When it rings it pours.

[zatanna-z.livejournal.com]

She's restless, which is normal. She's been cleaning some more, which is driving John insane. She should have gone to a certain wedding, but she just couldn't bring herself to face so many of them just yet. She's fairly certain Dinah went. On one hand, she admires her friend for her bravery. On the other, she thinks Dinah's crazy.

More people know now what happened to her. What Light did. She isn't comfortable with that. It makes her even less inclined to leave the house, answer the phone which is now ringing at her, making her jump a mile and toss the feather duster into the air.

She stares accusingly at the phone as it continues to ring at her, eventually picking it up.

Her voice is hesitant and quiet, not at all the Zee that was. "Shadowcrest."

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[ex-kingofat.livejournal.com]

Zee? It's Arthur.

[zatanna-z.livejournal.com]

Perhaps one of the very last people she expected to be calling her, which means the line goes into stunned silence for a while before she tries to speak, clears her throat and tries again.

"Arthur. Hi. Um. How's things?"

[ex-kingofat.livejournal.com]

Well, um. You didn't come to the wedding, and I figured I should call and check to see if you were all right. I mean, it's been a while. I've been busy but that's no excuse.

Yeah, he's kind of running on a bit. This is awkward.

[zatanna-z.livejournal.com]

He knows! Guh!

"Yeah. I meant to go. I wanted to....you know. But...yeah. Was it pretty?"

She's not denying anything, but not admitting to anything either. Living with John teaches one how to dance around the bush fairly well.

[ex-kingofat.livejournal.com]

I missed the ceremony because I got there late, but the reception was nice. Good food.

Pause.

I spoke with Dinah, and she didn't offer any specifics, but she said you'd had some... trouble recently, and I wanted to see how you were doing.

[zatanna-z.livejournal.com]

Oh.

"Oh." She goes very quiet again before the light tone completely disappears from her voice.

"I'm...managing. It's...hard somedays. Somedays not so bad. I still can't really leave the house by myself."

Might as well be honest. She promised herself that much.

[ex-kingofat.livejournal.com]

Right. Right.

Look, I'm just finishing up some work off the Grand Banks, so I could drop by on my way back to Sub Diego. If that's, uh, all right. If you don't want me to visit that's perfectly fine, of course.

[zatanna-z.livejournal.com]

She's surprised some and it shows in her voice.

"Um, sure. I'll...uh...just let the house know you're coming. It's been...protective lately. I think it took things a bit personally."

Nervous? Her? Never. She's rambling because she can. That's it.

[ex-kingofat.livejournal.com]

Okay. Good to know. I'll be by in about... oh... forty minutes or so? The Gulf stream is rough travel this time of year.

[zatanna-z.livejournal.com]

"See you then."

She hangs up the phone softly and wonders what she's going to tell John to keep him out of this.