042 - Rhubarb
Aug. 25th, 2014 07:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deadly_ned[Sitting in his self-made pillow fort is the Piemaker, with a hand on his dog, Digby, and a rucksack over one shoulder. His room behind him is made up and neat]
I ought to have done this...maybe four or five months ago but change was never something I was particularly attuned to. Change and me were on different wavelengths.
I graduated two inmates and I'm...heading home. To Chuck.
And I just wanted to, to, um...
Thank you. Everyone, all of you. For..making the changing easier and for letting me stay as long as I have and for making this place harder and harder to leave.
It's hard to leave. It's one of the hardest things I've ever done even though I know it's time. Past time. That...probably says more about my time spent here than anything else I could say.
...Yeah. I know I'm stalling now, so I'll just...
Thank you. For the memories.
[Private to Bleu]
I'm sorry I wasn't so much here for you as I should have been. Is there anything I can do for you? Before I go.
[Private to Hannibal]
I'll be checking in, periodically. When I can. Your graduation was the one I wanted to see most.
[Private to Abigail]
I left the rest of the records in a box by your door. I'm hoping that wasn't too forward.
[Private to Esther]
You're better than you give yourself credit for. I really...really do hope you find your way.
[Private to Dean]
Dean, I...
I know you don't really know who I am. You don't owe me anything. At all.
But if I could just...see you. To say goodbye. It would mean everything.
I ought to have done this...maybe four or five months ago but change was never something I was particularly attuned to. Change and me were on different wavelengths.
I graduated two inmates and I'm...heading home. To Chuck.
And I just wanted to, to, um...
Thank you. Everyone, all of you. For..making the changing easier and for letting me stay as long as I have and for making this place harder and harder to leave.
It's hard to leave. It's one of the hardest things I've ever done even though I know it's time. Past time. That...probably says more about my time spent here than anything else I could say.
...Yeah. I know I'm stalling now, so I'll just...
Thank you. For the memories.
[Private to Bleu]
I'm sorry I wasn't so much here for you as I should have been. Is there anything I can do for you? Before I go.
[Private to Hannibal]
I'll be checking in, periodically. When I can. Your graduation was the one I wanted to see most.
[Private to Abigail]
I left the rest of the records in a box by your door. I'm hoping that wasn't too forward.
[Private to Esther]
You're better than you give yourself credit for. I really...really do hope you find your way.
[Private to Dean]
Dean, I...
I know you don't really know who I am. You don't owe me anything. At all.
But if I could just...see you. To say goodbye. It would mean everything.
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Date: 2014-08-27 08:41 pm (UTC)Hi, Ned.
What do you call a pepper that won't leave you alone?
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Date: 2014-08-28 11:05 am (UTC)He enters the room shyly, arms tucked behind his back]
I don't know. What do you call a pepper that won't leave you alone?
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Date: 2014-08-29 02:28 am (UTC)Jalapeño business.
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Date: 2014-08-29 12:45 pm (UTC)That was terrible.
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Date: 2014-08-31 09:23 pm (UTC)[He's smiling. She's happy to see him smile.]
Can I hug you?
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Date: 2014-09-01 04:03 pm (UTC)No.
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Date: 2014-09-09 04:44 am (UTC)Ned!
[But she's not even remotely upset. Any trace of lingering tears are gone now - she laughs brightly, reaching out her toes to touch the floor.]
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Date: 2014-09-09 11:22 am (UTC)You're going to need to find new waltz partners after I'm gone.
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Date: 2014-09-09 05:15 pm (UTC)I don't want to. Nobody's going to be as good as you.
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Date: 2014-09-10 05:33 pm (UTC)It's okay. I'll just dance alone for a while. [She squeezes his shoulder.] Don't be sad.
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Date: 2014-09-10 08:02 pm (UTC)Maybe this is the perfect time to pick up ballet.
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Date: 2014-09-16 02:04 am (UTC)What you think makes you happy.
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Date: 2014-09-24 11:18 am (UTC)By the time we see each other again, I want you to have found one new thing or hobby that makes you happy.
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Date: 2014-09-25 02:31 pm (UTC)By the time we meet again, I promise I'll have found something.
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Date: 2014-09-25 09:14 pm (UTC)action
Date: 2014-09-25 10:36 pm (UTC)[She bites her lip, then holds out her hand, puts the other on his shoulder.]
Dance with me now, though?
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Date: 2014-09-26 11:23 am (UTC)Whatever you want; for as long as you want.