{"id":2649,"date":"2015-10-21T20:29:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T00:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=2649"},"modified":"2015-10-20T20:30:48","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T00:30:48","slug":"seventeen-07-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=2649","title":{"rendered":"Seventeen – 07"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neve managed to laugh and shook her head slowly. \u201cIf I had an answer, I wouldn\u2019t be asking the question.\u201d She sobered after a moment. \u201cI wish I had an answer, Marin. I wish we<\/em> had an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marin sighed. \u201cIf I see something, I\u2019ll tell you. I\u2019m not\u2014\u201d She faltered. \u201cI almost hope I don\u2019t, Neve.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a surprising confession.<\/em> Neve frowned slightly, then looked around. She drew Marin out into the fading light of day, away from the tents a little ways. \u201cWhy?\u201d she asked in a soft voice.<\/p>\n

Her friend swallowed hard, wringing her hands. \u201cA lot of things,\u201d Marin said after a long moment. \u201cThey\u2019ve been strange lately. Some of them I can\u2019t remember. So many…\u201d Her gaze met Neve\u2019s and she was surprised to see Marin\u2019s gaze so haunted. \u201cI keep seeing them, Neve. Our children. I keep seeing them, but we\u2019re not there.\u201d She covered her mouth with her hand. \u201cI see them as teenagers, together, here and not here, and we\u2019re not with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her stomach twisted. Be strong, Neve. You knew that someday they might be without you, without Cameron\u2014without all of you\u2014but they\u2019ll be fine. You know that, too.<\/em> \u201cYou told me yourself that it would be okay.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marin shut her eyes, tears glittering along her lashes. \u201cI know,\u201d she whispered. \u201cGods, I know that, Neve, I know what I said and I know what I saw but that doesn\u2019t make it much easier, does it? And everything\u2014and\u2014Neve, nothing\u2019s set in stone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSome things are certain,\u201d Neve said, then drew Marin into a tight hug, squeezing her tightly. \u201cSome things are certain, Mar, you know that as well as I do, too. Everything\u2019s going to be okay. We\u2019ll get through\u2014no matter what, we\u2019ll get through.\u201d<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t have any other choice.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Neve managed to laugh and shook her head slowly. \u201cIf I had an answer, I wouldn\u2019t be asking the question.\u201d She sobered after a moment. \u201cI wish I had an answer, Marin. I wish we had an answer.\u201d Marin sighed. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,145,14],"tags":[150,152,151,149,148,147,146],"class_list":["post-2649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-5","category-chapter-17-book-5","category-story","tag-awakenings","tag-marin-astoris","tag-neve-vaughan","tag-original-fiction","tag-post-apocalyptic","tag-serial-fiction","tag-web-fiction"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1EBlN-GJ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2650,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2649\/revisions\/2650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}