Even if most of her is caught up in how decidedly unfair this whole situation is. Emma cares, she wouldn't be reminding her of all this if she didn't, right? That doesn't make it fair.
She'd stayed home. Chosen to avoid the whole situation. To grade papers, read, sleep, mope, hang a bird house, anything else.
He'd shown up in the yard of their building. Asking if she had fled the hospital, and volunteer work she'd been doing longer than she could remember, because of him. Talking about his feelings. And hers. Forcing her to have to say, to his face, all those needling things her heart never could forget.
Stay strong. How small those words sounded for the task required. But she lifted her glass quickly and toasted Emma, when she realized Emma was. Following it with knocking back a gulp of whiskey that made her throat burn and caused her to cough slightly after it went down.
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Date: 2012-04-12 08:07 pm (UTC)She'd stayed home. Chosen to avoid the whole situation. To grade papers, read, sleep, mope, hang a bird house, anything else.
He'd shown up in the yard of their building. Asking if she had fled the hospital, and volunteer work she'd been doing longer than she could remember, because of him. Talking about his feelings. And hers. Forcing her to have to say, to his face, all those needling things her heart never could forget.
Stay strong. How small those words sounded for the task required. But she lifted her glass quickly and toasted Emma, when she realized Emma was. Following it with knocking back a gulp of whiskey that made her throat burn and caused her to cough slightly after it went down.