[Elena lets Abigail have her hand and returns the hold with hardly a thought.]
Not yet.
[Soon. Someday. Whichever.]
[It's never an easy road to graduation for anyone; even those who arrive already halfway there and far less mired in the struggles Abigail finds herself in every day, but Elena believes in her all the same. Even back in her world when her mind would sometimes wander to Abigail, wondering what she was up to and if she was okay, she never once faltered in the belief that she was making steady if slow progress towards graduation. Abigail was so much stronger than when she first arrived, when they first met. Elena just hoped she had been able to see it for herself, or at the very least that Ben could always remind her on some level.]
[Elena brushes some of Abigail's hair back behind her ear with her free hand.]
I'm sorry that I had to come back. I didn't really want to.
[She wouldn't have made promises or even bothered to try if she had wanted to stay. Why anyone in their right mind would want to be here or consider it home, she'll never know or understand. But Elena is desperate and desperation makes people do incredibly stupid things. This is one of them.]
But seeing you, getting my brother back? It's going to make it all worth it no matter what happens.
[Elena recognizes on some level that may or may not be true. But she pushes any doubt of that aside because she knows she's going to need to hold onto that to make it through to the other side of this. If she has any hope of making a deal, this is what she needs to know to be true.]
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Not yet.
[Soon. Someday. Whichever.]
[It's never an easy road to graduation for anyone; even those who arrive already halfway there and far less mired in the struggles Abigail finds herself in every day, but Elena believes in her all the same. Even back in her world when her mind would sometimes wander to Abigail, wondering what she was up to and if she was okay, she never once faltered in the belief that she was making steady if slow progress towards graduation. Abigail was so much stronger than when she first arrived, when they first met. Elena just hoped she had been able to see it for herself, or at the very least that Ben could always remind her on some level.]
[Elena brushes some of Abigail's hair back behind her ear with her free hand.]
I'm sorry that I had to come back. I didn't really want to.
[She wouldn't have made promises or even bothered to try if she had wanted to stay. Why anyone in their right mind would want to be here or consider it home, she'll never know or understand. But Elena is desperate and desperation makes people do incredibly stupid things. This is one of them.]
But seeing you, getting my brother back? It's going to make it all worth it no matter what happens.
[Elena recognizes on some level that may or may not be true. But she pushes any doubt of that aside because she knows she's going to need to hold onto that to make it through to the other side of this. If she has any hope of making a deal, this is what she needs to know to be true.]