[Juliet - Dated Monday August 30]

[blissimmunity]

He had kissed Carolyn. And it was true that he hadn't thought about Juliet when he'd done. To be fair, though, he hadn't been thinking at all at the time. It had been an impulse. Of course, the conversation afterward hadn't been an impulse, but there hadn't been any real commitments made except to see how things might go

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[blondieburke]

Juliet hadn't been anywhere near the scrapyard when the bomb had gone off. But she'd heard, quickly. And something about a bomb made her think of chains and lying under piles and piles of shrapnel, and feeling like every part of her had been broken. For most of the day, it felt like there was something heavy sitting on her chest, and she couldn't figure out why or what hurt exactly.

Her shift at the clinic had been chaotic, too many people, not enough space, and she focused on her work. She thought at some point she glimpsed Joshua, but by the time she thought about it again her shift had already been over for an hour and a half.

That focus keeps her distracted enough to not think about why she's been so busy, but once she's in her hut alone, that memory comes flooding back. It's so real that she thinks she can taste the blood in her mouth, and is this what she's been repressing? Was she in an explosion? She doesn't have any scars or marks on her body so that seems unlikely. But why would she remember that

[blissimmunity]

"Hey," he replies. "I don't want to intrude. I just wanted to check on you." It seems so late to be imposing on her.

"Yeah, I was down there earlier. Must have missed you. I left when things seemed to have settled, but guess they picked back up," he says, noticing she looks like she'd had a rough day.

[blondieburke]

"People who didn't come because they thought things weren't so bad, people who didn't have anyone to help them initially," she explains.

She swallows heavily, and decides that even though she hasn't seen him and it may not matter, she wants to tell him about the memory.

"I saw something today, and I don't know what it means. Do you have a few minutes to talk?"

[blissimmunity]

He was going to tell her that Carolyn was at the blast site and had to be stitched up, but it sounds like she needs to vent about something else so he waits for a better time.

"Sure. What happened?" he asks quietly.