Chocolate #1, #12, #4 - Soy #10 - Candy Bar Crunch #21, #9
Author: askingxalice
Title: Proposal
Story: Phase
Timeline: April 2009
Challenge: Chocolate #1 (loyalty), Soy #10 (wishful thinking)
Word Count: 254
Rating: G
Quickly pulling a shirt over her head as she rushed toward the front door, Adrianna didn’t bother checking through the peephole to see who was outside. If someone was banging on her door hard enough to rattle the walls, it must be something important.
“I need you to marry me.”
She had never expected to hear that phrase from anybody in her lifetime, especially from Oz. Flabbergasted, Adrianna blinked before taking a shaky step backwards to let him into the apartment. “Um... You’re going to have to explain that to me. Just a little, maybe.” She stuttered as he pushed past her.
Pacing back and forth across the living room, Oz answered in a rush. “We need to get married. Not right away or anything, because I’m still planning this out, but it can work. I just need to find something to keep going to school for, so my student visa doesn’t expire, and we can get all the paperwork and everything figured out during then and find out the best way to make this seem real.”
Grabbing him by the arm to stop his pacing and rambling both, Adrianna wasn’t any less confused as she interrupted him. “Oz, you aren’t making any - Just calm down and take a breath and tell me what the hell is going on, alright?”
Looking at Adrianna with panicked eyes, Oz’s answered in a choked voice as if just speaking his next words broke his heart. “I can’t leave him.”
And with that, it all made sense.
Author: askingxalice
Title: Promises
Story: Phase
Timeline: July 2010 - Takes place at the same time as Secrets
Challenge: Chocolate #12 (understanding), Candy Bar Crunch #21 (heart of gold)
Toppings: Cookies Crumbs, Rainbow Sprinkles
Word Count: 348
Rating: G
“But he was kissin’ a boy!”
If there was anything in her lifetime that took her by surprise, it was hearing from her four year old daughter that her twenty six year old cousin was interested in men. Sunset was used to her daughter making up odd stories here and there for attention, but those usually involved things like having a purple horse as a pet. Somehow, this didn’t seem to fit that modus operandi. “Julia...”
“I did see it, Mama, I swear it!”
“No, Julia. I’m not saying I don’t believe you. I’m saying...“ Pausing to take a moment to think of how she was going to try and keep this under wraps, Sunset let out a sigh, running her hand through her hair before she could think about the action. Damn it. Now she’d need a hairbrush and something to drink. “Remember how we talked about people having secrets, and how we shouldn’t tell other people those secrets?”
‘Remember when I talked to you about not blabbing about people being gay when you were the flower girl at you Adrianna’s wedding?’ Sunset wryly thought, making a note to bring that up at some embarrassing moment in about ten years or so. Only half hearing Julia’s protest, the woman gave her daughter her best ‘Mommy Knows Best’ look. “Remember?”
“Yes, Mama. I didn’t know it was a secret, though.”
Amusement rushing through her at Julia’s sudden bout of sulking, Sunset managed to drag a promise out of Julia to keep this to herself from now on before pushing her back towards the reception hall. Following her daughter after a moment of contemplation, she chuckled quietly to herself as she slipped back into the room. In Sunset’s opinion, it was very lucky for both Oz and Andy that people only see what they want to. But now that she thought about it, it wasn’t hard to realize that Oz hadn’t been giving that loving look to Adrianna when she was walking up the aisle.
That look had been reserved for the man who had been giving her away.
Author: askingxalice
Title: Family
Story: Phase
Timeline: September 2015
Challenge: Chocolate #4 (frustration), Candy Bar Crunch #9 (kick your butt)
Extra: Pocky, Cherry (All dialogue)
Word Count: 65
Rating: PG
Notes: The idea and one line in particular for this piece was borrowed with permission from gandolforf , from her story here.
“Hey. Hey. Oz. Question. Does this fetus make me look fat?”
“No. The fact that you were impregnated with either mine or Andy’s sperm about five months ago makes you look fat. The fetus is just a side effect.”
“...You know, just because I lent you my womb and an egg or two doesn’t mean I won’t kick your ass.”
“I love you too, Sarah.”
Title: Proposal
Story: Phase
Timeline: April 2009
Challenge: Chocolate #1 (loyalty), Soy #10 (wishful thinking)
Word Count: 254
Rating: G
Quickly pulling a shirt over her head as she rushed toward the front door, Adrianna didn’t bother checking through the peephole to see who was outside. If someone was banging on her door hard enough to rattle the walls, it must be something important.
“I need you to marry me.”
She had never expected to hear that phrase from anybody in her lifetime, especially from Oz. Flabbergasted, Adrianna blinked before taking a shaky step backwards to let him into the apartment. “Um... You’re going to have to explain that to me. Just a little, maybe.” She stuttered as he pushed past her.
Pacing back and forth across the living room, Oz answered in a rush. “We need to get married. Not right away or anything, because I’m still planning this out, but it can work. I just need to find something to keep going to school for, so my student visa doesn’t expire, and we can get all the paperwork and everything figured out during then and find out the best way to make this seem real.”
Grabbing him by the arm to stop his pacing and rambling both, Adrianna wasn’t any less confused as she interrupted him. “Oz, you aren’t making any - Just calm down and take a breath and tell me what the hell is going on, alright?”
Looking at Adrianna with panicked eyes, Oz’s answered in a choked voice as if just speaking his next words broke his heart. “I can’t leave him.”
And with that, it all made sense.
Author: askingxalice
Title: Promises
Story: Phase
Timeline: July 2010 - Takes place at the same time as Secrets
Challenge: Chocolate #12 (understanding), Candy Bar Crunch #21 (heart of gold)
Toppings: Cookies Crumbs, Rainbow Sprinkles
Word Count: 348
Rating: G
“But he was kissin’ a boy!”
If there was anything in her lifetime that took her by surprise, it was hearing from her four year old daughter that her twenty six year old cousin was interested in men. Sunset was used to her daughter making up odd stories here and there for attention, but those usually involved things like having a purple horse as a pet. Somehow, this didn’t seem to fit that modus operandi. “Julia...”
“I did see it, Mama, I swear it!”
“No, Julia. I’m not saying I don’t believe you. I’m saying...“ Pausing to take a moment to think of how she was going to try and keep this under wraps, Sunset let out a sigh, running her hand through her hair before she could think about the action. Damn it. Now she’d need a hairbrush and something to drink. “Remember how we talked about people having secrets, and how we shouldn’t tell other people those secrets?”
‘Remember when I talked to you about not blabbing about people being gay when you were the flower girl at you Adrianna’s wedding?’ Sunset wryly thought, making a note to bring that up at some embarrassing moment in about ten years or so. Only half hearing Julia’s protest, the woman gave her daughter her best ‘Mommy Knows Best’ look. “Remember?”
“Yes, Mama. I didn’t know it was a secret, though.”
Amusement rushing through her at Julia’s sudden bout of sulking, Sunset managed to drag a promise out of Julia to keep this to herself from now on before pushing her back towards the reception hall. Following her daughter after a moment of contemplation, she chuckled quietly to herself as she slipped back into the room. In Sunset’s opinion, it was very lucky for both Oz and Andy that people only see what they want to. But now that she thought about it, it wasn’t hard to realize that Oz hadn’t been giving that loving look to Adrianna when she was walking up the aisle.
That look had been reserved for the man who had been giving her away.
Author: askingxalice
Title: Family
Story: Phase
Timeline: September 2015
Challenge: Chocolate #4 (frustration), Candy Bar Crunch #9 (kick your butt)
Extra: Pocky, Cherry (All dialogue)
Word Count: 65
Rating: PG
Notes: The idea and one line in particular for this piece was borrowed with permission from gandolforf , from her story here.
“Hey. Hey. Oz. Question. Does this fetus make me look fat?”
“No. The fact that you were impregnated with either mine or Andy’s sperm about five months ago makes you look fat. The fetus is just a side effect.”
“...You know, just because I lent you my womb and an egg or two doesn’t mean I won’t kick your ass.”
“I love you too, Sarah.”