The roof, Monday night

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia had spent part of her day trying to save Jamie from . . . himself. She'd spent the other part of it saying goodbye to Walter. She'd managed to hold it together pretty well while she dug out her bottle of rum from beneath her bed, mostly by carefully not looking at anything in the room but her bed. Now, she was easing her way to a good,

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[cantgetnorelief]

Anders had slipped away for a little while for a smoke, and gone up to the roof.

He spotted the familiar figure by the garden and made his way over -- oh, frak, that was right, with Walter leaving today it would've . . .

"Santos?"

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia quickly swiped her hand over her face before turning to offer Anders a . . . very weak smile. "Hi, Anders,"

[cantgetnorelief]

Anders crouched down beside her and smiled with a little more strength in return. "I'd ask how you're doing but that'd kind of be a dumb question."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia nodded, sniffing. "A little, yeah. But that's okay."

[lovechildblair]

Blair had said goodbye to Walter earlier so he figured that the roof would be the place to find Nadia. Seeing her on the ledge, he headed over, dropping next to her. "Hey."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia took a small sip of her rum before answering. "Hey, Blair."

[lovechildblair]

"I brought ice cream." He dug a pint out of his backpack and held out a spoon to Nadia. "Don't worry, it goes well with rum."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia gave him a slight smile. "Thank you. I'd like that."

[multi_madrox]

The trek back from the preserves and the subsequent conversation with his original had pretty much left Jamie drained.

When he came back to the room and saw Walter's stuff gone and Nadia not there, he knew where to find her.

"Hey."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia glanced up. "Hey. You're still--sorry I couldn't--I had to--"

Wow, if she kept this up, she might some day even manage a complete sentence.

[multi_madrox]

"It's okay," Jamie said as he slowly sat down next to his roommate. "If it wasn't for you and the rest, I wouldn't be here right now."

[nadiathesaint]

"What happened? Did he leave?"

[nadiathesaint]

"Hi Tori." Nadia looked up, not bothering to hide her tears, this time. "Want some rum? Only, I don't have any cups."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia looked down at her feet. "He's gone. I guess I kept thinking we could put it off."