Phone call to Rinoa

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

[Ring, ring, Rin! Your pseudo-sister wants a word!]

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[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

Hello?

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

Rinoa? It's Ellone. Do you have a minute?

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

Sure. What's up?

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

...[She doesn't know how to approach this subject.]

Have you heard from Squall lately?

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

No...

He said he needed time alone. To think. I think Raine's arrival really threw him.

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. I don't think I helped him much.

[She sighs and hesitates.]

Do you know when he's coming back?

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

No... He said he'd only be a couple of days...

Is that what you wanted to talk about?

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

I just... I feel badly that he's gone and I think we all need to... get used to things.

I know I'm not much of a member of his group of friends anymore, but I want to help him.

And I haven't seen nearly enough of you and the others lately.

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

You're right, we need to snap him out of his funk! So what do you wanna do? I can ask him to come and visit you?

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

You're better at this than I am. I'm not sure. I don't want to overwhelm him or make him angry with me... but I think he needs to meet her. Sometime.

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

Hmm... Yeah... I hope he works that out by himself. But if not, I'll give him a nudge. We'll come and see you soon, Ellone! I promise.

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

Okay... Thank you, Rinoa.

[She pauses.]

I hope you're doing all right.

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I know he hasn't been gone long, but it is hard without Squall. I'm still shook up over that Memoria thing. But I've got Selphie and Quistis with me, so I'm okay.

I wish all this family stuff with Squall wasn't so hard though. It's not that I'm not happy Raine's here, but he could probably do without the shock, you know?

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

Mhm. We'll all be all right.

I... I understand. I wish I knew how to help him.

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

We'll just have to support him. Make sure he's not alone.

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

Yeah...

If you hear from him, will you let me know? I feel like I need to apologize to him.

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

Apologise? For what? You haven't done anything wrong.

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

[Her breath catches, like she's about to protest... and then she just pauses.]

I guess... I'd still like to talk to him.

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

Then I'll tell him! But really, Ellone, I don't understand. Why would you feel the need to apologise?

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

For... for throwing this all in his face, for not being there when he needed me... for letting him down for so long. [It's an old grievance and a sad one, but such is her life.]

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

Oh... Wow. It's not your fault that you couldn't be there... His mom died, his dad stayed in Esthar and you got taken away when you were just a kid. You can't blame yourself for that.

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

[She sighs.]

It's just complicated.

...Thanks for talking to me, though. Maybe I'll get to see you guys soon?

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

You'll get to talk it out with him, I promise. We'll see you very soon!

[winhillstime.livejournal.com]

All right. See you later, Rinoa.