard what the draw was, he couldn't believe that he would pull something like that, he wasn't a good fighter so this would help him if he ever needed it, but at the same time he was wondering what the 'Downgraded' was.
'System, what is the Downgraded in the new skill?' Joe asked while rubbing his stomach which had a new six pack, his body changed to fit as if he had been practicing this his entire life.
[Host gained a skill which is above this worlds level. In order to keep the balance, the system has automatically downgraded the level that can be mastered with this fighting style. Because as the Host is aware, this fighting style can even take down gods.]
He could agree with that, with a happy tune whistled he messaged Love, his clothes were going in the dryer soon and he could finish those and finally go meet up with her, he could always deal with Jasper later. Will would have a good time having someone to listen to him, his medicine should be making him better soon anyway.
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[Name: Joe Goldberg (Joe Angel)
Age: 26
Skills: Hacker (SSS), Renewal Taekwondo (SS), Whistling (D)
Minds: John Kramer (A) Neal Caffery (B)]