Little Talks (Abigail Berman x fem oc)

✞︎ Chapter Eight ✞︎

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖧𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖿𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗋𝗀𝗎𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌, 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖨 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾. 𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖧𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖲𝖺𝗋𝖺𝗁 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝖾𝖾𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀.

𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝖻𝗈𝗋𝖾𝖽, 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗌𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾.

"𝖨'𝗆 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖼𝗄 𝗂𝗇 𝗈𝗇 𝖠𝖻𝗂𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗅," 𝖨 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗄𝖾, 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗈'𝗌 𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇.

𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽, 𝗐𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽𝖻𝗒𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖡𝖾𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾, 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖴𝗇𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗆𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀.

𝖨 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋, 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗇𝗈 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇.

𝖠𝖻𝗂𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗅 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗆𝖾, 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝗒 𝗐𝗂𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌. 𝖬𝗒 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍, 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗎𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋.

"𝖨𝗌𝖺𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗎, 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽?" 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗌𝗄 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀.

𝖨𝗍 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄.

𝖨 𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽, 𝖾𝗇𝗐𝗋𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗁𝗎𝗀, 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗍. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗎𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝗒 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌𝗍, 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗒 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌, 𝗌𝗈𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆. 𝖨 𝗋𝗎𝖻𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝖼𝗂𝗋𝖼𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄, 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗈𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝖺𝗂𝗇, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖨 𝗄𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗒.

"𝖨'𝗆 𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒. 𝖨'𝗆 𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒," 𝖠𝖻𝗂𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗅 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽, 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗉, 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝖿𝗎𝗋𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋. "𝖶𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇?"

𝖨 𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝗒 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗌, 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗌𝖾𝖽. "𝖨 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖺 𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝖽𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇?"