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Caradoc Dearborn (presumeddead) wrote in lockewood,
@ 2009-07-28 00:47:00

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caradoc dearborn, julia macnair

WHO: Caradoc Dearborn and Julia Macnair
WHAT: Caradoc wasn't entirely forthcoming
WHERE: Julia's house
WHEN: Monday night
WHY: Caradoc wasn't entirely forthcoming

Caradoc was at Julia's house in minutes, pounding on her door. He'd hoped he could put off this conversation a lot longer, but he wasn't sure he had much of a choice at this point. He'd been careless to mention his vanishing to Emmeline. Julia didn't know many people there yet; of course she'd be reading her journal.

He didn't want to stay at her doorstep long; he was unused to showing up at her front door and still felt quite nervous about it. They still couldn't risk being caught.

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	juliamac 2009-07-28 06:09 am UTC (link)
	The second Julia heard the knock at the door, she jumped up. She flung open the door to find Caradoc standing on the front step. She motion for him to come in, and shut the door behind him. "Explain," she said, tersely. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	presumeddead 2009-07-28 06:13 am UTC (link)
	Caradoc stepped into the room quickly, oddly unsure of how to start. He was usually so good with words. "Look, first off, I'm sorry I didn't tell you everything straight away," he said, pacing a bit. "I just didn't thin you'd be ready to hear it all right when you got here." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	juliamac 2009-07-28 06:17 am UTC (link)
	This sounded bad. Julia sat herself on the sofa, assuming that she would need to hear this sitting down, biting on her fingernails. She held her breath, "Just tell me. I want to know everything." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	presumeddead 2009-07-28 06:21 am UTC (link)
	Caradoc took a deep breath and slowed his pacing, but he did not stop and he did not sit. "It's probably just as well you heard about me vanishing first though, really," he said, trailing off a bit. "Otherwise you would've heard about how you died in an accident in December, 1979. Except, you didn't." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	juliamac 2009-07-28 06:27 am UTC (link)
	"I... what? You vanish and I..." what the hell did he mean that she died in an accident but didn't. What the hell! "Sorry, can you just out with the whole thing? Just tell me Caradoc!" She raked a hand through her hair as her frustration and confusion mounted. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	presumeddead 2009-07-28 06:30 am UTC (link)
	Caradoc stopped pacing then, stood in front of her and looked her in the eye. He looked at her sympathetically, then finally continued. "We had to get away from him. From Walden, and from the rest. We faked your death and then a few weeks later I vanished. We had to get away, see, because you were pregnant." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	juliamac 2009-07-28 06:40 am UTC (link)
	Julia looked at Caradoc in the eye, completely at a loss for words. She sat, frozen still as a wave of emotions crashed into her. Her eyes were already welling up. She wasn't sure if it was because she was sad, or if she was scared, or just plain overwhelmed, but finding this out felt a little bit like a punch in the gut. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	presumeddead 2009-07-28 06:42 am UTC (link)
	Caradoc dropped his eyes, unable to meet hers any longer. He let the silence linger; he didn't want to be the one who spoke next. If she wanted to scream at him or cry or shut him out, it was fine, he realized, but he wanted her to be the one to do anything. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

juliamac
2009-07-28 06:54 am UTC (link)

As Caradoc dropped his gaze, she pulled her knees up on the couch, hugging them to her body. She didn't say anything for awhile, not sure of how to react. At least they weren't dead, a voice said inside her, but still everyone in her life thought that she was. Except Caradoc and... their child. When her thoughts touched upon their child, her chest ached. She felt scared shitless, mostly, but a part of her wanted to know what their child was like.

"Our..." her voice crackled, "our baby--" it was all she could muster, before she dissolved into overwhelmed tears.

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presumeddead
2009-07-28 06:57 am UTC (link)

Caradoc kneeled down in front of her, taking her hands in his. "Our daughter, Julia. We named her Tory. And she's beautiful," he said softly, feeling his own tears and anger building up. He'd only known his daughter a few days before he'd been dragged there; he was robbed and it wasn't fair. His pain had subsided in the last month and a half, but it was coming back with a vengence.

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	juliamac 2009-07-28 07:07 am UTC (link)
	Julia sniffed and sobbed. She couldn't really explain what she was feeling, except that hearing her daughter's name hurt. She tightened her grip on Caradoc's hands that were holding hers, before collapsing into him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	presumeddead 2009-07-28 07:13 am UTC (link)
	Caradoc braced himself as he felt her fall into him, then wrapped his arms around her and held her close. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you," Caradoc lied in a whisper. If it had been up to him, he would have kept this secret longer; he might have kept it forever. If he'd heard this two years earlier he would've been shocked, too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	juliamac 2009-07-28 07:20 am UTC (link)
	She buried herself into the space between his neck and shoulder and held onto him until her sobs died down. When her breathing began to even out, she said in a whisper, "Tory." She bit her bottom lip, and looked up at Caradoc's face, wiping her face with back of her hand. "So Walden never found out about any of this?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	presumeddead 2009-07-28 09:11 am UTC (link)
	Caradoc shifted in his seat, silent for a moment. "Yeah," he said finally. "Yeah, I suppose they do." He had tried to figure out a patteren; some rhyme or reason to those who left when the did--and to those who reappeared--but so far he'd gotten nowhere. It made no sense at all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	presumeddead 2009-07-28 05:43 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah?" Caradoc asked after another second or two of tickling. He pulled away, leaning back into the couch and catching his breath. "Okay, okay, fine," he said, glancing over and smiling. Then, with sudden movements, he began another tickle attack. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)