Secretly, as she bustled about in her full skirt and sweater set, Veronica Mars worried that a party might have been a bad idea, a breeding ground for germs and disaster. The more she worked, though, the less she worried (though she was still a touch concerned that her skin had begun to take on the characteristic piggy pink tinge that was a sign of ( Read more... )

Draco woke up in his cozy bed, in the company of friends just across the room, and felt absolutely spectacular. A bright grin stretched his pale face, and though he couldn't hear them, he knew that the birds were singing outside. That the day was lovely and warm, and it was the perfect time for a little sun, on the beach. Clambering out of bed, he ( Read more... )

After all was said and done, the party was set for Monday after classes. Tim, with Coraline's help ( and her pie chart), attended decorating and food for a barbeque, and Dick secured the use of Rock Band the way he did most things: by charming someone else into doing it for him, in this case, Elphaba, with a promise to show her how to play (which ( Read more... )

Spike wasn't looking for anything in particular as he approached the bookshelf that afternoon, which may have been his first mistake. Not that he'd had much luck with it even when he did want something, but giving the damn thing carte blanche to...riffle through his mind and pick what would most disturb him, if that was what it actually did, ( Read more... )

The beach was amazing out. It was that perfect combination of warm-but-not-too-hot and not-quite-deathly-humid. There were plenty of people on the beach, of course, since it was one of the more popular places for people to go, but there were two that stood out in sharp contrast to the rest. It wasn’t that she was purple or that he didn’t have a ( Read more... )

Mike's never really been one for birthday parties, but that's pretty much just a rule that applies to his own, because he's thrown himself into the planning for this with a fervor that's surprised him a little. And he's had help; there's Tom with the general logistics, Delirium and Veronica with an impressive spread of food, and while he's not sure ( Read more... )

Delirium rarely dreamed but when she did the dreams were vivid and colourful. Cannibal balloon men tearing each other apart and feasting on long balloon intestines filled with cotton candy. A woman standing at the edge of a cliff before falling into a sea of red horses. A child dressed in a purple playsuit with a television aerial sticking out of ( Read more... )

Objectively speaking, her drafting of landscapes and buildings showed a spark of real talent. Her life drawings, on the other hand, could not be classed as anything but abysmal. For as well as she read people and was able to be helpful in parsing their problems, she still could not seem to translate the cues that gave meanings to their actions onto ( Read more... )

It's been a month already, but so far Jack hasn't felt like the transition into parenthood has been particularly difficult. He thinks Kate might feel a bit different, considering she's the one who has to feed Sam and had to go through the labour, but he thinks that they're both sort of lucky. Sam doesn't scream, he doesn't shriek and he doesn't ( Read more... )

Delirium closed her eyes and inhaled.

Well, I mean... what I mean is, what are you?She remembered... she remembered hiding under blue-green table cloths so dark that they were almost black but were soft and safe. Her secret place to hide under when all the stars looked at her with burning eyes and saw her, saw things she didn't want them to see. ( Read more... )