"If you're going to be all mushy and loved up at the holidays... I can't hang out with you both. " And she didn't mean it in a hateful way... just telling the truth, really. Watching the flames flicker, she frowned slightly tO herself.

"I'm sorry I abandoned you at the end of summer and didn't ride the train or come to the feast. I got caught up somewhere." She had ridden the train with her every year, after all. And well, she hadn't been in touch either... Al had to find out from their father and come hunt her down after all. "Just... sorry. "