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[cloud9]

[ There's a little fumbling with the communicator, and a girl's voice speaking away from the mic (No, no, it's okay, I-I've got it--) before the camera turns in her hands to show two faces that are probably familiar on the network after all these (crazy) years. There may or may not be a little nervous energy. (or a lot.)

Abby glances at Jaime for a moment before turning to address the feed. ]

Uh-- so, yeah, hi, Network. [ She clears her throat a little. ] It's Abby. Again. Hope you guys all, er-- had a nice Thanksgiving? And. Yeah.

[ A hesitation. She totally doesn't know what she's doing. ]

Soooo. Anyway. Me and Jaime... We kinda have something to tell everyone? A-And we figured we better give the good news before, like, it got out some other way, with naked Santas or somethinnn-- ehhhhhh.

[ She makes a face, like she didn't really mean to say that, lifting her hands pull briefly at her own cheeks as she gets progressively more mortified. ]

What I mean is--

What she means is – [ Jaime fidgets and grabs a squirming Abby arm, holding it up and tilting her hand to be shown. ]

See that? [ The ring, y'all. ] I put that there. As in I asked if she'd marry me [ Grinning at her, rather than the camera. ] and she said well, I GUESS...

Dude! No way, I totally said yes. Yes times a million, okay? [ His grin is apparently infectious. Because when she looks at him, her nervousness goes away and she's smiling pretty big. ] So, yeah.

We're getting married.

Comments

[cloud9]

Yeah, but... I mean, me and Jaime almost never fight.

[radiantly]

Never? So you agree on almost everything?

[cloud9]

Well, no, I guess not. But. I just don't think disagreeing is something we argue over. Most of the time, we're pretty glad just to be together, so...

[radiantly]

That's good. Getting along is important if you're going to live with someone for the rest of your lives. Having the same values, complimentary personalities, things like that.

But it's also important to know you can disagree about something and still love each other and want to be together. It sounds like you and Jaime have that, which is good.

[cloud9]

I think we do. I mean-- I guess it's hard to say. With all the gaps in time and all, but. I think we'll be okay. I think we can do this.

[radiantly]

The Porter doesn't make things easier, does she? I know how it can be. But you've also got something else going for you two: you're both willing to try, which is more than many others can say.

[cloud9]

Well. You made it work, right? So. I think if someone else can figure it out, we can too.

[radiantly]

Our answers might not be your answers, but I think you'll get a handle on it. The hardest part about being married is realizing there isn't an answer for everything or a manual you can turn to. The answers come from within you. You might have to search to find them, but they're in there.