HomeFriend’s daughter is chatting away. She has been travelling, and wears associated pashmina, bracelets that tinkle, and baggy trousers. Oh to be 18 again.
Her friend apparently fell off a waterfall in Nepal and broke her leg.
“Plus we went to a rave last week in Cambridge,” she is saying. “My friend went on her crutches.”
“I thought she wasn’t weight bearing?” HomeFriend says, sipping her tea.
“She’s not. But it was – like – not sidetrance, it was more jungle so more chilled out. So she just held on to the speakers.”
I glance sideways at MindReader. “I feel old,” I whisper, and he squeezes my knee.
“MindReader did law,” HomeFriend says, and I feel my spine stiffen.
“Oh yeah?” HomeFriend’s Daughter says. “How is the whole law thing? I’m not exactly looking forward to it.”
I open my mouth, and then I look from her to him, and back again, and close it. My neck goes bright red, and the red creeps into my face.
“Oh,” he says. “It’s okay, peaks and troughs.”
I sit next to him in silence, looking at nobody, my eyes fixed on a point in the middle distance. Tears prick my eyes.
MindReader says something more about the workload but I have stopped listening. There is something in his shoulders, his very still hand on my leg that understands.
But still.
“Erm, excuse me,” I say, and leave the room.
I can feel your hurt. You are still young. When it is YOUR time you will get everything your heart desires, and you will achieve ALL of your goals. Be patient.
I can feel your hurt. You are still young. When it is YOUR time you will get everything your heart desires, and you will achieve ALL of your goals. Be patient.
Love to you, bg. That just sucks.
Love to you, bg. That just sucks.
Despite the fact that none of it is your fault, it still must suck to be reminded of the twists life has given you and how it hasn’t necessarily turned out like you planned. *BIG HUGS*
Despite the fact that none of it is your fault, it still must suck to be reminded of the twists life has given you and how it hasn’t necessarily turned out like you planned. *BIG HUGS*