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JULIAN & NORA arrival

Leading up to departure Nora had been restless, like a ballerina inside a music box that never shuts, never stops. Spinning from one thing to a next, checking their boarding passes excessively, distracting herself with making sure Julian had everything he needed. It was bordering on mothering and then she began to wonder where the hell she'd learned that skill? The air port provided her with a litany of distactions, books, over priced snacks and her endless theories on the real purpose of the TSA. She'd talked without pause and once they found their seats and boarded Nora insisted Julian start the same movie as her at the exact same time.

Then she spent the entire movie annotatating her book, giving her opinions on the movie to her brother. By the time they landed the novel she'd purchased with full of colorfully marked tabs and notes in every margin. She'd solved the thrillers mystery before the end by ever merit except who the culprit had been. It made her momentarily wonder about her ability to judge others. A thread that if she pulled may have left her unwraveled, so she gave the book to Julian and insisted her annotate it as well. Maybe she would have worn out of topics of conversation by then, but from rental car to coffee pick up Nora had found something to fill any possible silence with. Surely her brother was able to see through what she was doing. Surely she knew this, but for now it was not acknowledged.

Rental car secured Nora blasted all her favorites, skipping any song that reminded her of Jamie and not complaining if Julian wanted to choose the music. She sang to every song she knew like this was just any old trip. A vacation even. She sped through the interstate as if there hadn't been a pebble growing into a boulder inside her stomach making her feel sick. Acting...there was a reason she had the awards she did. There came a point as they neared that specific road that led to that very cabin that all her energy shifted. Her tongue a weight pressed to the roof of her mouth, her heart's beat pained her with every thud and the endless noise she'd perfected ceased. Her focus fixed, each breath measured to prevent triggering any memory. Or at least try.

They were early as the rental car was put into park. Nora didn't turn off the engine or look away from the looming cabin before them. Her knuckles blanched around the stirring wheel, "You don't have to wait for me," Nora's eyes flicked to Julian, the familiar shade of blue glossed behind a film of incoming tears. She hadn't wanted to cry, bit her tongue to distract herself and took a deep breath through her nose.