Katie!!!

[evie_fay]

Evelyn stood in the center of her room, surrounded by boxes. She had a pair of scissors in her hand, which she was using to open the boxes filled with her clothes, books, and childhood toys she'd been too lazy to get rid of

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[katie___bell]

"I'd never seen someone collect rocks before," Katie said, shaking her head. "If you think about it, seventeen years is a long time."

She stood up next to Evie. "Anything I can help you with?"

[evie_fay]

"Yeah," Evelyn replied, handing her the scissors. "If you could open all the boxes, that would be great. Let me know if you find any with clothes."

[katie___bell]

"Okay," Katie said, taking the scissors. She started opening one box, and then another. "This one has clothes," she said pointing to the specific box.

[evie_fay]

"Lovely," Evelyn said, abandoning the box she'd been digging through to go to the one Katie had pointed at.

She picked it up, went to the bed and dumped it out.

"Let's see here," she said, beginning to sort the clothes into untidy piles. "Keep, keep keep, doesn't fit, don't know why I bought it in the first place, keep...Why do I own so many ugly shirts?" she asked Katie, holding up a flowered shirt with ratty lace on the sleeves.

[katie___bell]

"Have you worn any of them in a long time?," Katie asked. "Maybe we should go shopping somewhere."

[evie_fay]

Evelyn tossed the shirt into the "don't keep" pile and turned to Katie, grinning.

"We should!" she said, excited. "I bet Julie'll let me borrow the car, once we get everything unpacked. Oh, this is going to be fun!"

[katie___bell]

"Definitely," Katie said, excitedly. "When do you think we could go?"

[evie_fay]

"Let's see," Evelyn said, dumping her armful of "keep" clothes unceremoniously into a pile on the floor. "If we can get most of this shit unpacked today, then we could go tomorrow at the earliest."

[katie___bell]

"That would be good," Katie said, as she opened up another box. "So much stuff to unpack.."

[evie_fay]

"No kidding," Evelyn said, tossing the "don't keep" clothes into the hallway. "What's in this one?" she asked, going over to see what was in the box Katie had opened.

[katie___bell]

"More clothes," Katie said, holding a shirt out. "And some other things..."

[evie_fay]

"Clothes are boring," Evelyn said, tossing them all into the closet. "I'll hang them up later. What else is in here?"

[katie___bell]

"Some other stuff," Katie said as she started pulling out more things from the box. "Interesting though.."

She looked back up at Evie as she pulled some more things out. "I hope you don't mind, but I might visit my best friend soon for a bit. She's having some problems of her own and she needs somebody to cheer her up, so I'm going to visit her."

[evie_fay]

"Not at all," Evelyn said. "Not like we're holding you hostage or anything."

She surveyed the room. They'd made good progress. There were only a few more boxes left. She went to start unpacking one as she said, "I have to go see my mum soon anyway. Once a month, whether I need it or not."

[katie___bell]

"I know," Katie said with shrug. "But I would feel bad if I didn't let you know about it."

She started to open another box. "How is your mum?"

[evie_fay]

Evelyn shrugged.

"Who knows, who cares? Probably drunk off her ass, if I know her. If I could get out of going, I would, but, unfortunately, my parents share custody, though Dad has primary care of me. But it means that, according to the custody agreement, I have to see her once a month. What fun."