From: Kim Date: 09 Dec 1999 12:44:29 GMT Subject: New: Cups of Tea (1/1) by JourneyToX Cups of Tea by JourneyToX@aol.com a very short fic in response to the Scullyfic "In Memorium" topic *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I remember her over cups of tea. I would prefer something strong, with caffeine, but sometimes I find myself reaching for lemon camomile, blackberry sage, ginger peach; things she would have poured for me. If we were tea, we too would be a blend: science and mysticism, rationality and emotion, fact and intuition. I sip at the brewed spices and fruit, and think of all things natural and healing, and of her. I remember him over cups of tea, because tea was never his drink. A man of the sea drank his coffee hot, strong and black. More than once he came in, so late that it was early, and found me at the kitchen table, my tea gone cold after I nodded off to sleep over my books. He would give me a hug, smelling of sea air, and walk me upstairs, insisting a future doctor should know the importance of a good night's sleep. I remember her over cups of tea like the many I drank and never tasted. In that cold time between Christmas and Easter, I was sleepless, and my stomach was upset more often than I cared to admit. There were nights when I would get up, and drink tea at my table until a thin, chilly sunrise started another day. Tea was not enough; I needed her tenderness and intuition, to give me peace about the daughter I had thought was hers. I needed his smell of salt air, so I could fool myself into thinking I had not cried salt tears into my tea over his granddaughter. Coffee is my everyday drink - it's plentiful, stimulating, even fashionable. I laugh that his nickname for me is the ubiquitous coffee house chain now, and he would have laughed at that too. I bought chai there yesterday, thinking it was a good compromise between my need for caffiene, and something that would be spicy and exotic, and appealing to her. Coffee is good. But sometimes, I need a cup of tea. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ End. Feedback and chai lattes are deeply appreciated. JourneyToX@aol.com *~*~*~*~*~* Kim JourneyToX@aol.com http://journeytox.simplenet.com <------ Note New URL "Did I look adorable?" Mitch Pileggi, Season 4 Gag Reels :-) "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." Rudyard Kipling