perpetual anticipation is good for the soul but it's bad for the heart

[maxxx]

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I MISSED THIS

[bibrid]

Ew, that is so cliché. Sad? I should feel empowered. I trust him. He trusts me. We're going to go the distance. Literally, when one of us crosses the pond back.

( Or, so she confidently says, with just an undercurrent of ennui. )

[eredite]

[Alice looks up at her, tipping her head to the side.]

Empowered, sure. But having a full on ocean between you and your boyfriend is still a sad thing. You're allowed to feel that. It doesn't make you weak. And it doesn't mean you won't go the distance.

[Because their feelings are their feelings, and if she's learned anything from her mother and her aunt, people do better when they're not trying to suppress them.]

[bibrid]

Only that my life now revolves around my long-distance boyfriend. You're right. I can do sad. I do sadness. I have never been one to shy away from my feelings. But, maybe, tonight, we just table them. We party.

( Is that enough? Does that work for her? She loves that she has a friend and she's been counseled. But they're missing a Halloween party.

I think, it's Halloween, right? I promise I'm catching up. )

[eredite]

[It is Halloween! And Alice can respect that. She just wants to make sure that Lizzie doesn't feel like she's not allowed to have her feelings.]

Alright, bet.

[She scans the room and catches an ascot out of the corner of her eye, and points to what seems like spare Shaggy and Fred.]

Want to go see if they're interested in completing their Scooby Gang?

[Hopefully the dudes won't be gross and they'll be able to make some friends.]