Yet another overly long Erin drabble. I think I'm addicted to their dynamic, because they're not best friend material. And we all know that one pair of best friends, the ones who live like five minutes from each other but don't have a conversation more than five times a month, and they're still each other's person, and to suggest anyone else would be appalling for both. That's Erin and Addison.
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They are horrible at keeping in touch. Addison knows this.
They both know they're horrible at keeping in touch, so Addison tells Erin not to call when she lands in England, and Erin agrees, before the words come out of their mouths.
It's better this way, without that hope in the first few months that this time will be different, that they'll call each other every night. It's better not to have to face that one day, when hope dies, when Erin falls asleep or Addison loses her number.
They can't be best friends if Erin is on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
So it's better not to pretend that they can.
And it's hard, staring at the phone, eyes finally dry over Derek, knowing that she can't call Erin, that Erin won't call her, that Erin probably doesn't even know about her and Derek.
This is the real end.
This is the end, and Pythias doesn't come back in time to save Damon.
Reference: Damon and Pythias were best friends in Greek mythology. Pythias is condemned for execution, Damon takes his place in prison while Pythias goes sort out his affairs, because Damon trusts Pythias to come back before his execution date (Or else Damon will get killed instead.) Pythias does come back, just in time, after overcoming five thousand obstacles, and the king is touched by the friendship and lets them both free.
Anyway. Remember that Erin evidently hates cheaters ("41. Friends"), and therefore probably wouldn't save Addison, Actually, she isn't even around when the whole Maddek thing explodes.
"51. Outsides" mentions Addison's obsessive staring at the phone. This is why she's staring.