I hug Wanda back automatically, "No more than yours, Dear," and it's certainly true. But I resolve to let her bustle me in and resolve to let her fuss as much as she'd like. I know well enough what a busy person needs to fill their helplessness sometimes.
Before I can manage to say anything else, Fiona is up and hugging me and who can really argue with that? "Come meet my new friend. She's a friend of my mother's and she likes to be called Dana," Suddenly some of it makes sense, especially the signs around town that I've brushed off for weeks now. I inhale as we cross the room and the scent of Spring hits me. It makes sense that one of them would turn up eventually- I'd just hoped that Fiona would be stronger, older, more set and solid in herself first.
This one has no reason to trust me, but I owe it to Fiona to change that. There are few enough now who understand what she is, and she deserves the support that this Dana might be able to offer. I very carefully incline my head the correct angle and smile before I take my seat, "It is good to meet you Dana. Meeting any friend of Fiona's is a welcome treat."
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Before I can manage to say anything else, Fiona is up and hugging me and who can really argue with that?
"Come meet my new friend. She's a friend of my mother's and she likes to be called Dana,"
Suddenly some of it makes sense, especially the signs around town that I've brushed off for weeks now. I inhale as we cross the room and the scent of Spring hits me. It makes sense that one of them would turn up eventually- I'd just hoped that Fiona would be stronger, older, more set and solid in herself first.
This one has no reason to trust me, but I owe it to Fiona to change that. There are few enough now who understand what she is, and she deserves the support that this Dana might be able to offer. I very carefully incline my head the correct angle and smile before I take my seat, "It is good to meet you Dana. Meeting any friend of Fiona's is a welcome treat."