Raleigh, North Carolina
January 5, 2011
"If you've come for fries, you're outta' luck." Sarah stated.
"Onion rings, then?" Lynn suggested.
"It's not even lunchtime yet!" Sarah reminded.
"Then surely you have bacon for breakfast?" Lynn assumed.
Sarah sighed in defeat. "Fine." she said.
The grease-queen Lynn, could only grin. "Love you Auntie Sarah."
Sarah rolled her eyes.
Lynn offered to pick up Phoenix from school that afternoon. When she teleported to, she saw the little angel all by herself, crying her bronze eyes out, hands buried in her face.
Lynn was quickly alert. "What's wrong, Phoe?" she asked, kneeling down.
Phoenix suddenly stopped, shock at seeing her there, and then she sniffled. "The fifth graders took my angel book that Drake got me!" she cried.
"Where are they?" Lynn asked.
Phoenix pointed over to the playground.
"Come on," Lynn said. Phoenix took her hand and they walked over. "Hey," Lynn said out calmly. Three boys all looked up. "Give back the book." Lynn instructed.
One smirked. "Get lost." They started to rip up the pop-up book.
"No!" Phoenix screamed at that.
Lynn snapped her fingers, pausing all of the surveillance cameras for the moment. She didn't want Phoe to get in trouble for what she was about to do to these pests.
She glanced, emerald eyes seeing that the area was cleared. Then she went forward and grabbed a boy.
"Hey-!" he stopped short, fear in his brown eyes. Saying nothing, Lynn threw him and he went smacking over against the tube slide.
Phoenix could only giggle.
"Now," Lynn started, looking back to the boys. "Don't drop the book and run. Hand me it, and then run." she explained.
Out of fear, one of the boys tossed over the book, and he and the other ditched. Lynn snapped her fingers, fixing the book, then handed it to her cousin.
"Thanks' you, Lynny," Phoenix said, hugging the book.
"No problem, and hey..." Lynn said. Bronze eyes looked up at her. "No matter what, whether it be bullies, boyfriends, when you're older, or if it's just Sarah or Gabriel pissing you off, don't forget..." Lynn smiled.
"I'm always here for you Phoe, but don't tell Lyra."
The five year old smiled. "Can we get a snack?" she asked.
"Yeah, I want some fries." Lynn grinned, looking up at the January sky. It was going to snow soon.
"Me too," Phoenix agreed.
Lynn stopped. "Really?" she asked.
"Yeah," Phoenix said.
Lynn put a hand on her shoulder as they left the school. "You're the best, Phoe."
Phoenix smiled brightly. "I know."