Background info: Pippa is under the ice and Gemma is trying to get her out.
None of these characters are mine. Just the words. Onto the story!
Pippa looks at the shrivled berries in her hand, and then at me. I am so fustrated, that I am forced to resort to desperate measures. "Pippa," I say, my voice firm, allowing no argument. "If, you eat those berries, I will have to too."
Her eyes grow wider as I pick up half of the bunch that she has in her hand. She has lost her voice for a few seconds before she screams, "YOU CANNOT!"
My eyes narrow. "Why ever not?"
"Well..." for once I see the usually articulate Pippa floundering for words. "You have a whole life ahead of you, and no one to stop it. Gemma, you cannot just dissapear."
"I can't, can I?"
"No, you can't!" She says with a flourish, sure she won this argument.
"Well, you can't either." I grab her other hand. "Pippa, Mr. Bumble is not a reason to die. Think about Felicity and-and Anne! Maybe even Martha and Elizabeth, but my point is people will be devistated by this." My throat is threatening to clog up with emotion. "Even I will Pip." My hand leaves hers and goes to her face. "Pippa , please, come back with me. We will all think of a way to rid ourselves of Bumbling, Bartebly Bumble." I can feel her wavering away from her own death. A last little push might have her coming back fully. I think of Kartick. I take a deep breath and say, not looking at her, "What about the Gypsy?"
I can feel Pippa's pulse skip at the mention of him. "What about him?"
"You'll have to be alive to see," I say, somewhat shakily. Pippa hugs me. "Gemma, you always know the right thing to say."
'Only for other people,' I think as I hug her back. I am promising something I do not and know not how to produce, whether I want to or not. "Come on," I whisper to her. "Get out of there and come back. People are waiting for you."
Pippa emits a sharp bark of laughter. "As if I haven't heard that before."
I smile before I can stop myself. "Cheer up Pip. We are going to start over again. Trust me"
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