Traditions – A From Here On teaser
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Lor McQuarrie DeVille enjoyed the fact that, even as recently married as they were, she and her husband had been able to establish their own little traditions. For example, they had a whole set of traditions that went with breakfast.
"Ma, yes, I ordered more milk."
She sat at the table and watched over her spoonful of corn flakes as the traditional, weekly battle between her husband and his mother recommenced.
"Ma, yes, I ordered more tea-bags." Phil was still only at the stage where he rolled his eyes a lot, which traditionally meant everything would be fine for at least another two questions. He was, however, gripping the butter knife quite hard. "Yes, Ma, I know I have to have fresh apples for the muffins."
His cheeks were getting red. It wouldn't be long now.
"Yes, Ma, of course the floor got mopped last night."
Lor began her traditional countdown. Five, four, three, two, one.
"Ma, my god! I can run the Java Lava, I've been doing it for years. Would you just relax and let me worry about it and retire already!? I'm perfectly responsible and I can do this myself. I love you. Goodbye." He pushed the terminate button quite hard and, though the phone was a cordless and the move lost a lot of its impact, he slammed the handset down anyway before looking across the table at Lor, exasperated. "I still wonder when she's going to realise I'm not a kid anymore."
Lor just quirked an eyebrow and smiled at him. "I love the way you cut your toast into little soldiers, you know."
Phil looked down at his plate, then up at her with a smirk on his face. "Yes. Are you trying to make a point?"
"Wouldn't dream of it," she said, finishing the last of her cereal, getting up from the table before being caught and pulled back down into her husband's lap.
Yes, they had some fine traditions.
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The first full episode of From Here On, "Dinner Plans", will be out this weekend. Be sure to tune in. In the meantime, if you liked this, be sure to let us know.
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