13th
Excerpt
from: A Different Morgendorffer, A Different Sloane
Q waved
goodbye as she entered the house.
Helen
was waiting when her younger daughter got home. “Where have you been?” she
asked.
“Out,”
the younger daughter answered.
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Excerpt
from: Spider Quinn
“Oh,”
Daria said.
“About,
the project,” Quinn said. “It hasn’t had a good a start as I would have liked.”
“What
do you mean?” Ted asked as he sat down.
Quinn
then repeated what she had told Daria about Gerald running off.
“I
see,” Ted said when Quinn had finished.
“But
I still have Anna and Ben.”
“That’s
true,” Ted said.
“So,
you want to do an interview?” Daria asked.
“Not
right now,” Ted said. “Tomorrow.”
“That
would be best. Would after school be good?” Quinn asked.
“That
would be good.”
“In
any case. I want to be going. I need to think about things,” Quinn said.
“Sure,”
Ted said.
“Are
you sure?” Daria asked.
“I’ll
see you at home,” Quinn said.
“OK.”
Quinn
then got up and left.
“And
how are you, Daria?” Ted asked. “I realise I haven’t talked to you since your
father passed away.”
“I’m
coping,” Daria answered with her usual slight smile. “But it’s my mother and
Quinn I’m more worried about. Mom has thrown herself more than before. And as
for Quinn, I’m sure you’ve heard about what happened with the Fashion Club.”
“Of
course. But isn’t that a good thing for her, being away from Sandi?”
“In
a way,” Daria responded. “But she’s also spending a lot of time by herself.”
But what she didn’t want to mention to Ted was that she had seen Quinn sneaking
out at night sometimes.
“I
see,” Ted said. “Also, Jane isn’t here.”
“No,
she isn’t,” Daria said. “She’s doing her own thing.”
“But
you’re still friends, right?” Ted asked.
“Of
course we are. She has stuck by me after what happened, happened.”
SpiderGirl
swung away from the Pizza place, towards Dega Street. She had heard the
beginning of Daria and Ted’s conversation. ‘I know you’re concerned, Daria,’
she thought. But there wasn’t much she could do about that. She thought about
the situation with Gerald again. Daria did have some good ideas. ‘I’ll see if
Ms. Li agrees.’ But whether it would be the Planetarium or something else.
‘I’ll find out tomorrow.’
She
then saw Anna, or rather, Felicia on the street.
“SpiderGirl!”
she called.
“Really?”
SpiderGirl asked as she landed.
“Yes,”
Feli said.
“What’s
up?” SpiderGirl asked.
“Um,
something unexpected. The principal has my friend and I in a peer support
program,” Feli said.
‘Little
does she know…’ SpiderGirl groused to herself. “Go on.”
“Like,
completely unexpected!”
“But
you think it’s a good idea?”
“Yes.
But there’s another person, who flaked,” Feli added.
‘I
see that she’s annoyed about Gerald too,’ SpiderGirl thought. “So, you think it
won’t work?”
“It
depends,” Feli paused. “On how the one running the program handles it.
“Well,
I suppose that Li wouldn’t choose someone incapable.”
“But
I don’t completely trust Quinn!”
“What
do you mean?” SpiderGirl asked.
“I
mean, she’s admits she was looking for an extracurricular. I would have trusted
Daria more.”
“But
would this other girl have done it?”
“I’m
not sure.”
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495
Total:
523
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