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Post by Madeline Speare on Nov 12, 2007 20:52:37 GMT
"We're really giving them up, aren't we?" I ask quietly.
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Post by Ian Hunt on Nov 12, 2007 20:57:11 GMT
"Yes," I answer, "It's better this way."
Fucker...fucker...fucker...
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Post by Madeline Speare on Nov 12, 2007 21:02:25 GMT
No it's not. They're your kids.
We can't handle it.
So your just going to toss them aside?!
I lean forward putting my face into my hands as an attempt to stop the tears that were threatening to fall.
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Post by Ian Hunt on Nov 12, 2007 21:08:24 GMT
They'd hate you. Like you hated your parents. And they'd hate themselves, just like you did, just like you still do...
It's better this way.
Yeah...just like you had it better...
"Maddie...don't..." I say quietly, putting my hand lightly on her back.
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Post by Madeline Speare on Nov 12, 2007 21:13:10 GMT
I shake my head, sitting back up managing to pull myself together.
"I'm fine..fine. I'm fine." I mutter.
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Post by Ian Hunt on Nov 12, 2007 21:16:15 GMT
"Sure?" I mumble.
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Post by Madeline Speare on Nov 12, 2007 21:17:46 GMT
"Yeah." I mutter quietly.
No. Not at all.
"I'll be okay."
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Post by Ian Hunt on Nov 12, 2007 21:29:49 GMT
"We don't have to-..." I start to say but trail off.
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Post by Madeline Speare on Nov 12, 2007 21:33:17 GMT
"I don't want to." I admit after a moment.
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Post by Ian Hunt on Nov 12, 2007 21:40:44 GMT
"Then we don't have to," I reply.
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Post by Madeline Speare on Nov 12, 2007 21:43:10 GMT
"But it's the right thing to do."
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Post by Ian Hunt on Nov 12, 2007 21:46:58 GMT
"Maddie, I can't tell you what to do."
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Post by Madeline Speare on Nov 12, 2007 21:49:06 GMT
"So, it's all on me then?" I ask quietly, clasping my hands in my lap.
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Post by Ian Hunt on Nov 12, 2007 21:52:27 GMT
"No...yes...I-..." I stop, "I don't know."
Very articulate.
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Post by Madeline Speare on Nov 12, 2007 21:56:06 GMT
"Take that as a yes."
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Post by Ian Hunt on Nov 12, 2007 22:00:53 GMT
"That's probably best," I mutter.
Why? They're yours too.
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Post by Madeline Speare on Nov 12, 2007 22:03:20 GMT
"It shouldn't have to be all on me though." I mutter under my breath.
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Post by Ian Hunt on Nov 12, 2007 22:08:35 GMT
"Well, I don't know okay? I don't want to get rid of them, because they're ours, and it's wrong, and I don't want them to end up hating us and themselves and thinking they weren't good enough because I know how it feels. But we can't do this, it's not fair to have parents who can't handle it, it's not. So, I don't know."
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Post by Madeline Speare on Nov 12, 2007 22:15:05 GMT
"We're stuck between a rock and a hard place, aren't we?"
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Post by Ian Hunt on Nov 12, 2007 22:17:19 GMT
"Yeah, pretty much."
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Post by Madeline Speare on Nov 12, 2007 22:18:07 GMT
"This sucks." I mutter, getting up and jamming my hands into my pockets,"This fucking sucks."
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Post by Ian Hunt on Nov 12, 2007 22:19:18 GMT
"Yes," I say, not sure what else I could say.
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Post by Madeline Speare on Nov 12, 2007 22:47:58 GMT
"Fucking perfect." I mutter, leaning my head against the wall.
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Post by Ian Hunt on Nov 13, 2007 22:08:06 GMT
"Yeah, I know it's fucking less than perfect," I mutter.
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Post by Madeline Speare on Nov 13, 2007 22:11:14 GMT
"We lose either way, we keep them we end up fucking them up, we give them up, we feel like we're abanding them."
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Post by Ian Hunt on Nov 13, 2007 22:17:51 GMT
"We just have decide which is the lesser of the two evils."
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Post by Madeline Speare on Nov 13, 2007 22:30:08 GMT
"That's just it, I don't know which is which."
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Post by Ian Hunt on Nov 13, 2007 22:34:43 GMT
"We don't have to decide right now, it's not like we don't have time to think."
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Post by Madeline Speare on Nov 13, 2007 22:40:26 GMT
"Five months," I mutter,"Do you have any idea how fast that will go?"
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Post by Ian Hunt on Nov 13, 2007 22:41:42 GMT
"Uh...no?"
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