EARTH
MISSOUURI
1980
In the great southern parts of the state of Missouri, everything was quaint in this small town. The skies were a brilliant blue and the fields of green grass went on for miles.
A car that seemed to have just came out of the factory, with the clashing colors of blue, white and orange roared down the road. The car's radio was booming loud as "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" played in the background. In the front seats, was a hedgehog driving with long brown hair, yellowish quills, red leather jacket, and grey shirt with blue jeans, who was driving.
In the passenger seat, was his girlfriend, a twenty-year-old hedgehog named Meredith Quill. She wore a flowery dress with a white sweater, that went well with her blue quills while singing along to the song's lyrics. However, Meredith was off by a few seconds, but she didn't care. She just loved to listen to every song that came on the radio and knew the lyrics of the songs she loved word for word.
"There's a port on a western bay And it serves a hundred ships a day Lonely sailors pass the time away And talk about their homes," Meredith sung with a sweet, radiant smile on her face. She looked at Jules. "And there's a girl in this harbor town, and she works, layin' whiskey down They say, Brandy, fetch another round She serves them whiskey and wine."
She looked into Jules' eyes
"The sailors say Brandy, you're a fine girl!" Meredith shouted, letting her blonde curls fly out with the wind of her boyfriend's she sung to the song, her Jules, had joined in to the song with her. Meredith and Jules drove through the Missouri streets, eventually parking near the large red "Dairy Queen sign underneath. The couple got out of her car.
"Come on, Mer, I gotta show you something I've been itching to show you for a long time," Jules said with a smile.
Meredith smiled and took her boyfriend's hand as he led her to the woods. The duo met up with a dirt road that would lead them to what Jules was trying to show his girlfriend.
"This way, my river lily," Jules said happily, still holding his love's hand.
"Where are you taking me?" Meredith said happily, still giggling silly from her lover's mysterious nature. The duo stopped to a very beautiful plant nestled in the grass. Meredith smiled at the sight of it.
"Oh, it's so beautiful," Meredith said, eyeing the plant.
"I was afraid its roots wouldn't take to the soil, but it has. Far more quickly than I thought. Soon it will be everywhere all across the universe!"
He gestured around the world, or the woodland to be more presise, with his hands and a smile. The two of them looked each other in the eye.
"I'm not sure what you're talking about," Meredith said, her Missouri accent more clearer than it was a few moments ago, "but I like the way you said it."
"No matter what is to come know this: my heart is yours, Meredith Quill."
Meredith wrapped her arms around Jules' neck.
