A/N: Hey! I thought I'd update a few of my stories! So here you go! Enjoy!
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Two Roads Diverged
Chapter 4: Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Lucy sat at the kitchen table coloring in her Barbie coloring book while Amy stood at the stove, stirring spaghetti sauce. The radio was tuned into their favorite oldies station for Beatles hour in the background while the two went about their nightly routine.
At precisely 5:15, they heard the familiar jingle of keys, and opening of the apartment door. Then, the thumping of feet from the family room into the kitchen. That was Lucy's cue. She jumped up and ran towards her dad.
Gordo put down his briefcase and caught the tiny little girl charging at him. He picked her up and swung her around. "Hey pal!" he greeted, giving her a hug and a kiss, and then setting her down. "How's my best girl?"
"Good!" she responded. "I missed you!"
"Well, I missed you too!" he remarked. "Mmm, something smells good."
"Amy's making spaghetti." Lucy explained, leading Gordo to the kitchen.
"Hi Amy." Gordo greeted.
"Hi there!" she replied. "Look, I hate to run out on you, but I have a dance class in 20 minutes!"
"Don't worry about it." Gordo replied. "We can take it from here."
"Ok, well the pasta needs about 10 more minutes, and the sauce is cooling. Salad's on the table, and brownies are in the oven." Amy announced.
"What would we do without you?" Gordo asked, tasting the sauce.
"Probably starve." Amy joked. "I will see you, right after school tomorrow." She told Lucy, giving her a kiss on the cheek. "Bye guys!
"Thanks Ame!" Gordo called, as she left the apartment.
Lucy returned to her coloring book as Gordo went to check on the pasta. "So how was your first day?" he asked.
"Pretty good." She replied. "I made a friend."
"You did? That's great!" Gordo remarked, enthusiastically.
"She's really friendly, and very funny." Lucy described. "Her name is Emma."
"Emma what?" Gordo inquired, peeking in on the brownies.
"Emma, um, Emma M-something." Lucy couldn't recall her new friend's last name.
"Emma M, huh?" Gordo remarked. "Well, I'm glad to hear it pumpkin."
Lucy nodded her head. They went about their tasks for a few minutes when all of the sudden Gordo turned the radio up. Lucy made a face, she hated when he turned the music up really loud. But then she heard the song, and became amused at her father, who had taken a spoon and was now singing along with the radio.
"Picture yourself in a boat on a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes"
Lucy looked up at her father and started to laugh. Every time they heard this song, he would sing it to her. It was one of his favorites, and hers too, seeing as how it included her name and all.
"Cellophane flowers of yellow and green
Towering over your head
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes
And she's gone" Lucy braced herself for the next part. He rushed over, picked her up, spun her around, and began dancing.
"Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Aaaaahhhhh..." By the end of this verse, both were laughing hysterically. Both had to sit down and catch their breath. After a minute Lucy began to speak again. "Dad, how come that song has my name in it?"
"Actually," he replied, "You have the name in the song. It was written way before you were born. Before I was born even."
"Wow! That's old!" Lucy remarked with wide eyes.
"Thanks a lot." Joked Gordo. He thought about something for a minute, then spoke again. "You know, that was your mom's favorite Beatles song?"
"Really?" asked Lucy, interested in hearing something about her mother. Her dad didn't like to talk about her that much.
Gordo nodded his head. "She loved it. And she loved the name Lucy, so when we found out you were a girl; she couldn't wait to use it. But I wanted to name you Anna."
"How come?" Lucy asked.
"I don't really know, I just liked it." He replied.
"I guess she won, huh?" Lucy asked.
"Yes, I guess she did." Gordo remarked.
"Well, I like my name." Lucy remarked. "I think it fits me perfectly."
"Me too." Gordo agreed. "You're just lucky her favorite Beatles song wasn't 'Dear Prudence' or 'Eleanor Rigby'" He joked.
This sent Lucy into another giggling fit.
In the background, the song ended, and another one started to play.
"You make me dizzy, Miss Lizzy
The way you rock'n'roll
You make me dizzy, Miss Lizzy
When we do the stroll
Come on, Miss Lizzy
Love me 'fore I grow too old"
"I've never heard this one before!" Lucy commented. "Dad, do we know anyone named Lizzy?"
Gordo went back to cooking, and acted as though he hadn't heard Lucy.
"Do we Dad?" she asked again.
"No, I guess not." Gordo replied, not wanting to talk about his childhood best friend, the one he hadn't seem or heard from since. well for a long time. "Turn the radio off, ok Luce? Dinner's ready."
TBC!!!
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Disclaimer: Nope.
Two Roads Diverged
Chapter 4: Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Lucy sat at the kitchen table coloring in her Barbie coloring book while Amy stood at the stove, stirring spaghetti sauce. The radio was tuned into their favorite oldies station for Beatles hour in the background while the two went about their nightly routine.
At precisely 5:15, they heard the familiar jingle of keys, and opening of the apartment door. Then, the thumping of feet from the family room into the kitchen. That was Lucy's cue. She jumped up and ran towards her dad.
Gordo put down his briefcase and caught the tiny little girl charging at him. He picked her up and swung her around. "Hey pal!" he greeted, giving her a hug and a kiss, and then setting her down. "How's my best girl?"
"Good!" she responded. "I missed you!"
"Well, I missed you too!" he remarked. "Mmm, something smells good."
"Amy's making spaghetti." Lucy explained, leading Gordo to the kitchen.
"Hi Amy." Gordo greeted.
"Hi there!" she replied. "Look, I hate to run out on you, but I have a dance class in 20 minutes!"
"Don't worry about it." Gordo replied. "We can take it from here."
"Ok, well the pasta needs about 10 more minutes, and the sauce is cooling. Salad's on the table, and brownies are in the oven." Amy announced.
"What would we do without you?" Gordo asked, tasting the sauce.
"Probably starve." Amy joked. "I will see you, right after school tomorrow." She told Lucy, giving her a kiss on the cheek. "Bye guys!
"Thanks Ame!" Gordo called, as she left the apartment.
Lucy returned to her coloring book as Gordo went to check on the pasta. "So how was your first day?" he asked.
"Pretty good." She replied. "I made a friend."
"You did? That's great!" Gordo remarked, enthusiastically.
"She's really friendly, and very funny." Lucy described. "Her name is Emma."
"Emma what?" Gordo inquired, peeking in on the brownies.
"Emma, um, Emma M-something." Lucy couldn't recall her new friend's last name.
"Emma M, huh?" Gordo remarked. "Well, I'm glad to hear it pumpkin."
Lucy nodded her head. They went about their tasks for a few minutes when all of the sudden Gordo turned the radio up. Lucy made a face, she hated when he turned the music up really loud. But then she heard the song, and became amused at her father, who had taken a spoon and was now singing along with the radio.
"Picture yourself in a boat on a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes"
Lucy looked up at her father and started to laugh. Every time they heard this song, he would sing it to her. It was one of his favorites, and hers too, seeing as how it included her name and all.
"Cellophane flowers of yellow and green
Towering over your head
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes
And she's gone" Lucy braced herself for the next part. He rushed over, picked her up, spun her around, and began dancing.
"Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Aaaaahhhhh..." By the end of this verse, both were laughing hysterically. Both had to sit down and catch their breath. After a minute Lucy began to speak again. "Dad, how come that song has my name in it?"
"Actually," he replied, "You have the name in the song. It was written way before you were born. Before I was born even."
"Wow! That's old!" Lucy remarked with wide eyes.
"Thanks a lot." Joked Gordo. He thought about something for a minute, then spoke again. "You know, that was your mom's favorite Beatles song?"
"Really?" asked Lucy, interested in hearing something about her mother. Her dad didn't like to talk about her that much.
Gordo nodded his head. "She loved it. And she loved the name Lucy, so when we found out you were a girl; she couldn't wait to use it. But I wanted to name you Anna."
"How come?" Lucy asked.
"I don't really know, I just liked it." He replied.
"I guess she won, huh?" Lucy asked.
"Yes, I guess she did." Gordo remarked.
"Well, I like my name." Lucy remarked. "I think it fits me perfectly."
"Me too." Gordo agreed. "You're just lucky her favorite Beatles song wasn't 'Dear Prudence' or 'Eleanor Rigby'" He joked.
This sent Lucy into another giggling fit.
In the background, the song ended, and another one started to play.
"You make me dizzy, Miss Lizzy
The way you rock'n'roll
You make me dizzy, Miss Lizzy
When we do the stroll
Come on, Miss Lizzy
Love me 'fore I grow too old"
"I've never heard this one before!" Lucy commented. "Dad, do we know anyone named Lizzy?"
Gordo went back to cooking, and acted as though he hadn't heard Lucy.
"Do we Dad?" she asked again.
"No, I guess not." Gordo replied, not wanting to talk about his childhood best friend, the one he hadn't seem or heard from since. well for a long time. "Turn the radio off, ok Luce? Dinner's ready."
TBC!!!
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