Apr 14, 2014 20:36
The Linney household was buzzing with the kind of energy it used to have before Jonah and Marlow became full-fledged adults and moved out, leaving Rowan and Sebastian with a big, empty home and two extra bedrooms that would probably make a pretty decent library and office, respectively, but that Rowan had no heart to change. Besides, where was the fun in teasing her children when future boyfriends or girlfriends came to visit without the remnants of their embarrassing childhoods?
Currently, this little burst of excitement was due to their daughter's twenty-sixth birthday, the family fulfilling their yearly birthday traditions of favorite meals and triple-decker chocolate cakes while wearing the most ridiculous of party hats. Even Sebastian was a good sport about it all. But then, it only came four times a year.
Music filled the home, an old soul playlist that Rowan was obsessed with on the record player, while she fussed around in the kitchen, talking about whatever with Lavender while Marlow helped Jonah set the table, her eyes catching Zacharias's as he sat by her father.
She was hopeful that everyone was going to love him just as much as she did.
jonah linney,
lavender brown,
rowan linney,
zacharias smith,
sebastian linney