L had decided that she best get in touch with Seamus. She felt it be nice to share her good/bad news with her first bestie on the island. Though they were different she felt it was their polar opposites that made them closer. She pulls out her phone, sighing as the wallpaper is set to Princess Leia Angelique. She opens the email app..
<Hey.. thought i let you know that is was back.. i don't even know if you want to speak to me after leaving Owens in a state. I thought though i should try to give you a chance to say your piece.. wondering what you been doing for 3 years and i have alot to catch you up with.. i dont even know where to begin. Im stay with my uncle and we both down with the sickness. Him for sure. Me i can only assume i have it because my symptoms are like his. Anyways give me a hollar if you want to if not i understand completely but wanted to let you know i have been thinking about yiu ans your family all these years ans that im bacj in the island
Hopefully still your friend
L
>
Seamus sat in his brother’s kitchen, drinking yet another thermos of tea brought to him by his brother. Ever since their talk a few days ago, it really did feel like they were closer than ever. He chuckled to himself thinking that Covid-19 was doing something good for him. But he was still stuck in the house, even though he didn’t feel like going out, which told him how bad he was feeling more than anything. However, it gave him plenty of time to do his homework, and he finished his latest math work and opened his email to send it. Seamus noticed an email and, as soon as he sent the math work to his teacher, he looked at it again. His jaw dropped to see it as from L, who he hadn’t heard from since he/she left for summer vacation in France before Alexandra got cut off from the world. Opening it, he read it and chuckled. L as not the best at spelling or grammar, but he figured that English wasn’t L’s first language. He reads it again and begins his reply;
Holy fuck! When did you get back? Obviously before the 19th when the ferry stopped. You and your uncle have Covid? Man, I do too. Fiona or Vincent probably gave it to me. They both had it and I was in isolation and it was almost done when this shit hit me like a fuckin train! What's been with me the last 3 years? The island was lost I guess and we had to do our best. I got to work with this guy called Mint Portia, an architect. Helped him maintain all the houses that were new when that quake hit and helped him build the movie theatre and design the cemetery and shit, cause yea .. people died the last 3 years. So I was useful for a change. Then we came back to the world in the middle of this coronavirus shit. So what did you do? Stay in France 3 years and come back .. when again? I missed you and I know Owen thought about you too. A lot has changed but we’re still friends I guess. So get me up to date.
He reads it over and nods, then sends it on its way.
L had her spare cello that she had left at her uncle's when she gone for summer vacation those confused years ago. She was still confused but not about her identity or anything she wanted out of live..she had lived it up just to dumb down the wounds of regret. She was an entirely different person from her former self. She was uses this time of self quarantine for self healing and self introspection. She also was doing what best medicine she knew.. her music.
Before her is a music stand sheet music and pencil.. she is writing a new song for the band for when this was all over with.
She starts to play then gets a beep on her phone indicating a new message..
She sees the address..
Shay replied back..she was half shocked but mostly relieved.
She quickly thumbs out response
Yes im back and sorry to hear about you . Vincent and Fiona but it'll take alot more then pandemic respiratory disease to get us down... Im glad you were of help during Alexandra forced isolation and im sorry that you didn't find the world any better but much worst when you all rejoin..i been here since the 16th right before they closed the doors again to the outside world..
As a response to what has come of me in the past three years.. well after i came to france i went to south france to a steampunk convention and met this band called The Chronos Tin Pirates ..i know great name right . Well they just fired their bass guitarist and were needed a bass and said i play cello and i audition and became captain Merryweather.. great name right.!!.
We been touring Europe at conventions and our own tour
Anyways..me and the commodore Jaquee the leader singer had this fling for a while and.. i ended up pregnant.. about nearly two year ago .though we lost our Angelique due to an undetected congenital heart defect about nearly 5 months ago. She would have been 1 on the day i came back to Alexandra...me and Jaque arent together and that was before she was born.. hes just my close friend now. It was probably better that way..but. yeah.. lots..happen.. im glad you and owen didnt forget me. Wouldn't blame you if you did..so yeah.. dont know how else to end this. But its good to hear from you..ill try to pluck up the courage to email owen soon
Best regards
L
Seamus had not expected a reply immediately, so he drank his tea and went out to the super long picnic table, where his dinner was left out for him to get. His father had made spaghetti and once he was back in the house, he got out a fork, eating it right out of the storage container. It was still warm, for which he was grateful. Then he drank the rest of his tea, put on a mask and washed the dishes, including the Thermos Owen had left and the dish his dinner had been put in. He tried hard not to cough as he cleaned and was relieved when he didn’t. Then, mask still over his nose and mouth, he took the Thermos and container back to the picnic table. Someone would get it before they went to bed.
Going back inside, he decided to take a long, hot shower. It felt like the steam made it a little easier to breathe. In a new pair of pajama bottoms, he gathered the old and shoved them in a bag of dirty clothes. Once the bag was full, he’d wash his clothes himself and then basically sterilize the garage which was now the laundry room. That was the best way to avoid infecting anyone else in the house.
He got his laptop and went up to the bedroom, which was basically all of the second floor of the little add-on, and sat on the bed. He glanced at the upstairs door, which no one used, but which he had shoved a towel under the gap of just to make sure nothing got between his place and the rest of the house. Opening his laptop, he considered a movie, but noticed he had another email. And again, it was from L.
Shay laughed and rolled his eyes at the name of the band and the stage name. Typical L … Owen might understand it a lot more than he would. Then he read the word ‘pregnant’ he blinked and read again Pregnant and the baby died…
It took him twenty minutes to form a reply;
Yea, we’re tough. Fi and Vincent are engaged now. He’s gonna be a Reinhardt. Insane bastard!
Holy FUCK .. you got pregnant? Jesus L! I’m sorry the baby died but … you had a BABY? That’s … wow. Does that mean .. what does it mean? You’re all girl all the time now? You’re straight? I never really understood what you were, but you were cool back then so … yea.
You’re gonna email Owen? Me and him are closer than ever now. Had a long talk a couple days ago. He’s not as bad as he was or maybe thats me who isnt as bad. But we get along. I don’t know how he’ll react to any of it. I mean he moved on so maybe he’ll just be shocked you became a mother like I am
Guess we all changed a lot in 3 years.
Shay
L wakes up as a violent coughing fit woke her from her sleep. She had been working on her music and somehow was now on the floor. She blinks as it she was covered in her sheet music . She sits up still in the ground..
"This feels like that morning in Ibiza. " she says hoarsely. She rubs her head and looks around.
"Its quiet..abit too quiet" She says softly . She groans as she gets up and puts on her mask. Being a major gearhead an otaku had its perks as she had a elaborate collection of mask. This one today was made with thick demin and lace. There were cloth gears and cloth playing cards like an alice and wonderland meets steampunk.
She goes over to her uncle bedroom to check on him..hes struggling with his breathing but not in a way that is critical just like if he had a bad case sof th2 flu.
She holds on the doorframe as she coughs violently. The fit passes as she listens to him breath and watches him from the door..
For the time being, he wasnt in any severe danger. She slowly hobbles back to the couch she had been sleeping on these past weeks .
She check her phone . Answering to texts ans message Sabine had sent her
She learned that Jacque had the virus ans was on a ventilator. She bit her lips aa she reads ans response back asking about Javier and her grandmother. They were both fine. Javier was in Ibiza and was saying how eerie it was that a big party hub was more like ghost town.
Her grandmother had been in isolation since the rumors spread in her chateau in south France and convinced Sabine to join her
Jaque had stayed behind because when he wasn't playing music. He worked at a hospital as an orderly. He had contracted the virus and now was a patient of the hospital he worked for
She sighs heavy knowing that one of the reasons they didnt hit off was the strain of Jaquee diagnosis of testicular cancer a month after she has found out she was going to have a baby.
She exhales worried as this made his situation more dire.
She finishes texting with Javier and checks her email and sees there is another response from
Shay.
She chuckes as she can remember his voice as she read it just as if he was here
It was the laughter she needed thos this dark day.
She fires back a reply
Thank you friend. I needed a good chuckle this morning.
Well still genderfluid in appearance and sometimes im in male mode.. but mostly pf the time my mind matches body. That night i was at after aftwr party on Ibiza ans was in a gray goosr and ecstasy mode. Got in over my head but only thing i regret that night was the massive headache the morning after.
I suppose im mostly straight these days having more of draw to men but i suppose i be gay when the few times im in male mode..
But yes i had a baby and was happily a mother/father for a bit
I dont know hell take it but im glad he moved on. I knew he didn't deserve to wait and deserve happiness. I hope whoever he chooses next will not hurt him like i did.
Im happy for Vincent and fiona. Does he know what mess he is getting into. Jk. That's very modern and progressive of him.but i applaud his open mindset.
I still need to get owen email out soon.. get well.soon
Regards
L
Seamus had a rough night. At one point he had considered calling for his mother, he was so scared because he couldn’t catch his breath. But that would probably mean going to the hospital and tiny hospital or not, he didn’t want to be admitted to it. Save the beds for the seniors. He sat up and tried not to panic until he was finally able to take a deep breath. And then he lay down and fell into a deeper sleep.
When he woke, he took another hot shower. He took his temperature and noted that it was coming down finally. That gave him some relief. Then he sent Owen a text message asking for another Tire Fire from the 10 Alarm. His plan was to burn the rest of the fever out of his body.
He didn’t tell Owen about L … and wasn’t sure if he should or not. Owen deserved to now, but Owen had also moved on from L. Gathering his soaked sheets, he brought everything downstairs and sat at the dining room table. He’d check his mail before he did the laundry.
Reading the reply, he considers his own and finally fires it off.
HAHA That gender fluid stuff still goes way over my head and I’m over 6 foot now. But damn you’re doing grey goose and extacy. REALLY? Man I could NOT get into drugs. I guess I’m sort of in a ‘my body is a temple’ stage of life. Not a vegitarian of a vegan but a LOT more veggies than when I was 13.
Of course Owen moved on. We didn’t know what happened to the world. Only that we couldn’t get to it. And no one knew how long it would be or if it would be forever. So we made like it would be forever. Ther4es a farm in the north woods now. Chickens are the only meat besides fish from the water so I guess everyone who was stuck here is in better health than we were but FUCK I’m glad to have beef back as an option LOL.
I called Vincent marrying Fiona the day I met him. No one was surprised when they moved in together or even when they decided to get married. Dad isn’t freaking out even though he HAS to know they’re sleeping together LOL. Well he isn’t freaking out MUCH .. not like he did when he caught me and Sam LOL.
I don’t think Vincent is taking the Reinhardt name to be progressive. He just hated his name and everything it stands for. Like my dad and uncle, he hates his father so this is how he can distance.
Ok i have to do my laundry now. The garage is empty so I’ll go around the house, do that, play games online with my cousin Tris while I wait and then come back here. My temp went don so maybe I’ll be healthy soon. I’m going nuts in here.
Shay
L finally staggers to the shower. The hot steam help his breathing as his uncle said it would.
Hikari had been finally up and showered before her and had gone on and on how much the steam and eucalyptus shower tab had helped his breath. Hiakri had always been a healthy man and was fight Rona as Sabine called it.
Sabine was french but her dad was an us airman that was from texas and he was calling it the rona and sabine had adopted it..now L was stuck calling it the Rona..
Sounds like some crazy lady frim the south then the horrible pandemic it was.
After her shower hikari and her were feeling better enough to sit down and catch up of some Star trek: discovery
After a few episodes hikari fever was spiking again so went to lay down.
L took her own temp and her fever was still high but hadn't spike. She lay down to and pull out her phone and saw a response from shay and a message from Marie Jaque's mother
The message just stated that he was still in icu but was taken off the ventilator but was in a induced coma but stable
She sighs and replies to shay
Hello again
Yes im usually not into partying that hard but the night just got wild.. trust me that was the first and last time im taking E especially with alochol. I know how lucky all that came out of it was a pregnancy and ended up in bed with a handsome man that i ended a relationship with months before and the worst sickness even worst then morning sickness and this Rona plague thingy.
Ok maybe not rona
I knew he would get over me.. ans i glad he did and that you all were able to thrive in the separation like that wasn't a surprise at all
Yess those two seem destined to have their happy ever after and that's understandable that he would what to distance himself from his father. .i wasn't that close to Vincent even though we were both musicians and that but from what i heard in rumors and what little i was told about the situation i soon would have changed my last name way before any nuptials.
Sometimes if it wasnt for my uncle i rather be xalled captain merryweather then horatio..
Family isnt always what you wish it ti be .. though i was never abused..abandonment was a horrible feeling too. Didnt know who i could trust or who would just leave me..it put a starin on me ans Jaque relationship and now with him in Icu with Rona i feel so bad..that man loved me and i thought i lov3d him but was always afraid he leave me. Even when Angelique was born. He didn't but he got sick off my mistrust and he started to see another. . We are still close friends and hes getting married to.. well he was suppose to but rona put a halt to the wedding and now hes in hospital thankfully he off the ventilator and in a induced coma icu.
Enough about my sad pathetic life hows your life..did you find anyone i know you were with kandy but i assume she wa in NYC when the island separated.
Anyway im going to lay down . My fever is climbing again and im going make so food for me and uncle and go eat and reat
Seamus returned to his brother's little apartment with a pile of clothes in his hand. They were doing laundry literally every day and he wondered if that was a waste of water or not. He came through the door and almost immediately missed the feel of the cool spring air on his feverish body. Closing the door behind him, he went up and dropped the still warm clothes on the bed. Immediately, he began to fold them. He’d always been fashion conscious but as he got older, he had learned that laundry as one of life’s little necessities. And he liked his clothes clean and neat. The virus hadn’t changed that.
Once the clothes were folded and put away, Seamus headed downstairs and booted up his laptop. Looking at the time, he realized he still had a few minutes before his scheduled playing time with Tristan, so he opened his email program and saw that L had replied to him. For a second, he frowned at the ‘Rona’ reference before he realized she meant the coronavirus. He reads the rest and settles in to reply.
Man calling the virus rona .. I don’t know about that .. then again I’m still sick with it and prolly my sense of humor is not its best. Sorry about your friend. Makes me feel kinda grateful. I’m either really strong have a light case or an damn lucky this isnt put me in the hospital.
OMG I almost forgot about Kandy LOL She did go back to NYC and I haven’t heard from her or anything. There were a few girls since you left, but with our isolation i had to be careful. Condoms last a few years but there were only so many so .. yea .. careful. But no one special. You know me. Fuck em and forget em.
You rest up. I’m hot but I’m gonna play Minecraft with my little cousin for little while. Then I’ll probably sleep again. I swear I’ve never slept so much in my life.
When we get better maybe we can hang out.
Shay
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