The Heart of a Girl
by Christine Leigh

Summary: Season seven - Missing scene from
"The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati."  Written for
Haven's Camp 155 Words of Quoting Challenge.
Rating: G
Category: V
Spoilers: None.
Disclaimer:  All characters are the products of Chris
Carter. They also belong to Ten-Thirteen Productions
and the Fox Network. No copyright infringement
intended.
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Email: Feedback is always welcome, leighchristine@hotmail.com


Make the best use of what is in your power, and take
the rest as it happens.
Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)

Every few minutes she opens the card and reads the
quote written in her father's handsome scrawl beneath
the generic greeting of 'Congratulations Graduate!'
and this comforts her as she waits.  It had been just
the two of them on that long past day when she left
high school, and he'd been so proud of her.  She can
hear his voice and see his smile if she closes her
eyes and concentrates.

She is the least sentimental person she knows, but
tonight is glad she saved this.  She'd considered
drinking, but instead unearthed the card from the box
in her dresser, telling herself that she wouldn't
shed a tear tonight.  So, it is a dry-eyed Diana who
is remembering the heart of a girl, while around a
woman, the shadows grow darker.


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