October 11, 2011:
And Gabrielle liked to think she was a brave person, that she would rather face things then let them linger unsaid. But this was proving harder then she thought, until it was easier to just avoid Rachel. Even if she missed her best island friend something awful.
Usually when Gabrielle went to the statue of Hera, it was so she could sit and write in her journal, which was full of letters to Xena, telling her about the island and what she'd learned about and from the people here. But she'd found herself coming to the statue less since the rave, since she didn't know quite how to put her feelings into words.
Rachel's had enough of avoiding her best friend so she lays a not-so-clever trap and sits under a statue to wait.
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