Penelope Clearwater (clearwaterpenny) wrote in eighth_rpg, @ 2011-01-08 22:39:00 |
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Entry tags: | meaghan mccormack, penelope clearwater |
Who: Penelope Clearwater, Meaghan McCormack and open to Seth Capper
What: Penny finally wakes up.
Where: St Mungo's.
When: Mid-afternoon, Saturday
Rating: Low.
Penny felt the burn of the afternoon sun as it sunk lower in the sky first before her brain acknowledged properly what it was, heaviness pulled at her muscles and tempted her to sink deeper against the slightly stiff hospital sheets and back into the oblivion of sleep but the creak of the bed and the shooting pain up her right side jolted her from dozing to wide awake in a heartbeat.
Opening her eyes properly, she blinked against the sun and took in the room and the shape of her friends head. Meaghan. At the sight of something so familiar, the memories of what had happened came back to her: the cloying blackness that had stolen every inch of light, the paralysing fear at the sound of the harsh voice demanding quiet and then the thud of Dominic as he..
The word of what he was floated quietly into her mind: four stark letters that meant he was never, ever going to tease her about spending her wages on books or taking an extra five minutes on her lunch break. Half-forgotten memories came flooding back as she grew accustomed to the unfamiliar room and the smudge of bright colours of a bouquet against the wall. It was true – there was no denying it and the knowledge turned her stomach as she tried to push herself up from the bed. She’d woken up in a new world.
Closing her eyes to stop the prick of tears, Penny ran her tongue along the back of her teeth to find her mouth dry. The water was too far out of reach but as much as she craved the liquid, what she wanted more was Meaghan. Meaghan who had been there for her for years and who had the ability to make things better.
“Meg?” she managed to grind out hoarsely as she turned to look at her friend.