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 Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 5:56 pm
The days had definently grown longer as Olivia watched the setting sun off in the distance. Only a few months ago there was snow on the ground and cold everywhere you turned. Now things were warm and a bit of colder weather was greatly appreciated. As she swept up the inside of the shop and began to light the candles she hoped rain would come soon, if only to give Cyrus City a momentary relief from the heat of the summer months.
In the back of the store Ment sat in a chair, still in his usual attire, drapping a moist cold cloth on his forehead. He hated the heat, and spared no expense to get away from it. He didn't mind warmth, but he minded sweating till he was a puddle of water on the floor.
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:13 pm
Samuel held Polly in his hip; just a little pink-haired child in a jumper. The bubblegum boy stared of at the horizon, watching the sun go and and reflecting what levels were the same colors as him. The sun his eye definitely. The clouds were turning pink, like his hair...
He heard the telltale jingle of Samuel opening the door and turned.
"Ment!"
Samuel just smiled and waved to Olivia with his free hand.
"I hope you don't mind me paying a visit so late."
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:27 pm
Olivia lifted her head as she heard the bell ring, ready as always to greet whomever entered her shop with a polite smile. As she lifted her head she heard the familiar voice of a little pink haired boy, and saw the familiar sight of his handsome polite father.
"Samuel? Pollux? This is a pleasant surprise." She smiled, calling for Ment from the back of the shop to come see his pink haired partner in crime.
She gave Samuel a smile, "I don't mind. It's nice to have company who aren't simply customers."
Ment ditched his cool towel and quickly scrambled from the back room to the front of the store expending all the stored up energy from that day, "Polly!"
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:31 pm
Polly giggled and threw his arms out, very much wanting to be held by Ment. Samuel simply let go as Ment got close enough, and Polly attached to the teen like a baby koala.
"Ment! Ment, let's go play!"
Samuel just reached out for Olivia's hand, took it, and kissed the top gently. It was only his third time meeting her, after all.
"I'm glad to hear you say that. Pollux simply insisted that he come play dress-up right now. It was imperative."
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:58 pm
"Alright!" Ment smiled, picking up Polly and rushing upstairs, "Olivia got me some new summer dresses! We can try those on!" And with that Ment had dissapeared taking Pollux with him, giggles of glee echoing from the stairs.
"Pollux really liked coming here to play dress-up with Ment." She smiled, blushing a tad and she was not used to having her hand kissed, or being treated like a lady as Samuel seemed to treat her. "I had to invest in dress up clothes for them so they'd stop trying on my things." She laughed. "How's he been doing? Ment's been very worried about him."
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:05 pm
"Kay!" And Polly's glee disappeared with Ment's. He wondered idly if Ment still had any of the old things he remembered. Even if not, this was bound to be fun!
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"He's been doing just fine," Samuel replied, still smiling softly and trying to maintain eye contact. My, why had he never noticed her elegance before...
"He's doing very well in his studies."
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:20 pm
Olivia chuckled, fiddleing with the broom in her hand, "At least you can get Polly to study. I tried teaching Ment before, it ended with how to add and subtract and how to work a register. He never seemed interested in anything else."
"Would you like to come to the back room and sit down?" Olivia offered, "I'm sure standing the whole time will get tiresome."
In the meanwhile Ment was busy with Polly pulling old trunks of dresses and skirts and blouses out from underneath his bed to show him, "Some of these things 'Livia got me while you were away, like all the winter clothes and whatnot."
He held up a light blue dressed edged with white fur at the collar, "Isn't it pretty?"
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:26 pm
"Yes, please," Sammie nodded, waiting to be led away and responding to Olivia's previous statement, "I don't ask much of Pollux, but he seems genuinely interested now. His creole is...quite good, actually." Ah, and the man was beaming with pride!
"Oooh~" Polly cooed from atop Ment's bed. He ran his fingers through the fur and smiled. "It's so soft! Can I try it on?"
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:05 am
"I'm glad he's doing so well. He seems like he's going to have a bright future ahead of him. In what I have no idea, but it's a bright future." She laughed, remembering all the odd dress-up playdates Ment and him had. Perhaps he would open one of those fancy boutiques in the future. This excited Olivia greatly as she would definently be hiting him up for discounts if that was so.
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"Sure." Ment said, carefully unbuttoning the back of the dress and pulling down the zipper. "It's really delicate on the inside, so be-careful. 'Livia said it's made from a special type of silk that's supposed to feel weightless but keep you really warm when you go outside in the cold with it on."
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:13 am
"Indeed," Samuel said with a little nod, "He seems to be quite interested in fashion. Fashion and hair. Pardon me for saying this, but I do believe he may grow up to be a homosexual." It was said entirely offhandedly, no scorn or damnation in his tone. It was simply an observation, nothing more!
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Polly cooed again and gently slid his arms into the arm holes. He moved slowly, carefully. The last thing he wanted to do as hurt such a pretty dress!
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:43 am
"You think your son is gonna grow up to be a queer too?" Olivia remarked, a little more crass in her expressions than he was. She smiled and shook her head, "At least they're both beautiful kids whether in boys clothes or girls. They won't have any problems finding mates....Why is my son prettier than me? It makes no sense at all..."
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"Doesn't it feel nice, Polly?" Ment smiled, helping him button and zipper it up in the back. "'Livia said it came with matching glass slippers, but doesn't trust me in them. I think she's afraid I'll trip."
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:46 am
Samuel laughed. He'd never been one for slang, but hearing it come out of such a lady's mouth was quite amusing.
"Olivia, I do not believe what you say. You are quite beautiful." He was smiling softly, eyes honest and slightly coy. Oh, Sammie, you flirt!
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"Oooh, yeah," Polly smiled, closing his eyes and hugging himself, "It's real nice. Real soft."
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:19 pm
"Like an unpolished brass lamp." She laughed, sproinging one of her neatly fashioned ringlets. "It's nice talking to someone who is in my type of situation, Samuel. You and I sitting here talking about our kids when most people my own age aren't even married, let alone have children."
She sighed abit, scratching the back of her neck, "I tried talking about Ment to some man the other day while at the market and he gave me such a look I cannot even describe it. Like he was either amazed or horrified at the fact I have a son and that he is a teenager."
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"Since things picked up in the shop we've been able to buy nicer clothes. I asked 'Livia why we don't move the shop to a different location in the upper-scale places, but she gave me this look like I said something wrong."
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:23 pm
Samuel just smiled, watching the curl bounce. Oh, Olivia, if you didn't want to take compliments, then he simply would have to...bombard you with more! But that was for a later date.
"Oh, indeed. This is quite strange for my family. There are 7 children, and my mother is only just now reaching 40. My parents were married before she was even 16. I'm still waiting, though, for the right woman."
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"People are mean out there," Polly said. Daddy always talked about how people who mad money were mean, and they had to try very hard to not be mean themselves.
"Anyway, I'd miss you if you moved away."
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:57 am
"My....That's a lot of kids." Olivia murmured, somewhat amazed at the fact any given woman could possibly go through with concieving, carrying, birthing and raising seven children without blowing a gasket at least once.
Olivia was an only child, no brothers, no sisters, hell she didn't even remember her parents. She was raised by her Nana as a child after her mother died, and her father went back to fishing on the larger boats.
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"Mnn. They are sometimes. Like the people who still won't give 'Livia and I electricity." Ment huffed, playing with a strand of his hair. "We can afford the bill so why won't they give it to us?"
"I'd miss you too Polly. But we'd only be a little farther in the city if we did move."
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