Yeah, Allison thinks bitterly. One big happy family that can’t seem to be able to stand each other. After Ben, it was like they couldn’t hang on to each other anymore; like having lost two of their brothers before they could even make it to 18 had been sufficient to pull them all apart. She had never been close to Vanya, and with Diego their relationship was more antagonizing than anything else. Luther and Klaus had always been in a different category for her, for different reasons, but when she left she knows she’s the one that broke things. Her need to get away, to not be tied to Reginald Hargreeves, had just been greater than whatever else she may have felt for them.
That’s why, when Klaus tells her to stop apologizing, her brow just furrows a little because she can’t exactly forgive herself for what happened. Even for this. She knows that Klaus would probably still have his addictions, his ghosts to deal with that wouldn’t have just gone away by her presence, but what if she had come back sooner? If she would have found him before? If she wouldn’t have left?
Her fingers continue moving gently along his hair, and she smiles at him saying that he’s glad she’s here, and how he hates being on his own in those places. “I’m glad I came, too. I hate the idea of you being on your own.”
This time Klaus hadn’t been the one waiting for someone to show up; while Allison watched her brother sleep, she kept expecting someone to walk in. Maybe Luther, maybe Vanya, maybe even Diego. The Hargreeves are well known in the city, after all; how could they not know that one of their own was in the hospital? But, with each hour that passed and no one came or even called, it made Allison’s blood boil. This is what it had all come down to, apparently, and Allison’s resolve to never cross the front doors of the Umbrella Academy was renewed.
They drive in silence for a moment before the car slows to a stop, and Katie passes her a coat for Klaus in case he wants it to use it. As her assistant gets out of the car to get the bags, Allison helps Klaus sit up. “C’mon, lets get upstairs. That tub is waiting for you.”
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That’s why, when Klaus tells her to stop apologizing, her brow just furrows a little because she can’t exactly forgive herself for what happened. Even for this. She knows that Klaus would probably still have his addictions, his ghosts to deal with that wouldn’t have just gone away by her presence, but what if she had come back sooner? If she would have found him before? If she wouldn’t have left?
Her fingers continue moving gently along his hair, and she smiles at him saying that he’s glad she’s here, and how he hates being on his own in those places. “I’m glad I came, too. I hate the idea of you being on your own.”
This time Klaus hadn’t been the one waiting for someone to show up; while Allison watched her brother sleep, she kept expecting someone to walk in. Maybe Luther, maybe Vanya, maybe even Diego. The Hargreeves are well known in the city, after all; how could they not know that one of their own was in the hospital? But, with each hour that passed and no one came or even called, it made Allison’s blood boil. This is what it had all come down to, apparently, and Allison’s resolve to never cross the front doors of the Umbrella Academy was renewed.
They drive in silence for a moment before the car slows to a stop, and Katie passes her a coat for Klaus in case he wants it to use it. As her assistant gets out of the car to get the bags, Allison helps Klaus sit up. “C’mon, lets get upstairs. That tub is waiting for you.”