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Joe Rogers ([personal profile] the_next_avenger) wrote in [community profile] nextgenerationmarvel2012-12-04 08:08 am

Phone Call to Roxie


(Occurs during this thread.)
 

Joe stepped outside and called his parents first, letting them know what was going on. He asked them to be extremely careful. Dad asked if he needed help and Joe declined, saying that he was on the case and had it under control. Moreover, he didn't want his parents cleaning up his messes. They didn't sound happy about it, but they respected his wishes.

Once he hung up with them, he dialed Roxanne's cellphone. He was surprised at how much he missed her and how often he'd been thinking of her during the drive already. When this was over, he'd see her again and then they'd talk about a few things, if they were both ready.

He waited for her to answer and hoped she was all right.

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[personal profile] avengingwarbird 2012-12-05 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
"The Mansion," she said after a beat. "I just thought, in case of any attacks. Well, we've been photographed together, and it's not that I can't take care of myself? But the girlfri - uhm - the...I'd be the likeliest candidate to be taken to get used against you. So, safety in numbers and all that." You'd have to be eighty kinds of stupid, at least, to just attack Avengers Mansion.

"But, how are you? I've been concerned." All the more so since Tommy's visit.
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[personal profile] avengingwarbird 2012-12-05 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
"Joe, you never implied that I couldn't, so you don't have to apologize," she said.

A salesgirl poked her head in to see if she needed anything and Roxie smiled and held up a finger, mouthing the words one moment to her. She then took a seat on the plush settee in the dressing room and stared at herself in the mirror.

She was probably buying the dress.

"Well, if he heads this way or something, you'll obviously be the first person I contact," Roxie said. "After I bash his head in with my mace," she added.

"And no, I know. The serious stuff...can wait for when you get back," Roxie stood back up and started unzipping the dress. "Also? It's not corny, what you said. I'm glad you called. I'm happy you're okay." And she could rest a little easier knowing that he was coming back. That he hadn't disappeared again. "My thoughts have very much been with you, since you left."
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[personal profile] avengingwarbird 2012-12-05 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
She'd already been on super-alert since the Kreenapping. This simply meant that she needed to pay attention to terrestrial threats as well as the extra-terrestrial kind.

"Bruce, Jay, Nicky, and the others are here if I need anything," she confirmed. "Which, hopefully, I won't, but three of them are all kinds of helpful backup for a girl," she said lightly. "But let's hope it doesn't come to anything like that."
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[personal profile] avengingwarbird 2012-12-05 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
She laughed at that. It was a musical laugh - warm, free, and hearty, tinged with flirtatious zeal. It was one that hadn't really been heard by many of late.

Yes, she thought as she slipped one skinny jean-clad leg into a knee high brown leather boot. She was definitely buying the dress to go dancing in.

"I hope it's over soon, then," she agreed. "Because I can't wait to dance with you."
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[personal profile] avengingwarbird 2012-12-05 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
Beautiful.

She couldn't hold back the decidedly dopey grin that shone back at her from her reflection.

"The sooner you get to work, the sooner you're finished," she confirmed. "But yeah. Call me anytime." Because unless she was in the middle of another dragon attack, she'd definitely answer.