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fandomhigh2013-01-05 01:22 pm
stars_and_money) wrote in fandomhigh2013-01-05 01:22 pm
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Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part II
There was the bonfire for everyone who thought Maryland in January was a little too cool for their taste, as well as the moddable warm food and drinks, and chairs and tables in the school colors of blue and gold. Some tables were also set a little further away from the crowds.
Because there were always people who preferred the fringes.
[OCD up! This is the FIRST post for general mingling. Please use this post first, if your browser can handle the comment load. Roommates, fake siblings and teachers are all here and there's more room for mingling here. Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]
Because there were always people who preferred the fringes.
[OCD up! This is the FIRST post for general mingling. Please use this post first, if your browser can handle the comment load. Roommates, fake siblings and teachers are all here and there's more room for mingling here. Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]
Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]
Dany had promised to write her, immediately, should the situation worsen. It was only for Cesare that she would leave her father's side, now, in such a state.
"Have ... have you and your mother reconciled, then?" she asked. "I can imagine how painful it must be, to see ... her other family."
She wondered, not for the first time, if Juanito would feel that way, upon learning of his true parentage. Perhaps she could make him understand.
Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]
Had she and her mom reconciled? That was a hard one.
"I love her," Mercy said simply. "And I know she loves me. I still don't understand why she did what she did and I'm not sure I ever will, but I'm trying to get past it."
Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]
Some secrets no longer held the power they once did. Alfonso knew the truth, and he intended to marry her; rumors were not things which could threaten her, now.
"I may know a little about one of those," she admitted, quietly.
Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]
"That's way too much for someone to deal with."
She sighed. "But yeah, knowing she came to see me every year and almost all of that time she had this whole other family? I don't even know what she told them about where she went when she came to see me. They sure didn't know it was to see me since they didn't know I existed."
"All I can think is she figured I'd never leave Aspen Creek so I'd never know and wouldn't be hurt by her having a real family. And since they'd never meet me, they didn't need to know either."
Then something Lucrezia had said caught her attention. "what do you mean you know about one of those?"
Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]
Had she known Mercy was a coyote? She had heard inklings, on the radio, but had not thought much beyond that. How delightful, for her. That weekend had been one of the freest of her life.
"Perhaps she didn't know how to tell you," Lucrezia mused. "Her new family may have been difficult, and children ask so many questions. Telling you would necessitate bringing you, or answering why she could not."
She reached up to finger her necklace as she thought of her Juanito.
"I couldn't tell anyone before," she said. "It was too dangerous; the scandal could have ruined us. But I am safe from that at last. I ... I, too, gave up a child I could not keep."
Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]
Mercy nodded. "Maybe," she admitted. "It must have been hard for her."
And then she reached out to touch Lucrezia on the shoulder again. "I'm so sorry. That must have been so hard for you."
Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]
How wonderful it would be, to scamper through the crowded streets of Rome. All the smells, all of those people, and no concerns about what anyone must think.
"I had a marriage annulled," she explained softly, "and my father wished for me to remarry. There was never a question -- I couldn't keep the boy. My brother is raising him, and I will be a devoted aunt. I can only hope ... that if he knows the truth, he will not think himself unwanted. Or unloved."
Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]
She let out a long breath. "I never felt unloved. Not at all. I'm sure your brother will make sure he's well cared for and loved and you can be with him. It might be hard for a while if he finds out, but I don't know how anyone who knows you could ever think you were uncaring or unloving."
Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]
A wonder she hadn't leapt to bite out his throat.
Being feral really agreed with her.
"I can only hope he won't," she said, lifting her shoulders. "I will remarry, and have other children; he will be Cesare's, and I shall spoil him as all good aunts should. And I am not so loving and caring as you suppose, my love, though it does warm me to hear you say it."
It had been a long summer. She had aged in so many ways.
Re: General Mingling [Spring 2013]
She still had the scars to prove why she should be wary of that.
"I don't think you give yourself enough credit," Mercy said gently. "But I'm sure your son will be happy and spoiled and will love his aunt. And if you marry and have other children, they'll be loved too."