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Post by Alana/Opal on Apr 4, 2013 22:29:27 GMT -5
Opal was ridged in Arista's embrace, but Alana melted into it. She took in a shaky breath.
"You've been through so much too... EVERYONE has..." She said, voice faltering. "I've missed you too... I've missed all of us... the way it was... before..." And then the tears were threatening to be released. "I wish all I could worry about was what seashells to wear...how to brush my hair, like I used to." She laughed bitterly. "I'm not strong enough for all of... this..." She clung to her sister even tighter. "It's made me someone different... someone who I don't like... oh Arista..." She buried her head in her sister's shoulder.
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Post by Arista/Rita Hawthorne on Apr 4, 2013 22:38:19 GMT -5
Arista hugged her tighter, "Its made all of us different people Alana. Not just you but it will be okay we will make lives here better then we had before. Also we can shop and you can try on clothes instead of shells and it will be like old times." Arista told her she was being silly but that was what they used to do to cheer each other up.
"Besides your hair looks amazing short." Arista told her trying not to cry at watching Alana fall apart in her arms. Alana didn't know half of what Arista had been though. She was strong in ways she herself didn't even understand. When she wanted to fall apart she put it in to her karate classes.
She would still break down once in a while it was common when your life was a mess.
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Post by Alana/Opal on Apr 5, 2013 7:40:38 GMT -5
Alana laughed at her comment about shopping... as if THAT would take all the pain away. Her hand then traveled to her short hair. Her face contorted painfully again. It was just hair... but it was a searing reminder of the amount of emotional pain she had experienced before the curse ever happened, let alone everything that occurred during.
She sighed, pulling away. "I should get back to dad. He's sorta helpless when I'm not there."
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Post by Arista/Rita Hawthorne on Apr 5, 2013 23:53:18 GMT -5
"I will come help you tomorrow, if you would like. Dinner maybe? I promised I would be there Alana and I mean it." Arista hugged her again.
"Let's do something fun tomorrow just us and then dinner with father?" Arista just wanted to be with her sister.
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Post by Alana/Opal on Apr 6, 2013 7:41:59 GMT -5
Alana nodded. After a day of job hunting and then shop keeping, that did sound nice. She gave her younger sister a hug. "I love you, Arista."
It felt so good to say those words. Every time she found a new sister, it felt so good to say that. Though there was one sister she felt she could never say those words to again... something black and wilted inside of her recoiled at even the THOUGHT of it.
She pulled away. "Tomorrow then?"
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Post by Arista/Rita Hawthorne on Apr 6, 2013 15:59:54 GMT -5
"Yes of course tomorrow, I am looking forward to it." Arista gave her one last hug. "I love you to Alana, see you then." Arista watched her leave and locked the door behind her.
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