The window might be dead

Alexithymiaa: -Steph had been sitting up in the art room on the couch, her back leaned against the arm beneath the window with her knees bent and tucked up close to her body. She rested her sketch book against her thighs, her eyes set down on the page as she casually sketched different types of fairy wings surrounding the little fairy character she'd drawn in the middle, just trying to keep her mind off her frustrations.-
Covet: [XD]
Covet: Felix put his bowl that had trail mix, the good kind with the m&m's in it, into the sink and looked about for Steph. He'd been trying to give her at least a little bit of space after the craziness from last night. After searching downstairs and not finding her, hemade his way upstairs and found her sititng in the art room. "Hey Red, What are you up to?" he asked her.
Alexithymiaa: -Hearing Felix's footsteps, she let out a deep sigh, slowly lifted her head when he addressed her and staring at him for a beat before answering. "Drawing." She spoke curtly, turning her head back to what she was doing as she gently moved her pencil over the paper to create light lines.-
Covet: Felix sat down next to her and raised an eyebrow to the sounds of her sigh, then felt a little sheepish as she just stared at him. " Ah.. invigorating... drawing anything cool?" He asked trying to push the casual small talk.
Alexithymiaa: "Wings." She said without looking up, chewing on the inside of her cheek. Her irritation was growing skirting around the elephant in the room, and all at once she lowered her sketch book from her face to stare at him. "Are we really just going to talk about drawing? Or are we going to address the fact that I can't have my fiance and one of my best friends in the same room because you're both childish one uppers?"-
Covet: "Apparently we're going to be talking about that." Felix said as he let out a sigh. "I was really trying last night. But then he had to go about making you uncomfortable even after shrugging him off. That's not cool."
Alexithymiaa: "Rest assured, I'm annoyed with him too. Which I reminded him of each time he texted me today to apologize. It's just not fair that I can't have everyone together because you both turn into different people. He's not like that when you're not around and it pisses me off that I know he's doing it intentionally to get a rise out of you. I just wish you guys could get along." She said with a huff, watching Hugo wind his way around the end of the couch and strut across the room.-
Covet: Felix brushed a hand through his hair and nodded his head. "Steph, I honestly don't even care about the guy at this point. It's just annoying to see him pull that and for what? All it did was effect his relationship with you. He's the one who looked like an idiot last night. I really have no hard feelings towards him. But when he starts bothering you and disrespecting you when he's supposed to be your friend."
Alexithymiaa: -She slid her legs down to sit cross legged in front of her, leaning her haands on top of her sketch book. "Does that mean if I got the two of you together, that you would sit down and talk so we can avoid any other instances in the future?"-
Covet: "Of course. If it's what you want and will make you happy." Felix said to her. "I don't have a reason to compete with him at this point. As far as I see it I've already won."
Alexithymiaa: "Thank you." She smiled at him, leaning over to give him a quick kiss before making herself comfortable again. "Now onto the next monumental task... what to be for Halloween. I was thinking Tinkerbell or a fairy in general. They're so elegant and beautiful and-" Her words stopped short when the sound of shattering glass echoed from downstairs, the front window breaking into the dining room by large flying break. The sound was immediately followed by the loud sirens of the security alarm system and then screeching tires outside. Her whole body jumped at the sudden sound, reaching out to grab Felix's arm with a vice grip, her eyes wide.-
Covet: [yay!]
Covet: "I could totally be down to be Peter Pan. Or Hook. But I'm not doing the whole curly wig and mustache business." He said then immediately got up, running over to the window near the reading nook area, stepping up on the bench to look out the window to see who's vehicle it was, then he felt his phone going off in his pocket. He picked it up and answered the Security company, "Yes, this is a legitimate call, there was a car that just sped off... Not sure but there's glass broken for sure. Yeah turn the alarms off, we've got pets that are going to be traumatized.
Alexithymiaa: "No no no, don't-" She pleaded as he ran over to the window, bringing her arms up to wrap around her head half to shield her ears from the piercing sound and half because the sudden and seemingly unprovoked alarm instantly put her on edge. She dipped her head down and pulled her legs up, curling her body into a ball.-
Covet: "Thanks. Yeah, we'll be waiting, I'll go down and get pictures of the damage as well. Thanks." Felix said as the security company dispatched an officer over, and the alarm turned of. He made his way back to Steph and kneeled down in front of Steph on the bed. "Hey.. it's okay, we're okay. It's just a window... nothing that can't be fixed or replaced."
Alexithymiaa: -She slowly pulled her head from her knees, struggling to suck in short breaths as she shook her head, her shaking hands tugging at the neck of her sweater to pull it away from her skin.-
Covet: "Deep breaths Red." Felix told her as he rubbed her back, going about to calm her down. "The cops are going to be here soon, but I need to go down and get some pictures... do you want to go down with me or stay up here?"
Alexithymiaa: "Please don't go." She said quickly, wheezing as she fought against her constricting lungs. She reached her shaky hand out for his, clasping their fingers together.-
Covet: "Okay, I'm here... do you want to come down with me? THat way you're not alone?" He asked her calmly, taking deep breaths himself to help get her calmed back down.
Alexithymiaa: -She nodded her head, trying to focus on his breathing to match hers to it as she shifted her foot to the floor, slowly standing up on weak knees. "I don't have anymore.... Xanax." she said between labored breaths, leaning into him as she took small steps in the direction of the stairs.-
Covet: Felix held her close, "Just focus on my breathing. I'll help get you down the stairs. We can get through this without the Xanax this time. I've got you." he told her as they started down the stairs.
Alexithymiaa: -She made her way down the stairs holding on to him, seeing the glass scattered across the floor with the brick lying in the middle of the mess. Giving his hand a squeeze, she stopped on the bottom step, not wanting to go any further. "I'm not wearing shoes..."-
Covet: "Just stay on the stairs, and help me make sure the dogs don't walk over here at all." Felix said as he took his phone back out so that he could take pictures. "Think it's still fucking what's her tits?"
Alexithymiaa: -She lowered herself into a squat on the stairs, fumbling with her hands in her sleeves as she stared at the glass. "Probably... who else would it be?" She asked solemnly.-
Covet: "Fuck her." He said as he took the pictures and saw the officer show up. He made his way out to them to talk to them and give them a description of the car, and did all that good stuff before coming back inside where Steph was. "We're going to have to find something to patch that up for now. Do we have a spare cardboard box and some duct tape lying around at all?"
Alexithymiaa: -She'd sat staring off in her own world, lost in her thoughts while Felix had gone outside to talk to the cops. When he returned, she looked up, very obviously a long way away from their house. "What if the point was that with the window broken, the alarm system won't keep her out?"-
Covet: "The security system and the cops are already fully aware that she's been suspected of lurking around. The front and back patio cameras should catch anything there, even with the alarms still off. "it's going to be okay. The officers suggest we start the process to push an order of protection though."
Alexithymiaa: "The cameras aren't going to help if something happens before we see it..." She said in a small voice, lowering her chin to rest on her knees. "Am I really that awful that she'd want to keep doing this? And how is an order of protection supposed to work if we're on the same team? We have to be together."-
Covet: "No, but they will catch her afterwords so we'll have proof." He said. "As for you being on the same team... Well it's going to suck for her, because she's the one who can't behave. She'll be the one kicked off, because you've done nothing wrong. I'm sure just like the basketball team you guys have rules about staying out of jail and doing illegal things right?"
Alexithymiaa: "It's never really come up. I guess it goes without saying you need to stay out of trouble to keep your spot on the team." She lifted her hand to press the heel of her palm into the side of her head, closing her eyes. "I'm coming down and it feels like I'm hungover..."-
Covet: "C'mon. The best cure for a hangover, alcohol induced or panic and stress induced, is sleep. We'll keep the bedroom door and patio door in there locked, and the animals with us, so if anyone tries anything they'll wake you up and you can wake me up and I'll go check it out." He told her putting his arm around her as he guided her around the glass and headed for the bedroom to get her down before he cleaned up the glass and blocked off the window.
Alexithymiaa: -And to bed with 1500 animals they go.-