This is not the way Sheila remembers Easter. Of course, in her time one spent the entire day in church on your knees, praying for the Resurrection
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He gets a curious head-tilt in response. "Aye," she replies, taking a bite of the muffin, then the pancake. She looks up into his eyes and Ash looks like he's battling a severe case of indigestion. "She is not ill?" His concern has triggered hers.
It's not that he doesn't get along with his mom, not really. She has the sort of pragmatic toughness mixed with maternal tenderness that comes from raising two kids on your own while working to make ends meet. It's just that he hasn't seen her in quite a while, and, well.. it's awkward.
See this look, Ash? The last time you saw it, Sheila called you a 'blackguard' and ripped a handful of hair out of your head.
She's only slightly less inclined to do it right now.
"Ashley, I am not..." She opens the odd leather bag Fiona bought her at a Valentine's Day sale and takes out a small looking glass, then fusses with her hair. "I am not garb'd fittingly, and..." She sees a woman dressed decently if not becomingly, and a large hickey on the right side of her neck. She glares down at the jeans and sweater she donned, expecting a semi-casual breakfast.
Then she just glares at him. And points at the hickey.
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"Remember when I told you my mom was coming to town?"
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"She's meeting us for brunch."
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She's only slightly less inclined to do it right now.
"Ashley, I am not..." She opens the odd leather bag Fiona bought her at a Valentine's Day sale and takes out a small looking glass, then fusses with her hair. "I am not garb'd fittingly, and..." She sees a woman dressed decently if not becomingly, and a large hickey on the right side of her neck. She glares down at the jeans and sweater she donned, expecting a semi-casual breakfast.
Then she just glares at him. And points at the hickey.
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