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[_torturedslyth_]

Draco- I would like to see you soon.

Maeve- Find me in the living room.

Marlow- More best friend time?

[Miles] How are you? [/]

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Comments

Miles/Tracey only

[go_for_miles]

Don't worry about me.

How are you? When is your next appointment with a healer?

Re: Miles/Tracey only

[_torturedslyth_]

Like that's easy to do.

And... I don't know.

Re: Miles/Tracey only

[go_for_miles]

Tell me when you find out.

Re: Miles/Tracey only

[_torturedslyth_]

Alright.

Do you think you could spare me a little time this week for just you and me?

Re: Miles/Tracey only

[go_for_miles]

I'd spare any moment I can for you.

Re: Miles/Tracey only

[_torturedslyth_]

Well then... just tell me when and where.

Merlin, if I say that one more time, I might go crazy.

Re: Miles/Tracey only

[go_for_miles]

Now is good. Riley isn't home so I've got his flat to myself.

Re: Miles/Tracey only

[_torturedslyth_]

I'll be there in ten minutes.

***

Tracey apparated just as she was- in her favorite comfy pants and a white camisole. She hadn't actually asked for directions when she'd apparated... she'd thought Riley's flat and thought of Miles really hard at the same time...

Hopefully this was the right place.

Tracey knocked on the door and waited.

Re: Miles/Tracey only

[go_for_miles]

He opened it and stepped aside so that she could come in. Miles wasn't sure if she would want a hug from him or not... so he just let her make whatever contact.

[_torturedslyth_]

"Don't be a boob," Tracey told him once he closed the door behind them. She wrapped her arms up around his neck to hug him tightly, then gave him a small kiss.

Tracey rolled her eyes when she pulled back. She was determined to try and make things as close to the same as possible.

"Show me around your new place?"

[go_for_miles]

He welcomed the hug and the kiss, letting both of them linger for as long as her could.

"It's not much a 'new place,'" he told her. "Just... and escape, really, more than anything."

[_torturedslyth_]

"How long do you think you're staying?" Tracey asked him, taking his hand easily. She entwined her fingers with his and offered him a supportive smile as she squeezed his hand gently.

"And uhm... when was the last time you heard from your mum, love?"

[go_for_miles]

He shrugged to the first question and answered the second in words. "Not since I walked out - that was a few days before my birthday. Since then, not even Lilia or Austin have sent anything."

Miles didn't want to think of it, mostly because he knew it was his fault...

"I'll have to go back soon though... my mum needs to know about... all of this and stuff."

[_torturedslyth_]

"No!" Tracey just about shouted, dropping his hand immediately. That was the last thing she wanted him to do.

She looked absolutely terrified, hands waving for no apparent reason between them, backing up slightly.

"There is absolutely no point in telling her about this," Tracey said hurriedly. "Especially not if we're not keeping it and... yeah. So don't. Please, don't."

[go_for_miles]

Miles lowered his head. "I have to," he said quietly. "You know I have to. I can't keep this from her."

[_torturedslyth_]

"We're not keeping it- she doesn't have to know, Miles. Are you trying to make this harder than it already is?" Tracey asked him, on the verge of panicking now. She could barely breathe.

"Please, I'm begging you, don't. Only you, Marlow, and Maeve know. No one else. I don't want everyone to know- I don't want people asking me if I'm ok and all that shite when this is all over. I don't."

Tracey took his hand again and kissed the back of it, trying to get him to look at her.

"Please, Miles."