Right. Nobody get hurt, die, fight with anybody, break up with anybody or do anything else even potentially damaging while I'm gone, or I'm on the first flight home ( Read more... )

It's after midnight. So. My last drink was six months ago yesterday.

I'm... pretty proud. Not that I haven't been here before, but... one step at a time, right?

She's gorgeous. It's her first thought. Long black hair, slender, graceful limbs, perfect complexion--they must have amazing moisturizers in Africa. She's tall, her eyes are big and dark, her skin really is the color of mocha, just like Ricky Martin said. She's standing protectively close to him and she's the absolute last thing Abby needs to ( Read more... )

*faded black knit sport coat goes flying into the hallway*

"Wyczenski residence, Eric speaking."

"What're you, five again?"

"You never let me answer the phone when I was that young."

"No, because you couldn't say Wyczenski. Look how far you've come."

*laughing* "Mo-om! Abby's picking on me!"

( 'You asked for it, bro. *softer* How is she?' )

Tiny and pink, the softest thing she's ever held. She smells clean and milky and peaceful. Abby laughs to herself a little--is it possible to smell peaceful? It must be ( Read more... )

It's a decent enough night, and in a slow moment, Abby slips up to the Sky Bar for a smoke. Or ten. A draft of her letter to Bodie's sitting in her pocket, and she pulls it out to read over again:

Bodie,

( First thing, I suppose. I'm sorry. )

It's the damnedest thing, the people who suddenly spring to mind.

I wish he was here right now. David would get this.

Tomorrow--call to Bodie. No. Letter. I can't... no call.

Dammit all ( Read more... )

Sometimes I’m not even sure I can die, no matter how much I’ve asked for it in the past.

He said it once. I didn't give it a lot of thought. At the time, there wasn't much reason to. I mean, we'd just gotten back from London, and I'd seen some things that I'd never have expected to see, or believe, even six months ago, when I first got involved ( Read more... )