"I thought -" She cuts herself off, not wanting to incriminate herself
more than necessary.
"When I woke up." She tries again, tries to come up with words that don't express how unsure she is.
I never thought you'd be the person who walks out before I wake up. But now it seems that you just might be.
She gestured helplessly with her hands, not liking how it felt to be flustered. Because CJ is anything but flustered.
"Go back to sleep. It's too early for sane people to be awake," Toby sounds different, not normal. "The White House called. You're needed in an hour." An afterthought.
"Okay," she says, still unsure. "Okay" Maybe if she does everything right, this one thing she isn't supposed to screw up won't fade away. Maybe he'll be there the next time she wakes up.
"When I woke up." She tries again, tries to come up with words that don't express how unsure she is.
I never thought you'd be the person who walks out before I wake up. But now it seems that you just might be.
She gestured helplessly with her hands, not liking how it felt to be flustered. Because CJ is anything but flustered.
"Go back to sleep. It's too early for sane people to be awake," Toby sounds different, not normal. "The White House called. You're needed in an hour." An afterthought.
"Okay," she says, still unsure. "Okay" Maybe if she does everything right, this one thing she isn't supposed to screw up won't fade away. Maybe he'll be there the next time she wakes up.