Phoebe, Faith and Lorne
Lorne made himself comfortable on the couch hours later. Most of everyone had gone to bed, except for Phoebe, Faith and Lorne, who were all up for the same reason. Phoebe wanted to be read by Lorne, and Lorne wanted Faith to sing for him too.
Phoebe stood in front of Faith and Lorne. She began to sing.
"Of all the things I believed in,
I just wanna get it over with
Tears form behind my eyes
But I do not cry
Counting the days that pass me by..."
She finished and looked at Lorne expectantly, who was furrowing his brow. MO< "Well, well sugarbub, you are one confused little muffin. You have to take time and learn to love yourself before you can expect to be loved by others. And honey, you deserve to be loved." Lorne patted Phoebe's hand.
Phoebe smiled at him. "Thanks Lorne. Anyway, I'm off to bed. Night guys."
Faith lifted her hand in a wave. "Me now?"
Lorne simply nodded.
Faith stood up and coughed. "Um... what to sing?"
"Anything sweetie."
"So much is happening to me
So much that I can't even see
So many words of wisdom I am trying to be
Catch me if I should fall
And even more so while I'm standing tall..."
Lorne's eyes filled with tears for Faith. "Aww, Faithie muffin. Come here." He extended his arms out and embraced Faith and she let herself be hugged as she began to cry.
"You've just been through so much, haven't you darling? You're not going back into that darkness, I can tell, you're stronger than that and you can fight it."
Faith sniffed, not believing what he was saying. "No. I don't..."
"Sugar, what's with all this self hate? No one your age should feel this way, hell *no one* should ever feel this way. What you have to understand is that yes, you made some mistakes, but you've learnt from them, and you've grown. So what if you slip up now and then? The point is that you're coming back from that dark place."
"What if I get stuck?"
"You're not going to. Because you have people who care about you too much. Where you are now seems like a bad place, but it's not. Think of it as a transition period. You're in between the light and between the darkness."
Lorne hugged Faith tighter and she relaxed into his arms. "Thank you, Lorne."
OOC:
1st song was "Goodbye To You" - Michelle Branch
2nd song was "In My Own Time" - Delta Goodrem