Happy Mother's Day

[strangetomato]

I have a little snippet of a story to share with you in honour of Mother's Day. My weekend at home got me to thinking about how different this day is for different people. I'm pretty tired, so it's not as polished as it could be, but I thought I'd share it anyway.










"So have you had a good day?"

"Yes, it's been great."




"The twins put so much effort into their little picnic lunch. It was perfect."

"I helped them a little."

"Yes, I thought so."




"Were you surprised when Jill showed up?"

"Not really, but it was still nice. I loved the flowers."

"They were pretty."

"Now, if I hear from our boy, my day will be complete."

"Sounds like that might be him now."






"Hello?"

"Happy Mother's Day!"

"Thank you, Johnny. How are Ophelia and Ripp doing? How's your trip?"




"Oh, they're fine. It's going well. You know, it's a trip. Just the usual stuff. Not much to say. So how was your day?"

"Say hi to them for me, okay?"

"Yes, Mom. I will."




"Hey Phi."

"Is Johnny on the phone?"

"Yeah. With Jenny. So... how are you?"

"Oh. I'm fine."




"You got that right. You're damn fine."

"Ripp..."

"You smiled, I saw it. There was a smile there."

"Yeah."

"Come here."




"Happy Mother's Day."

Comments

[meetme2theriver.livejournal.com]

I think I'm kinda confused about the timeline. This is before the wedding, and Sugar Tits?

But it's very sweet, anyway, and a little sad. :(

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

It's set in the current chapter, which runs parallel to the last two. I know it's confusing, but I think the alternative would be equally confusing, and even less organized (and hey - the story has never been that organized - it's a mess :P).

The chapters I'm doing right now are all spanning the entire last year of university (for that group), and all end around the same time, with a number of significant events happening on the same day (wedding, sugar tits being initialized, and we haven't gotten to it yet in this chapter 31, but you'll see what I mean).

[meetme2theriver.livejournal.com]

Ah, they're parallel, that makes more sense then. :)

Well, I'm looking forward to more as always!