Life: Altered 03.68

            Daisy walked down the street, a soft
rain began to fall on her as she shuffled her feet and walked.  She hated the rain; it reminded her of her
time on the streets.  The bone weary cold
and the men staring at you in a hungry perverted manner.

            She didn’t know where she was going,
why she was going there.  She just knew
she didn’t want to be at the Planet.  She
didn’t want to be with people, she just needed to be by herself.  To think, to put all of this into some sort
of perspective. 

            The warm rain plastered her hair to
her head, falling into her dark green eyes as she looked up at the darkened
sky.  Hands stuffed into her pockets as
she moved with her head down.  She was
ashamed of how she’d left it with Ro, but she just couldn’t let her heart be
taken by Ro, not her heart, or her body.

            She felt empty, so devoid of any
thing that was real.  She’d never hurt
like this before because she’d never had anything to give up.  To sacrifice. 
She stopped at a corner, seeing a dealer standing directly across the
street from her. 

            She leaned there, blending into the
brick wall, wanting to be so lost in that bliss.  She shook her head to herself, knowing how
wrong that would be.

~*~*~*~*~*

            “Ro?”  Bette said in a loud voice, but the young
woman pushed passed some patrons, her eyes dark as she shoved someone against
the wall.  Her dark eyes seemed filled
with rage as Bette quickly moved through the crowd, excusing herself.

            “Back off!”  Ro said in a dark stormy voice and Bette
rushed to her, grabbing her before the woman hit the young bartender.

            “Rosita!”  Bette yelled and Ro pushed him hard, then
disengaged herself from Bette.  Her
Barrio drawl thick, her shoulders hunched over, she seemed hot under the
collar.

            “Let me be.”  She growled and rushed out, disappearing into
the crowd.

            “Oh what did Daisy do?”  Tina said at Bette’s elbow and Bette
shrugged, they were still on thin ice with each other and gave Tina a soft
look.

            “Daisy?”  Bette began her eyebrows up and Tina sighed
softly.

            “I have this job opportunity…”  Tina began and Shane slung an arm around Tina
and then Bette.