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Oh my friend, my friend, don't ask me what your sacrifice was for!

Jun 09, 2007 09:18

Date: June 9, 2001
Time: 4:30 PM
Place: Spinner's End, upstairs in Mandy's room
Character(s) Involved: June, OPEN to any Spinner's End residents OR visitors (well-meaning or otherwise) who'd like to come find her up there.
Rating: PG to start

( There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. ~ Aeschylus )

status: complete, character: juneau connors, character: charlotte aurelius, location: spinners end

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sightlesswolf June 11 2007, 03:10:22 UTC

Neither the knock nor the quiet greeting registered through the haze of June's misery. When Charlotte touched her hands, she jerked back to herself and hastily swiped the back of her hand across her cheeks. Not that it did a great deal of good; the events of the last few days had ravaged her face beyond what a brief brush of fingers was going to be able to fix.

"Charlotte..." Her voice was heavy, and her automatic attempt at a smile fell flat. It was too hard to dredge one up. Drawing the pages a little closer to herself, she shook her head slightly. "No, it's all right. I'll... I'll do it. Thanks..."

An awkward silence fell. June stared at the words she'd written, not seeing them, unable to raise her eyes to her friend's. What else was there to say? Mandy was dead. The world had stopped in its tracks. Spinner's End was steeped in shock and grief. And Charlotte was newly married and expecting a baby. She shouldn't be here - it couldn't be good for the baby to be around so much sadness.

"I need... to do something for her," she heard her own voice whisper, vision blurring all over again in spite of her best efforts. "Maybe the last thing I can do..."

beautesolitaire June 11 2007, 03:19:17 UTC

Charlotte pulled back a little when June jumped. She didn't expect smiles or hugs. She wanted to be there for her friend. That was what friends did. She understood what June was feeling, she had been there. Too many times.

She tucked Mandy's blanket in closer to June for a moment, thinking about when she had made it, sunny bright colors for a young person. "It won't be the last thing you can do for her, June." she said, quietly, not wanting to minimize her grief.

"This is just the first of many things you will do for her." she assured her, "This is just the first thing that you will do in her honor."

She moved to touch June's hand, "She's still with you."

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