Everlease awoke before 4:30, to begin to apply her extensive make up for her job at the Renaissance Festival. She had taken drama from the time that she was 12 until she was 20, and stage make up had been her strong point. Therefore, Ren Fest was her favourite time of year. She molded elf ears, and then adhered them carefully to her own. She tweezed her eyebrows with a gap in them, then filled the gap in with a make up pencil to be highly arched. She was slowly training her eyebrows to grow this way but it would be years before it would be natural. As for dress, she had a closetful of medieval dresses that she had collected over the years. She selected one, and then went to wake up Ryan, to apply his ears.
Legolas had been awake since four. He had explored the nearby "Burrough's Park" as thoroughly as any local. When the dawn neared, he scaled the building to a second floor window above the car, then waited for Everlease to appear.
When Everlease drew near to the car and began to tie Ryan into his "car seat," Legolas lithely jumped down and tried to tread heavily over to her in order to not startle her.
She froze at his first "heavy" footprint.
"Who are you and why are you walking towards me," she asked, her voice cold and stiff, not turning. Her hand dropped to her thigh and through two layers of skirts, where she grasped the hilt of a knife.
Ryan pointed over her shoulder and laughed. "Mommy, it's just that elf from yesterday!"
Legolas watched her shoulders fall and her hand stray from the knife. She finished tying Ryan down and turned to Legolas. "So you do want a ride."
"Yes, Everlease, that is all I ask of you." She shook her head and smiled.
Ryan slept most of the way there. Legolas watched his peaceful slumber for quite some time, then turned to Everlease smiling, and forgetting himself. "I know from whence came his mouth and nose, Lady, but still have I to meet your Lord before I may meet the origin of his eyes and thick hair."
Everlease frowned, and grumbled, "If you meet my "Lord", tell him to give me a shout."
Legolas stared back at her. "Has he long been away then?"
Everlease pulled the car to a stop for a "red light." She looked Legolas directly in the eyes. "My entire world revolves around prom night of 1997. I lost my virginity to Daniel Rooke and conveniently never saw him again. Ryan is my life and I wouldn't trade him for anything but I would really ask that you never bring that up again." There was a silence between them, and the light turned green. The car moved forward once more.
Legolas stared ahead, lost in thought. Surely he was not putting this together right.
But before he had too much time to think, they had arrived at the site of this much debated "Ren Fest." He had watched Everlease tie Ryan in, and now succeded in unbinding the child. Ryan at once ran to see the ponies, and Legolas began to help Everlease with her "booth."
Legolas had been awake since four. He had explored the nearby "Burrough's Park" as thoroughly as any local. When the dawn neared, he scaled the building to a second floor window above the car, then waited for Everlease to appear.
When Everlease drew near to the car and began to tie Ryan into his "car seat," Legolas lithely jumped down and tried to tread heavily over to her in order to not startle her.
She froze at his first "heavy" footprint.
"Who are you and why are you walking towards me," she asked, her voice cold and stiff, not turning. Her hand dropped to her thigh and through two layers of skirts, where she grasped the hilt of a knife.
Ryan pointed over her shoulder and laughed. "Mommy, it's just that elf from yesterday!"
Legolas watched her shoulders fall and her hand stray from the knife. She finished tying Ryan down and turned to Legolas. "So you do want a ride."
"Yes, Everlease, that is all I ask of you." She shook her head and smiled.
Ryan slept most of the way there. Legolas watched his peaceful slumber for quite some time, then turned to Everlease smiling, and forgetting himself. "I know from whence came his mouth and nose, Lady, but still have I to meet your Lord before I may meet the origin of his eyes and thick hair."
Everlease frowned, and grumbled, "If you meet my "Lord", tell him to give me a shout."
Legolas stared back at her. "Has he long been away then?"
Everlease pulled the car to a stop for a "red light." She looked Legolas directly in the eyes. "My entire world revolves around prom night of 1997. I lost my virginity to Daniel Rooke and conveniently never saw him again. Ryan is my life and I wouldn't trade him for anything but I would really ask that you never bring that up again." There was a silence between them, and the light turned green. The car moved forward once more.
Legolas stared ahead, lost in thought. Surely he was not putting this together right.
But before he had too much time to think, they had arrived at the site of this much debated "Ren Fest." He had watched Everlease tie Ryan in, and now succeded in unbinding the child. Ryan at once ran to see the ponies, and Legolas began to help Everlease with her "booth."