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Henry looked to his house phone. It was ringing. An unknown number. He sighed, rubbing his eyes and stepped outside onto the porch, where the phone would easily reach from the kitchen. Two chairs sat there, one where he would sit, one which had remained untouched since his return from Australia. From Jules.
She had recognised him straight away, becoming him over for a hug, and giving him a big kiss. They had spent the day talking about the messed up kids they were going to have, how they would take them on adventures. Take them hiking... All the while Henry couldn't help but think of poor Brian. But he kept a smile on his face, ignoring the nagging in the back of his mind about Delilah.
The next day and following week hadn't been too great. Julia hadn't recognised him at all, even thrown a plate and cutlery at him to get him out because she was scared he was going to hurt her or something.
He had got home a month before, it had been lonely. Though every day he would click on his radio, see if she would answer. She never did. Clearly, there wasn't a strong enough signal. She was probably backpacking somewhere, adventuring, something Delilah like.
He sat in the chair, holding the phone to his ear.
"Hello?" He said, groggily, wiping his eyes.
"Heyyyyy Hank." A voice came back.
He suddenly felt a lot more awake...
"D-Delilah?" He asked. His mind could be playing tricks on him again, it couldn't possibly be her?
"Oh so you do remember me!" She sounded happy. Drunk, like most of the time.
"How... How did you get this number?"
"Well, I was your boss Henry, I had all the lookouts contacts on page. Though I wasn't sure if you'd even pick up, you might have been in Ozzy land!"
He could tell she was smiling to herself.
"Anyway, I'll be coming over soon, gotta see my best forest Byrne's buddy right!"
"Wait you're coming here?" He asked, running a hand over his beard and giving it a quick scratch.
"Yeah! You did invite me after all... I said I'd drop by."
"Uh..." He looked behind himself, seeing the mess that was his house. He still hadn't felt like cleaning it up properly since looking after Julia. "Uh sure... Sure, when abouts? You're not gonna turn up at 3 in the morning pissed off your face right?"
She laughed. "Don't worry Hank, not tonight, but I'll turn up at some point, once I get my bearings. This isn't the usual map so..."
"Yeah well it should be easier than the maps between lookouts and woodland and... Canyons!" Henry said, suddenly finding himself smiling.
"Yeah that's true. Hey I did another sketch of you by the way! Maybe when I get there I can actually draw you for real." He could feel her smile through the line. "Anyway, I'm on a payphone so I should go, I got a swanky hotel room nearby so, tequila on meeeee~!"
He laughed a little. "Ok Delilah, you sleep well."
"You too Hank... You too."

Description
SPOILERS!
(Obviously)

Henry looked to his house phone. It was ringing. An unknown number. He sighed, rubbing his eyes and stepped outside onto the porch, where the phone would easily reach from the kitchen. Two chairs sat there, one where he would sit, one which had remained untouched since his return from Australia. From Jules.
She had recognised him straight away, becoming him over for a hug, and giving him a big kiss. They had spent the day talking about the messed up kids they were going to have, how they would take them on adventures. Take them hiking... All the while Henry couldn't help but think of poor Brian. But he kept a smile on his face, ignoring the nagging in the back of his mind about Delilah.
The next day and following week hadn't been too great. Julia hadn't recognised him at all, even thrown a plate and cutlery at him to get him out because she was scared he was going to hurt her or something.
He had got home a month before, it had been lonely. Though every day he would click on his radio, see if she would answer. She never did. Clearly, there wasn't a strong enough signal. She was probably backpacking somewhere, adventuring, something Delilah like.
He sat in the chair, holding the phone to his ear.
"Hello?" He said, groggily, wiping his eyes.
"Heyyyyy Hank." A voice came back.
He suddenly felt a lot more awake...
"D-Delilah?" He asked. His mind could be playing tricks on him again, it couldn't possibly be her?
"Oh so you do remember me!" She sounded happy. Drunk, like most of the time.
"How... How did you get this number?"
"Well, I was your boss Henry, I had all the lookouts contacts on page. Though I wasn't sure if you'd even pick up, you might have been in Ozzy land!"
He could tell she was smiling to herself.
"Anyway, I'll be coming over soon, gotta see my best forest Byrne's buddy right!"
"Wait you're coming here?" He asked, running a hand over his beard and giving it a quick scratch.
"Yeah! You did invite me after all... I said I'd drop by."
"Uh..." He looked behind himself, seeing the mess that was his house. He still hadn't felt like cleaning it up properly since looking after Julia. "Uh sure... Sure, when abouts? You're not gonna turn up at 3 in the morning pissed off your face right?"
She laughed. "Don't worry Hank, not tonight, but I'll turn up at some point, once I get my bearings. This isn't the usual map so..."
"Yeah well it should be easier than the maps between lookouts and woodland and... Canyons!" Henry said, suddenly finding himself smiling.
"Yeah that's true. Hey I did another sketch of you by the way! Maybe when I get there I can actually draw you for real." He could feel her smile through the line. "Anyway, I'm on a payphone so I should go, I got a swanky hotel room nearby so, tequila on meeeee~!"
He laughed a little. "Ok Delilah, you sleep well."
"You too Hank... You too."