Harpers House First Installment
Things Get Better
This is the first, out of at least 5 installments of Harpers House, a series of stories telling the tale of Madeline Louise Hellon and Katie Lynn McGrien, two friends facing love, hate, death and life together and always. Younge Madeline is only 13 years old when, her family begins working at Harpers House by selling her parents artwork, and she met Katie a 15 year old daughter of the owners of Mullberry Inn, host of the crafters working at Harper House. For 2 fast moving months Katie and Madeline live right down the hall from each other and bond more then any other relationship either of them have had. Katie, with her brown hair and plain features, immediantly likes Madeline, who's strawberry blonde mane laying on her pale freckled skin gives off a friendly vibe, while her sarcastic additude shows know mercy. And now we enter a world of wonder and truth following Madeline and Katie through their first summer together.
Madeline ran a hand lzily through her hair and unbuckled her seatbelt. She looked at her watch and saw the time was a tirering 5:15 am. She opened the car door and stepped out into the summer moring air. She rubbed her eyes and stuffed her hands into the pockets of her navey hoodie and grabbed a tub of paintings taking them inside the booth her parents were setting up and began to unpack it. Her two sisters walked up to her and silently helped unpack too. After repeating this to several tubs, Madeline exscused herself to check into the Inn they were staying at. She checked in and grabbed her 3 suitcases heading up to her room. Unpacking took her less time then usual since she was staying all summer and got a room to herself and just stuffed the bags into her closet. Madeline tried to get some sleep but all the walking around had awaken her more then her 3 cups of green tea. Boredom over took her within 30 minutes and she went down to the lobby and walked over to a thin short girl at a couch. She figured making friends soon would help pass this dreadful summer she was heading face first into. "Anyone Sitting here?" she asked the plain brunnette with straight hair and tan skin. She was certainly plain but pretty.
"No, you can sit." Answer the girl. "I'm Katie, my parents own this place." She said cheerfully. She motioned to the country inn they were in and smiled. "I'm guessing your a artist?" She asked.
"Oh no, not me. My parents." Madeline replied.
"Thats still cool." She replied. "Are you staying here all summer?" She asked.
"Yup. Isn't that just peachy." She answered sarcasticly. "You?"
"OH I live here." She said and stood. "You want to come up to my room?" She said and glanced at the family with 3 loud kids coming in. "It's quieter."
"Sure, I've got nothing but time in this dandy old summer." She shot out and followed Katie upstairs to the highest floor in her suite.