Nov. 20th, 2023
Jane knocked on Daria’s door.
“Come in,” Daria said.
Jane entered and saw that her friend was still in her PJs and reading a book on her bed. “Daria?”
Daria got up and went and hugged Jane, Jane was surprised, and then hugged back.
They then both sat on the bed. “I don’t know what to say,” Jane said.
“That you’re here is enough,” Daria said. “It was so sudden. Like, he wasn’t the best father in the world, but he was my father. If only I had spent more time with him. I’m going to miss his cluelessness. The time spent reading the paper together and just him being there. What I’m not going to miss is his rants about his own father.”
Jane shrugged. “At least he was here. Not like mine, who only comes to Lawndale very infrequently.”
“True,” Daria said. She paused and breathed deeply, “I’m more concerned about Quinn, than myself or my mother.”
“How so?” Jane asked.
“She blames herself. Dad had gone to pick her up from a date.”
“I see.”
Daria was then silent for a while.
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“Come in,” Daria said.
Jane entered and saw that her friend was still in her PJs and reading a book on her bed. “Daria?”
Daria got up and went and hugged Jane, Jane was surprised, and then hugged back.
They then both sat on the bed. “I don’t know what to say,” Jane said.
“That you’re here is enough,” Daria said. “It was so sudden. Like, he wasn’t the best father in the world, but he was my father. If only I had spent more time with him. I’m going to miss his cluelessness. The time spent reading the paper together and just him being there. What I’m not going to miss is his rants about his own father.”
Jane shrugged. “At least he was here. Not like mine, who only comes to Lawndale very infrequently.”
“True,” Daria said. She paused and breathed deeply, “I’m more concerned about Quinn, than myself or my mother.”
“How so?” Jane asked.
“She blames herself. Dad had gone to pick her up from a date.”
“I see.”
Daria was then silent for a while.
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