AN: Um... almost done with Ned I think. (:
"I know you can, Nan," Ned sighed. "It's just hard to turn off my worry center when we were together for so long."
She supposed she couldn't fault him for that. Still… "So," she said, "do you worry for Deidre this much?"
At that he burst into a coughing fit.
"Ned?"
"No," he admitted with one last cough. "I don't."
"I see."
"But I don't have to—" He groaned. "You know what I mean."
"Yes I do. And… and I'm sorry I always made you worry. I'm sorry I wasn't around enough for it to work out."
"Me too."