OOM: Calling Brennan

[argyle_princess]

Hannah spends the last few days of 2008 doing a lot of thinking.

And she spends them at her mother's house.

She puts the whole thing firmly out of her mind on New Year's Eve, and goes to the party Sam's parents are throwing, and has a very good time. (Officially, their first anniversary is the sixth, but New Year's Day is the day she sent a

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[dr_temperance]

Brennan catches the phone on the second ring, on her way around the bar separating her kitchen from the living room.

"The cinnamon is in the cabinet on the left, Dad," she says, turning down the heat under one of the pots on the stove.

Max has come over for a late lunch, and has effectively taken over the kitchen.

"Hello?" she says into the receiver.

[argyle_princess]

Social nicities before minor crises.

"Hi, Brennan. Happy New Year."

[dr_temperance]

"Hannah, hi." Brennan smiles, heading back out to the living room (at Max's shooing).

"Happy New Year. How are you?"

[argyle_princess]

"I'm . . . fine."

It sort of lacks conviction.

"How are you?"