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35 - he did it for love

Tuesday, December 27th, 2022

WELCOME TO MY BRAND NEW JOURNAL AND THE SAME OL' ME

Ahh, just buried the previous journal somewhere in my cabinet and whipped out this one. Always love the fresh feeling of the pages, even though it's a bit overwhelming. What will the introduction be of? What will I say? I guess I can start with a small thank you to Elena:

Thank you, my dear girl, (Gaz, don't kill me) for this precious gift. I'll do you justice and make a drawing of you somewhere on these pages.

Now that my thank you note is out of the way, it's time to briefly recap what has happened.

Firstly - Christmas.

WE CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS! I can't fucking remember the last time I celebrated Christmas and it felt like I had a family. We ate dinner, baked cookies (Elena helped Gaz and I do it together. Ghost, of course, fucking refused to go near the kitchen. Must have had a traumatic experience with it), and watched 'Home Alone'. Honestly fucking awesome! And, as I heard from Price and his dubious jokes - Elena and Gaz had a little MOMENT when she gave him his jacket. I would have loved to see the pair of them all flustered and shit. I swear to God, I better see one of them make a move soon. Like... HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO TAKE???

Secondly - Elena's birthday.

So, our girl is turning twenty-eight today. What can I say? She's a true beauty and I still blush when I'm around her. But oh well... Gaz has got her heart. I just know it.

Anyway, the group, including Alejandro and Laswell, has prepared a little gift. It's not exactly little and we didn't have an easy time hiding it from her. She's done so much for us that we just had to pitch in together and give her something nice. There's no way she suspects anything. We've been extremely discreet about everything... I just hope she hasn't used her magical CIA powers and figured it out. I guess I'll attach a photo or draw her with it later...

But for now, I've saved enough space to attach the Christmas photo here. Yes - Elena forced the group to take a picture together. Oh, if only Ghost would have agreed to wear the Santa hat... Then again, Price wearing it was good enough.

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Elena couldn't sleep that night.

There weren't many wondering thoughts roaming her head, as one would suspect. She just couldn't stop thinking about every little event that had led to her current situation. Elena felt incredibly happy and thankful. Everything, every little step she had taken, had taken her to the current life she had.

While listening to music, she must have spent over two hours sitting in her bed, without light around her, and staring at the wall while reminiscing about herself.

Her early years. Life with her dad. Life cutting him away from her. The orphanage. Life with Sam. Then, her thief life with him. Redemption. All of the sweat and blood she had drawn from her years in the army. The Night Stalkers. Kate. The motherfucking CIA. Sam's return. And then, finally... the current. Her life among people who understood her, each in their own way.

And with the picture of Gaz and his warmth practically surrounding her in her mind, Elena took off her headphones and lay on her pillow, covering herself with the thick blanket.

Who knew what the next day would offer to her? Elena let her eyes fall shut. If there was anything she had learned in her full twenty-seven years in this world, then it was that no one ever knew how long they had with someone. And Elena was beyond grateful for the people around her, hoping that the end wasn't just around the corner waiting for them.