Wednesday, November 25th.
Early evening; walking to Kaeli's house
Spending a pleasant evening at the Tavern made me think that I should be socialising more. It's true that every night I am in the Whitechapel's bar, but although that is fun it is also my job. Whilst I don't regret all the time I am spending with Hermia or Alice, either - it's like having my own little family, and I like it a great deal - I have been a little lax in keeping in touch with my friends lately. Edmund has been very busy, too, which explains why we haven't caught up, and I have felt a little strange around Karina after that awkward evening a few weeks ago. But I have no good reason for not having seen Kaeli, and I mean to change that now.
Of course I've seen her, and my other friends, around town - Excolo's so small that I run into people I know every day - but there's a difference between saying hello as I see someone at the general store and actually catching up. When Lugh died I asked Nohte to make up a basket of white roses for Kaeli - sober but not funereal - and send them to her. I knew Lugh and Kaeli had been involved, but I think they had fallen out. In any case, I thought the flowers wouldn't go amiss. I would have called on her, but all the business with Gaueko and Alice distracted me. Which isn't, I suppose, a great excuse. I notice I feel guiltier these days for letting people down. I think it's another of the improvements that loving someone has brought to me.
I pop by the bakery, hoping I might see Edmund, but instead his apprentice is there and sells me a vanilla cheesecake. I take that over and knock on Kaeli's door. A light is on, so I hope she is home.
[open to Kaeli]
Spending a pleasant evening at the Tavern made me think that I should be socialising more. It's true that every night I am in the Whitechapel's bar, but although that is fun it is also my job. Whilst I don't regret all the time I am spending with Hermia or Alice, either - it's like having my own little family, and I like it a great deal - I have been a little lax in keeping in touch with my friends lately. Edmund has been very busy, too, which explains why we haven't caught up, and I have felt a little strange around Karina after that awkward evening a few weeks ago. But I have no good reason for not having seen Kaeli, and I mean to change that now.
Of course I've seen her, and my other friends, around town - Excolo's so small that I run into people I know every day - but there's a difference between saying hello as I see someone at the general store and actually catching up. When Lugh died I asked Nohte to make up a basket of white roses for Kaeli - sober but not funereal - and send them to her. I knew Lugh and Kaeli had been involved, but I think they had fallen out. In any case, I thought the flowers wouldn't go amiss. I would have called on her, but all the business with Gaueko and Alice distracted me. Which isn't, I suppose, a great excuse. I notice I feel guiltier these days for letting people down. I think it's another of the improvements that loving someone has brought to me.
I pop by the bakery, hoping I might see Edmund, but instead his apprentice is there and sells me a vanilla cheesecake. I take that over and knock on Kaeli's door. A light is on, so I hope she is home.
[open to Kaeli]