Note: I hope you saw the ending of this chapter coming! I'm
not revealing anything and don't worry this will not escalate
into anything. The line was very wrongly stolen from the X-
files (shame on me) but it just adds something. Thank you for
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Chapter 30 - My Light in the Sky
"It's like she isn't even my daughter anymore." Monica said to Dana that night on the phone. The two women kept in touch frequently. Monica washed the table again and again, unaware of her repetition. She stood up finally, straightening her back and feeling it crack a little. She felt a lot better being verticle once more.
"Monica I know it's strange." Dana said in a comforting tone. "I felt the same way when William came back."
"We hadn't watched William die Dana! We had woken up to Meredith running back to the cabin shouting out that WIlliam was gone and something about a camera remember? We hadn't seen a corpse had we?" Monica took some deep breaths in. "It's just that I watched her die Dana. I watched her die..." Monica sort of trailed off. Dana empathized on her friend.
"I know how you feel okay Monica? It's gonna be okay."
"It's just strange hearing her again." Monica admitted. "It's too strange." She slumped down in the kitchen chair.
"Well I'll come by okay? William's doing everything but pissing himself to see Meredith and Mul...Fox has gone to one of his convention things." Even as a married couple the two of them still referred to one another as Scully and Mulder.
"That'd be great. Meredith is...somewhere around here but it's a big house so who knows. Mere?!" SHe didn't hear anything. "At least I think she's here." She looked down the hall. Meredith's hat, coat and shoes were all there. She sighed.
"Must be in that damned attic." She replied. Dana gave a nod and looked around her apartment. WIlliam was already getting his coat on and currently tying his shoes.
"See you in a minute Monica." Dana said. She waited for a "Good-Bye!" from Monica and then went to the door.
Monic apressed the off button on the phone. She went about her business in the kitchen.
Meredith pressed herself against the wall. SHe didn't like listening in on her mother's phone conversations but in this case it was a must. She closed her eyes, holding back on crying. Dear God Meredith, she thought angrily, you are a baby. Her lip quivered a little and she silently walked upstairs to her room.
Meredith's room was the one at the end of the hall. She had painted it earlier that year, complete with clouds and moons and suns and stars. William would have helped her, but unfortunetly he was still "missing" then. She walked to the attic stairs, adorned with lights and streamed and tinsel. She climber up them, somberly and silently, sniffling a little as she climbed then opened the door to her "tower" room. She didn't curl up on the happy face carpet like she had when she was four. Instead she went to the window, high above the street and popped open the latch and pushed herself through.
The roof had been her favourite place to think since she could climb. Her parents had tried to stop her, but nothing stopped Meredith from climbing out there and sitting above the world, looking at the stars and beyond and wishing she could just fly away from everything.
The sun was slowly setting in the west, and Meredith remembered back to the night on Jason's roof. True, their roof was not as extravagent as his but she tried to think of what he was doing now. She closed her eyes and wiped off the excess tears and put her mind in a state of calm. She had done yoga to curvwe out her body more. It was impulse to fold her legs and as she did she felt better, being away from everyone.
"It's like she's not even my daughter anymore..."
She wanted to shut out what her mother had said. SHe just wanted to make it all go away. She had caused all this grief. She opened her eyes, the world as if stopped around her. She didn't care anymore as the world fell silent, and the life she knew was just somewhere else.
"Hey blondie." William's head came out of the window and he scaled the roof to Meredith's sitting place. She gave a weak smile and looked at him.
"You know what William?"
"What?" He asked her as he sat next to her.
"I never stopped believing..." She began. He looked at her. The words surprised him.
"That I'd see you again." She didn't stop. "And I felt you every moment I was away, and I wanted more then anything to see you again. And you want to know something? I thought of all people I'd think of my parents but when I thought about it, you were the only person I thought of."
"You were my constant WIlliam Scully." She looked at him, the stars seemingly motionless in her eyes. "You were my light in the sky. And I followed it back to you again."
Chapter 30 - My Light in the Sky
"It's like she isn't even my daughter anymore." Monica said to Dana that night on the phone. The two women kept in touch frequently. Monica washed the table again and again, unaware of her repetition. She stood up finally, straightening her back and feeling it crack a little. She felt a lot better being verticle once more.
"Monica I know it's strange." Dana said in a comforting tone. "I felt the same way when William came back."
"We hadn't watched William die Dana! We had woken up to Meredith running back to the cabin shouting out that WIlliam was gone and something about a camera remember? We hadn't seen a corpse had we?" Monica took some deep breaths in. "It's just that I watched her die Dana. I watched her die..." Monica sort of trailed off. Dana empathized on her friend.
"I know how you feel okay Monica? It's gonna be okay."
"It's just strange hearing her again." Monica admitted. "It's too strange." She slumped down in the kitchen chair.
"Well I'll come by okay? William's doing everything but pissing himself to see Meredith and Mul...Fox has gone to one of his convention things." Even as a married couple the two of them still referred to one another as Scully and Mulder.
"That'd be great. Meredith is...somewhere around here but it's a big house so who knows. Mere?!" SHe didn't hear anything. "At least I think she's here." She looked down the hall. Meredith's hat, coat and shoes were all there. She sighed.
"Must be in that damned attic." She replied. Dana gave a nod and looked around her apartment. WIlliam was already getting his coat on and currently tying his shoes.
"See you in a minute Monica." Dana said. She waited for a "Good-Bye!" from Monica and then went to the door.
Monic apressed the off button on the phone. She went about her business in the kitchen.
Meredith pressed herself against the wall. SHe didn't like listening in on her mother's phone conversations but in this case it was a must. She closed her eyes, holding back on crying. Dear God Meredith, she thought angrily, you are a baby. Her lip quivered a little and she silently walked upstairs to her room.
Meredith's room was the one at the end of the hall. She had painted it earlier that year, complete with clouds and moons and suns and stars. William would have helped her, but unfortunetly he was still "missing" then. She walked to the attic stairs, adorned with lights and streamed and tinsel. She climber up them, somberly and silently, sniffling a little as she climbed then opened the door to her "tower" room. She didn't curl up on the happy face carpet like she had when she was four. Instead she went to the window, high above the street and popped open the latch and pushed herself through.
The roof had been her favourite place to think since she could climb. Her parents had tried to stop her, but nothing stopped Meredith from climbing out there and sitting above the world, looking at the stars and beyond and wishing she could just fly away from everything.
The sun was slowly setting in the west, and Meredith remembered back to the night on Jason's roof. True, their roof was not as extravagent as his but she tried to think of what he was doing now. She closed her eyes and wiped off the excess tears and put her mind in a state of calm. She had done yoga to curvwe out her body more. It was impulse to fold her legs and as she did she felt better, being away from everyone.
"It's like she's not even my daughter anymore..."
She wanted to shut out what her mother had said. SHe just wanted to make it all go away. She had caused all this grief. She opened her eyes, the world as if stopped around her. She didn't care anymore as the world fell silent, and the life she knew was just somewhere else.
"Hey blondie." William's head came out of the window and he scaled the roof to Meredith's sitting place. She gave a weak smile and looked at him.
"You know what William?"
"What?" He asked her as he sat next to her.
"I never stopped believing..." She began. He looked at her. The words surprised him.
"That I'd see you again." She didn't stop. "And I felt you every moment I was away, and I wanted more then anything to see you again. And you want to know something? I thought of all people I'd think of my parents but when I thought about it, you were the only person I thought of."
"You were my constant WIlliam Scully." She looked at him, the stars seemingly motionless in her eyes. "You were my light in the sky. And I followed it back to you again."