[week four - wednesday]

[ How much more of this does she have to endure?

Can she just, maybe, pretend to be asleep next time someone comes in, or will the just wake her up to yell at her?

She wishes she could run, and maybe for the first time in her life she recognizes it for the childish impulse that it is. But that doesn't stop her from wanting to get away from this. From her mistakes, from this game, from everything.

Xion is awake and staring at the wall, exhausted in so many different ways, when Harry comes in. She doesn't even look at him; she registered his presence, realized immediately who it was, and shuts her eyes. ]

... if you're here to ask me what I was thinking, I ... don't really know what to say.

[week four - wednesday]

[ By the end of the day, Xion wants to cry as much as she wants to sleep.

She's gotten almost no rest even after a surgery thanks to how many people have come to see her. They've almost all, with a singular exception, been angry with her. More than anything she wishes she could just crawl away and hide.

This is what it really means to face the consequences of your actions, huh?

By the time Natalie finds her, she'll have her eyes shut and she's trying to rest. But she'll hear someone approach, and open her eyes almost reluctantly.

When she sees who it is...

Oh, no, this won't go well. ]

Natalie.