Seeking the Truth (Rebecca and Simon, OPEN In Between)

[Ashla Marr]

As Kira walked back in to the Hollow, she found herself thinking about the Three Goddess. In particularly, the Mother Goddess. The past few days had been so busy that Kira had not made time to offer thanks for all that she had in her life. She knew that she needed to pay better attention to her faith in the future. Though Kira's faith was not as centered in her life as it was for Simon or Rebecca, it was still very important to her. Her faith was a deep conviction that gave her both identity and strength. Today, she found renewed strength as she walked in to the house through her faith. She offered a simple pray for wisdom in how to carry out the upcoming conversation. She knew that it would be an uphill battle for her to get the entire Cabal to set aside their differences and focus on where they share similarities.

It was in that moment that, Kira found yet again another commonality between members of the Cabal. Simon and Rebecca each paid a great deal of respect to their own faiths. Kira could see how Rebecca's faith shaped her and allowed her to summon up both wisdom and strength during great times of stress. Kira had seen this over the past forty eight hours. While Kira knew that Simon praised the sun each morning, she really didn't have any clue as to what Simon's faith was. In the beginning there were times when she felt that Simon's reason for waking up early to praise the morning sun was just an excuse to beat everyone else to the morning mana. But the longer she knew Simon she started to suspected that there was much more to his actions than just that. For in his actions, she started to see that his faith was important to him. She wondered why someone of faith couldn't see the same in Rebecca. While Rebecca was often accused of being judgmental, Simon seemed to be just as judgmental as Rebecca could be.

As she walked through the house, she knew that Richard was somewhere around. She had seen him a couple of times watching her pack up the truck. It didn't take long for her to spot him. Kira wasn't sure if Richard was ease dropping on the conversation that was going on in the kitchen or if he was just lurking around as usual. She had always found it interesting in how closely Richard paid attention to what was going on around him. Despite as mad as she was with Richard for using magic on her to change her free will, she still respected Richard for being a study of human behavior. For all of Richard's immaturity, he had these moments that really made Kira feel like he was much older than he really was. She understood why Rebecca saw more in Richard than just his age.

She smiled as their eyes met. Richard had this way of commanding a person's attention. He over flowed with confidence which cast him in this light that demanded respect. She couldn't help but compare him to James Bond. 'Well a much younger, sexier version of the great Sean Connery' Kira thought as she took a moment to observe him. She couldn't understand why Richard didn't welcome his role in the Cabal. Instead he seemed to embrace this whole high school billy bad boy act. She knew it was an act because he often allowed his true maturity to shine through. And when it did, had a spell like effect on Rebecca. For Kira, there was no reason why Richard couldn't be the magical core of the Cabal. If he would only stopping getting in his own way. Kira knew that Richard was important to their Cabal, just like each and every member was. Because of this, she motioned for Richard to follow her in to the Kitchen. She needed everyone to be involved.

Kira continued her walk towards the kitchen. Just as she walked in to the kitchen, Rebecca was explaining her reason why she felt it was important to speak to the vampires regarding the attack on Simon. Without saying a word she found a place in the kitchen where she could see the other three members of the Cabal. She wanted to observe them during the conversation. Kira understood why Rebecca felt that this was important. While she wasn't the most educated when it came to matters of the occult, she knew enough that this could cause them larger problems for them in the future. But that didn't change Kira's opinion. She felt that Rebecca should hold off having this meeting. The Cabal wasn't ready for it and neither was Rebecca.

Kira noticed that Rebecca intentionally cut herself off in mid-thought. Kira knew all too well what was left unsaid. Kira wondered why Rebecca didn't bring up that issue, because it was clearly linked to what was going on now. It was because of this issue was why Rebecca was so willing to put her neck on the line for Simon. Her eyes once more found Richard as she wondered if Richard, the man who studies everyone, knew this reason as well. She set there silently as she listened to the conversation.

When Rebecca stopped talking, Kira was about to speak up and offer her opinion. However in that moment she changed her mind. Already it was clear that Simon had plans to try to talk Rebecca out this action. While Kira supported this goal for different reasons. She also knew that if Rebecca felt cornered, that her pride wouldn't let her back down. Pushing Rebecca was never a way to get her to change her mind. Kira had learned this lesson a long time ago. Kira decided to remain silent for the moment and listen. After all, there were some details of Simon's story that simply didn't make any sense to her either. Kira also wanted to hear what really happened on that street.