“She’s indisposed? What happened?” Beatrice asked, which angered him. “I think you know what happened.” Beatrice no doubt saw how her comment on Instagram negatively impacted her, the comments people made, and theres a high chance she saw the argument online. There is no way she doesn’t know what happened. Beatrice pushed her way into the house and Lysander would’ve thrown her out immediately, but it wasn’t his choice. Beck didn’t even know Beatrice was here and she might want to talk to her, he has no idea how Beck would react, so it’s not his place to act on her behalf.
Beatrice was in the house all but 10 seconds when Lysander realized she didn’t know where to go, where Beck’s bedroom is or any of the rooms. That spoke volumes about their own relationship.
Lysander figured he’d let Beatrice go to Beck and only throw Beatrice out if Beck decides so or if she has a bad reaction to seeing Beatrice. That is why he decided to show her where to go. “She’s in her bedroom, follow me.” as he slowly made his way up the stairs to her bedroom.
He let her enter first and he said. “Beck there’s somebody here to see you.”
“Beck what happened?” Once again, she acted as if she didn’t know what she did. Even if her intentions were pure, she still would’ve realized how it bacfired and not asked something so triggering to both of them.
"What are you doing here? Beck asked as soon as she reaiized who it was, and Lysander stood closer behind Beatrice, waiting, just in case she needs to be escorted out. The tone of Beck’s voice when she asked that question gave Lysander the impression (which he thought before but didn’t want to judge a book by it’s cover) that Beck didn’t want to see Beatrice, so he was prepared to take action when and if she says she doesn’t want to see Beatrice.
“Then why were you crying, and who is this?” She turned around and pointed to him and Lysander turned serious and arched his brow. “I am her bodyguard. If you really want Beck to do okay after what just happened, then you’ll correct the impression you gave the public online. You are also the reason she’s crying tonight. It’s distressing enough for Beck to go through the fiasco that went on over Instagram, but when you made that comment that made everybody assume she was a liar and a manipulator … That set the nail in the coffin. If you really cared about Beck you’d make what you wrote right, and by that I don’t mean deleting it because it’s already spread like wildfire. I mean making posts correcting people and saying that Beck didn’t do anything wrong.” He said, angered by how she didn’t realize how much she added to the hurt caused to Beck tonight. He … started considering her a friend and didn’t want anything to happen to her. He turned to Beck. “Beck, if you want me to escort your sister out, just let me know, I’ll be around.” He started picking up the empty bottles and snack wrappers from their hangout together to both keep busy while around Beck and Beatrice, but to also not let Beck cry in a trashed room. He wanted to make her comfortable. He threw a lot of the garbage away when he got a notification on his phone.
Then he stopped in his tracks because two shocking things appeared on his phone. First was the fact Shaun blocked him. Fine, block me, but know that if you ignore my warning and decide to hurt her once more, you’ll no longer be able to see her. I’ll make sure nothing harmful ever comes across her, especially not a slimy jerk, who can’t commit, like you. Being blocked didn’t hurt him at all, in fact that was going to be his last message to Shaun anyways, and he would’ve removed him from the people able to see his posts.
The other shocking thing was a message from that man he met in Brazil … Beck’s friend’s ex husband. At first he didn’t want to listen to Lysander’s advice, but by the end of the night he listened. They exchanged numbers when they both got drunk and only realized it was stupid to do when they both got sober, because who would want to keep the number of person they don’t plan on contacting ever again. However, not it seemed as if served Ezra well since he was in a tight spot and didn’t know what to do.
He returned upstairs and informed Beck that he has to go. “Hey Beck, sorry to interrupt your talk with your sister, but Ezra, you know Ravneet’s ex husband, just told me his apartment flooded and even showed me an image. He’s freaking out and says he needs my help. If you need me at all, call me, but I’m going to go help him out if that’s okay with you.” When she said it was fine and that she has everything under control, Lysander left.
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Lysander reached Ezra’s house and immediately cut the power so none of them were shocked by any electrical device that was submerged in the water. Then he cut off the water to stop it from flooding anymore. He calmed Ezra down and made sure he realized the flooding wasn’t his fault or something he did, but that it was the result of a negligent landlord. He determined the flooding was caused by a burt pipe. He told Ezra to take out his phone and document the damage to show to the landlord later, of the old pipes and how they should’ve been better mantained, of the water, of the destroyed items. He also told him to take out any valuables he wants to save out of the apartment and into some sort of a lockbox to keep them from being damaged by water. While Ezra doing that Lysander was cleaning the water and making sure there was no mold in the walls. The night ended with Lysander convincing Ezra that he can’t use his own money on a room while this problem was being fixed because who knows if the landlord would make a huge problem out of this dragging it throug court, which would result in him losing more money than he should have. Lysander told Ezra to crash at his place until suitable temporary housing is offered by the landlord, which won’t happen for at least one night.
By the time they reached Lysanders’ flat they were both exhausted and both crashed out. Lysander on the couch, and Ezra in Lysanders’ bed. Lysander insisted on Ezra taking the bed, saying how he shouldn’t sleep in discomfort since his night was already pretty stressful and uncomfortable.
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Since they both fell asleep pretty late in the night, so late that it was almost morning, Lysander woke up at 3pm. He woke before Ezra, probably because the couch was less comfortable than a bed, but Lysander didn’t mind since he used to sleep in far less comfortable settings in the war. Although he loved his job before, he was thankful the lest comfortable place he has to sleep now in a couch, and no longer would he sleep on the ground or in his plane. Wanting to help Ezra feel comfortable and at home, he decided to dress and start making pancakes for the two of them. It has been a while since Lysander had homemade pancakes, at least 15 years had passed since. The smell of the pancakes must’ve reached the bed and woke Ezra up, becuase Lysander could hear the springs on the bed moving much faster than if Ezra was tossing and turning. As if he was just getting up.
@Kbail - Beck/Beatrice mentioned
@eunoia - Ezra; Suan mentioned
@Jass - Ravi mentioned