Her visit to the infirmary (and a few encounters with needles) concluded, Joan returns back to the bar and then slowly takes the stairs up to her room. By the time she heads inside, many of her things have disappeared; she smiles, remembering Harry's offer to move some of them over to his place, and ducks into the bathroom to shower and quickly ( Read more... )

It's still a little strange, the act of going upstairs to her room instead of through the door to her apartment, but she's slowly becoming accustomed to it more and more as she continues to try to get settled back in Manhattan ( Read more... )

She can sense his unhappiness the moment she walks into the office; it's more apparent than the scent of alcohol on his breath as he crosses the room to close the door behind her ( Read more... )

Joan's much more accustomed to making arrangements, especially of the weekend getaway kind, which is why she feels somewhat out-of-sorts when all she has to do is pack a small bag and wait for her door to appear on Friday. Of course, it makes much more sense for Harry to do things like reserve their room, being that he's familiar with the ( Read more... )

The apartment's no trouble getting, really. Joan makes the arrangements the day after Don catches her on the way out of the building they all used to work in; it's simply a matter of getting the key to him and tying up some other loose ends ( Read more... )

She's in the break room when Peggy finds her, midway through the motion of lighting up a cigarette.

"Joan?"

Peggy grabs her elbow and practically drags her into the hallway; Joan's pulling her arm away before she can even get the words out, something about needing her help ( Read more... )

When the door to Milliways doesn't show up right from the start on Sunday, Joan tries not to worry ( Read more... )

[Continued from here.]

Ever the organized, Joan rents the car the moment she's come back through her door - well, after folding laundry and straightening up the magazines on the coffee table in the living room, anyway. The rental service is even kind enough to bring it by her apartment later on, to save her the trouble of collecting it herself ( Read more... )