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After their discussion days ago regarding moving the wedding up to ...well, to sometime relatively soon, Sarah Jane had promised to start looking in to details (as long as he would do the same, of course). But that had been days ago, and since then Sarah Jane had no more opened the wedding magazine she had brought than even began looking at the calender for a date.

Instead, she busies herself today with working on an article for a small London newspaper. The magazine sits somewhere on the table, buried under notes and photographs and books. It rests there, almost forgotten, as she works and wonders.

How long has it been since her last trip with the Doctor? Sarah thumps her pencil against the table, and when she reaches for the calender, it's not to look for a wedding date at all.

Date: 2007-07-30 04:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] callitavesper.livejournal.com
Sarah Jane is not the only guilty party in this: James had not searched the calendar for a wedding date, either. He still hasn't done so today. He's filled his hours reading the paper, watching the news, walking around the neighborhood, itching for a life greater than the mundane domesticity he's fallen into... He fondly remembers the days, not too long ago, when he could up and leave and go anywhere he chose, with anyone he pleased. He can't do that now without Sarah Jane worrying about the personal implications.

All of this might mean he's itching for excitement at work. But then again, life wasn't like this before, and it's this circular fact that bothers him endlessly when he muses on boredom--or when he thinks about marriage. He's no longer surprised he feels irritated when he thinks of how irrational he had been, without considering whether he'd enjoy marriage or whether marriage added another boring, mundane institution to his life. Sometimes it's easy to justify everything by saying he loves Sarah; sometimes it's difficult to justify anything when he thinks of how he can't do anything without her taking it personally, can't say he's bored or restless without her doubting his fidelity, can't be absent for too long without her worrying when he doesn't do the same when she's gone. Oh, sure, he's wary of the Doctor, but at least he has enough confidence to believe she wouldn't try anything. But there are times he knows his reputation as a fictional playboy is influencing her faith.

He's ready to burst, really. Something needs to happen, and it needs to happen soon. As for him and Sarah Jane--maybe that's true, too.

James enters the flat, wondering what to do next. It's still afternoon and he's exhausted all of his (safe) options.

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