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High-functioning Marshmallow
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 Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:10 pm
 
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:05 pm
 Oh? A visitor? Who might that be? She had just baked her last loaf of bread! The old woman walked toward the door, really having no idea who that might have been. The only people she had over, outside of her family, where Walter and Hansel, and neither of them usually showed up without calling first. She looked trough the curtain, trying to see who it was. it was a young woman that Gladice had never seen before. This was rather odd, considering she pratingly knew all of the island. Perhaps it was a travelling sales woman? Good! She loved to listen to their two hours long speech before politely refusing to buy anything which usual made them want to cry for having wasted their time with her. Oh well, their fault for trying to sell her things she could just as easily buy over the Infomercial on TV. Like the magic bullet! She had bough one a couples years ago, only to throw it in the garbage the next week. Wast of money it had been. She opened the door, looking at Tess with a questioning look and completely failing to notice Junior standing next to her. "Yes, can I help you?" She asked. Surely, that woman wanted something.
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Zemblanity Insomnia Captain
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High-functioning Marshmallow
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:47 am
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:53 am
Drifting her eyes to where Teresa was pointing, the old woman finally noticed the young boy. "Oh dear..." She started when she finally understood what was happening... or at least a part of it. "Come in, honey, just... just come in..." The woman made way for the two unannounced guess to enter the house. As per usually, she went straight to the kitchen and started to make tea. That was the right way to great guess in your house. As well as getting some pastries. Get them fat so you can cook them later! MWahahahah. Okay, maybe not. She was just a sweet old grandma. "Sit down you two, I'm making tea, it should be ready soon." Concidering she always had a kettle with hot water on the oven, it didn't took long for the orange flavoured white tea, which she served to both of them. It didn't have any kind of caffeine in it, so it was good for the small boy. Of course, it was accompanied by some sweet food. The old woman then sat across the table, in front ot Tess, brought both of her hands together as if she was praying and rested her chin on the tip of her fingers, eyes closed as she though for a minute. When she reopened her eyes, she looked straight at Teresa. "You know... I had wished that Kade was only making ome sort of sick joke or something but... he really did adopted a child and named him after Yoakim, did he?" It was more of a rhetorical question than anything else, but she needed someone somewhat sane to answer it to her.
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Zemblanity Insomnia Captain
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High-functioning Marshmallow
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:20 pm
There wasn't anything wrong with tea, but, well.. It was too.. vague? Practically flavorless. She wasn't going to reject it, though, and at least the hot water felt nice going down. She was pretty happy to see the sweet treat given with it. At least she had something to counter the watered flavor. She took a bite while Gladice gathered her thoughts, letting the kid play with the hot drink oddly. ..It was better than him muttered alone in a corner, she decided quietly to herself, and it was kinda cute to watch him be so fascinated by just a drink. Her attention was turned back onto Gladice when the woman spoke, though. “Yeah.. He did.” She answered with a frown, “Well, hey, it's not a bad name. Your son doesn't live here anymore, so, not that big of a deal.” ..It kinda was, but the kid would get over any confusion eventually. She looked at Yoakim's grandmother and felt a knot in her stomach – Oh, God, Kade was going to call her a traitor. “This is going to sound weird, but, you don't mind if you don't tell anyone we met? I don't want to become anymore the bad guy than I already am.”
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:43 pm
"Grandson, not son" The old woman corected the youngest one. Which would made Junior her Great Grand Children? Oh God.... Then again, Yoakim and Eleonore just had one of their own... She was growing old too fast! She smiled at Tess, nodding slowly. She had heard the rumours going around about how Kade was classifying the whole LeBlanc and Vatonage family under the "demon" categories. She could understand the boy's anger, but that still wouldn't stop her from slamming her cane on his head if she was to met him. He had all the right in the world to be angry and the two lovers, but not the rest of their families. "Of course, I won't say a word...." She had already understood that the woman had came over without telling Kade about her visit. Whatever he motives were, Gladice would respect that. "Now please, do tell me what brought you here?" Surely that wasn't just a visit to meet the 'extended family'...
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Zemblanity Insomnia Captain
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High-functioning Marshmallow
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Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:20 am
“Well, I wanted to ask a favor.” She said easily enough, “I'm saddled with the kid now – not that I mind, he's a good kid,” She added hastily when Junior turned his head her way, his mouth quivering. Boy had gotten a bit sensitive as of late, but it was understandable. “But I've got.. Uh, a date. I thought that since you were legally family too, you wouldn't mind keeping an eye on him while I go out? It's not for long, but I don't want to leave the kid alone.” She hesitated, a rare thing for her to do, with a look at Junior, who only gave her a blank one in return. She turned back to Gladice, “He had a fight with Kade, so I don't want to leave him alone. There isn't much for him to do at the inn.” She added with a soft shrug. The old woman should understand.. and if she scolded her for ditching a kid on basically a stranger, then, well, she would just have to go find somewhere else to leave him.
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Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:35 am
Gladice bowed her head, letting a sigh out as she shook it from left to right. Oh Kade, what kind of trouble had he put himself into this time? She raised back her head with a warm smile on her face. "I do not mind keeping him here. I would enjoy the company... but..." She frowned a little, not quite sure how to bring that subject up. Instead, she took a sip out of her cup of tea in order to buy herself sometime. She kept the cup much longer than needed on her lips. It was quite apparent that she was thinking, trying to not be rude or anything. It wasn't the woman's fault. It was all of Kade's. She still had trouble to understand how the boy had been able to go through with the adoption and everything. She finally put the cup down and looked at Theresa. "About the legally part... You do know that Yoakim doesn't know about the existence of... well, Yoakim? Kade never told him anything about it and... well..." She took another moment, letting the silence trail off. "Well, he just got himself a kid of his own... I'm just saying that... Perhaps... a change in parental rights? For the kid's own good? Of course, that would mean that your brother would have a very difficult phone call to make... That is not mine, nor your business to do."
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Zemblanity Insomnia Captain
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High-functioning Marshmallow
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Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 2:03 am
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Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 2:12 am
"And him having a.... That he would never know, is better? While if the parental right are removed, he could get adopted by someone else that Kade would meet later on." Really, Gladice was only trying to help. If Kade would meet someone in the future and would get married with him, wouldn't that other man want to have the possibility of adopting Junior? Just the fact that he was named like that was already a bit far fetch. What would happen when the boy ask who's 'Junior' he is. "Ah, yes, of course." She got up and walked toward the living room where she got herself a pen and a peice of paper. She quickly wrote Yoakim's new phone number and brought it back to Theresa, putting it in front of her. "I'm not forcing you to do it. Just... jut think of it.... and maybe talk about it with Kade... Is he..Is he better? I haven't seen him in half a year and... the last time I saw him he was... Well, quite a bit delusional..."
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Zemblanity Insomnia Captain
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High-functioning Marshmallow
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Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:42 pm
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Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:20 pm
Good... good. It was good that Kade wasn't trying to kill himself and was eating. Truth to be told, she was worried about the boy feeding himself, considering she had been the one cooking for him fo the last two years and a half. However, what did she mean when she said that he wasn't alright? She could only think that he was still sad over Yoakim, and there wasn't much either of them could do about that. She went back to her chair and crossed her arms on the table, looking at the two Waldroup in her house. A faint smile was still on her lips. "Ah, yes. This is my family house. Been here for around 200 years. It surprisingly survived the hurricane five years ago. When I came back here with Yoakim, I wasn't really expecting him to leave so soon. In fact, I was expecting him to take over this house for his family whenever he would get one, but.. uh, things don't always work like you think. I still have two other grandchildren on this island plus more family away, I'm sure one of them would be happy to inherit this place whenever I kick the bucket." On that, she took a sip of tea, shrugging. She knew she was old and that she would die. Why being serious about that part? not like she wouldn't be around for another 20 years anyway. No way she was dying while Gaston was still a mayor. All hell would break loose if that was to happen. "It's not so bad to live here alone, however. And I do have mister Weber that comes here once in a while to help around. He's been a great help."
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Zemblanity Insomnia Captain
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High-functioning Marshmallow
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:31 pm
..Late. Oh, s**t, she was late! She took one last sip of her tea as some kind of punishment before standing up, “Fun as it's been, Gladice, I'm gonna have to go before my date feels like he's been stood up. Have fun with Junior and – uh, where'd..?” She looked at the chair he had occupied, which was now empty as the child had sunk below the table during the chat. He was now crouching down there with his pastry and munching it in his hiding spot, looking at the feet of the women while he chatted with his rock. Theresa didn't check for him, only blinking with a small shake of the head. Whatever, kid couldn't have wandered off far. She gave a small wave to Gladice, “He won't be much trouble. Call me if you need anything – uh, my..” No cell phone. Damn it. “Well, I'll be back. You have permission to punish him, alright? If he does something he isn't supposed to.” She was sure the old lady wouldn't do anything horrible, probably a small smack on his hand or a light scolding accompanied with a hug and cookies.
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Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 12:25 pm
She had the right to punish him? Good! She hadn't used the chainsaw in a while... Would be what the author would say, but Gladice was too damn sweet to do that, unfortunatly. She told the female Waldroup good by and proceeded to clean the table. Once she was washing the dishes, she finally noticed the little boy under the table playing with... a rock? Well, whatever float his boat. "Do you want anything Yoa....Junior?" Calling the kid Yoakim just seemed... wrong. She couldn't bring herself to do it. "You can go watch some TV if you want, or play outside, or I think I have some chocolate cake... " All options sounded better than playing with a rock in her mind...
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Zemblanity Insomnia Captain
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High-functioning Marshmallow
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:14 am
~Exit Theresa (Lazy)~
'Playing' was probably the wrong word for that – more like chattering away at the inanimate object. He stopped his conversation on how he missed his video games, carefully avoiding, even alone, the talk about the bird and those two men. He couldn't even write it down, let alone talk to Zap about it! Maybe when he was alone he could try.. Ah, but, now, he had to look at.. Grandma? No, she was.. the old lady. Tess called her that, while Kade's words for her he knew he shouldn't repeat. They didn't sound very nice and he knew he wouldn't like being called that, so.. He stared at the old lady. Watching TV? He couldn't reach the television at his old house and he was never allowed to touch it before then, so he didn't really know any shows he would like to watch. He shook his head. Playing outside wasn't as nice as talking with Zap.. He always felt awkward doing that. A second shake. Nope, nothing sounded better than – oh. Chocolate cake? Sugar made him happy! He crawled out from under the table, Zap tucked in his arm carefully. “...” He stared at the old lady some more, expectant in his wait for cake.
~D< Gladice gave the boy some cake and they watched soaps together! The End~
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