Office Hour

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

CJ is sitting at her desk writing emails. Dare to disturb her.

Dearest Jack,
I don't know where you've gone, but I know you're around and safe and that's enough. If this ever finds you I just want you to know you're my boy, I love you, and nothing in time or space will change that.
Love always, Mom

Dearest Ten,
I can't sit here in Fandom anymore and wait for you. If you get this, I'm going back to DC and staying with Carol for a while I think. From there I don't have a plan...no plan for perhaps the first time in my life. I hope one day I'll find you, but if I never do I want you to know that these were the best months of my life, and I'll miss you for the rest of my life.
Love, CJ

Dear Gil,
You've barely been gone and I miss you terribly. This is just to let you and Sara know that if you need to reach me you can do so at:

CJ Cregg
c/o Carol Fitzpatrick
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, DC.
20502

Dear Boys,
I'll be stopping in Alexandria on my way to DC. If I can, I'd like to stop in and see you. If you don't get this, maybe you'll be in for a nice surprise.
Fondly, CJ

Dear Shane,
There's been no word, no trace, nothing to tell me where you might have gone. I wish I knew. I could rest easy if I just knew you were safe. I'll never stop looking, babygirl. Never.
Love, Mom

TO: Fandom High Administration,
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for giving me a chance to make a difference in the lives of our student body. Teaching here is an experience I won't soon forget. Once the term is done, I'll be moving on. I will return my key for my classroom, the building, and my dormroom to the office on Sunday before I go.

Sincerely,
CJ Cregg, Speech Communication

Dear Adam,

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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker has finally gotten up the nerve to ask CJ about Jack. Now she just has to figure out a way to start the conversation.

She knocks on the door during CJ's office hours, in between classes. "Hey. How's it going?"

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

"Parker!" she said warmly, "I'm good. How are you? Ready for finals and stuff?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker doesn't twitch like Marty but she wants to. "Not quite yet. I still have a Russian essay to finish. How about you? I heard something about no final in 301? Is that fair? Sheesh. Get done early, head to the beach..." She grinned.

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, well." she sighed and leaned back, "There's only two of them in there and they know their stuff. I had them convince me...which was basically an oral exam. Speech is doing their thing and I've got websites to check tomorrow. Friday is a party in the faculty lounge, Saturday I pack and Sunday I'm gone. Quit. Adios."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker's head jerked up. "You're leaving Fandom?"

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. I've filled my contract and I can't stay. I've got to find Jack. I've got to find Shane. I don't think I can find Ten, but I have to try. By the time I get back to my DC it'll probably be impossible, but I've got to, you know? It's time."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker relaxed a little when CJ mentioned Jack, and folded her arms. "Yeah. I was actually going to ask you about him. I've been wondering where he was, and no one said anything, and I was afraid to ask, so.... But I'm glad you're going looking for him." She pushed a hand through her hair. "I'll miss you, though."

After Parker

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

Maia knocked on the door just in case C.J. was busy and didn't want to be bothered.

Re: After Parker

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

"Maia, what's up?" she siad, closing her laptop a little.

Re: After Parker

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

Maia stepped in all the way and sat down. "I just...well I wanted to thank you for being such a great teacher this semester and for everything you did for me." She said very fast and nervous. She hadn't talked much with C.J. recently outside of class.

Re: After Parker

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

"Oh, Maia...thank you. That means so much to me." she got up and walked around her desk. "I'm glad I got to have you in my class."

Re: After Parker

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

Maia swallowed hard. "Your going to leave aren't you?" She said softly looking down at her feet now.

Re: After Parker

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

"I am. I'm leaving on Sunday."

There was no reason to lie or hide it. Maia knew these things, she'd figured out.

"But you're staying, right? You really should complete your education, Maia. I really think it's something you missed out on...being 68 without high school and all."

After Maia and Parker

[cerulean--eyes.livejournal.com]

Boone knocked quietly on the door, hoping CJ wasn't too busy...

Re: After Maia and Parker

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

SHe was having trouble with the next email, so when he knocked she smiled at the opportunity to put it away and focus on him. "Boone. COme on in."

Re: After Maia and Parker

[cerulean--eyes.livejournal.com]

"If you're sure." He entered the room, standing awkwardly, before putting his hands in his pockets. "What's up?"

Re: After Maia and Parker

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

"Just writing a few emails to get things in order for next week. How about yourself?"

Re: After Maia and Parker

[cerulean--eyes.livejournal.com]

"I, uh, came to drop this off, actually." He grinned, setting a thin crimson envelope with her name printed neatly on the front. There was the logo of the Mandarin Oriental Spa in D.C. embossed in the right corner.

Re: After Maia and Parker

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

She blinked, absolutely stunned. "Boone, you're joking, right? I was just yanking your chain. You didn't have to..." she stammered as her eyes in no way began to glisten.

After Parker, Maia, and Boone

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John schlumped down the hall, not taking any pains to pick up his feet. It's probably irritating enough that professor type peoples would get irritated enough to ask one to stop.

Re: After Parker, Maia, and Boone

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

She was struggling with what exactly to say to Adam...not that she couldn't just walk the few feet to his office, but he never seemed to be in. The noise out in the hall didn't help one bit, so she walked to her doorway to raise hell, but saw John instead.

"Connor? Did you lose the ability to walk upright?"

Re: After Parker, Maia, and Boone

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"A-whaa?" John is ever so eloquent when lost in thought and interrupted.

"Um, no?"

Re: After Parker, Maia, and Boone

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

"Then could you kindly pick up your feet as you haed to...wait. Why are you even in this wing? There aren't any classes here for the rest of the day. What's going on?"

Re: After Parker, Maia, and Boone

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Um." John looked sheepish. "I was looking for Maia. I saw her down this way, and needed to talk to her about something."

"Not watching TV in the lobby tonight, Professor?" he asked, totally changing the subject.

Re: After Parker, Maia, and Boone

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

"She was here earlier, but like all students who aren't in class, she split. I...why? Should I?" she asked, more than a little suspicious.