202 - Afraid

2015

      Jesse                  Mez                    Io

Tuesday morning, in Mez, Jesse and Io's room …

T H U M P !


JESSE:

Ow! What the … ?

MEZ:

What happened?


JESSE:

I fell.


MEZ:

Again? This always happens when you come home drunk.


JESSE:

I'm not drunk. I tripped over Io.

JESSE:

… Io what are you doing on the floor?


IO:

The genie wanted to be near you.

MEZ:

Hey - you guys better not be doing anything you shouldn't 

be doing while I'm in the room. You got me?

JESSE:

Man, you have a one track mind. I didn't even know he was here.

JESSE:

… Io, you nearly killed me.


IO:

The genie didn't mean to cause you any harm.


JESSE:

Look at you, you're freezing.

JESSE:

… Here put this around you. Why aren't you in your lamp?


IO:

Io is afraid. What if Mast ... Washi comes and tries to take the genie again?


JESSE:

Who? What?

MEZ:

Don't you ever check your messages?I texted you and so did Daprima and Es and half the house - telling you Washi's here - the guy who tried to steal Io. 

You need to know what we're doing about it. You too Io.

JESSE:

Is that what that was all about? Sorry but I silenced my 

phone. I was with this girl and we were ah kind of busy.

JESSE:

… Washi - he’s the one who treated you so badly?


IO:

The genie doesn't want to belong to him again. 


JESSE:

That's not gonna happen. We just got to make sure he doesn't get 

your lamp – right? I'll bet Mez hid it away somewhere.

MEZ:

Uh-huh and Racolo put some kind of spell on it to make it invisible. It's

also in two places, the bottom is in here and Darprima has the lid.

JESSE:

Ya see, you got nothing to worry about.


IO:

But Washi can be tricky. What if he comes in here?


JESSE:

Let him - I'd love a chance to waste him.

MEZ:

He won't make it through the door. Daprima had Racolo put a

spell on the whole room. No one can come in without us knowing 

about it. There's no way Washi's gonna out-think my sister.

JESSE:

There ya see, you're safe. And if I need to stay up all night to guard you, I will.  Whatever's needed - I'm in. No one's taking you away. Understand?


IO:

Yes Jesse.


JESSE:

So don’t sweat it, we're all on it.


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