In a gloomy, dark town there is brightness. In it is a home that looks just like the others. But the atmosphere inside that home changes the entire outlook of the building. It makes the home stand out when there isn't any traits that make it so. It is the two women that live there that help every occupant of the community see brightness in the rain.
The women are named Ruth and Molly. Ruth is a Scottish and Irish mix while Molly is mainly Mexican. Many were surprised when they met these two how they were together since Molly likes to be a recluse while Ruth tries to do as much for the community as possible without neglecting her family. Molly is creative in everything she does while Ruth tries to be as plain as possible which is how their house came to be.
The house itself is a two story home. The outside is drab and gray, but the inside holds all the cheerfulness that is neglected from the outside. The walls are murals painted by their children. Except for the kitchen, the walls there are the material of a blackboard, so that all of their family's favorite recipes can be written down. The floors are made of bamboo planks, but quotes from books and inspirational leaders are written upon them.
The house has eight bedrooms in all, but only one is currently in use. All the children these woman raised have moved out and most have homes oh their own. However, you would think that they were being lived in because Ruth keeps them constantly clean and didn't allow her children to take their keepsakes with them when they went off to college,"You need to make new memories not hang onto old ones."
When the women first moved to the town a lot of uproar came with them because they were so young and they were homosexuals. Many people said that they should go see the world before settling down but Molly said,"I've seen enough of the world to find the girl that has always had my heart and i don't need to search it anymore." After that no one ever voiced their complaints about their relationship. However, when Ruth and Molly decided to adopt two children, the community had to raise their voice once again. Many insults were thrown, "You're too young!" "You don't know enough about life." This time Ruth was the one who spoke, " When are people old enough to have children then? And when can you ever know enough about life? My mother was nineteen when she had my brother and twenty when she had me. I'm twenty-one and Jillian is twenty-two. We've been alive long enough to know how to raise children and to know that there is no "right" way to raise one. You just have to go with the flow."
When the children came, almost all of the community came to the homecoming party just to see how the children took to Ruth and Molly. Haruhi and Ali seemed to fall in love as easily as touching air.
This surprised them since both of them had been through a lot of searing pain. One of them relied on their friends to bear through it. The other had decided that she shouldn't burden others with her problems, so she just dealt with the weight and hid her despair from everyone around her.
Now, many of you readers might be thinking that this will be the story of how they met and fell in love, but that is for a different time. This story is about Ruth and how she became to be. How she went against the grain of her family and Became something good in a field full of bad. This is The story she told her children when they asked about evil in the world. How it could hit close to home or far away from it. This is Ruth's story and how she defied everything she was taught for her own happiness.
So, I would love any critiques you have on this story since eventually this will be graded and I will update this every Wednesday. If I don't please yell and scream at me. What characters do you want to see appear? Message me what characters and where you want them to meet.
~Lovely Peony
