Who We Are

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Title: Who We Are
Characters/Pairings: DiDi/Cael
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Some swearing
Summary: Double drabble comparing how Cael and DiDi feel about living in Eden Falls.
Spoilers: Through "The Slums of Bayou Hills"
Disclaimer: I don't own "The Riches" nor was any infringement intended.

DiDi: I can’t do this anymore Cael.

Cael: Hey look its okay.

DiDi: No its not. I want it to be like it always was.

Cael: It can be.

DiDi: No Cael. It can’t.

Cael: Why? Cuz I hate it here?

DiDi: Cuz I like it.

 

Well, that pretty much summed up all our problems, didn’t it? I was ready to live this new life, and Cael wasn’t. He was never really comfortable with what we were doing. Like living honestly was something bad. Well, semi-honestly. He wasn’t comfortable with stealing a whole life, I guess. He could only steal bits and pieces here and there. Only what he needed, never more than. Maybe he was just too afraid. Afraid that, if he let himself, he would really like it. And then, who would he be?

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I was sick of all the buffer bullshit we had to put up with in that damn town. It just wasn’t us. We aren’t like them. We stick together, as a family, and we don’t need any of their shit. DiDi just didn’t get it. I used to watch her, when we were little, watching all the other kids on the playground. She wanted to be one of them. To have a home in the same place every night. Every time she stole something, I think she thought she was stealing a piece of their lives. And maybe, if she stole enough, she could actually be one of them.