Now that they had official representation on the Council, and now that Anne considered herself back to nearly full duties with the gardens and livestock (often with Matthew right there with her), Anne decided it was high time time that everyone got together for an official meeting. Or at least as official as a meeting could be when it was held on ( Read more... )

Sunny was dressed in her prettiest fairy costume for the tea party.

Fancy dress was a rule, and anyone not obeying would hear it from her. Or she'd sic Banky on them. In case anyone didn't have fancy clothes, there was a box of them to borrow right at the front of the party: crowns, top hats, capes, scarves, gloves that went all the way up to your ( Read more... )

By no fault but his own, Jason Street'd waited too damned long to get off his ass and try out those new paths ( Read more... )

Sansa has been learning to cook, and though she had recruited Jeyne's help the only thing she was managed to pick up so far was cakes, and sweets and baby food. Which came in handy for the kind of party she was holding. She had only really thought of having it at the last minute after reading about baby showers in something the bookshelf had given ( Read more... )

It was day five of her stay on Tabula Rasa, and Serena was more than ready to jump ship and strike out for home. Had this been Capri or Dubai, she could've chartered a G5 and been back in Manhattan by midnight. The chances of even a van der Woodsen getting her pretty little hands on a private jet here, however, were probably even smaller than the ( Read more... )

Hunched over the small garden near his hut in the Hamlet, Lennox could feel his shoulders and the back of his neck beginning to burn in the sun. It had been a long time since he'd ended up with a sunburn on the island, but it had also been a long time since he'd worked for five hours in the sun without taking a break. Even the building crew broke ( Read more... )

Cuthbert stepped out of the standing-bath, his hair sticking to the sides of his face in wet strands. He was in a particularly fine mood, having had the singular experience of a hot, ever-running shower for the first time one week ago, and just now enjoying his sixth no less. He'd bathed, before, of course, no matter what Cort might say, but either ( Read more... )

( The gunslingers fled through the forest, and the Hambry posse followed... )

Tim was not expecting birthday presents. Because it wasn't his birthday. Days that weren't your birthday rarely bred an expectation of presents, unless the church said you got some. Tim had just handed Dixon off to Bridget and gone upstairs to see what the bookshelf had to offer, feeling in an amiable mood. The jukebox started playing Radio ( Read more... )

After finishing his broadcast for the morning, Vince had headed straight for the clothes box, ever hopeful he'd find more treasures. Kneeling on the floor, he didn't think much of it at first when he pulled out dress after dress, and it wasn't until he had a sizeable pile of flowery girly garments beside him that he realized the box was taking the ( Read more... )