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<blockquote data-quote="Annalist" data-source="post: 4552584" data-attributes="member: 79493"><p><strong>Part I - The Day Before</strong></p><p><strong>12 November, 2008</strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Mitchell needed wheels. Cormant House was outside of Boston proper so local public transportation was out of the question. And that meant only one thing: Maggie. </span><span style="font-size: 10px">Scooping his cellphone up off of the coffee table, he speed-dialed his younger sister. When he had first moved to Cambridge from Carlisle, he had left his Jeep with her for safekeeping. A decision, he suspected, he might come to later regret.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">She picked up on the second ring. "Ohmigod, Mitch is that you?!" she squealed.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"Heya squirt, how are you?" She was as easily excitable as he remembered. Which reminded him of exactly why he didn't call her as often as he could have. Because w</span>hat came next was as inexorable as the Great Flood of Egypt.</p><p> </p><p>Maggie's avalanche of words thundered down like a ton of bricks. <span style="font-size: 10px">"Ihavesomuchtotellyou! There'sthisguythatIthinklikesme. ButIdon'tknowifIlikehimback. AndIthinkhemightaskmetoRingDance. Ohmigod,ohmigod,ohmigod! WhatshouldIdo? 'CauseIkindoflikethisOTHERguy. ButIthinkhe'saskingLisatothedance. Andgawd,she'sSOgross. Ihatehersomuch. Soyeah,whatdoyouthinkIshoulddo?"</span></p><p> </p><p>Mitchell desperately reached out a hand to steady himself against the wall of his brownstone apartment. "Whoa, slow down sis. First of all, take a breath. And second, I have no clue what you should do. I was just calling to see if you wanted to come down here tomorrow after school and stay over 'til Sunday. 'Cause I kind of need my Jeep. And anyway, Mom already said it'd be okay if you skipped classes on Friday. So, how about it? Hooky and some shopping with Linnie? And the two of you can talk about your boy problems."</p><p> </p><p>Maggie shrieked in reply, loud enough that her brother was forced to yank his cellphone away from his ear.</p><p> </p><p>He tentatively pulled the phone back and asked, "So uhh, is that a yes?"</p><p> </p><p>"Yesyesyes! I'llbethere," she promised.</p><p> </p><p>"Okay, good. I'll see you tomorrow then. Drive safe, 'kay?"</p><p> </p><p>"Iwill. Bye,Mitch. Loveyou. Seeyoutomorrow!"</p><p> </p><p>With the dial tone still buzzing in his ear, Mitchell started massaging the temples of his forehead with his free hand. He had survived yet another call with his teenage sister. And God forbid if she ever Awakened, because he knew for a fact that the Consilium would get rocked to its core.</p><p> </p><p>[sblock=Jeep]<img src="http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l93/storychronicler/jeep.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Annalist, post: 4552584, member: 79493"] [B]Part I - The Day Before[/B] [B]12 November, 2008[/B] [SIZE=2]Mitchell needed wheels. Cormant House was outside of Boston proper so local public transportation was out of the question. And that meant only one thing: Maggie. [/SIZE][SIZE=2]Scooping his cellphone up off of the coffee table, he speed-dialed his younger sister. When he had first moved to Cambridge from Carlisle, he had left his Jeep with her for safekeeping. A decision, he suspected, he might come to later regret.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]She picked up on the second ring. "Ohmigod, Mitch is that you?!" she squealed.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2]"Heya squirt, how are you?" She was as easily excitable as he remembered. Which reminded him of exactly why he didn't call her as often as he could have. Because w[/SIZE]hat came next was as inexorable as the Great Flood of Egypt. Maggie's avalanche of words thundered down like a ton of bricks. [SIZE=2]"Ihavesomuchtotellyou! There'sthisguythatIthinklikesme. ButIdon'tknowifIlikehimback. AndIthinkhemightaskmetoRingDance. Ohmigod,ohmigod,ohmigod! WhatshouldIdo? 'CauseIkindoflikethisOTHERguy. ButIthinkhe'saskingLisatothedance. Andgawd,she'sSOgross. Ihatehersomuch. Soyeah,whatdoyouthinkIshoulddo?"[/SIZE] Mitchell desperately reached out a hand to steady himself against the wall of his brownstone apartment. "Whoa, slow down sis. First of all, take a breath. And second, I have no clue what you should do. I was just calling to see if you wanted to come down here tomorrow after school and stay over 'til Sunday. 'Cause I kind of need my Jeep. And anyway, Mom already said it'd be okay if you skipped classes on Friday. So, how about it? Hooky and some shopping with Linnie? And the two of you can talk about your boy problems." Maggie shrieked in reply, loud enough that her brother was forced to yank his cellphone away from his ear. He tentatively pulled the phone back and asked, "So uhh, is that a yes?" "Yesyesyes! I'llbethere," she promised. "Okay, good. I'll see you tomorrow then. Drive safe, 'kay?" "Iwill. Bye,Mitch. Loveyou. Seeyoutomorrow!" With the dial tone still buzzing in his ear, Mitchell started massaging the temples of his forehead with his free hand. He had survived yet another call with his teenage sister. And God forbid if she ever Awakened, because he knew for a fact that the Consilium would get rocked to its core. [sblock=Jeep][IMG]http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l93/storychronicler/jeep.jpg[/IMG][/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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