Pixies. Ha! I wonder which is less likely to exist: tiny people with wings, or me having a romantic relationship with Rowan.
That's what Violet thought, lying on the chenille couch in her living room as she licked another spoonful of creamy mocha-chip ice cream. She'd went to bed the night before thinking about what Allen had said, then thought about it the next day, and now she still couldn't drop the idea. She felt utterly hopeless.
It's clearly one of his delusional fantasies! He invests himself in a story and suddenly all he wants to do is live there. Unlike Allen, I have to face reality, and it looks bleak.
"Honey, what are you doing inside? Don't you have plans with Allen or something?"
Violet's mother walked into the room, hand on her hip. She was a very athletic woman, and it showed. She was always pushing Violet to go outside, but today all Violet wanted to do was wallow in her single-ness and eat sugar.
"I'm sick", Violet rasped, then coughed a little for effect.
Her mother raised one manicured eyebrow, "Then stop eating all that ice cream"
Violet moaned, "I'm sick with love, Mom".
No reaction. Apparently, being a lovesick teen wasn't a valid answer.
"Go outside", her mother replied. Apparently Violet needed to brush up on her acting skills.
"Mom! You're colder than coal on a winter's night..." , Violet jumped to her feet. If she could make it to her room, maybe her mother would leave her alone.
"Save the similes for English class, which you are barely pas-" her mother's eyes dropped abruptly.
"What...?", murmured Violet. She glanced down in horror.
There, on the rug given to the Austens as a family heirloom from Violet's great-grandmother, the mocha-chip ice cream bowl lay tipped, it's contents already soaking into the fibers of the rug.
A/N
Apologies for the short chapter. I felt like updating, but I've been a bit busy.
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Sarah
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Romance"Hast thou summoned me here?" asked a melodic voice. Violet whipped around, falling to the ground and scraping her arm against the rock as she gaped at the creature before her. **** Violet has been trying to attract the attention of Rowan for years...
