I Smile Real Hard
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By: Squire Song
Chapter 1- A Train Ride
Sparrow raced through the packed train station in search of her train. She as per usual was running late because of a photo opportunity to good to miss out on. She was (if her legs can carry her quickly enough to get her to her train) headed to some small town by the name of Stoneybrook for a wedding.
Sparrow O'Connelly had met Mary Anne Spier and Kristin Thomas in University. After they had graduated from University they had started a magazine in New York called Everyday Life. (Sparrow had inherited a lot of money from eccentric Aunt) Kristy with her brilliant ideas and take charge attitude was editor in chief. Mary Anne with her keen insight into situations was a writer and the second in command of the magazine. Sparrow with her adventurous spirit was a photographer and wrote the Around The World article. That had been five years ago and not much had changed expect that they had become one of the most read magazines in all of North America. True they had struggled in the beginning to keep it going, but it had caught on. Mary Anne Spier had become Mary Anne Morgan and had one daughter named Alma, while Kristy had begun dating a doctor named Nicholas Thomas who she met via Mary Anne's husband (he's a psychiatrist). And it was their wedding that was causing Sparrow to be running around like a chicken with its head cut off looking for her train.
"Ahh there it is!" and Sparrow in one amazing leap jumped onto the train just as the door closed. She showed the ticket man her ticket and went in search of Mary Anne. She found her friend muttering under her breath about Sparrow's lack of watch wearing. The girl hadn't changed too much over the years. She was still sensitive and worried about things too much. Her brown hair was still short. Not so much for style now, but for not having her hair painfully tugged by her daughter. She was dressed in a conservative business suit and sat elegantly in her seat. Her smile was in a worried frown though for the most part it's normally seen as a warm smile. Sparrow on the other hand was quite a startling contrast. She had long out of control red hair that was always in a messy bun at the back of her head; kept in a place with whatever happened to be pointy and lying around. If it wasn't in the bun -on days when she needed to look some professional- it was in a long messy braid all down her back. She was wearing a yellow vest with a sparrow on the back that she had had since she was 15, a blue long sleeve shirt and baggy blue jeans. It looked very casual and lived in. She was around 5 foot 9, never bothering to actually get specific measurements. Her green eyes danced with hidden humor when she slipped into a seat in front of Mary Anne, who smiled at her in relief.
"Thank Goodness, I thought you had missed the train. Again."
"That wasn't my fault!" Mary Anne just eyed Sparrow, " Well, maybe just a little."
"Well at least you're here," Mary Anne as she was at 13 looked at the bright side of things.
"Precisely, now what's the plan when we arrive?"
"Didn't Kristy tell you?"
"I sort of tuned out that part of the conversation. Batman and Robin had just gotten into this cute little play fight," Sparrow offered in explanation as Mary Anne sighed a very well used sigh.
"Okay, Dad will pick us up and drop are luggage off at the house, were we'll then head to Watson's and Elizabeth's and as Kristy puts it draw battle plans over lunch."
"Sounds like fun. Did Alma leave you okay?" Mary Anne's face lit up as it often did when someone mentioned her daughter. And this allowed Sparrow's lack of attention to be forgotten in the wonder of a mother's pride in her child.
"It took a little bribery, but yah. I think she'll like spending some time with her father." The rest of the Morgan's were going to Stoneybrook a week later for the wedding.
"She'll probably drive poor George insane. Who is all going to be there for this lunch?" Sparrow's voice was a little ruffled as she went diving into her bag in search of a pen.
"Elizabeth, Karen, you, me and all the girls from the BSC." Sparrow cringed at the last part, making sure that Mary Anne didn't see. It wasn't that she disliked all of the girls, it was just that she found herself out of the loop a great deal when Mary Anne and Kristy talked about them. She had felt like a complete outsider when she had met them all at Mary Anne's wedding. She only knew Jessi at all. Jessi was a ballerina and lived in New York. Claudia the famous artist/ fashion designer was in Chicago, Stacey also a fashion designer lived in San Francisco, Dawn the marine biologist for Greenpeace was wherever she needed to be, Abby the pediatrician was living in Oklahoma and Mallory was still in Stoneybrook with her 5 kids writing her award winning books. Mary Anne knew right off the bat that Sparrow had felt a little out of place with the group and had made a mental note to include Sparrow more.
"Great, just great," muttered Sparrow.
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Disclaimer: Own nothing
By: Squire Song
Chapter 1- A Train Ride
Sparrow raced through the packed train station in search of her train. She as per usual was running late because of a photo opportunity to good to miss out on. She was (if her legs can carry her quickly enough to get her to her train) headed to some small town by the name of Stoneybrook for a wedding.
Sparrow O'Connelly had met Mary Anne Spier and Kristin Thomas in University. After they had graduated from University they had started a magazine in New York called Everyday Life. (Sparrow had inherited a lot of money from eccentric Aunt) Kristy with her brilliant ideas and take charge attitude was editor in chief. Mary Anne with her keen insight into situations was a writer and the second in command of the magazine. Sparrow with her adventurous spirit was a photographer and wrote the Around The World article. That had been five years ago and not much had changed expect that they had become one of the most read magazines in all of North America. True they had struggled in the beginning to keep it going, but it had caught on. Mary Anne Spier had become Mary Anne Morgan and had one daughter named Alma, while Kristy had begun dating a doctor named Nicholas Thomas who she met via Mary Anne's husband (he's a psychiatrist). And it was their wedding that was causing Sparrow to be running around like a chicken with its head cut off looking for her train.
"Ahh there it is!" and Sparrow in one amazing leap jumped onto the train just as the door closed. She showed the ticket man her ticket and went in search of Mary Anne. She found her friend muttering under her breath about Sparrow's lack of watch wearing. The girl hadn't changed too much over the years. She was still sensitive and worried about things too much. Her brown hair was still short. Not so much for style now, but for not having her hair painfully tugged by her daughter. She was dressed in a conservative business suit and sat elegantly in her seat. Her smile was in a worried frown though for the most part it's normally seen as a warm smile. Sparrow on the other hand was quite a startling contrast. She had long out of control red hair that was always in a messy bun at the back of her head; kept in a place with whatever happened to be pointy and lying around. If it wasn't in the bun -on days when she needed to look some professional- it was in a long messy braid all down her back. She was wearing a yellow vest with a sparrow on the back that she had had since she was 15, a blue long sleeve shirt and baggy blue jeans. It looked very casual and lived in. She was around 5 foot 9, never bothering to actually get specific measurements. Her green eyes danced with hidden humor when she slipped into a seat in front of Mary Anne, who smiled at her in relief.
"Thank Goodness, I thought you had missed the train. Again."
"That wasn't my fault!" Mary Anne just eyed Sparrow, " Well, maybe just a little."
"Well at least you're here," Mary Anne as she was at 13 looked at the bright side of things.
"Precisely, now what's the plan when we arrive?"
"Didn't Kristy tell you?"
"I sort of tuned out that part of the conversation. Batman and Robin had just gotten into this cute little play fight," Sparrow offered in explanation as Mary Anne sighed a very well used sigh.
"Okay, Dad will pick us up and drop are luggage off at the house, were we'll then head to Watson's and Elizabeth's and as Kristy puts it draw battle plans over lunch."
"Sounds like fun. Did Alma leave you okay?" Mary Anne's face lit up as it often did when someone mentioned her daughter. And this allowed Sparrow's lack of attention to be forgotten in the wonder of a mother's pride in her child.
"It took a little bribery, but yah. I think she'll like spending some time with her father." The rest of the Morgan's were going to Stoneybrook a week later for the wedding.
"She'll probably drive poor George insane. Who is all going to be there for this lunch?" Sparrow's voice was a little ruffled as she went diving into her bag in search of a pen.
"Elizabeth, Karen, you, me and all the girls from the BSC." Sparrow cringed at the last part, making sure that Mary Anne didn't see. It wasn't that she disliked all of the girls, it was just that she found herself out of the loop a great deal when Mary Anne and Kristy talked about them. She had felt like a complete outsider when she had met them all at Mary Anne's wedding. She only knew Jessi at all. Jessi was a ballerina and lived in New York. Claudia the famous artist/ fashion designer was in Chicago, Stacey also a fashion designer lived in San Francisco, Dawn the marine biologist for Greenpeace was wherever she needed to be, Abby the pediatrician was living in Oklahoma and Mallory was still in Stoneybrook with her 5 kids writing her award winning books. Mary Anne knew right off the bat that Sparrow had felt a little out of place with the group and had made a mental note to include Sparrow more.
"Great, just great," muttered Sparrow.
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