Loosening Up

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((February 5th, afternoon, so before Rachel's capture and Tara's been around a couple days. Hopefully the date's fine, if not I can change it. Open to just Tara and Rachel, unless one of us decides otherwise.))

Aquatic hued eyes stared blankly into space as Tara simply sat down outside. She didn't want to go running around spasticly in town that day. She just wanted to sit down and contemplate on her life that day. Tara threw on a jacket to avoid the winter's bitter cold wrath, hands covered with fingerless gloves. She began off-handedly twirling around the dog tags on her neck, wondering how she was stuck in some alternate Chicago where animals spoke and robots butchered little kids who owe them money.

At first, Tara thought she might be able to scrape up some money from the others for a ride back home once the war was over.But after finding out that she wasn't able to go to her Boston due to being in an alternate universe, she decided patience was key in this situation. She'd have to hope someone could figure out a way to get her home. Her mother was probably worried sick about her, not to mention probably drinking to drown her sorrows of losing her little girl. Tara was lost in her own thoughts for a while, listening to the jingling of her dog tags as she twirled them.

That was, until footsteps caught her attention. She whipped her head around to see who had bothered to walk outside. Tara contemplated on saying something, but figured that maybe the newcomer didn't want to speak. Tara knew she wasn't exactly in a speaking mood, but she'd talk if spoken to.

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Rachel came in as her green eyes saw Tara and she came closer to her as the spoiled woman sighed and she didn't know what to say to the teenager as Rachel 's sweet voice said :"Do you miss your home?" Rachel gave a nervous smile and she was a little scared from Tara being "army bart." Rach was never been in a army before.

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Tara looked the young woman up and down. She could tell that the green eyed woman was a bit intimidated by her. Tara often tried to seem intimidating, figuring that one day she'd need to be pretty frightening in order to rise up in rank. She stared at the older woman for a while. Rachel. She recalled that her name was Rachel. And she wanted to talk to Tara. Her aquatic hued eyes instantly flickered to the ground when she asked a question. Did she miss home? Well, of course she did. She was scared of going back, and she was hardly ever scared. She was worried about her friends. Did they remember her? Were they worried? Did they not really notice or care? She was worried about her dog back home, though she figured he might not be nearly as horrified as her mother.

She was worried the most about her mother. Her mother was not an emotionally strong person anymore. Tara had to help her get through most days. Tara could only imagine how devastated her mother was to lose her little baby girl. She was probably getting back into drinking with Tara lost. Tara wasn't a religious person at all, but in the dead of night, she would silently pray that her mother was at least still alive.

Tara took in a deep breath before answering, folding her gloved hands together. "Yeah. I am." she said, doing her best to keep all emotion out of her voice. She needed to look strong in front of everyone. She wasn't going to have a breakdown due to being homesick, as much as she'd like to breakdown.

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Rachel nodded to the teen and she said :"Me too." Rachel said , thinking about her old friends and thier everyday sitting in the coffee house "Central Perk.". Laughing about things and sometimes they helped her and Ross and even Phoebe! Her green eyes looking at the teen ,trying to be warm and the spoiled woman gave her a smile that came from her lips. Rach wanted that the teen will feel that Critic 's army is not only a army but a home with warm people

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It was a comfort to know that Tara wasn't alone in feeling homesick. It was an awful feeling, one she hoped would eventually dissolve. Tara needed to stop missing home so much. She needed to put her mind into the war, not think about what she may never see again. She freed her hands, motioning Rachel to sit down with her.

"C'mon, I don't bite. Not much anyways." Tara said, feeling like both herself and Rachel would be a lot more comfortable if they were both sitting down. "What was your place like?"

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Rachel sighed to Tara and smiled and said :"Okay well I was born in Long Island in a rich house with my two sisters Jill and Amy and I met my old friend Monica and her big brother Ross back in highschool and of course when I was 25 I moved to New York City by running away from the alatar and from my old going to be ex husband Barry and then I went to the coffee house Central Perk and I met again Monica and her older brother Ross and of course his friends , Joey , Chandler and Phoebe." Rach said to Tara.

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Tara listened to the blonde's story about home. She was a New Yorker? Huh. Tara couldn't decipher any accent from her voice. Then again, she didn't have much of a Boston accent herself. Apparently, she must have been pretty close to her friends to mention them when she was talking about home. For a brief moment, Tara thought about her own friends. A small group of people back home, but Tara figured she had enough friends.

"Sounds pretty interesting over there." Tara said, clasping her hands together once again. "I mean, it might not be as exciting as being from a world full of robots or something just totally gnarly, but it sounds like life isn't too dull for you back home. Where I live, I guess it's the same way."

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"Yeah my life isn't dull." Rachel replied to Tara , sighing and smiling. The spoiled woman didn't have a new yorken accent was she? Rachel thought in her mind. Then her green eyes looking at Tara and she said :"Well really? That 's great." Rachel replied. Rach didn't want to tell her now that she likes a lot 90 's Kid...

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Tara sat in a moment of silence. All of her friends were guys. What did women talk about? Attractive men? Well, sure. They talked about men, drama, and the latest gossip. Very different from the conversations she had from guys, which usually involved the hottest game, talk about guns, or some odd yet funny story. Tara didn't think Rachel was into any of those topics.

"So, I guess you don't have a man anymore, huh?" Tara spoke after clearing her throat. It was a bit blunt, sure, but that's how Tara was. She was blunt and straight to the point most of the time. Hearing that Rachel left her other man, Tara just jumped to conclusions and figured she wasn't with anyone now.

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"Actually also I had a on and off realtionship with Ross." Rachel said "well our group had six friends three boys Chandler , Joey and Ross and two girls , Monica and Phoebe and me" Rachel said to Tara. Smiling at the teen and she said happily :"I think I have a crush on 90 's Kid the man who stuck in the 90 's area its funny beacuse my group in 1994 where 25." Rachel said she looked a little bit nervous.

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"My friends are pretty much all guys." Tara responded to Rachel with a shrug. She then realized what could be a conversation starter. Gossip about the latest relationships. It appeared that Tara had a better grasp on feminine topics than she thought. She hadn't been in a relationship herself, so she wasn't one to judge an on and off relationship. Apparently, Rachel liked 90's Kid. Aquatic hued eyes rolled back, trying to remember who that was. She remembered him. She remembered him from her first night there.

"Oooh, I see how it is." Tara spoke with a smirk ever so obvious on her face. "Don't worry, I'm not gonna grab a megaphone and announce it to the army." It was a lot easier to find out Rachel's crush than any of her friends back home. She'd have to constantly poke and pester them just for any sort of response. She hadn't even tried to get a response out of Rachel and got it.

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Rachel smirked to Tara and said :"I'm okay with him I didn't try to go on a date with him but he really loves me and I love him." Rachel said to Tara. She laughed as Tara said that she will not bring a megaphone and annouce it . Rach realized that Tara can be a fun person not just an army bart.

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Tara's smirk transformed into a sad smile at Rachel's comment. She wasn't able to say she had someone who loved her that she loved back. Unless you counted her mother and her dog, but she wasn't romantically interested in either of them. "You two seem like you'd be a pretty cute couple." Tara said, hoping that she wasn't going to hurt Rachel's confidence in love somehow. She knew her mom wasn't even dating since she felt so lost without her husband and so uncomfortable in her love life. Tara usually did her best to keep away from topics like that.

"So, what's this guy like anyway? I haven't seen much of him. Then again, I've only been around a couple days."

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"Yeah I hope him and I will be a couple and thanks." Rachel smiled to Tara as the spoiled woman 's green eyes looking the celling and then she tured to Tara and said :"Well he is funny and charming and sweet , I know that once when he got hurt after the battle I came to see how he is doing." Rachel replied to Tara. She wanted to tell the few months later her shoulder was broken. Rach sighed and then she wanted to tell about the burning mark in her chest but she was afraid

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Tara nodded her head slowly along with Rachel talking. Funny, charming, and sweet. Wasn't that what every girl wanted in a man? Someone to make her laugh, someone who could charm her, and someone who was going to treat her nicely. Some wanted tall, dark, and handsome too, but as far as Tara knew, every girl in the world wanted a charming, sweet guy with a sense of humor. Tara, on the other hand, had no idea what she wanted in a guy. Finding a boyfriend wasn't exactly at the top of her priority list.

"That sounds nice." Tara went right back to playing with the dog tags around her neck, needing something to do with her hands once again. "Does he know you like him?"