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Being almost grown up means two things SHOES and K-I-S-S-I-N-G

Nov 18, 2009 12:22

Wiggling her toes, Coraline sighed loudly as she pulled her feet free from her boots. The boots were bright yellow with neon orange and lime green spots on them. Coraline loved her wellington boots but she also knew she was nearly thirteen years old. That meant she was practically grown up. And grown ups didn't get to wear fun and comfortable shoes ( Read more... )

adam carter, danica talos, squall leonhart, walt hasser, lewis nixon, sonya blade-hasashi, perseus jackson, coraline jones, montgomery scott

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gunbladescar November 18 2009, 20:42:59 UTC

I look down to see a blond girl in a dress and heels on the floor. She reminds me of Selphie when she came to get our group for the recall during our SeeD exams. Selphie fell down a cliff and the next thing Zell and I know, she's jumping down another.

I don't know how women wear the shoes they do. I'll take my boots any day thanks all the same.

I realize I've been looking at her without actually helping her up so I offer her a hand up.

curiously_cora November 19 2009, 02:27:23 UTC

"Thanks," Coraline said, taking the boy's hand and helping herself up off the ground. Coraline staggered for a moment holding onto the man as she steadied herself before smiling brightly at him. "I don't think gravity likes me, it's always making me fall over. Or maybe it likes me too much."

gunbladescar November 19 2009, 03:02:46 UTC

No sooner do I help her up than she's pawing me and holding on to steady herself.

"Is it gravity or those shoes?" I ask, hoping she's going to let go soon.

curiously_cora November 19 2009, 11:16:35 UTC

"Probably the shoes but the shoes are a necessity." Coraline said letting go of the boy and taking a step backwards. She was okay if she stayed still but the moment she started walking she tended to wobble a little. Coraline was still unsure how the older girl's did it. Perhaps it was magic. "Thanks for helping me up. I'm Coraline, Coraline Jones."

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percy_jackson November 19 2009, 01:58:57 UTC

I was distracted, thinking about today's homework from school, and then thinking about how weird it was that I was actually looking _forward_ to homework, that I didn't see Coraline passing me until she took that spill. That's when I turned, then stood blinking as my mind processed that this _was_ Coraline, and why she was looking so different.

But when she asked for help -- another oddity -- I stepped forward. "Sure," I said. "Are you okay?" I barely avoided asking the question _twice_: once for the fall, and once for the high heeled shoes.

curiously_cora November 19 2009, 02:25:26 UTC

"Yes! Why? Do I not look okay? Do I look different? Pretty?" Coraline asked Percy, holding out her hands to help her up. Percy was okay sometimes for a boy. He was no Edmund certainly but he could be considered cute by some. Coraline pursed her lips as she looked at him wondering if he thought she looked pretty.

percy_jackson November 19 2009, 02:58:55 UTC

I stood there, hand outstretched, and stared at her while a bunch of thoughts collided and then stood around arguing about insurance in my brain. Coraline in a dress. Coraline being very evasive. Coraline asking me if she looked pretty. And why did it look like she was about to spit water on me.

"Sorry, what?" Another thought spoke up in my mind. I was fifteen. She was _twelve_. Pretty or not, I was pretty sure that I wasn't _allowed_ to think of her as pretty. Danger! Danger Will Robinson!

But my treacherous feet took that moment to decide to go on strike.

curiously_cora November 19 2009, 11:11:48 UTC

"Do you think I look pretty?" Coraline repeated, looking at Percy carefully. He was okay and she really, really wanted to see what was all the fuss about. All the grown ups were doing it after all. Kissing not the other thing. The other thing was gross.

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beentodamascus November 19 2009, 21:53:07 UTC

"Good lord, Coraline," says Adam, but he's smiling as he bends and offers her his hands. "You're going to break your ankle, you know, and then you're going to have to stay at home because there's no way I'm carry you back and forth with a cast on."

He grins.

"Like the dress, though."

curiously_cora November 19 2009, 22:40:45 UTC

"That's only because you're so weak now, you wouldn't be able to lift me let alone carry me all the way here. Sarah could carry me! She's really, really strong." Coraline said, taking Adam's hand and staggering as she stood up. "Do you think bo... people will like it?"

beentodamascus November 21 2009, 00:28:55 UTC

"You think whatever you need to to get you through the day, Cora," says Adam, with a smirk, keping hold of her hand to steady her.

He takes a moment to study her and ignores the twinge in his chest. He might not have actually fathered her, but it seems that his heart doesn't actually give a shit.

"You look lovely, Cora."

curiously_cora November 24 2009, 23:52:53 UTC

"I don't think it, I know it. A spy wouldn't be good if they went around thinking things all the time! They have to know things too like... um, that you need a new pair of trainers and Sarah doesn't look very pretty when she wakes up in the morning and grown ups shouldn't be jumped on when they're sleeping in bed." Coraline said quickly listing all the things that she knew to be true or at least mostly true. "See, they're knowing things not thinking things and in the wrong hands that information could be very terrible."

Coraline thought she got the idea of spying better now that she was growing up. It was less to do with wacky gadgets and more to do with knowing things and making sure other people didn't know things. When she grew up some more she figured she'd find out more things which would help her like why grown ups needed alone time. Boring!

"Good, I'm glad you think so. Now, I need to make sure proper boys think so too. So I can have a boyfriend."

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