SILLY LITTLE LIFE
CHAPTER NINETEEN
( prompt: "What is a miracle?" courtsey of the bestest Elaine Vivian. Hope she likes. )
"Angel, what is a miracle?"
Angel, who had been walking quietly on the left side of Sneak, looked down at the boy curiously. "What brought this on?" she asked him, reaching down to smooth his hair gently.
"Well, in church they say that God makes miracles," Sneak informed her. "I was just thinking about it now."
Nodding, Angel began to think herself. "A miracle is when the rain pours down hard over you and you come out dry."
Sneak wrinkled his nose. "So miracles are umbrellas? God makes umbrellas?"
Angel laughed. "No, silly. A miracle is having something be completely awful and having that awful thing turn around for good."
"Oh." Sneak still looked a bit confused.
They walked along together until they looped around and were headed back in the direction of the docks. Once down by the shipyards, the two noticed Spot and Linny ambling towards them, talking animatedly to each other in hushed tones.
"Lissa!" Linny called, waving all around as if she was flagging down a ship. She needed to quit hanging around Pip. Honestly.
"Sneak, keep an eye out on the docks for me, wouldja? Got some things to take care of with Angel," Spot said, and the litle boy was off like a rocket.
Once the threesome was alone, Angel took her place in between the siblings, hooking an arm through one of their's.
"So what's going on?" she asked them as they began walking out of Brooklyn Heights together, towards Cobble Hill.
How curious.
"It's a surprise, Lissie," Linny said, beaming. "For your birthday tomorrow."
Angel slanted a glare at the boy beside her. "I do not like surprises, Sean."
Spot snorted. "Calm your knickers, Liss. It's a good surprise. Trust me."
Carolina snickered slightly on Angel's right and the three of them cut straight down the middle of Cobble Hill and into Red Hook. Even more curious.
"So what are we doing here?" Angel asked.
"I really don't know how you stand such a woman, Sean," Linny said casually.
"Lin, you don't understand the half of it," Spot responded.
Angel rolled her eyes and both siblings let go of her at the same time. They'd reached a cute row of townhouses, just across the Red Hook Park. The house they'd stopped in front of was red brick with cream colored shutters on the windows. It was a darling little place.
Linny smiled excitedly at Angel and then grabbed her hand, tugging her up the steps. Spot removed his hat as Linny knocked on the door. There was a pause, a shuffling inside, and then the door opened to reveal a very familiar couple.
"Hello again, Lissa. It's so nice to see you again. Won't you join us for dinner?" Maggie said, stepping aside to let them in.
Alyssa Mae O'Rourke wept.
Anyone else wonder why I never mentioned Sean and Carolina's parents at the end of CHESS? This is why. I was building up to it. Great way to end it, no?
Thanks for all the fun these last few months. From the beginning, and now to the end. It's been one hell of a ride. :)
Until next time...
CTB!
xx Wicked