|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:47 am
Jan was having a bad day. Now, it didn't appear to be that way on the surface, not with her white-blonde hair loosely secured, her pale blue jeans paint-splattered, and her arms covered to her elbows in dirt. After all, gardening, art, and the guitar resting against the porch of the Sin'Aeis Mansion were some of her favorite things in life. But no, if someone saw how tense her shoulders were, and the harsh way she treated the weeds in the front flower bed, they'd know she was upset.
Sjajan's garden was weedless, because other than playing music and painting, she weeded when she was depressed. If she'd been happier, she'd be playing guitar, or planting something, not ripping dandelions from the earth.
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:04 am
Anisia decided to take advantage of the good weather today and get out of the house. She'd spent most of her time indoors lately because, although the sun was out, it was far too hot to stay outside somtimes in her opinion. But today seemed just right. On a day like this, where better to go other than the mansion where all her friends were?
As she strolled toward her destination, Ani immediately spotted a familiar someone. Sure, Jan's back was facing her, but she didn't have any trouble recognizing her friend. She put a smile on her face and crossed over the front lawn toward her.
"Hi Jan!" She called out, not thinking that the girl might be upset. She figured weeding the flower bed with bare hands was probably a hard job. Ani wasn't sure how many weeds were there before Jan started, but a person would probably have to get down and dirty if they wanted the job done right!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:14 am
An had actually been inside the mansion for quiet some time, cleaning as per usual. She had just then walked out the side door with a bag of garbage that was headed towards the tin can it belonged in. She lifted the lid and dropped it inside, before she couldn't help but hear someone speak behind her. She turned her head and spotted two familer faces. Anisia, who she hadn't seen in forever, and Jani, who she practically saw everyday.
And it was because she would see Jani every day, she immediately noticed something was wrong. That other girl wasn't giving her a hard time, was she? An's expression firmed as she walked right over to the two, rubber gloves and all.
"Hey Anisia, Jani... Jani are you okay? You're really tense." she got strait to the point. She had watched Jani for hours before weeding her garden, and she usually looked so relaxed, not as if she had a million nots in her now very broad shoulders.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:26 am
Jan had stiffened, before recognizing Anisia's voice, which caused her to lift her head, blonde hair falling onto her face as it momentarily lit up, before falling back into nonexpression. Opening her mouth to speak, she closed it as Anny approached, and her brow creased slightly, before smoothing out.
She still never lied, but she'd learned to twist the truth. Pure honesty had gotten her hurt many a time before. Self-conciously, her dirty forearms were crossed behind her back as she got to her feet, kicking a clump of weeds and dirt she'd pulled out of her way as she hurried to a hose, spraying water on them and scrubbing at her arms with soap and a fiercly bristled brush.
"Ah'm fine. Stomach ache, mebbe."
And it was true, the things going on in her house was causing nausea. Ceres had shown up drunk at the Reever home, begging forgiveness from a mentally unstable, heartbroken Indu. Sjajan didn't want the woman in her home.
Rubbing at a smear of dirt on her cheek, but not quite getting it off, she worried at it as she rejoined the two older girls.
"Anisia, Ah ain't seen ya in a lon' while. Migh'y happy ya stopped by..."
Talk about a subject change.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:41 am
It took a quick moment before Ani recognized the now-grown Anny. She hadn't seen her since they were, well, smaller. As toddlers. The blue hair was a giveaway though. "Hi Anny." She replied in polite, but her attention was now back to Jan. She hadn't realized something might be wrong with her.
Her brow furrowed a bit. If Jan was sick, she shouldn't be out here working. "Stomach ache? Are you sick? Maybe we should go inside..." Ani was quite sure that an air-conditioned mansion was better than being outside, sick, and in the heat.
She watched as Jan cleaned herself off, and then smiled a little at the dirt on her cheek as she returned. "Its really nice to see you again too, Jan. But we should go inside...you can get cleaned up better." She replied, still concerned of Jan's stomach ache. She really could clean herself up better inside, and it was a good excuse to get her in.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:54 am
An smiled to the other.. An, and turned her gaze back to Jani. She enjoyed the sentament that Jani knew she liked her friend to be clean, but she was more concerned with the upset stomach.
"I agree with Anisia. We should get you inside, there's some stomach ache medicine in the doctors office downstairs, I'll go get you some." She said as she removed one of her rubber gloves, and grabbed Jani's wrist with the now ungloved hand.
"You can wash up in the bathroom. We'll take care of you, and then you can take care of your garden when your better. I'll turn the sprinklers on if they need to be watered."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:02 am
Jani's eyes widened at the mention of medicine and she shook her head, her stomach ache was nerves, nothing more, besides, if it was manufactured, not organic medicine...
"Allergic... 'Member th' blood at yer 'ouse when we grew? Mebbe Ah shoul' just eat somethin'."
The way her body had rejected the blood she'd tried to drink to be a good guest... It'd almost killed her. She had the same reaction to most non-organic food. Stretching, she smiled slightly at Anisia's genuine concern, and reached out to squeeze the girl's shoulder in thanks before nodding slowly.
"But we kin go inside anyways... 'N Ah put th' sprin'lers on a timer, so no needta worry."
Other wrist held by Ancelin, her left hand slid into her back pocket, a habitual motion, and she allowed herself to be led inside, and to the kitchen, which was rather spotless, thanks to Anny's efforts.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:15 am
When Jan mentioned she was allergic to medicine...then mentioned something about blood when they grew...a few different questions ran through Ani's head. Questions she would ask once Jani agreed to go inside with them.
She gave Jani another smile when she squeezed her shoulder and followed the two of them into the house and toward the kitchen. Now, she wasn't all too familiar with the kitchen, but anyone can recognize a fridge when they see one.
Anisia made her way toward it and opened the door, taking a look around at its contents inside. "Well, since you've been working on the garden, you probably want a drink. Hmm..." She glanced at the different containers, "I'm not sure what any of these are. But did you have anything in mind, Jani?"
She turned back around to face the two of them, "Would you like a drink too, An? Maybe we can make some lemonade and sandwiches."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:48 am
"That sounds like a great idea, Anisia. You go ahead and get out the lemons and I'll get out the juicer and a pitcher." She said, before she looked to Jani in worry.
"Do you want me to fix you anything to eat Jani? I think it's safe to assume that alot of the foods in the fridge are from your garden." okay, granted Jani did like to play in the dirt, and her freckles made her look dirty, and sometimes Jani did come off as a little annoying.. But Jani was pretty much An's best friend. Like hell she was just going to let her sit around with a stomach ache.
"Sugar or no sugar in your lemonade, Jani?" She asked as she opened up a cabnet and pulled out a bowl, juicer cap, and pitcher, and set it on the counter. Depending on Jani's answer, she was going to get out the sugar next.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:16 am
Actually, a lot of it was. Jan's garden had expanded to take up 3/4's of the Reever's large back yard, and now was an acre, along with the smaller one she'd started here. So the girl ended up with a surplus of food, and simply stashed it at the mansion. Aware of her own 'allergies' there were quite a few things she's stocked specially.
"Ah kin make a salad 'n cut some bread. Ya'll kin 'ave some eff ya want, but there's also some lunch meat 'n such in th' fridg'ratur."
Brown eyes linger on Anisia, feeling the unspoken question, she glanced briefly at Ancelin to answer her spoken one.
"There's some nat'rul cane sugah to th' left o' th' normal stuff...?"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:09 am
Despite being unfamiliar with the kitchen, Anisia managed to find the lemons and set them on the counter next to the juicer. She'd honestly never worked a juicer before, so it was probably better if one of the other Sin made the lemonade. At least they would know what they were doing.
She could make sandwiches though! But every kid these days should know how to. Ani searched through the drawers in the refrigerator and found a few different choices of meat, "Does it matter what kind of meat you guys would like in your sandwiches? Or should I just bring out all of them?" She asked, while looking around inside for some other ingredients they could use. Like mayo. Or cheese. A sandwich wasn't complete without those!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:17 pm
"Jani's allergic to meat." An piped up to Ani's meat question, almost on reflex. She then made a small 'eep' sound as she cought herself.
"Uh.. Salad sounds good to me. You gonna just want a cheese sandwhich, Jani?" She asked as she began to neatly slice the lemons in half, prepairing them to be squeezed threw the juicer.
"A plain old roast beef sandwhich with swiss cheese will be good for me Anisia, with a little spicey mustard. Thanks." she said, before she held the juicer up on top of the pitcher, and began to neatly squeeze the lemons over top of it. Careful not to get any on her hands. lemon juice was sticky.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:39 pm
Jan had opened to mouth to answer the oldest girl, when Ancelin answered for her, causing Jan to raise a slender eyebrow momentarily before her face faded back into it's usual expression of nothing as she closed her slightly parted lips.
Fingertips drummed a light rythmn onto the countertop before she got to her feet, a smile briefly lighting her features as she joined Anisia by the fridge, moving close to remove salad ingrediants from the fridge, and to grab a large bowl from the cupboard above them. She didn't even have to stretch to reach it, being far taller than most 12 year old girls.
Also getting a cutting board and large bread knife, she set them down, before selecting a bakery loaf, and slicing it with surprising skill.
"No sammich, please. Thanks though, Anny."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 10:31 am
Anisia grabbed the packet of roast beef she found with the other meat and An's swiss cheese. She stared at the other choices for a moment before she selected her own ham and turkey, along with her own pick of cheese. Ani then closed the drawer and retrieved the mayo and mustard as well.
With her hands full, she dumped everything on an empty spot on the counter, making sure to leave room for the two girls for the other food as well. "You're allergic to meat, Jani?" She asked. But before she began to make the sandwiches, Ani decided she should wash her hands first.
"Are you allergic to anything else?" She asked casually, turning the taps and running her hands beneath the water.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:28 pm
Anny stayed quiet now, letting Jani answer the question for herself. After all, she only knew a couple of Jani's allergies. She wanted to know if there where any others she hadn't heard of yet.
She finished juicing the lemons and then scraped some of the pulp out of the rines and into the drink. She liked those little lemon beat bits inside her drink. If the others didn't want it, she'd simply filter it out. She was a master of filtering by now, with all her pet fish and all. She then looked up at the cabnet where the sugar could be... Only to see she couldn't reach it.
"Jani. Would you be a dear for me and help me get the bag of sugar from this counter?" She asked as she looked over to the taller girl.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reply
