I'm back. Kinda. School's crazy this semester so updates may not be as fast in coming as in my prior stories.
Bonus Points to first person who realizes what band or artist I'm taking my chapter titles from this time!
Precious things, Chapter three "Everything Old Is New Again"
The phone rang at nine am. It was Craig's wake up call, he had to be at the farm in an hour and a half to meet with Allegra. He grabbed a candy bar and nibbled on it, sipping on water as he took his pill for the day. He looked at the green and white pill before he popped it into his mouth, thinking about the first day he'd taken the pill, and how he'd been most worried about how to say goodbye to Allegra. Now he was saying hello to her again. He wondered two things. The first was what had she been upto the last six years, the second was about AK Bannister. By now Craig was assuming that he was the niece of Melody Matthews, and he wondered if she would tell him the truth about her aunt.
Craig headed to the farmhouse and knocked on the door at 11:25, five minutes before she had told him to be there. Allegra answered the door with a bright smile. "You're early, come on in."
He entered the house and found that she'd set the table already, and sandwiches were on it. He started to eat, and she asked him about what he'd been up to.
"I went to college, graduated, and I work at Sights and Sounds magazine. Which I hate."
"And which sent you here to find AK Bannister." Craig just nodded. "What are you going to do now that you've found her."
Craig nearly spit his milk clear across the room. "Wait, I thought Melody Matthew's was AK Bannister."
"Shit, you don't know." Allegra laughed then, clear as a bell, clear as a song. "I'm AK Bannister. Congradulations, you have your scoop"
Craig felt his eyes go wide, and he tried to process the information he was given. Then it hit him. "Wash away, the dedication...that was me." It wasn't a question, and she didn't answer, only raised her eyebrows at him as he continued. "And the A in AK Bannister stands for Allegra."
"Yes, and you're in my name too. AK Bannister-A for Allegra, K for K-Ward, B for Baxter" Her last name, he remembered "Ann for Manning and Ister for Macalister hospital."
"Complicated pen name."
"I like complicated. And confusing-no one could figure out where AK Bannister got her name from, and I like it that way." She looked at him. "What are you going to do now?"
"Have lunch with you, talk about everything."
She rolled her eyes at him. "I meant about knowing who I am."
"I haven't thought that far in advance yet" He really hadn't. However, he knew what his gut instinct was telling him. It was telling him to keep Allegra's secret, and if that meant losing his job, than so be it. He didn't want to tell her that right away though, because he'd just remet her. "I just want to talk to you for a while, and then...I'll tell Troy my camera broke, and I lost my film, buy some time."
She nodded at him. "It would be nice to talk to you again. In proper English even."
"I noticed that you seem to have a good command of the language for someone who spoke in lyrics for most of her teenage years."
They moved into the den to sit and chat. "I wasn't that bad, I spoke to you and Dr. Allen in English."
"True..so is Melody Matthew's really your aunt?"
"Yes, I moved in with her when I was 18, we bought this place together two years ago, to get away from Toronto. She's a travel writer, isn't around much. Its just me and Stan mostly, but I like it. I spent most of my adolescence in a psychicatric ward, so the solitude is good. I see a doctor once every two weeks and I write for a living. What's not to love?"
"You have a point, my life isn't..I hate my job, thats the main problem. I've already decided that after I get back to Toronto I'm quitting. Its got to be better than this." Allegra just nodded at him, and they chatted about stupid things for a while, before he headed back to the hotel to answer the important question of-what was he going to tell Troy?
Bonus Points to first person who realizes what band or artist I'm taking my chapter titles from this time!
Precious things, Chapter three "Everything Old Is New Again"
The phone rang at nine am. It was Craig's wake up call, he had to be at the farm in an hour and a half to meet with Allegra. He grabbed a candy bar and nibbled on it, sipping on water as he took his pill for the day. He looked at the green and white pill before he popped it into his mouth, thinking about the first day he'd taken the pill, and how he'd been most worried about how to say goodbye to Allegra. Now he was saying hello to her again. He wondered two things. The first was what had she been upto the last six years, the second was about AK Bannister. By now Craig was assuming that he was the niece of Melody Matthews, and he wondered if she would tell him the truth about her aunt.
Craig headed to the farmhouse and knocked on the door at 11:25, five minutes before she had told him to be there. Allegra answered the door with a bright smile. "You're early, come on in."
He entered the house and found that she'd set the table already, and sandwiches were on it. He started to eat, and she asked him about what he'd been up to.
"I went to college, graduated, and I work at Sights and Sounds magazine. Which I hate."
"And which sent you here to find AK Bannister." Craig just nodded. "What are you going to do now that you've found her."
Craig nearly spit his milk clear across the room. "Wait, I thought Melody Matthew's was AK Bannister."
"Shit, you don't know." Allegra laughed then, clear as a bell, clear as a song. "I'm AK Bannister. Congradulations, you have your scoop"
Craig felt his eyes go wide, and he tried to process the information he was given. Then it hit him. "Wash away, the dedication...that was me." It wasn't a question, and she didn't answer, only raised her eyebrows at him as he continued. "And the A in AK Bannister stands for Allegra."
"Yes, and you're in my name too. AK Bannister-A for Allegra, K for K-Ward, B for Baxter" Her last name, he remembered "Ann for Manning and Ister for Macalister hospital."
"Complicated pen name."
"I like complicated. And confusing-no one could figure out where AK Bannister got her name from, and I like it that way." She looked at him. "What are you going to do now?"
"Have lunch with you, talk about everything."
She rolled her eyes at him. "I meant about knowing who I am."
"I haven't thought that far in advance yet" He really hadn't. However, he knew what his gut instinct was telling him. It was telling him to keep Allegra's secret, and if that meant losing his job, than so be it. He didn't want to tell her that right away though, because he'd just remet her. "I just want to talk to you for a while, and then...I'll tell Troy my camera broke, and I lost my film, buy some time."
She nodded at him. "It would be nice to talk to you again. In proper English even."
"I noticed that you seem to have a good command of the language for someone who spoke in lyrics for most of her teenage years."
They moved into the den to sit and chat. "I wasn't that bad, I spoke to you and Dr. Allen in English."
"True..so is Melody Matthew's really your aunt?"
"Yes, I moved in with her when I was 18, we bought this place together two years ago, to get away from Toronto. She's a travel writer, isn't around much. Its just me and Stan mostly, but I like it. I spent most of my adolescence in a psychicatric ward, so the solitude is good. I see a doctor once every two weeks and I write for a living. What's not to love?"
"You have a point, my life isn't..I hate my job, thats the main problem. I've already decided that after I get back to Toronto I'm quitting. Its got to be better than this." Allegra just nodded at him, and they chatted about stupid things for a while, before he headed back to the hotel to answer the important question of-what was he going to tell Troy?