The Prodigal Sister
This story and all ideas, themes and original characters are the sole ownership and copyright of J.L. Scott. Any unauthorized use is actionable in a court of law.
To borrow a phrase: Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman and all characters and settings no mine, no permission, no money, no sue...please?
"You're not bringing a mountain lion into my house" Michaela said before Brianna could ask, passing her plate back to her.
"Oh fine" Brianna said playfully, "Let Sully bring in his wolf, but can I bring in my bobcat? Oh, no"
"Well that's cause wolves are civilized" Sully said. Brianna crossed her eyes and stuck her tongue out at him. Colleen giggled.
"You should wear that face more often, Bri" Sully told her, getting up for more coffee, "Look's better than your regular one" He ruffled her hair as he passed.
"Hey!" she exclaimed and then glared at him as he saw back down, "I hate it when you do that"
"Why do you think I do it?" Sully replied, sipping his coffee with a straight face. Michaela had never seen him so.....playful. The two of them had been joking and poking fun at each other all day, like it was just something in the air. Sully did everything with a straight face, acting like he wasn't joking at all, and Brianna was the one to goad him. It was wonderful to see Brianna relax a little. The child within her was growing and pushing her stomach out a bit now. Michaela was hoping that she would outgrow her own clothes and start wearing something a little more normal soon, but somehow she doubted that would happen.
"Cause you're mean" she replied, "You're lucky your older brother's not mean to you Colleen" she said, sliding a mischievous look at Sully, "Always ruffling your hair, and chasing you around..."
"I chased you right into a snow pile, once" Sully said with a near laugh. He was smiling to himself. Michaela found it enchanting.
"I remember" Brianna replied and threw a little piece of her bread at him, "I was home for the holidays" she told the rest of them, "I was about nine, so he would've been about 13. And he got the great idea that we should go out and have a snow ball fight" Michaela watched as Colleen and Brian forgot their food to listen to her story, "Then he got mad when I started winning"
"You weren't winnin' " Sully objected.
"I was too and you started chasing me all over the place, trying to get snow down the back of my coat!" Brianna laughed and threw another bite of bread at him, which hit him right in the forehead. He picked it up off the table and popped it in his mouth.
"You ran right into a huge pile of snow" he told her, again straight faced, though Michaela could see his eyes were laughing.
"I was looking behind me to see how close you were" Brianna defended herself, "And I had a cold for two weeks, thanks to you!"
"I didn't give ya the cold" Sully said, smiling to himself again.
"Mmm. You would've if you could've" Brianna replied, winking at Colleen. Colleen giggled again. Michaela was plain astonished to see this side of Sully that apparently only his sister could pull out. Not that she minded, actually she liked it. She could wish he were a little more lighthearted sometimes. Of course, living their lives didn't leave a lot of room for lightheartedness. Though, when she wasn't guarding herself, Brianna seemed to be. Michaela was just glad to know that the two of them had shared some happy times during their childhoods. Even if it was a snowball induced two week cold.
This story and all ideas, themes and original characters are the sole ownership and copyright of J.L. Scott. Any unauthorized use is actionable in a court of law.
To borrow a phrase: Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman and all characters and settings no mine, no permission, no money, no sue...please?
"You're not bringing a mountain lion into my house" Michaela said before Brianna could ask, passing her plate back to her.
"Oh fine" Brianna said playfully, "Let Sully bring in his wolf, but can I bring in my bobcat? Oh, no"
"Well that's cause wolves are civilized" Sully said. Brianna crossed her eyes and stuck her tongue out at him. Colleen giggled.
"You should wear that face more often, Bri" Sully told her, getting up for more coffee, "Look's better than your regular one" He ruffled her hair as he passed.
"Hey!" she exclaimed and then glared at him as he saw back down, "I hate it when you do that"
"Why do you think I do it?" Sully replied, sipping his coffee with a straight face. Michaela had never seen him so.....playful. The two of them had been joking and poking fun at each other all day, like it was just something in the air. Sully did everything with a straight face, acting like he wasn't joking at all, and Brianna was the one to goad him. It was wonderful to see Brianna relax a little. The child within her was growing and pushing her stomach out a bit now. Michaela was hoping that she would outgrow her own clothes and start wearing something a little more normal soon, but somehow she doubted that would happen.
"Cause you're mean" she replied, "You're lucky your older brother's not mean to you Colleen" she said, sliding a mischievous look at Sully, "Always ruffling your hair, and chasing you around..."
"I chased you right into a snow pile, once" Sully said with a near laugh. He was smiling to himself. Michaela found it enchanting.
"I remember" Brianna replied and threw a little piece of her bread at him, "I was home for the holidays" she told the rest of them, "I was about nine, so he would've been about 13. And he got the great idea that we should go out and have a snow ball fight" Michaela watched as Colleen and Brian forgot their food to listen to her story, "Then he got mad when I started winning"
"You weren't winnin' " Sully objected.
"I was too and you started chasing me all over the place, trying to get snow down the back of my coat!" Brianna laughed and threw another bite of bread at him, which hit him right in the forehead. He picked it up off the table and popped it in his mouth.
"You ran right into a huge pile of snow" he told her, again straight faced, though Michaela could see his eyes were laughing.
"I was looking behind me to see how close you were" Brianna defended herself, "And I had a cold for two weeks, thanks to you!"
"I didn't give ya the cold" Sully said, smiling to himself again.
"Mmm. You would've if you could've" Brianna replied, winking at Colleen. Colleen giggled again. Michaela was plain astonished to see this side of Sully that apparently only his sister could pull out. Not that she minded, actually she liked it. She could wish he were a little more lighthearted sometimes. Of course, living their lives didn't leave a lot of room for lightheartedness. Though, when she wasn't guarding herself, Brianna seemed to be. Michaela was just glad to know that the two of them had shared some happy times during their childhoods. Even if it was a snowball induced two week cold.