Letter

[lyndawithay]

*sits at her writing desk*
*writes*

Dear Arthur,

I am leaving you. Please don't be unhappy; it's really for the best. I don't think I can stand watching you grow old and die while I just go on and on. I'm going to try to find a way to get rid of this immortality, and if I can I'll come back, but please don't wait too long. Find some normal girl you can have a normal life with.

Love,
Lynda

*reads over it several times, nodding*
*folds it up carefully*

*throws it in the fire and watches it burn*
*sighs and puts her elbow on the desk, rubbing her forehead*

Comments

[arthur-gate.livejournal.com]

I say! Here's some fresh bread and plenty of butter - let's make toast.

[lyndawithay]

*jumps*

*smiles at you*
Sounds lovely.

*gets the toasting-forks*

[iwasintenseme.livejournal.com]

*appears at the window for a moment*

[lyndawithay]

*jumps*

What was that?

[arthur-gate.livejournal.com]

*slices bread*

*whistles cheerfully*

[lyndawithay]

Excuse me for a moment, sweetheart. I think I left something outside.

*rushes out to look for the strange man at the window*

[iwasintenseme.livejournal.com]

*lurks in the barn with a lantern*

[lyndawithay]

*sees the lantern*
*tiptoes out to the barn*

...Doctor?

[iwasintenseme.livejournal.com]

*puts down the lantern and leans on a pillar*

Lynda with a Y!

[lyndawithay]

*stunned*
I thought you'd... changed.
*hugs you fiercely*

[iwasintenseme.livejournal.com]

Let's have a look at you.

*pushes you gently away to arm's length*

Oh Lynda. What have you done to yourself?

[lyndawithay]

*unhappily*
Rose did it. Remember? I've just been trying to... escape it. I don't know how you can bear it.

Do you know how I can get rid of it? Give it back to the TARDIS or something?

[iwasintenseme.livejournal.com]

I wish I knew.

I can't stay, Lynda. I'm a bit of a paradox myself. But I'm gonna need your help soon, an' I wanted to give you a bit of warning first.

[lyndawithay]

*grabs your hand*
I wish you didn't have to go.

You you, or the new you? What kind of help?

You know you'll always have my help, Doctor, either way.

[iwasintenseme.livejournal.com]

You'll see me again soon an' I'll tell you more. Right now Arthur'll be wondering where you've got to.

*squeezes your hand* Good to see you, Lynda with a Y.

[lyndawithay]

*in tears*
*barely manages the word*
'Bye.

[iwasintenseme.livejournal.com]

*steps back into the shadows*

[lyndawithay]

*wipes her face and goes inside, red-eyed and sniffling*

[arthur-gate.livejournal.com]

Oh! Sweetheart! Whatever's the matter?

[lyndawithay]

I just got a bit of a flashback to my past, that's all.

*sits and stares into the fire*

[arthur-gate.livejournal.com]

I shall make cocoa.

[lyndawithay]

*distractedly*
Thank you, dear.