Title: Flashbacks
Characters: Miranda/Andrea
Word Count: 100 words or less in each of 5 drabbles
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: mxrolkr's Two Word Prompt Fest, who in turn inspired ioaz to add to the list and gave me some ideas to work with
Summary: Five pieces as a supplement to There's Freedom in Deception
Disclaimer: I still don't own anything and I haven't used a beta at all.
A/N: I really love the idea of writing little glimpse into Andy's past. These two word prompts gives me just enough to work with. They're also easier to write on the bus every day and save the heavy writing for my home pc.
Prompts: 19) Bright Idea, 74) Black Suit, 8) Stereotypical Cliché, 29) Tough Choices, 37) Second Thoughts
Bright Idea
"It's so boring here. Why don't we ever go somewhere tropical?"
She should have left Lily in San Francisco that summer. All she had done was complain.
"Come on let's go for a drive. I've got a great idea."
They ended up on a long stretch of road. The kind of road with two small hills that caused your stomach to drop if you drove too fast.
Lily hit the gas and they flew towards them. She was going too fast. The car flipped twice.
There's a scar in her hairline from the stitches now. Lily and her bright idea.
Black Suit
He's always there in the background. It was annoying two years ago. It's aggravating now.
She wants a life. A date. God, how is she ever supposed to move from kissing to other things when there's a guy just standing there watching.
No one wants to even hang out with her anymore. Just Lily. As Princess she thought it would be different. Now she's always alone even when surrounded by people.
She looks back. Yeah, I see you in the corner, with your black suit, sticking out like a sore thumb. There's no way you're going to college with me.
Stereotypical Cliché
Mia cradled her head in her hands. Great, she thought.
It was the first year of university. It shouldn't have happened. It couldn't happen. But it had happened just the same. She'd fallen for her older T.A. Her female T.A.
It was her first friendship with someone who didn't know who she was. No pressure or expectations. Just Mia Andréa and Stacy. Now she's fucked it all up.
She's turned into a stereotypical cliché. At least she hasn't become vegan and taken up yoga.
Just great, she lets her head fall to the desk. She can never tell Lily this.
Tough Choices
"Are you sure Robert?"
He wants to change his name to René. He wants to change his life.
She grabbed the milk from the fridge and two glasses.
He wants to fit in like you, he says. She's not sure changing her name helped. But she can't tell him that, he's just 14.
"Milk?" He asked nodding to the container in my hand.
"Sure. We have to toast to changing your life."
"It's just a name."
He says it like it's not a tough choice. "Yeah, just a name René." He beams when I use his new name.
Second Thoughts
Stanford Law School. She didn't enjoy classes for Stanford's International Policy Studies. She couldn't imagine liking law school. But the letter sat there welcoming her into the 2004-2005 year.
Northwestern. She saw the brochure for Medill School of Journalism lying on the table. She liked writing and most of her credits would transfer.
She promised to keep the family name away from the Newspaper business. Andy Sachs. Her middle name and her step father's last name.
She wants Nate and New York.
"What about your throne? Are you having second thought?"
"Maybe. Let me try for a year or two."