the grass is always greener (but it isn't home)

by seaofsound

Lillie, Angela, and Raeger grow up, out, and apart, but eventually, inevitably, together again. — series of ficlets depicting lillie&angela&raeger's relationship as childhood friends. non-chronological & standalone.

1. lillie, i

the grass is always greener (but it isn't home)

1. little bird take flight/you are destined for greatness

The year they are six, Lillie wants to be a musician.

She's good at it, really, as any six year old can be. Maurice puts her through rigorous lessons in an effort to cultivate her character, and she happily obliges. Before flute lessons at four in the afternoon, she attends school at the all-girls academy in the city where her mother and her mother's mother went before her, a legacy in the making. Angela memorizes this schedule quickly, and is always ready at the Inn's stoop when Lillie comes home, a new composition in hand. She practices with her father, Angela and sometimes Raeger acting as her audience. They clap and deal praise accordingly, yet never out of pure, unadulterated obligation; there is a sense of awe present in the way her friends view her, this almost starstruck pride. Their admiration fuels Lillie's ambition, and she wonders how many people she can touch in the way she's done with these two close to her heart. The world is a big place outside of cozy little Oak Tree, nestled in the crest of a much larger mountain in a much larger world.

There are bigger audiences than these.