IN MY MIND (LILY)

[fiona]

Puts on her best smile

But underneath she's a broken girl

SIGHING AUDIBLY, WILLOW RUSHED IN OUT OF THE HEAT OF SUMMER AND INTO THE LIBRARY. SHE'D JUST STARTED SUMMER CLASSES AT THE UNIVERSITY SO SHE COULD CATCH UP TO WHERE THE OTHER PEOPLE HER AGE WERE ONCE THE FALL SEMESTER ROLLED AROUND, AND SHE ALREADY HAD TWO PAPERS DUE BY NEXT WEEK. SHE DIDN'T MIND WRITING, SINCE SHE WAS INHERENTLY CREATIVE AND ENJOYED ALL THINGS INVENTIVE, BUT SHE WASN'T PREPARED AND NEEDED AS MUCH RESEARCH AS POSSIBLE. SCHOOL IN THE STATES WAS DEFINITELY DIFFERENT THAN SCHOOLING IN IRELAND, AND ALTHOUGH SHE DIDN'T NECESSARILY THINK IT WAS HARDER; IT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO THAT MADE ADJUSTING A BIT SHAKY.

DROPPING HER PURSE INTO THE CHAIR NEXT TO HER, SHE DUMPED HER BOOKS ON THE TABLE WITH A LOUD THUD AND CRINGED VISIBLY, LOOKING APOLOGETICALLY AROUND THE LIBRARY AT EVERYONE WHO WAS NOW STARING AT HER. "SORRY!" SHE APOLOGIZED BRIGHTLY IN HER LILTING IRISH VOICE, WITH A BROAD SMILE ACCENTUATED BY HER BRIGHT RED LIPSTICK. THE PEOPLE SITTING NEARBY SHOOK THEIR HEADS OR MUTTERED AND BEGAN IGNORING HER AGAIN, FOR WHICH SHE WAS THANKFUL. SHE SLID INTO THE CHAIR SHE'D PULLED OUT FOR HERSELF AND BURIED HER HEAD IN ONE OF THE BOOKS, NOT PARTICULARLY WANTING TO DISAPPEAR EXACTLY BUT WAITING FOR THE SPOTLIGHT TO TURN OFF OVER HER HEAD. PULLING HER LEGGING-CLAD KNEES UP UNDER HER CHIN, SHE READ THE BOOK UNTIL SHE GOT BORED AND DECIDED TO START SEARCHING FOR THE MATERIALS TO RIGHT HER FIRST PAPER.

THE ROWS OF BOOKS ENVELOPED HER LIKE OLD FRIENDS, AND SHE WAS THANKFUL THAT SOME THINGS WERE THE SAME HERE AS THEY WERE BACK AT HOME. SHE WOULD ALWAYS LOVE LIBRARIES AND ART STUDIOS IN EQUAL MEASURE, HOW THEY MADE HER FEEL LIKE SHE WAS AT HOME NO MATTER WHAT COUNTRY OR CONTINENT SHE WAS ON. REACHING UP ON HER TIPTOES, SHE GRABBED THE EDGE OF THE SPINE OF A BOOK THAT WAS SLIGHTLY TOO HIGH FOR HER AND TRIED DESPERATELY TO PULL IT DOWN. GIVING UP HOPE OF MAINTAINING HER MODESTY, SHE LEAPT UPWARD, HOOKED HER FINGERS ON THE BOOK AND USED HER WEIGHT TO TUG ON IT. SHE SUCCEEDED IN RETRIEVING THE BOOK, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, HALF OF THE SHELF DECIDED TO FOLLOW IT. YELPING AS THE BOOKS RAINED DOWN AROUND HER, SHE COVERED HER HEAD AND ONLY PEERED OUT BETWEEN HER PROTECTIVE ARMS AFTER THE LAST BOOK 'CLUMP'ED TO THE FLOOR. "OOPS."

*--- LILY *--- CLOTHES *--- HOPE IT'S A GOOD START!

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[lily]

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[fiona]

Puts on her best smile

But underneath she's a broken girl

WILLOW WASN'T TYPICALLY THE ONE TO GET EMBARRASSED, SO SHE JUST PURSED HER LIPS AS THE BOOKS SETTLED IN A HEAP AROUND HER. AS SHE WAS DEBATING WHICH ONES WOULD BE BEST TO PICK UP FIRST TO AVERT THE INEVITABLE SECOND COLLAPSE, SHE HEARD A VOICE TO HER SIDE AND TURNED TO SEE A GIRL SHE'D SEEN BRIEFLY IN THE FACES WHEN SHE'D FIRST DISTURBED EVERYONE UPON HER ARRIVAL. "OH YES, I'M FINE. I MAY HAVE A BRUISED EGO, BUT THAT'S IT," SHE REPLIED GENIALLY WITH A SMALL LAUGH. SHE KNELT TO THE FLOOR AND BEGAN PICKING THROUGH THE BOOKS, FOLLOWED SOON THEREAFTER BY THE OTHER GIRL WHO OFFERED TO HELP. WILL OFFERED HER AN APPRECIATIVE SMILE AND GATHERED BOOKS IN HER ARMS AS QUICKLY AS SHE COULD MANAGE. SHE HAD A SMALLER STATURE THAN MOST - SHE WAS OFTEN LABELED AS 'PETITE' - SO SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE WINGSPAN OF MOST PEOPLE, BUT SHE WAS FEISTY TO MAKE UP FOR WHAT SHE LACKED IN HEIGHT AND GIRTH. SHE WAS IRISH AFTER ALL. IT CAME WITH THE BLOOD.

AS SHE GATHERED BOOKS, SHE BEGAN TO FORGET ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE UNTIL SHE SAW THE GIRL HELPING HER NODDING BEHIND HER, TRYING TO DIRECT HER ATTENTION INTO THE GREATER PART OF THE LIBRARY. TURNING QUICKLY TO LOOK, SHE SAW THE LIBRARIAN SHIFTING HER GLASSES AND ADVANCING TOWARD THEM. TURNING BACK TO FACE THE OTHER GIRL, SHE SMILED SHEEPISHLY AND CHUCKLED. "SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S GOING TO REVOKE OUR LIBRARY CARDS," SHE JOKED, HOISTING THE LAST PILE OF BOOKS IN HER ARMS AND RISING JUST AS THE LIBRARIAN APPROACHED. "EXCUSE ME, GIRLS, IS EVERYTHING OKAY HERE?" THE OLDER WOMAN ASKED, PEERING DOWN AT THEM OVER HER HORN-RIMMED GLASSES LIKE A HAWK. WILLOW OFFERED HER A SWEET SMILE AND SHIFTED HER WEIGHT, HER RED BRAID BOUNCING JOVIALLY. "EVERYTHING'S FINE, I JUST DECIDED TO CHECK OUT THE WHOLE SHELF," SHE REPLIED FACETIOUSLY. THE LIBRARIAN FIXED HER WITH A PENETRATINGLY SKEPTICAL GAZE BUT LEFT THEM ALONE, A FACT THAT MADE WILLOW GLAD.

TURNING TO FACE HER DARK-HAIRED COMPANION, WILLOW SMILED. "I'M WILLOW BY THE WAY. THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME. SCHOOL - OR THE LIBRARY, OR BOTH - IS GOING TO BE THE DEATH OF ME." SHE SNICKERED AS SHE LINED THE BOOKS BACK UP ON THE SHELF IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

*--- LILY *--- CLOTHES *--- FRINZZZ <3

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