Just outside of a small book store there was a brightly colored flyer advertising that today at 2pm there would be a reading and book signing done by a new author. Expired fidgeted a bit as he looked at the time. He had arrived entirely too early, but he didn't want to miss it. Today Singsong would be revealing her very first book and he wanted to be supportive, as friend... who hasn't spoken to her since they were children. No big deal, right?
He filtered in with a few others and took refugee along the back wall. There wasn't a very big crowd. It looked like a few of her family members and then a mom with a few uninterested kids. Exp furrowed his brows wanting the kids to quiet down, but it wasn't his place to discipline someone else's kids. Scanning the room he looked to see if she was around.
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 8:09 pm
If Expired Expectations was scanning the room he was sure to see a familiar little mare peeking out from behind the security of a full bookshelf. Because of her constant looking out and then retreating behind the case, if Singsong was imitating a prairie dog she'd get an A+. Honestly if Singsong could live in a hole right now that was exactly where she wanted to be.
This day was supposed to be an exciting moment in her life. She was finally debuting her first book! It was written and illustrated all by herself! Countless hours and labor had finally given way to this day. But this momentous occasion had decided to twist her gut into knots and make her legs as heavy as lead.
She didn't want to go out there. At least not yet. Not now.
The only thing that was helping Singsong stay calm was redoing her bow over and over again. What number was she on now? Twenty? No...she had to be on her fortieth bow at least. Her poor ribbon was limp and wrinkled from her efforts. No matter how many times she untied and retied it the silly thing wasn't perfect enough...
Perfection....Singsong never thought she craved it until she was published. There were still mistakes she wanted to correct that her editor just shrugged away. No one would care that the grass wasn't the greenest of greens they said. And who would notice if the cloud should of been a little bit bigger on page nine?
But as Singsong looked out into the room and her heart thundered like it was part of a storm she KNEW the kids, their parents, HER parents and siblings would care! They would SEE that she double spaced that one sentence when it should of been single space!!
Maybe if she could just catch a smile her nerves would calm? A little encouragement from some kind soul. Singsong must have looked like she was looking for a benevolent being as she desperately sought eye contact. Someone...anyone...please!
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 11:10 am
There she was.
The mare was hiding behind a book shelf, fidgeting with her hair bow. Wow, her hair had grown out so much since the last time her saw her. It looked so soft and bouncy. He swallowed a bit of a lump in his throat as he over thought what his next actions should be. Should he just hide back here. That seemed the safest option, but by the way she was fidgeting she seemed nervous. More nervous than him! That made sense, she was the one debuting a book he was just here for support. By god, if he was here to support her he needed to step out of the shadows and actually show it!
He cast his eyes down at the ground and calmly walked down the isle of seating. Making his way to the front, Exp found a seat in the very first row and started to panic a bit. He thought of retreating when he turned to see Singsong again. He gave a smile, a small awkward smile but still a smile none the less. Finding comfort in his seat he gave a little head tilt motioning for her to come on out.
