Author's Note: Here is a short interlude to let you guys know I'm still alive. For those of you who don't have me on author alert, I posted up the spin-off story featuring Jamie. It's called Child of Spring: Jamie's Ghost & UFO Hunting Adventures. You can find it by clicking on my author name and looking at my stories.
So yes, I know.. this interlude is short. Lillian is pretty much thinking about her book and the other seasonals a little while she's sick in bed. It also has an incident that is briefly referred to in the upcoming actual chapter. I have that around half written, but it's being difficult so it'll take me a little longer to write. Just remember, even if it takes me awhile to get a chapter out, I won't abandon my Child of Spring stories!
Now.. reviews!
I only had a couple, so I won't go through each one, but I'm glad that people in general liked my last chapter even if it was super angsty. And no, I don't have school. Just life in general and work that makes me busy.
CrossoverJunkie also had an idea for Pitch bursting out laughing at a prank Jack and Lillian did and the Guardians all staring at him in surprise. She also had an idea for a Guardian meeting if Pitch becomes a Guardian. I won't say if he will or not or when that would be, but that idea is really cute. I can see that happening.
Now on with the interlude!
Interlude 7: Party Plans
Lillian was not a happy spring spirit. She was stuck in bed with a cold. Bunny's medicine had helped so the cold wasn't as bad, but still! To make matters worse, without her bracelet, her sneezes were terrible. Her powers were difficult to control without the bracelet and one sneeze meant disaster. If that wasn't bad enough, she was also extremely bored.
So with a lot of begging and watery eyes that may have been cold-induced and not tears of sadness, Pitch had caved and asked Phil to bring Lillian her notebook that she wrote down her ideas for her book in, as well as some blank drawing paper and some colored pencils, and something hard to write on.
So now Lillian was happily sitting up with a very old-fashioned lap desk on her lap. It had a hard wooden top and a kind of bean bag thing underneath. She used this as her drawing surface as she colored in a few pictures. It would be totally awesome if she wasn't sneezing what felt like every minute.
Not to mention with all the random spring flowers littering her room, even she was getting a little tired of seeing them and was losing enthusiasm for drawing her spring scenes. She thought about doing some other seasonal scenes, but then wondered if August and Jasper had any artistic talent. Maybe they could all paint pictures for their own season for the book!
She smiled as she imagined the big Seasonal get together at Bunny's Warren. That would be so awesome. Her smile faded a little when she remembered the other seasonals hated Jack. It really wasn't fair! Hardly anyone liked Jack, except for her, Pitch, the Guardians and the kids.
She looked thoughtful as she stared down at her half-finished spring scene on the paper she had been drawing on. Maybe if she asked really nicely? Ohh, she could ask Sandy to go with! Sandy was pretty good at getting people to agree with him and maybe having a Guardian on her side would help. It certainly couldn't hurt.
She lay back against her pillow as she thought of the amazing fun all the seasonals could have when they got together. It could be like a big party! And they would all be friends. Or at least not argue with each other.
She was starting to drift off when she had a terrible sneezing fit and sneezed five times in a row.
Her eyes widened when she saw the dark storm clouds forming by the ceiling and the ominous flashes of lightning as a storm brewed.
Oh crud.
