Home Plot - Part 3
Jun. 23rd, 2014 08:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
adifferentlifeThere had been little sleep for Sybil that night, unable to stop her mind from racing. Each word that was spoken at dinner played over in her head, followed quickly by her stilted conversation with Henri and then the one with her sister. When the maid comes to wake her she's already up and dressed, sitting at her dressing table and counting the minutes until she can go down for breakfast and then to the hospital.
Breakfast was a rushed affair as well, nodding and answering when asked a question and grateful that Mary was still abed. When she excuses herself she declines the offer of a ride into the village, wanting the walk to clear her head. This is her home, and yet she feels out of place. Has she changed so much? Will they be here forever, and will she have to find a way to make this her life again? These are the things that she wonders on the way to the hospital, thoughts that deserve more time than she has to dedicate to them. There's a transport there which means a morning of blood and sweat as they take in patients and get them clean and settled.
Sybil rushes toward Henri, barely making eye contact as she hurries to help him settle a patient. "Good morning."
Breakfast was a rushed affair as well, nodding and answering when asked a question and grateful that Mary was still abed. When she excuses herself she declines the offer of a ride into the village, wanting the walk to clear her head. This is her home, and yet she feels out of place. Has she changed so much? Will they be here forever, and will she have to find a way to make this her life again? These are the things that she wonders on the way to the hospital, thoughts that deserve more time than she has to dedicate to them. There's a transport there which means a morning of blood and sweat as they take in patients and get them clean and settled.
Sybil rushes toward Henri, barely making eye contact as she hurries to help him settle a patient. "Good morning."
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Date: 2014-08-19 03:58 am (UTC)“We can do this together,” she insists, though she’s no time to say much else. Two other nurses come out of the door, already fumbling with cigarettes. Sybil takes a discreet step back from Henri, and bows her head slightly to seem deferential.
“I love you,” she whispers as she walks past him and back in the door. Hopefully that is enough to see them through..