Willow and Winona meet up for lunch at one of the many unremarkable cafes on the Terrace.<\/p>\n
Willow is a little twitchy. She showed up in her usual winter Friday outfit, corduroys, a Polarfleece, a knitted hat, to find Winona crisply glam in a red trench coat, of all things. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been wondering for a bit if the two of them, steered together when they were both at a vulnerable moment, are going to veer apart.<\/p>\n
Winona sits down gingerly. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153First day with the painters in, d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122you know what I mean?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh, poor you. How\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s everything going?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The job\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fine, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s good to be around my family again\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6your old flat is warm enough if we run two dehumidifiers\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d She trails off.<\/p>\n
Willow is painfully aware that this is supposed to be one of those girl talk moments she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not very good at. Heartily, she tries, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Now that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re all good, what do you think you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll do next?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
A latte arrives. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hard to say. Work on the career for a bit myself, I guess. I was thinking of some crochet. I saw these little Japanese animals that people are making on line, all of crochet. What about you, now that your house is settled? Are you thinking of kids?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
She flushes. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sprogs aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t me, exactly. And my family\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6well\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and I’m not seeing anyone, and…I mean, why d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122you ask?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Winona repeats. \u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Will and I have been trying for two years and it hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t happened.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh. Oh, dear.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Unselfconscious, for once, she reaches out and grabs Winona\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hand. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153And\u00c2\u00a0 you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got your period.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Winona nods, not glamorous at all as she scrunches up her face to hold back tears. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153And you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re on your own, and\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It sucks,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d they both say, together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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