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[5thcolumnfed]

Erica completely forgot about her birthday. It was Sunday, and in the morning, the kids had helped her make chocolate chip pancakes, and they really were...gorgeous. Beautiful kids that had (what would have been) John's dark hair, and his eyes. Except for Audrey who had those blue deep eyes you could get lost in. And then, with the village being

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[efffthisshhhht]

Deb knew the boss's wife from the station, in passing. Not like they'd ever talked. And it sure as hell didn't look like she wanted to talk now, either. But neither did Deb okay? Because maybe she wasn't the best fucking future-mother ever, but --

Well, fuck it. Deb was just wandering the village, just doing her rounds and feeling like shit. Still, she looked over and when she caught Erica's gaze, she upnodded. "Hey."

[5thcolumnfed]

Erica recognizes her, knows her from the station. Everyone pretty well likes her from what she can gather.

"Hey," she says, digging for the keys to the boat in her pocket.

[efffthisshhhht]

Shit. Deb was shit at this kind of stuff. She stood there, shifting from foot to foot before finally saying. "... everything okay?"

[5thcolumnfed]

She snorts a little. "Three of my kids that I didn't even know I had disappeared on Sunday, and my husband as a nice family with his ex before me. Doin' great."

Erica pauses, head still down. She doesn't do that usually, it's not her, and she sighs as she looks up. "Sorry. I didn't...sorry."

[stormborndragon]

Daenerys didn't know how she felt. She met a daughter she would never have, a beautiful little girl that would never exist, but child she'd made with Jon, the one growing in her, had made no appearance along with the rest of the strange influx of children.

What if something was wrong? What if something went wrong before now and the summer, when she was told her baby would be born? Was that why, was that the reason she did not meet her son?

She fretted over it and took a long walk rather than try to attend her classes, and could not even muster a smile when she saw a face she knew.

"Oh...hello, Erica. I hope you're well."

[5thcolumnfed]

Erica remembers meeting the (very strikingly pretty) Daenerys and discussing pregnancy and what to expect with her. But she's preoccupied too, with the different situations that arose over the weekend weighing heavily on her mind. She does manage just a little smile at the greeting.

"Daenerys. Thinking too hard, I think. This weekend was..." She shakes her head. "You look like you're somewhere else, too," she says gently.

[stormborndragon]

"I suppose that I am," Daenerys admitted, and actually managed a tiny smile herself. None of what had brought on her sour mood was Erica's fault, after all. "Were you...did you receive unexpected visitors, too?"

[5thcolumnfed]

Erica nods, then gestures to a bench to sit.

"Three kids." She lets out a sad sigh. "That I'll never meet again."

[the_better_man]

There was booze on the boat, he knew about it before he and John had hung out and had beers but he hadn't ever wanted it.

Today he sort of did, thinking about Keith and because of the little boy thinking about Beth. Of course when he got to the boat he didn't find beer, he found Erica.

"Hey? You okay?" Which was stupid, of course she wasn't.

[5thcolumnfed]

Erica looks up at him but she doesn't even move except to tuck her arm under her head.

"Been better, honestly." She rubs her face with on hand. "Feel a little crazy after this weekend, but it'll pass. Like everything else in this damn place."

[the_better_man]

"That's lame, not everything will pass. You got Maddie and John and you'll all go home together." He and Veronica didn't even have that, which mean Keith was just a figment or something. Wishful thinking.

[5thcolumnfed]

"Or John'll go to his life with Juliet and their three kids, who knows," she says, getting up and grabbing that bottle of vodka on second though.