That noise you hear is not noise, dammit. It's Iron Maiden's
Live After Death, recorded at Long Beach Arena and the Hammersmith Apollo in the year Leah was born and she'll throw things at your head if you call it noise.
Of course, if you want to complain about the hijacking of the sound system, find the girl in blue jeans at the pool table,
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She's being watched, all right, by a smallish girl of eleven. She's wearing a sundress over blue jeans, and her eyes are wide and her smile is a little shy.
"My mom can do that," she says. "But I don't know hardly anyone else who can." She's a ways away, watching from over the back of a couch. (The music got her attention.)
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"Your Mum's a snooker player? Or just flashy?"
Leah's just flashy.
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"I'm Laura," she adds. It's not quite blurted. "Laura Bailey."
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"Michael and Robert's lil' sis, right? I'm Leah."
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She's also humming along with the music, quietly.
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Nice rack.
"Hey."
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She is trying to do her homework by the fire with a cup of hot chocolate, but that music is totally distracting and loud. Not that she was looking for a reason to be distracted.
She looks up and over to the pool table, back down at her textbook, back over to the pool table for a longer moment, then gets up. She brings the mug but not the Morte d'Arthur.
She's a tallish girl in a purple sweater dress; the boots make her a little taller, although it's more thick soles than a real heel. Her new haircut is short, and flips up at the back. She's not sure whether or not she hates it. "Hey," she says. "Uh. What is this?"
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Leah doesn't look up until after a particularly difficult shot, and gives a wide, hello pretty lady smile.
"Unless you meant pool, but I'm gonna go with the music. Too loud?"
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"No," she says quickly. "'S cool. I just... don't listen to a lot of heavy metal." She shrugs. "More of an R&B girl."
"And... I know what pool is, yeah." Small laugh.
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"Don't know what you're missing." Not that she likes R&B. The world would be dull if we were all alike, &c. "The recording doesn't do 'em justice, they're fantastic live."
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