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onapalebicycle

End of the Causeway, Sunday Evening

Oct 02, 2011 22:09

George had had one last weekend, with her sister. Just one. It was more than she expected to ever get. She shouldn't be greedy and try to beg for more, now that it was over.

"I called a cab," she said. "It's waiting at the end of the Causeway. You're going straight to the airport. And you're going to get on your plane and not talk to any scary ( Read more... )

what: parents' weekend, who: seifer, family: reggie, what: rube's gonna kill me, wtf: reggie's here?!!?!

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toiletseatthief October 3 2011, 02:11:20 UTC

"Yes," Reggie sulked. She wasn't a baby. But George was going to make her go away soon, so she'd take whatever fussing she had over losing her again. "Can't I stay here? Please? I won't take up much room. I could go to school with you."

onapalebicycle October 3 2011, 02:13:57 UTC

Absolutely. Reggie could stay. George would bribe Seifer to give up his half of the room, and she'd move Reggie in. She'd get extra jobs to pay for the two of them, and she'd make sure Rube never found out, and ... and ...

"What happens to Mom?" she asked. "When you don't come home, either."

toiletseatthief October 3 2011, 02:15:57 UTC

"Who cares," Reggie grumbled, not really meaning it. "She'll just ... pack my stuff up and pretend I didn't exist, either."

onapalebicycle October 3 2011, 02:18:32 UTC

"Don't be so hard on Mom," George said gently. "She's ... had a hard time and I didn't realize it and I wish I hadn't been such a brat. Go ... go home and do something nice for Mom. For me. Okay?"

Oh shit this was one of those moments. Like, the go-do-stuff-for-me speech. Fuck. She didn't ... know how to do this.

"Do stuff," she said. "I don't even -- just do stuff, Reggie. Make mistakes a-and ... I don't care. Be good to Mom and Dad a-and don't you ever forget that I love you so much and ... oh f-fuck I don't know what I'm supposed to say."

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knight_fatali October 3 2011, 03:13:34 UTC

Seifer poked his head in, and was glad he hadn't missed them. "Hey, kiddo. Off to see the world?"

toiletseatthief October 3 2011, 03:31:02 UTC

"I have to go back to Seattle," Reggie said. "George says I can't stay here."

She was contesting the decision. That was why her eyes were wet.

"Thanks for the cookies."

knight_fatali October 3 2011, 03:32:51 UTC

"Yeah, well, I think you have to be high school age to get in here. I don't think we have any students under fourteen here."

Yeah, he wasn't at all trying to get her hopes up. Not at all. "And Seattle is pretty cool. I was thinking about moving there after graduation."

toiletseatthief October 3 2011, 03:38:07 UTC

"I'm twelve," Reggie said hopefully. "I could lie and say I'm 13? Maybe next year?"

She could forge documents, probably. Her mom would love this place. Really.

"If you ... come to Seattle, will you say hi?"

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