FILLED- Of Late Nights and Tea, PGserenitymeimeiFebruary 14 2011, 04:52:18 UTC
(Edited 'cause I didn't see that we had to put the rating in the subject line. Go me!)
Kate's never had a taste for tea.
Her mother tried to get her to drink it for years but she always refused, equating it to the taste of dirty water- dirty hot water. Somehow though, about six months after she'd moved into the Sanctuary Magnus had cajoled her into lingering in front of the fireplace in the library once a week, drinking from dainty china teacups that were probably decades older than she was while they talked about anything and everything. She didn't want to be rude, they were just starting to trust her and she didn't want to fuck it up, so she accepted the offer and sipped at the hot liquid until one day she suddenly found herself drinking the entire cup
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Re: Sunrise, PGlanna_kittyFebruary 14 2011, 20:26:17 UTC
"Woah."
"Indeed."
"That's a big damn hole."
"Language."
"Sorry." Ashley bit her lip then added. "But it is." She could feel her mother's silent laugh and smiled to herself.
Before them stretched the almost incomprehensible expanse Grand Canyon. They found a free spot on a low wall and sat, waiting for the run to rise with a handful of other tourists. Feeling warmer, Ashley eased the grip she had on her coat, easing the zipper down a little.
Ashley followed the distant ribbon of the Colorado River with her eyes. "Can we go to the bottom?"
"If we like. I've been reading it's far easier going down than up and it takes most of the day."
"Reading? You haven't been here before?"
Her mother hugged her arm, a tiny smile playing on her lips. "No. I've never been here before."
"No way!" Helen Magnus had been everywhere. How could she not have come to one of the, well, literally biggest natural attractions on the planet. It wasn't even like she lived in the UK anymore. Ashley was seventeen, so yeah, she hadn't been everywhere yet, but
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Kate's never had a taste for tea.
Her mother tried to get her to drink it for years but she always refused, equating it to the taste of dirty water- dirty hot water. Somehow though, about six months after she'd moved into the Sanctuary Magnus had cajoled her into lingering in front of the fireplace in the library once a week, drinking from dainty china teacups that were probably decades older than she was while they talked about anything and everything. She didn't want to be rude, they were just starting to trust her and she didn't want to fuck it up, so she accepted the offer and sipped at the hot liquid until one day she suddenly found herself drinking the entire cup ( ... )
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"Indeed."
"That's a big damn hole."
"Language."
"Sorry." Ashley bit her lip then added. "But it is." She could feel her mother's silent laugh and smiled to herself.
Before them stretched the almost incomprehensible expanse Grand Canyon. They found a free spot on a low wall and sat, waiting for the run to rise with a handful of other tourists. Feeling warmer, Ashley eased the grip she had on her coat, easing the zipper down a little.
Ashley followed the distant ribbon of the Colorado River with her eyes. "Can we go to the bottom?"
"If we like. I've been reading it's far easier going down than up and it takes most of the day."
"Reading? You haven't been here before?"
Her mother hugged her arm, a tiny smile playing on her lips. "No. I've never been here before."
"No way!" Helen Magnus had been everywhere. How could she not have come to one of the, well, literally biggest natural attractions on the planet. It wasn't even like she lived in the UK anymore. Ashley was seventeen, so yeah, she hadn't been everywhere yet, but ( ... )
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