Annie walked into the tent, looking around for a moment, batting her eye-lashes once then she heard a soft gasp, and turned to look. There was Blind Mag…Mag, her friend…The woman who was like a sister to her. She nearly lost her balance but then saw Mag walk forward; grabbing her hands to make sure she didn't fall. It was cold tonight but it was warm too, a nice night really. She leaned forward a bit, not looking at Mag but then slowly looked up as she saw her friend stare at her for a moment, then smiled as if to comfort her.
"Annie." She spoke softly, nodding as she hugged her, and Annie gasped again softly "I've missed you so much."
A few tears dripped down Annie's face then, making her face seemed pale now as she blinked several times, as if trying to make the tears go away. Once they stopped hugging, Annie took a small step back but Mag gently brushed back Annie's hair in comfort, still smiling then walked over to one of the mirrors, sitting down on the small stool, looking at the mirror once at herself then back at Annie, her friend.
"I didn't know if…you'd remember me." Annie stuttered softly, glancing only over at Mag once before looking away "I thought you…"
"Had forgotten about you?" She raised her eyebrows, staring at Annie before looking away, looking as if she were thinking about it then shook her head, looking back at Annie with a gentle smile "I could never do that to you, nor to Nathan." She looked away again, fiddling around with one of the jewelry boxes on the stand in front of her for a moment
Annie shivered at the name, licking her lips and felt uncomfortable then, usually she was very confident but not this time "I haven't seen him in years."
"Nor have I." The singer whispered softly, staring at nothing really for a few moments before sighing softly, looking back at the brunette "How do you think he is?"
The music playing out-side seemed to get louder just as people chattering about did as well, and it was so soothing yet awkward to hear. That odd melody playing around, coming inside the tent to be heard it seemed. That's when wind breezed on in again, but this time Annie didn't shiver, her hands at her sides as she looked at Mag, an almost blank or bored expression on her face now
"I wouldn't know, would I?" She whispered softly, a hint of annoyance and possibly regret in there, but she hid it well with her expression that was on her face
"You were the one in love…" Mag whispered just as softly, wondering if Annie had heard her, and it was clear by Annie's expression that she did
"Drop it, Mag, please." She shook her head, walking over to the opening in front of the tent, but then Mag stood back up onto her feet, taking a few steps forward, away from the chair and jewelry box
"You loved him, and you still do, I can tell." Mag spoke louder this time, making sure that Annie heard her, which she did, because she stopped walking then, but didn't turn around to look at her though
"Why can't you just leave it alone?" There was no emotion in her voice now, a sharp tone hinted to it that made Mag look at her with drooped eye-lids for a moment, trying to take in what exactly Annie was trying to hide from her, the feelings she had that she so desperately didn't want
An awkward silence happened for a few moments before Annie spoke again "It doesn't matter anyway."
"It matters to him."
"He doesn't even know…" She sounded like she was now agreeing with Mag on the whole loving thing but didn't come out and say it
"He would if you had told him, if you'd tell him now."
"No, I wouldn't do that to him…I won't do that to him, Mag." She shook her head, turning around to look at her friend
"You're his friend." Mag tried to reason with her, make her understand, to see how she really felt, to embrace the feelings; she didn't want her to bottle them up forever. That wasn't how Annie was, her friend wasn't a person to keep her thoughts to herself or how she felt, but then why couldn't she see that then like Mag did?
"Only once upon a time." There was that sharp tone again
"You are his friend, Annie." Mag pressed on, nodding as she ignored Annie's comment there, no longer smiling but nodded again as Annie shook her head "You are, and you know that, both of us do, Annie."
She stared at Mag for a moment, and then walked over to the other side of the tent, glancing back over her shoulder at her then "He wouldn't even talk to me, he thinks I betrayed him."
"No." Mag shook her head, taking a step forward but then a moment later Annie shook her head, she stopped walking towards her then "He would understand if you'd give him the chance."
"He loves Marni."
"Marni isn't here anymore, go and tell him."
"How can you say that?" She asked as if insulted a bit by that, tucking her hair behind her ears
"She was my friend too, a sister to me but now, I want what's best for Nathan."
"You haven't even seen him in years."
Mag quirked an eyebrow then "You haven't either."
The sounds from outside seemed to get louder and Annie quickly walked towards the opening at the tent, ignoring how Mag tried to stop her, when she tried to grab at her hand to stop her but Annie walked out of the tent, quickly running through the crowd, not even bothering with excuses this time, brushing past several people and then finally got to where the banner of this place was, the entrance of it and walked out of it, re-tucking her hair behind her ears as it had gone over her shoulders again.
This wasn't what she had expected when seeing Mag again, her friend had told her to admit her love for another friend, but she didn't feel like doing that now…at least not out-loud…or to Nathan, no, not to him…well…maybe sometime, later on when she wasn't feeling the excitement of this love that Mag kept saying that was there.
