Re: Elaine/TJ
Elaine chuckled. "It is. I like your father." She looked around the room and smiled as she saw Bud talking to Vance. "No, not State, but we hardly traveled just during state. It was different, I grant you that, and you had school, but you are right, that's something that I didn't even share with your father. We both traveled and went to different parts of the world even when we were married. It comes with the job. Doug got to share it with me."
She brushed his hair, looking at him. "I meant that you're still looking for who you are. We never stopped long enough to care who we are or what damage we did to others. We only know how to do things. I wasn't criticizing you. We might be better politicians, but maybe you're a better person. Have you ever thought that?"
She smiled again, but it was a sad one. "Sweetheart, nothing even comes close to the White House. As you said, we don't know how to do anything else. We fix problems, we do things, and we can't do that here, because a legend would never withstand the scrutiny we might receive, we can't to do it in another dimension, because we won't have the resources to create that legend, and we certainly can't do it at home. This is why we'll do whatever you and Doug want to do. It wasn't a decision your father and I made when you were coming back. We had this discussion when we got here, and confirmation that we are dead at home only re-enforced it. I can't go back in time and change the past. I don't know if I would, to be honest with you, but I can support you and Dougie in whatever you choose."