No Room To Breathe; Jacob.

[Jacob Gryffon]

Jacob watched her mess around on her laptop, but he refused to be nosy. "I'm not gonna like, eat you or anything though, promise.." He offered a weak smile. Jake didn't try and come off as big and scary.. It was just instinct to keep his broken family protected. But sometimes even muscles and scary faces weren't enough to keep the outside away and well... Jacob was afraid. He was afraid of any of them gettin hurt any further. And if you really looked you could see he was a deer in the headlights, it was fight or flight against the world and his past and he chose to fight..because running wasn't something he could ever dream of doing to them.

[Ella Modsat]

I chuckle as he speaks and I shake my head, rolling my blue eyes. "I didn't think you would. You probably had a legitimate reason to be pissed off, you don't seem like the type of guy who just.. goes off on people." I reply, shrugging my shoulders. I really couldn't explain it, I just got that vibe from Jacob. "I don't get mad much. I get pissed off, yeah, but I've never gotten into a fight or whatever. I like to write." I explain, looking down at the table shyly. I never told people I wrote, especially not someome I'd just met. It led to them wanting to read it, and them knowing my innermost thoughts when I eventually caved to the endless pestering. I sigh softly and reach for my coffee to take a sip, hoping the usual badgering wouldn't come.

[Jacob Gryffon]

"I try to keep calm about things...my family feels better with me goin' to a shrink...I get anxiety and stuff because of something that happened.." He didn't know her well enough to let her in on his past. But..he wanted to get to know her. Jacob smiled as she explained. Writing huh? "Yeah? That's really cool. Probably a better vice than smoking..." He frowned a bit, then chuckled and set his pack on the table. His mom hated that he smoked, so he kept it out of the house.
Jacob was curious as to the things Ella wrote, but he wouldn't be nosy if she wasn't comfortable telling.

[Ella Modsat]

I nod as he goes on that he tried to keep calm about things. "Sometimes its hard to." I say softly, looking down at the table as I reached for my coffee to take a small sip of it before setting it back down. "Not exactly a vice, more of a way to get everything out." I reply, bringing my blue gaze to Jacob's face again. "I tend to rip up or delete everything after I'm done, though. I never much like anything when I look back on it." I continue, shifting in my seat up pull out my chap stick. I look backa t my lap top screen as I run it over my lips before putting the cap back on and slipping it into the pocket of my plaid shirt. "Smoking can kill you." I state simply, looking across the table at Jacob.

[Jacob Gryffon]

Jacob nodded slowly. "Whatever works I suppose." He frowned at her blunt statement. "I know it can..." He mumbled. "'Mm not proud of my bad habits.." His voice grew sad. It was so calming anymore though and it was a habit he needed to break. Maybe even an addiction to fall back on. "Guess I put more care into my family than myself. I know I shouldn't..I can't help them if I'm dead." His voice cracked. She was probably aware the underlying causes must have been important for him to get choked up. He scowled at himself, clearing his throat and downig the rest of his coffee.

[Ella Modsat]

My serious expression doesn't change as he agrees and I simply raise an eyebrow at Jacob as he continued. "You should quit, its harder to down the road." I say, looking away from his face to take a small sip of my coffee, brushing my hair out of my face. My gaze softens as his voice cracks and I pause before scooting my chair back and standing to move over and wrap my arms around his shoulders to pull him to me. I didn't know this guy from Jack, but I couldn't help it. Everyone needed a hug sometimes.

[Jacob Gryffon]

"I can't right now." He muttered. "There's too much going on.." He'd rather smoke than hit Tyler or something. She got up and Jacob wondered if she would grab her things and leave. But instead, Ella rounded the table and wrapped arms around him from behind. Jacob sighed shakily, a hand covering where ers clasped together at his stomach. He relaxed a bit. "Thank you..."

[Ella Modsat]

I stay quiet at his argument, not wanting to annoy him or something. I huff as my red hair falls down my shoulder and I push it back, smiling slightly as Jacob's hand rested over mine. "Its not a problem." I say, shaking my head as I rested my chin on his shoulder for a moment. I keep hold of him for a while longer before awkwardly straightening up and twisting around to pop my back. I push my glasses up my nose and go back around to my side of the table to plop back down, avoiding looking at him as I take a small sip of my coffee. I had no diea why I just did that other than the fact that Jacob looked like he needed a hug.

[Jacob Gryffon]

Jacob cleared his throat when she eventually stepped back from the hug, and he brushed his hand over his busted knuckles again as an awkward silence fell over the two of them. He coughed a bit and fidgeted with the box of cigarettes on the table longingly, finally shoving them back into his pocket and out of sight.

[Ella Modsat]

I twirl a stray strand of red hair around my finger, picking at my scones. I really wasn't hungry, I had no diea why I'd gotten two in teh first place, maybe my eyes were bigger than my stomach. And they'd just smelled so good. I sigh and bring my coffee to my lips again, my blue eyes finding Jacob's face.
"Wanna go for a walk or something?" I ask randomly, looking at him. I really didn't want to just sit here anymore, so maybe a walk would be better. Maybe just across the street and wander around town, windowshopping or something.

[Jacob Gryffon]

Jacob lifted his eyes back to Ella's face when he heard the young woman sigh. He smiled gracefully at her question and relaxed a bit, glad to be out of the awkward situation he had probably put both of them into. "Sure, I'd enjoy that." He would, of course, let her choose where to go. Standing up, Hacob fixed his jeans and finished off his coffee, tossing the cup in te trash. He paused bear Rex to say hi to the blind male and see how he was doing before returning to the table after it seemed Ella was ready to go, offering her a friwndly hand up.

[Ella Modsat]

"Awesome." I reply, a grin crossing my face and I shut my laptop before slipping it back into my bag and I stand, wrapping my scones up and putting them into my bag, too. I push my chair in and sling my satchel over my shoulder, grabbing my coffee and walking towards the door, pausing to wait for Jacob. I take a small sip of my coffee and hold the door open for him before starting down the sidewalk at a slow pace. "What do you do?" I ask randomly, looking over at him curiously.

[Jacob Gryffon]

Jacob walked with her slowly, fidgetting with his lighter. "What do I do?" He shrugged. "Try and hold jobs down to provide for my family.. Hard to do since I'm not going to college.. My mom has been working a lot lately so I'm just holding down the house.."
Finally he had to, and pulled out a cigarette, lighting up and making sure he wasn't blowing smoke in her face.

[Ella Modsat]

I raise an eyebrow at his shrug before looking back at my feet and nodding as Jacob spoke, taking a small sip of my coffee. "I work at a flower shop down the road from my house. The owner says I have a good eye for pattern.. whatever that means." I reply, chuckling softly. I glare at him for a moment as he lights up a cigarette before deciding not to make a big deal about it- it wasn't my place to do so. Who was I to him? Probably just some random girl that was being a pest. A soft sigh escapes me at the thought and I take another sip of my coffee.

[Jacob Gryffon]

"Yeah?" Jacob glanced over at her curiously. "Sounds like fun." He caught her glare and sighed. "I know I know, I'm sorry.." He complained softly, blowing smoke and tapping ashes guiltily before looking around as an excuse. "Hard habit to break..." He shrgged a bit.