Journal Entry 7

Dear Sherlock,

I need to develop a more consistent schedule of writing you these letters. It's only been about a month since we last spoke, but I've been feeling sort of lonely. I still have Mary, of course, and Mrs. Hudson, and Molly, and Greg, and occasionally Anderson and Donovan, but I wanted to talk to you. I never thought I'd miss all the clients coming in to ask about your cases, but here we are. Having them come in every few days was almost like having you back, for a little while. Now that they've stopped… well, I dunno. I guess I've learned to be careful what I wish for. In other, more lighthearted news, Mary and I are still very happy together and we're thinking that maybe someday we could settle down and start a family somewhere. We've run the idea past Mrs. Hudson, just to see what her opinions were on the matter. When we told her, she immediately burst into tears, and I thought I'd done something wrong until she laughed and hugged both of us until I thought we'd suffocate. I haven't seen her this excited since you left, Sherlock, and it makes me so happy. We've all sort of moved on from what happened to you—I'm happier, Mrs. Hudson is happier, I've stopped seeing my therapist, and everything is generally okay (with the possible exception of what I mentioned earlier). I hope you're alright with that, but I doubt you'd find much value in sitting around and moping over something that can't be changed, so I'm not too worried. Oh, and I was meaning to tell you something else—I finally sat in on one of Anderson's club meetings with him and the rest of the conspiracy nutters. It didn't go very well—I ended up shouting at everyone and storming out—but Anderson called the next day and told me that nobody minded my outburst and they were sorry for maybe talking insensitively about you around me. I still felt bad, though, and with a little encouragement from Mary, I showed up again the other day to apologize. I won't be going to another one of those anytime soon. That's about all the news I have for now; hopefully I won't need to write to you for at least a few more months.

Goodbye for now,

John H. Watson

A/N: I'm not quite sure when this will end, but the next chapter will probably be one of the last. Hope you guys are enjoying it so far!

A huge thank you to BMRH for your review! You guys' input really means a lot, and your super-thoughtful review made my day :)