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red_rosenberg in nancytribe

There and back again

Apr 16, 2005 13:45

Maybe I should have called Tara before coming back. But it was sort of a snap decision, you know? As in, I snapped. Hiding in the USA and avoiding calling her again, scared that out next conversation would be her telling me that we were over, that she couldn't take this anymore... The thing is? I wouldn't blame her. I'd have to step back and let ( Read more... )

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taramber April 16 2005, 10:04:07 UTC

The phone rang. I wasn't used to it ringing much these days, but maybe it was Dawnie, so I picked up. I still felt a bit drained from the Triffy spell, so I probably sounded quite out of it.

"H-hello?"

red_rosenberg April 17 2005, 02:30:21 UTC

"H-hello?"

I bit my bottom lip. Okay, say something, dork. "H-hey Tara," I managed, glancing around me. A nice looking elderly man waited patiently for the phone a few feet back and I turned back into the booth almost shyly. "I... I kinda need to talk to you, and um, to tell you that I-I'm here. In England. At the airport." Eloquant. I winced.

taramber April 17 2005, 02:46:51 UTC

Willow was here? Here in England? For a minute I just held the phone in my hand, feeling the blood rush to my head. I had so grown used to the idea that she wasn't coming back that this was a huge shock.

"Y-you're here?" I said stupidly. "Right. You j-just said that." I took a deep breath and released it, trying to calm myself. "W-what terminal?" She told me. "O-ok, I'll come get you."

I put down the phone and sat on the bed for a while, trying to calm down. Then I got my things together and headed out, using one of the Council's cars.