Lick The Pavement
Chapter Two: Mae Willo Lumbargh
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//This is the happy house-we're happy here
There's room for you if you say "I do"
But don't say no or you'll have to go
We've done no wrong with our blinkers on
It's safe and calm if you sing along//
Happy House - Siouxsie and the Banshees
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Mae Willo Lumbargh, or Lia, as she preferred, was happy with her lot in life.
She was talented, gifted, privileged in that she came from a family with wealth, status and a sense of familial closeness. She was given everything her parents could afford to help her achieve her best potential, and although she had money, she remained aware of how hard she had to work to get the things she wanted and thus didn't become a spoilt brat as others in her position might have done.
She was also intelligent, with an analytical frame of mind and a level-headed approach to life.
She wasn't tall, being only 5'4" at the most, and knew that her body didn't conform to the slim and elegant lines of the women in beauty magazines, being slightly thick in shape, despite her great musculature... but she didn't let this worry her unduly, and had faith that she would grow out of it sooner or later.
She had unusual eyes, a dull hazel in colour, although they were lively with life. Her hair was gorgeous, long, down to her waist, straight and blonde. But being blonde all the time got dull sometimes, so she had opted to dye black streaks throughout it, giving it less of a 'perfect doll' look and more of a 'natural' look.
Mae Willo Lumbargh was happy with her lot in life... until her parents found out that she was a mutant.
Still dressed in her pyjamas, clutching a bag of things that she'd been allowed to scrape together, sitting on the sofa while her parents stood on either side of her, father stoic, mother looking wet in the eyes, but also compassionless, Lia wondered why they were doing this to her.
She looked normal. Dressed in silk blue pyjama bottoms, with little planets and stars on them, and a white spaghetti-strap tank top, she looked like every other seventeen year old girl who ever sat on a sofa in trouble, while their parents stalked around until it was time to be told off.
Only this was something much worse than a simple scolding.
She hadn't meant to reveal herself to them, and hadn't even been concerned over it until it had happened.
Sitting at dinner, she had let a burp escape her, and the toxic dust that was her power had escaped in little sparks and glints of red and silver.
Everything had silenced.
Her parents and her younger sister, Emma, stared at her.
She grinned at them sheepishly.
"Uhm. There's something I probably should tell you, right?"
And after it had come out, her 'terrible secret' which she didn't find so terrible at all, her parents had turned around and betrayed her to the mutant police.
She sat, like a hostage in her own house, like a war criminal, not looking the people who had been her loving parents in the face, waiting with empty dread for them to arrive.
When they did arrive, it was quietly and eerily normal, like it was an everyday occurrence.
"That's her officer." Her dad said, stepping back.
"Do be careful, we don't know what her powers are yet." Her mum said.
"Come with me miss." One of the masked policemen said to her, placing a heavy hand on her shoulder. She sighed and stood, knowing that it would be a worthless attempt to try and escape.
She heard her little sister, only eight, start to whimper from the top of the stairs.
"Where are they taking Lia? Mummy? Where's Lia going?"
She heard her mother calming her sister down, and refused to look back at them, head held high, she stalked out of the house, escorted by the police officers.
She didn't walk out like a Lumbargh... she walked out like a Lady.
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Hope this fulfilled your expectations my gorgeous. I loved Lia, she was such a different character, with the wealthy family and good history and everything. She's such a sweetie to write as well.
Guys, don't stop submitting, I haven't got half the entries I was expecting yet. There may still be hope!
I kinda need some guy to pair with Gabriel. Just read through his profile at the bottom of Chapter one, it should tell you what he's looking for.
Until next time, love, peace and empathy.