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geeky_agentMarch 27, 2006
It had been a long day by the time Chris reached Michelle's house. The night before she had barely slept and was beginning to forget what it was like to sleep for more than four or five hours a night.
She stalled at the bottom of the front steps, debating whether to stay or leave. I didn't call. It's not like they had been expecting me. After a long day at work, she barely the energy to go through with this.
But if she didn't do it now, then when?
With a sigh, Chris heads up the stairs and rings the door bell.
It had been a long day by the time Chris reached Michelle's house. The night before she had barely slept and was beginning to forget what it was like to sleep for more than four or five hours a night.
She stalled at the bottom of the front steps, debating whether to stay or leave. I didn't call. It's not like they had been expecting me. After a long day at work, she barely the energy to go through with this.
But if she didn't do it now, then when?
With a sigh, Chris heads up the stairs and rings the door bell.
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Date: 2006-08-30 08:38 pm (UTC)Chris's words paint a picture her brain won't let her imagine.
They shot him. Oh God, they shot him, but it was fast and it was quick and that - that's the best news I could have hoped for, but Tony, oh God, Tony.
For four of the strongest people she's ever met to be neutralized, for them to sit and watch --
The sound of her voice cuts through Michelle's sorrow, forcing her to realize, to remember, that other people didn't emerge unscathed.
"You saw it?"
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Date: 2006-08-31 08:57 am (UTC)They made sure of it.
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Date: 2006-08-31 11:02 am (UTC)They all saw it. No one could stop it. I couldn't have stopped it. His - Tony - not an accident, not in a fight, they - they - executed him. And made everyone watch. Oh God. Oh God --
Chris's expression says it all.
She covers her mouth with her hand, unable to speak, tasting bile and then she's running to the bathroom, feeling the world spin and falls to her knees, unable to stop herself.
And it's not the first time.
Her eyes fill with tears as she dry-heaves, grabbing onto the toilet for support.
I'm so weak
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Date: 2006-08-31 02:16 pm (UTC)"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have..." her voice trails off, it doesn't matter. All her apologies couldn't change anything.
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Date: 2006-09-01 12:02 am (UTC)She's grateful for Chris being there, even if part of her is horribly embarassed that anyone other than her mom saw this moment. She brings her knees near her chest and gasps a sob; her muscles are still trembling from exertion.
"I wish I could skip this part."
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Date: 2006-09-01 04:41 am (UTC)"Do you want some water?"
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Date: 2006-09-01 04:49 am (UTC)Through her tears, she can see Chris's concerned expression but her friend feels very far away.
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Date: 2006-09-01 06:15 am (UTC)Sitting down next to her again, Chris offers her one.
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Date: 2006-09-01 06:48 am (UTC)The water helps her throat a little.
She breathes out, trying to calm her still upset stomach.
"Do you have anything stronger?"
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Date: 2006-09-01 07:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-01 07:27 am (UTC)"Stronger than that," she whispers.
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Date: 2006-09-01 07:35 am (UTC)"It dehydrates you," she adds in a soft, apologetic tone.
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Date: 2006-09-01 08:25 am (UTC)"I didn't think it would hurt this much."
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Date: 2006-09-01 08:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-01 08:40 am (UTC)"There's so many clients I need to call back and I -- I've never felt overwhelmed before."
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Date: 2006-09-01 08:54 am (UTC)When she first entered Milliways, she hoped that there was such a thing as justice. Not in this life but maybe in the next. Now, she wondered if it exists at all.
"I can help you with that."
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Date: 2006-09-01 09:01 am (UTC)She takes another breath, "Maybe I should try standing."
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Date: 2006-09-01 09:05 am (UTC)"All right," Chris murmurs, rising to her feet and holding out a hand for her.
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Date: 2006-09-01 09:15 am (UTC)"Thank you," she whispers.
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Date: 2006-09-01 09:18 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-09-01 09:24 am (UTC)She turns to look at Michelle. "Some things, yeah. Lots of the details are still classified. He knows about Tony."
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Date: 2006-09-01 09:35 am (UTC)"Bastards." She doesn't say that she's sorry, she knows how these things work.
She's glad they're near the bed so she can sit and not collapse. "He must be concerned," she says almost to herself and then looks up at Chris. "Have you seen Jack and Chase? How are they?" She's thought about them, wondering if they were okay and she knows that alive doesn't equal okay.
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Date: 2006-09-01 09:44 am (UTC)"Jack is ...he's doing better after the healing." She knows that's not what Michelle is asking but she's not sure what else to say.
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Date: 2006-09-01 06:17 pm (UTC)She nods, "Is he lucid?"
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