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"Whew," Talking to Joan was always stressful. She thought as she hung up and headed to a meeting the next week. Joan had gotten hung up on something and she was going to have to go to this one at a new location with different people without Joan, she was sufficiently freaked.
They started with names as always and went on to praying and then open sharing, meaning that anyone openly wanted to share their addiction origin or story could. Then they went in a circle where people could share as little or as much as they wanted.
"I'm Annie Walker," She started shakily repeating the speech she had memorized, "I,I was," she paused not continuing her routine speech, "I had been through some particular rough things physically, and was even more emotionally distressed and I resorted to drugs to ease the pain. The problem is it's only a temporary fix. The beginning is always hard I still haven't completely given up my daily fix. I have relapsed 3 times, only for a few days each, but the real origin of my addiction happened when I was seventeen." She ended not able to share her life story that she had only told a very small select group of people.
Soon later after having a small conversation with some other girl she found her way to Auggies house.
"Happy Birthday," a group of people called as she flipped the light switch on, and she was himself very shocked. Her eyes widened as they landed on Chloe and Katia from going over from Joan, Auggie, McQuaid, Eyal, a few friends from the office, Mack, Arthur... She settled on her nieces, her girls that had grown up so so much in the past year and a half.
She swallowed drop her bag and met her girls in the middle as they ran toward her. Crouching so that she could be face to face with them she showered them with kisses, and have a extended hug she looked them in eyes, "How have my wonderful munchkins been?"
"We aren't munchkins," Nine year old Katia said sounding exasperated but laughing, "we are young ladies."
"Oh I know your definitely young ladies!" Annie played along, "and your so grown and so tall, but" she reached both hands to tickle their sides and they giggled trying to to run out of her grasp, "a your still my little ticklish munchkins." She smiled broadly looking up at Danielle who was standing there expectantly.
"Uh I better get a hug," She put her hand on her hip speaking like she was getting on to one of the girls.
Annie's heart swelled, and she bound across the few feet separating them before throwing herself into her big sisters arms.
Suddenly she felt like a kid again, and never wanted to let go.
But in the end Danielle released her death grip and Annie reluctantly moved her hands, staying within inches of her sister they made their way to the couch and Annie's mind had time to click the pieces into, there was only one reason they would ALL be here...
Annie didn't have time to get mad or question the older ones because Chloe came running towards her and hugged her again, "Aunt Annie can I show you watch Katia and I got you, or made technically, for your birthday?" She asked excitedly.
Danielle looked at the girls surprised, she had no idea of any present from them, she had only told them they were going two or three days in advance.
"We actually made this awhile ago, we were gonna give it to you for your next birthday but it never got there... Anyway you told us a picture paints a thousand words so we have hundreds of thousand of words," Chloe finished as Katia brought the book to Annie.
"We didn't wrap it," Katia said a little sheepishly handing her the brown leather book. In the center was a picture of Katia and Chloe as kids, Chloe probably in 2nd and Katia in kindergarten.
"It's okay I'm sure I'm going to..." She was stunned as she flipped through the first few pages. They were her mom in highschool. Her as a baby. And many other special memories she held near her heart, "Love it," She whispered.
After looking through how amazing the first 10 pages were, mainly her and Danielle as kids and babies. Pictures she hadn't seen since they were taken, She put the book aside and wrapped get arms around the girls. Chloe on her leg and Katia in her lap, " It's perfect," She kissed them on the forehead I love it!"
"Sooo," Chloe wiggled her way out if her aunts hold," when can we have cake?"