The roof, Monday night

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia had spent part of her day trying to save Jamie from . . . himself. She'd spent the other part of it saying goodbye to Walter. She'd managed to hold it together pretty well while she dug out her bottle of rum from beneath her bed, mostly by carefully not looking at anything in the room but her bed. Now, she was easing her way to a good, hard drunk, and the strong facade was falling apart.

Pip, Pippi, Walter, probably Jamie, all gone off. Veronica was on the other side of the continent, and Marty and so many of the others were graduating soon. Sure, she was going off with the Doctor, but. . . .

She'd finally found a home, here in Fandom. And now most of the people who made it home were gone, and she didn't know what that meant for her.

She just knew it hurt.

So she sat on the edge of the roof next to Bel's garden, drinking rum straight from the bottle as tears silently slipped down her face.

[ooc: it's the roof, so naturally it's open. But fair warning, the emo is strong with this one.]

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[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders had slipped away for a little while for a smoke, and gone up to the roof.

He spotted the familiar figure by the garden and made his way over -- oh, frak, that was right, with Walter leaving today it would've . . .

"Santos?"

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia quickly swiped her hand over her face before turning to offer Anders a . . . very weak smile. "Hi, Anders,"

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair had said goodbye to Walter earlier so he figured that the roof would be the place to find Nadia. Seeing her on the ledge, he headed over, dropping next to her. "Hey."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia took a small sip of her rum before answering. "Hey, Blair."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"I brought ice cream." He dug a pint out of his backpack and held out a spoon to Nadia. "Don't worry, it goes well with rum."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders crouched down beside her and smiled with a little more strength in return. "I'd ask how you're doing but that'd kind of be a dumb question."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia gave him a slight smile. "Thank you. I'd like that."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia nodded, sniffing. "A little, yeah. But that's okay."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"No problem." Blair was silent for a few moments as he lifted the lid of the ice cream container and used his own spoon to take a bite. "Wanna talk or just eat ice cream?"

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia shrugged. "I think . . . I think if I try to say it outloud, I'll just cry more."

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

The trek back from the preserves and the subsequent conversation with his original had pretty much left Jamie drained.

When he came back to the room and saw Walter's stuff gone and Nadia not there, he knew where to find her.

"Hey."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia glanced up. "Hey. You're still--sorry I couldn't--I had to--"

Wow, if she kept this up, she might some day even manage a complete sentence.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"I brought napkins too." Blair shrugged. "They were mostly in case I spilled ice cream all over me, but I'm sure they can be used for crying emergencies."

[nadiathesaint]

"Wow," Nadia sniffed even as her smile got a little stronger. "You thought of everything. You know what happened?"

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"It's okay," Jamie said as he slowly sat down next to his roommate. "If it wasn't for you and the rest, I wouldn't be here right now."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"I would have brought chemically laced goodies but all I had was leftover granola and it just seemed like a hippie cliche." Blair said. "About Walter leaving? Yeah, I said goodbye to him earlier."

[nadiathesaint]

"Yeah. I'll probably have to find some brownies, later." She held up the rum. "This was quicker, right now. I guess I . . . I don't really know what to do. So many people are leaving."

[water-wonder.livejournal.com]

Tori had wanted some fresh air and the roof seemed the best place to get that.

She made her way onto the roof and noticed her big sib. "Hey Nadia."

[nadiathesaint]

"What happened? Did he leave?"

[nadiathesaint]

"Hi Tori." Nadia looked up, not bothering to hide her tears, this time. "Want some rum? Only, I don't have any cups."

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"For now," Jamie said looking a little tense. "I'm going home for the summer. After the cabin blew up and me shoving a gun in his face I think he got the concept I didn't want to be reabsorbed."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"At least the brownies have some nutritional value." Blair said. "And with that, I'll try to keep my mother hen comments to a minimum."

"Yeah, a lot of people have been leaving lately. Graduation and others...are we the last ones left of our freshman group?"

[nadiathesaint]

". . . That would do it. But at least you're not . . . gone. I've had enough of that."

[water-wonder.livejournal.com]

Tori took a seat next to her, shaking her hand. "I'm okay thanks. You're definitely not okay, though. I was going to ask but I think I know the answer."

[nadiathesaint]

"I don't know . . . there's Molly, I guess. But the three of us might be it."