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Title: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 25th, 2003, 1:57am Apologies for this. I have no idea where it came from and some of the details could be wrong (shock, horror!). I also won't get much time to work on it, but I thought I'd see what kind of a reception it gets. Matron Lloyd paced the halls nervously as she waited for the buses to arrive. There was only one new Senior this term, but she was of great concern to 'Matey', as she was known by all members of the Chalet School. For this girl was Matron's daughter. She had loved a man when she was very young, and had found out, only days after the birth of her daughter that he was both the son of one of the wealthiest men in the country, and, heartbreakingly, married. The child had been taken from Matey at once and handed over to the man and his wife to bring up as their own. A car accident the previous month had caused the death of both Sir Anthony and his wife. That left Mary O'Connor with no one else to turn to, for the O'Connor parents had passed away several years earlier. Sir Anthony had a brother, Michael, but his wife had just given birth to a baby girl, Judy, who was too frail for the other O'Connors to think of taking on Mary and her younger sister, Doreen. Doreen was the child of Sir Anthony and Lady O'Connor. Sir Anthony's lawyer had found Matron Lloyd's address among his client's papers and had contacted her. When he found that she was a member of staff at the Chalet School, the decision had been made to send the girls there. The letter had come as a shock to Gwynnth Lloyd. She had been told that the child had died when she was two, and the mother had grieved for her child. Only her new job at the Chalet School had shaken her out of this and given her other things to think about. She had mothered the girls at the school in lieu of her lost daughter. And now Mary was to arrive here at the school. Gwynneth had no idea if the girl even knew that the woman who had died in the car smash hadn't been her mother. She was torn as to whether to reveal her true identity to her daughter or not... |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 25th, 2003, 2:19am Ooohh! I like! More please KB!! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Lisa_T on Oct 25th, 2003, 2:21am ERRRk. More KB. LOTS more! Before it gets horribly sabotaged! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 25th, 2003, 2:23am Glad you like it and think it works. Scarily, I just had the ending spring into my head. No idea how it will get from point A to point B, though. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 25th, 2003, 2:29am Let your bunny lead you!! ;) |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 25th, 2003, 2:36am *shriek* Never! Never, I tell you! Which one, though? I currently have eight in my room, and although the thesis one is in charge at the moment, there's no telling when another will take over.... |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Lisa_T on Oct 25th, 2003, 2:40am Yes, let the bunny guide you. It better had, or the alternative sort will take over... Just realised something. If the girl is Matey's d, then she must be around 10 or so, which would place your story er,,,either around the time of Exile or the other war books...? |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 25th, 2003, 2:41am *hopes KB is feeding all these bunnies!!* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Lisa_T on Oct 25th, 2003, 2:43am Maybe KB needs to open a bunny shop to cater for them? |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 25th, 2003, 2:45am Awk! Help! Ambush! Noooooo! Get it off me!!!!!! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 25th, 2003, 2:49am *debates whether to rush to KB's aid* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 25th, 2003, 2:50am Aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! Can't breathe with this thing over my face!!!!!!!!!! *reaching out desperately to Vikki for help* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Lisa_T on Oct 25th, 2003, 2:53am *racing up with a bunny net. Chucks said bunny net at Vikki and runs off screaming blue murder* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 25th, 2003, 2:55am *scoops bunny up in net, ties him up, and revives KB!* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 25th, 2003, 2:58am *exceedingly thankful for being revived and hopes that the PB will give her a moment's respite before attacking again* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 25th, 2003, 3:04am My knots should keep him busy for a while!! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Lisa_T on Oct 25th, 2003, 3:05am *comments very quietly that maybe the PB has read Wrong CS and knows that knives are faster* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 25th, 2003, 3:08am Sadly, the PB managed to get away and I have now almost finished a plan for Matey's story. *sigh* So much for work on my thesis... |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 25th, 2003, 3:18am Well, KB, your thesis wouldn't amuse us nearly as much!!! ;D |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 25th, 2003, 3:20am *lol* No, it probably wouldn't. But you did note that this was a serious drabble, didn't you? |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Lisa_T on Oct 25th, 2003, 3:23am We did. Eventually. So when are you giving us more? REeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedy...one two three, CHANT!!! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 25th, 2003, 3:26am When it's written. Hey, be happy I've done a plan! I wasn't planning to do any more today at all! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 25th, 2003, 3:41am Well, having done the plan, you might as well write it!!! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Lisa_T on Oct 25th, 2003, 3:44am Exactly! You dont want to waste all that time and all those lovely ideas, do you? |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 25th, 2003, 3:48am Tomorrow, I promise. And tonight. But not right now. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 25th, 2003, 3:50am Okay then! *conceeeds defeat!!* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 25th, 2003, 3:51am Glad to hear it. *goes off to prepare the necessary cliff* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 25th, 2003, 4:02am *hunts out her helmet and cliff climbing kit* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 25th, 2003, 4:05am *lol* You might just need them* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 25th, 2003, 4:11am *plants lots of mattresses, and hopes Kathryn doesn't come along tidying up again.....* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 25th, 2003, 4:23am *promises to try and ensure there's one there for each hang* I can't make any guarantees, though! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 25th, 2003, 4:25am *appreciates the kind thought!!* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Carolyn P on Oct 25th, 2003, 3:19pm It's 3:15 pm now BST, so what will it be in Austraila. Can we expect more yet, or will KB be tucked up with her teddy? Love the idea so far, and looking forward to wading through pages of Vikki/KB to find the story bits Currently three pages to one installment! Aren't they predictable! :P |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Liss the Fluffy Bunny on Oct 25th, 2003, 3:33pm *smiles fondly* Bless their little cotton socks. KB - looking forward to the rest of this; get writing, girl!! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 25th, 2003, 8:57pm *reminds Carolyn and Liss that there were three people in last night's yibbling bout* *points at Lisa!!* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by PatW on Oct 25th, 2003, 9:40pm When advised to let her bunny take over, KB said: on 10/25/03 at 02:36:47, KB wrote:
You shouldn't give others that advice if you won't take it yourself!! ::) If everyone keeps yibbling we'll run out of pages before the end!!!! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 25th, 2003, 11:33pm *lol* Maybe that's my secret plan! Going to get back into writing it in a moment, and then I'll have more to post. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 25th, 2003, 11:40pm *eagerly awaiting KB's post!!!* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Kathryn on Oct 25th, 2003, 11:53pm on 10/25/03 at 04:11:01, Vikki wrote:
Was only tidying because Matey was around. I hardlyever do it of my own decision! So methinks you are safe this time seeing that Matey is dealing with her problems. ;D |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 25th, 2003, 11:58pm *feels immense relief at this, and relaxes accordingly!!* ;D |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by PatW on Oct 26th, 2003, 12:05am It's more than 30 minutes now, and there's nothing more posted. Starting chanting...... |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 26th, 2003, 12:46am Please note: I have made a change to the first part and it would be useful for people to note it. ;D As she followed the other Senior girls up the stairs of the school, Mary O’Connor was also nervous. She had never been to school before, her mother having deemed it unfit for someone in her social position. She was, after all, the senior heir of the entire O’Connor estate and fortune. Unfortunately for Mary, she disliked the social life in which Lady O’Connor revelled and secretly longed for independence and a careers. However, Mary reflected sadly, she and her mother had never got on. Mary had been her father’s favourite, just as young Doreen, now seven years old, was that of her mother. The news of the car smash had come as a terrible shock to both of them, although Doreen, being younger, had failed to fully understand the situation in which she found herself. Mary, though, had pushed aside her own need to mourn in order to comfort her sister. She felt that she had coped with the situation very well, but those feelings would come back to haunt her in ways that she had never expected over the coming months. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 26th, 2003, 12:49am Meanwhile, Joey Bettany was also looking forward to the term with anxiety. In addition to her nervousness about having taken over from her good friend, Mary Burnett, she had also been asked by Mlle Lepattre to take charge of a new member of the Sixth. Jo had been very surprised to hear that anyone would join a new school for their final year, but her questions had resulted in the Head giving her a brief explanation of Mary’s circumstances, and her curiosity had been replaced by sympathy at the thought of someone her own age having to deal with life on her own, and with a younger sister to care for. Jo hovered at the head of the stairs, watching as the new girls filed into the building. ‘She would be last,’ she groaned to herself, seeing the newcomer enter beside one of Jo’s own friends, Marie von Eschenau. However, she dived through the small crowd on the stairs, made up mostly of staff, and wriggled her way through the groups of girls until she came up to where her own quartet, augmented by the new girl, were standing. “Your hair’s coming down,” Frieda Mensch remarked, once the first greeting was over and the introductions had been made. “Oh, when isn’t it?” Jo groaned. “I knew I should have put on my net this morning, but I was in a rush and forgot.” “How unusual,” Simone Lecoutier remarked demurely, but her dark eyes danced, and she laughed as Jo glared at her. The Head Girl’s response was cut short when Mlle Lepattre took her place at the top of the stairs and began to speak. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 26th, 2003, 12:58am Looking good KB!! More please! ;) |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 26th, 2003, 1:01am Your wish is my command, Vikki... “Welcome to all our girls, new and old,” she smiled. “We will soon be having Kaffee, and I’m sure those who have been travelling all day will need it. After that, I will tell you our plans for the term.” As the staff disappeared down the hall, a buzz of chatter broke out among the girls and the various groups headed off in different directions. “I’ll take over Mary,” Jo suggested. “You three go and unpack, and I’ll show her the ropes. I’ve already got my things ready.” The other three agreed and headed down the hallway while Jo slung her arm through that of Mary and strolled along with her. “Have you ever been to school before?” “No, never,” Mary replied. “My sister and I always had governesses and tutors. My mother didn’t feel that we needed a good education, you see,” she said in reply to Jo’s questioning glance. “We’re supposed to come out into society when we come of age. Or we were,” she added hesitantly. “Well, you’ll like it here,” Jo said heartily, hoping to banish the tremor she had heard in Mary’s voice. “Everyone does. It’s a jolly good school, even though you’ll only have a term of it. Or are you staying for another year?” “I’m not sure,” Mary confessed. “You see, the lawyer said Daddy left me a letter, to be read when I was 18, and I suppose that will tell me what he wants me to do. I don’t want to go into society,” she confided, surprising herself as much as Jo by the confession. “Doreen loves to get dressed up, but I don’t.” “Is the Doreen in the Second Form your sister?” Jo asked. “I wouldn’t have guessed it. She’s not much like you in looks.” Mary laughed. “It’s funny, but our family seems to be split right down the middle. Daddy and I are the same – dark hair and eyes, and quite short. Mother and Doreen both had light brown hair and very blue eyes.” “People wouldn’t pick my sister and brother and I to be in the same family either,” Jo told her. “We don’t look much alike. Oh, here we are. Matey’s room. Now we can find out where you’re to go.” |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 26th, 2003, 1:15am Oooohhh! I want to see Matey meet her daughter!!! Pleeeeeeasse KB!!! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Lesley on Oct 26th, 2003, 1:24am Yes, more please KB - especially impressed at having a plan for a drabble - I haven't! Well except in my head! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 26th, 2003, 1:36am *suddenly realises why other authors like cliffs so much* ;D |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 26th, 2003, 1:17am Last bit for the English night, I think... “Matron’s not here at the moment, I’m afraid,” Nurse told the girls, looking up from the list of orders she was writing out. “I believe she went to check on the Juniors, but she left the dormitory list here. Let’s see, Mary’s in Yellow. That’s next door to yours, Jo, so will you take her along and help her settle in?” “Yes, Nurse,” Jo agreed readily, but she looked puzzled as they left the room. “How very odd. Matey usually likes to greet all the new girls, and it’s not as if this is the Christmas term with lots of new people coming.” Mary laughed. “I wouldn’t expect her to wait just for me, Jo, and we were the last to leave the hall. The others have probably all been here already and she thought I could manage for myself.” “You might be right,” Jo laughed, steering the girl into a room in which the wall were pained a soft yellow and the curtains and coverlets were of the same pale tint. Jo checked a list on the wall and then turned to the nearest cubicle. “You’ve got the door cubey, as you’re new.” With her usual efficiency, Jo showed Mary where her things belonged, all the time keeping up a steady chatter of gossip about the school. They were joined by the other three members of the dormitory – Marie von Eschenau, Eva von Heiling and Anne Seymour of the Fifth Form. “Are you a Guide?” Jo asked, most other subjects having been exhausted. “No, Mother wouldn’t hear of it,” Mary replied, and a slightly bitter tone crept into her voice as she continued, “She didn’t feel that it was fitting for a young society lady. Do you mean,” she continued eagerly, “that we have them here? Oh, I do hope I can join!” “I’m sure Bill will let you,” Marie told her. “The staff like to have as many girls belong as they can. Otherwise Matey has to oversee the others doing sewing in her room.” “It’s a good incentive to join,” Jo laughed. “Just imagine – an afternoon of turning sheets sides to middle.” “But we know, my Jo,” Simone interrupted from the doorway, where she had come to seek her friend, “that you dislike sewing.” The others laughed, and Mary waited until it was quieter before she said, “But what’s wrong with that? It’s lovely to do mending and see a nasty tear before smooth and neat under your hands.” Jo and Anne stared at Mary as if she was some fantastic creature, but before anyone could respond, a bell rang loudly downstairs. “Goodness, how the time’s flown!” Joey exclaimed. “Quick, you lot. Nice example we’ll be to the Middles if we’re late!” They hurried down the stairs and into the dining room in time to greet the first of the Middles. Several of the other prefects had come down earlier and had already begun to fill the cups with the milky coffee. Jo and the others quickly got the baskets filled with twists of sweet bread and little cakes, placing them along the long tables at which the girls were seating themselves. Mary sat quietly and sipped her coffee while the discussion eddied around her, listening as the other prefects planned a meeting, and Jo teased Simone about the extra pieces of sugar she had put into her cup without realising it. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 26th, 2003, 1:20am Well, it looks like she takes after her mother then!!! ;D |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 26th, 2003, 1:22am Gee, I'd never thought of that! I was actually setting her up as an opposite to Jo in terms of behaviour! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 26th, 2003, 1:26am I can't wait to see what happens when they meet! ;) |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 26th, 2003, 3:06am Probably a big late now, but I'm assuming people have realised that this is set during "and Jo". It probably helps to have the book handy so that you can check things, as I'm doing the story from Mary and Matey's PsOV, so I won't be going into as much detail about certain events as EBD did. At the end of the meal, the Head and the other staff members arrived to tell the girls about the forthcoming term. She began her speech by welcoming the girls again, more fully than before, and wished them a happy term before explaining the plans for what Mary had heard Simone call ‘Madame’s Birthday’, and which seemed to be major event of the term. “And now, mes chères, I have some pleasing news for you. This year, we celebrate our dear Madame’s birthday at the half-term, instead of on the day. We – all here present – shall go to Oberammergau on the Monday, and stay there till the Saturday, that we may see the great Passion Play.” The staff had barely left the room when Jo exclaimed “The Passion Play! One of the dreams of my life fulfilled! Madge is a dream to have thought of such a topping way of celebrating her birthday!” Frieda laughed at her friend’s enthusiasm and turned to Mary, explaining the history of the school and who ‘Madame’ was. The girls left the dining room as Frieda continued, helped by the other three, and the quartet, augmented by Mary, headed out into the garden. They found a seat under the tree and settled themselves while Jo told the story of her sister founding the school and how the tradition of celebrating the Head’s birthday had come about. “You seem to have a wonderful time,” Mary said rather wistfully. “I do wish I’d been to school before.” By the end of the following day, Mary wished this even more. She was unpacked and had settled in. She had managed to get ten minutes with Doreen to check that her sister, for whom Mary now felt responsible, was also settling in well. Classes had been a delight for her. Most of the governesses hired by Mary’s mother had been too in awe of teaching the daughters of Lady O’Connor to effectively teach the girls anything, but the mistresses at the Chalet School loved teaching and seemed unaware of social standards. Over the next few days, she found that she had an aptitude for science, and could also draw and paint well enough to illicit encouraging remarks from the school’s irascible art master. “But how I shall cope with trying to do lessons all in French, I’ve no idea,” she wailed to Jo and Frieda one evening. “My German’s all right – Mother liked Germany and we would often go there for the summer – but my French is almost non-existent!” Jo laughed. “We should trade. My languages are all right, but I’m no good at art, and you heard Bonnie Leslie’s comments on my maths yesterday.” Mary giggled. “I should think I did. Scathing wasn’t the word for it!” She looked up. “Will you really give me a hand with French?” “If you’ll help me with my maths,” Jo agreed readily. “And the staff will help you, too,” Frieda told her. “Nobody could expect you to be a born genius at it.” “I hope not!” Jo exclaimed. “Heaven preserve us from having to deal with people like that – so full of their own abilities that they can’t see straight!” Mary laughed. “You’d put most people in the shame as far as languages anyway, Joey. I’ve never seen anything like it. You just seem to jump from one to another without even thinking about it!” Matey happened to be passing the Sixth Form common-room in which the conversation was taking place and hesitated when she heard Mary’s voice. In the week since the school had returned, Matey had found herself coming up with excuses to avoid the girl. She had managed to greet her while overseeing the Sixth Form unpacking, but couldn’t bear to spend long in the same room. The worst part for Matey was seeing the similarities between Mary and her father – the one man Gwynneth had ever loved. “You should get a job to do with languages,” she heard Mary tell Jo. “Not me,” Jo replied with complete disregard for the rules of grammar. “I’m planning to write.” “Lucky you won’t need maths for that,” Frieda laughed. “What about you, Mary. What do you want to do?” There was a moment’s pause before Mary replied. “I don’t really know what I want now. I used to think I didn’t have a choice. Mother always wanted me to come out into society and be a credit to her there. I just thought that that was what would happen. But I’ll probably have to take over the house, at least until I know what’s going to happen to Doreen.” Footsteps behind her made Matey start and turn to see Hilda Annersley coming along the hallway. “Coming to the staffroom for coffee, Matey?” she asked. “We can have a bit of peace and quiet while the girls are having Guides.” At this point, the bell for Guides rang and girls came out of the various rooms. Matey had to move quickly to avoid coming face to face with her daughter, but she managed it and headed down the hallway, oblivious to the curious glance cast in her direction by Miss Annersley. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 26th, 2003, 3:22am Well, I hope you're beavering away at writing more of this KB!!! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 26th, 2003, 3:43am *doing her best to get more done to satisfy the little Oliver Twists* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Lesley on Oct 26th, 2003, 7:25am *The little urchin, clutching the short straw, made his way to the top table and the glowering Mr Bumble. The entire room was silent, watching. "Please sir, I want some more!"* Paraphrasing Oliver Twist just for you KB! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 26th, 2003, 11:19am *beams* Thank you, Lesley! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Lisa_T on Oct 26th, 2003, 12:50pm *wondering if it's possible to do something with the words of 'Food Glorious Food' to convince KB to write more SOON!* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Esmeralda on Oct 26th, 2003, 4:23pm *Certain that KB wouldn't be as Scroogelike as to deny us more. *Feeling sorry for Matey. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Carolyn P on Oct 26th, 2003, 9:53pm Matey, glorious Matey, Darning needles and hemming, Actually I can't remember the original so I'd better not try to paraphrase it, would anyone else care to try. I prefer the simple, direct, May we have some more of this story as soon as possible please KB. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Chloe on Oct 26th, 2003, 9:57pm on 10/26/03 at 21:53:22, Carolyn P wrote:
The next bit of it's rather apt so no need to paraphrase: That extra bit more, That's all that we ask for! *stops singing as i think KB will get the message* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 27th, 2003, 1:13am *wonders if it's safe to take her fingers out of her ears yet* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Esmeralda on Oct 27th, 2003, 1:17am on 10/27/03 at 01:13:16, KB wrote:
Yes - as long as you apply them to the keyboard - otherwise I shall start 'singing', although singing is a very inaccurate description of the noise I produce. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 27th, 2003, 1:18am Probably! Carolyn went to bed ages ago, and I think Chloe probably has by now too! So no more singing!! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 27th, 2003, 1:27am Thank goodness! *applies imagination to death scenes proposed in the Tissue Box thread* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 27th, 2003, 1:33am Isn't bothered what KB writes, as long as she writes!!! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 27th, 2003, 1:37am *realises Vikki isn't as attached to the characters as I am and so isn't torn about which one should die* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 27th, 2003, 1:39am Can't you keep them both alive and kill off someone else? Like Jo, maybe? ;) |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 27th, 2003, 1:41am No. Not going to kill off Jo in this series. I was hoping it might be able to fit back into the real series (and by killing of Matey, maybe I can solve the problem of who the real 'Matey' is ;)). |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Chloe on Oct 27th, 2003, 7:06am on 10/27/03 at 01:13:16, KB wrote:
Hey i'll have you know thats about one of the only songs i can see aftre being my school production of Oliver years ago :P And as you were typing KB why has no more been added as it seemed like you'd written more just nott posted it yet ??? |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 27th, 2003, 7:30am All right, just for you, Chloe! ;) Guides had been a real eye-opener to Mary, who had never been in such a noisy, fun gathering before. To add to her excitement, Jo had invited her, along with Marie, Evadne Lannis and Irma von Rothenfels up to the Sonnalpe to see her sister. The five girls were dismissed at the end of guides to get ready, unable to stop talking about the camp that had been described to them during the meeting, as well as the visit to the Passion Play later that term. Mary retreated into the shyness with which she generally greeted strangers on meeting Dr. Maynard, but she enjoyed watching the way he teased Jo, as we as Jo’s own teasing of Evadne. Madge’s greeting at Die Rosen, however banished the girl’s shyness and she responded warmly to the woman’s welcome. She willing accepted Madge’s invitation to carry David into the salon and proved that she was used to handling small children. “Mother and Daddy were always busy,” she said in reply to Madge’s question about this, while the other girls greeted Stacie Benson. “So it was Doreen and me in the nursery. Nurse would often let me help with Doreen when she was very tiny, and Nanny didn’t mind, as long as I put my toys away. When she was older, Nanny often let me help her take care of Doreen.” “Perhaps you’ll end up working with children,” Marie suggested, smiling as Peggy and Rix, Jo’s niece and nephew, came up to be introduced to the newcomer. “I’d like to,” Mary agreed. “But I don’t know yet.” |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Rachael P on Oct 27th, 2003, 10:30am This is great, KB! I love that you've set it in the Tyrol and when Jo is still at the school ........... |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Esmeralda on Oct 27th, 2003, 11:32am on 10/27/03 at 01:41:39, KB wrote:
So, is this another (potential) novel I see before me? *rubs hands with glee at the prospect. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Carolyn P on Oct 27th, 2003, 2:34pm on 10/27/03 at 11:32:03, Esmeralda wrote:
Don't suggest that or she'll have to stop posting and write it without letting us see any more. By the way, my singing is the worst anyone has ever heard, and I might just be tempted to start if there isn't any more of this next time I log on. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 27th, 2003, 3:08pm Carolyn, your singing can't be worse than mine...... |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Carolyn P on Oct 27th, 2003, 7:27pm on 10/27/03 at 15:08:35, Vikki wrote:
Well, we could have a competition when we all meet up, but I don't know if I could be that cruel to everyone else. I rival Tom Gay, and am on record as just about never having sung a note in tune. What makes this bad, is that I can hear, and I love singing, just can't do it. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 27th, 2003, 9:43pm on 10/27/03 at 11:32:03, Esmeralda wrote:
*runs screaming from the idea* Nooooooooooo!!! No, it's not a full novel, although it will cover a term, so you get it all. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Carolyn P on Oct 27th, 2003, 11:19pm If you know so much why haven't we seen another episode yet? |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 28th, 2003, 12:40am Because I've been busy writing it! ;) |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Esmeralda on Oct 28th, 2003, 12:58am So we can expect to see it now then can we? Please? |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Carolyn P on Oct 28th, 2003, 12:59am You obviously haven't been busy enough 'cos it hasn't appeared yet, but since it's your birthday I guess we have to be lenient, *sighs resignedly* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 28th, 2003, 1:02am *appreciates the leniency* I'm also not on my own computer at the moment, so you'll have to wait until I am before I can post more. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Esmeralda on Oct 28th, 2003, 1:07am Is it your birthday KB? In that case Many Happy Returns *Sends cybercard |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 28th, 2003, 1:50am on 10/27/03 at 19:27:54, Carolyn P wrote:
I only ever sing when I'm driving, and only if I'm alone in the car!!! So I'll say no on the competition front!! I wish I could sing!! :'( I love music, and wish I had some smidge of ability to make it!! :'( :'( |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Lisa_T on Oct 28th, 2003, 2:09am All together now- let's sing 'Happy Birthday'! NB to those who can't- DON'T branch off into either Rule Britannia or God Save the Queen. Please! ;D Not that I can talk myself! Happy Birthday, KB. But more! And I suppose this means I have to be nice to you on Tara *sigh*. You;d better warn Lesley too in case she has any more little ideas up her sleeve. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 28th, 2003, 4:35am You don't HAVE to be nice, Lisa, but it would be a very sweet gesture and nice birthday present. And because I'm generous too, here's some more: At this point, Madge shooed the girls up to their respective bedrooms, Mary making a third in the room with Jo and Marie. However, Madge kept Jo back to talk to her while Marie and Mary went along to help Irma unpack. A short time later, Madge appeared in the doorway and sent Marie to Jo, keeping Mary with her She drew the girl out as they went back down to the salon, talking about what she hoped to do in the future and the things she had experienced growing up. The salon, when they came into it, was empty, apart from Stacie on her invalid sofa, fathoms deep in a book, and Madge drew Mary down onto the sofa beside her. “I’m sorry about your parents,” she said softly, in the sweet voice that matched her appearance. “But Mary, I don’t want you to feel that you have no one to turn to. If you ever need some advice or help, ask Mlle Lepattre if you can ring me up and I will help you as far as I can.” “Thank you, Madame,” Mary replied, using the name she had picked up from the others. “I suppose I haven’t been thinking about things too much. It… it’s not that long ago, you know. Only a few weeks since Paul – our butler – announced that the police wanted to talk to me.” “I can only imagine how dreadful that must have been for you,” Madge said softly. “But I do understand. I was only twelve when my parents died, and Dick – that’s my brother – and I had to take care of Jo. We had a guardian, of course, but we still took over a lot of the care ourselves.” “At least I don’t have to worry about money,” Mary told her. “I’ve thought about it a lot, you know. Daddy wanted me to take an interest in things like that and taught me how to do bookkeeping and a few other things. He loved maths, and I think that’s why I’m good at it.” “Do you have anyone else to turn to?” Madge asked. “My father has a brother,” Marie replied. “But his wife had a little girl only a few days before – well, it all happened. She was very early and I know they were worrying about her when we left for school. And besides,” she added thoughtfully, “I don’t think he and Daddy got on very well. Daddy was the oldest, so he inherited the house and the title and all the rest of it, while Uncle Bill had to earn his own way. Daddy used to give him money every month, but,” she added with a degree of insight that startled Madge, “I think he resented Daddy for that and felt as if Daddy owned him in a way, because of it.” “And your sister?” Madge asked. “How is she coping?” Mary immediately looked so worried that Madge was sorry she had spoken. “I don’t know,” the girl replied anxiously, chewing her bottom lip. “She cried for Mother the first night – and Daddy, too, although not so much – but since then she’s barely mentioned them.” “I’ll ask Miss Phipps to keep an eye on her for you,” Madge promised. “And if there are any problems, she can tell you. All right?” Before Mary could do more than gratefully accept the suggestion, the door opened and the younger children appeared. To Mary’s surprise, Stacie remained buried in her book while Madge introduced the Robin to her. The angelic-looking child appealed to Mary’s artistic tendencies and she would happily have played with her and the other children all night, but Jo took over as chief playmate as soon as she appeared with Marie and barely let the Robin leave her side all night. Some time after Peggy and Rix were taken up to bed, Jo went up with Robin and Irma, having promised them the stories for which she was renowned in the school. As soon as they were gone, Stacie flung down the book and turned to Marie. “Answer me honestly,” she pleaded. “Jo blames me, doesn’t she?” Marie remained silent, and tears welled up in Stacie’s eyes as she turned away, rescuing her book and burying herself even deeper in it. Even the return of Jo, having sung with such exquisite power and beauty that it brought tears to the eyes of her listeners, made no impact, and it wasn’t until she was being wheeled out of the room that she spoke. “Goodnight, Joey.” “Oh, going, are you? Goodnight, then.” Her response to Evadne’s farewell was much more personal and affectionate, and Mary wondered what had caused it. She remained silent while Jem told Joey about the Robin’s condition, and although she couldn’t imagine any circumstances under which Stacie could be blamed for any illness the baby might contract, it was clear that Joey felt it to be Stacie’s fault. As the group walked to the house of another of the school’s Old Girls, Mary managed to persuade Marie to tell her something of what had occurred. Even with only the barest outline, Mary understood how such a thing would affect Jo, having been unable to help seeing the comparison between Jo’s relationship with the Robin and that of herself and her sister. However, she remembered the wistful look on Stacie’s face as the girl was taken up to bed, and could only imagine how Stacie herself would feel. Her comments had revealed much to Mary about her feelings, and Mary felt deeply sorry for the girl, who had already suffered so much as a result of her own wilfulness. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 28th, 2003, 4:50am Thank you KB!! Another wonderful installment! ;D But surely Madge and Dick were only 12 when their parents died? They died when Jo was just a few months old, and she's 12 years younger than M&D. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 28th, 2003, 5:01am I don't think their parents died when Jo was born. I had the feeling that they died several years later. As I said at the start, there might be a few mistakes in it though. And I'm glad you liked it! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 28th, 2003, 5:07am School at, says she had never known her parents, and was brought home at the age of 7months. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 28th, 2003, 5:12am *shrug* Okay. I'll fix it up on my good copy and change it on this one. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 28th, 2003, 5:23am *hopes she hasn't upset KB by being picky!!* *repeats how much she's enjoying the story* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 28th, 2003, 5:27am Not at all! I like to know if there are any problems so that I can fix them up asap! Please tell me any and all problems you find! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 28th, 2003, 5:36am *struggles with the temptation to willfully misundeerstand that offer!!* ;) |
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Title: Re: Matey's Surprise (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 28th, 2003, 5:38am *wonders what on earth Vikki could possibly mean* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 28th, 2003, 5:53am *is surprised by KB's lack of imagination!!* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 28th, 2003, 5:56am *was being ever so slightly sarcastic* And thanks! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Lesley on Oct 28th, 2003, 6:07am HAPPY BIRTHDAY KB!!!!! Sorry we can't do the dancing words and colours now! Lovely story - especially linking in with events in and Jo! More please! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 28th, 2003, 6:27am Thank you, Lesley, both for the wishes and the compliments. And in the hope that it will soften your heart towards myself and the other miscreants, here's more for you: Unaware of the suspicions she was quickly raising in her colleague, Gwynneth declined Miss Annersley’s offer to come and enjoy the evening in the staff room. Instead, she went up to her small room near the San, locked the door and rescued the letter she had received that day from its hiding place under the mattress. Sitting down on the bed, she tore open the envelope and extracted the letter with trembling fingers. “Dear Gwyn,” it began, and the woman felt the first flame of anger begin to burn inside her. How dare he address her in that way?! Considering what he and his family had done to her, how dare he?! Only curiosity made her keep reading, and her eyes took in the date at the top of the page, widening in surprise when she saw that the letter was now more than five years old. Why had he waited so long to send it? Or had it been in his desk all this time, and perhaps only a maid or other servant had sent it after his death. Gwynneth was under no delusions as to the lifestyle her erstwhile lover had led. “I know I have no right to contact you,” the letter continued, when finally Matey found the strength to continue reading it. “I know you are likely to throw it in the bin instead of reading it. I don’t even know whether I will have the courage to send it – just like I never had the courage to tell you the truth about me. I don’t blame you for being angry. I blame myself for being weak. It’s not a good enough excuse, and one I know you won’t let pass. I have no difficulty in remembering your high moral standards.” A bitter smile curled the corners of Gwynneth’s mouth. Interesting that he should mention morals. Ironic, too, perhaps. “You have no reason to either trust or believe me,” she read. “I lied to you for the year we spent together, so there is no reason for me to believe that you will trust me when I say that I loved you then and still love you now. Ever time I see our daughter, I am reminded of her mother. I don’t want to deny my role in what happened. If I hadn’t mentioned it to my father – honestly, I don’t know what would have happened. The truth would have come out and I would have lost you one way or another.” “What about what I’ve lost?” Gwynneth demanded aloud. “Do I still count for so little that you believe you matter more than me? Or that your social position counts for more?!” |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Liss the Fluffy Bunny on Oct 28th, 2003, 8:48am Ooh, I am so looking forward to seeing this develop. Don't delay, update today (hey, poet...) And, while I'm at it: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Rachael P on Oct 28th, 2003, 9:32am This is excellent, KB - and I also like the weaving in of EBD stuff Poor old Matey! More, please! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 28th, 2003, 10:52am Okay, one more part for tonight (and then I'll need to do some frantic writing to get more done): The sound of her own voice forced the woman to calm down. She lifted her eyes to the sight of the mountains outside her window and she stared blankly at them for a moment before she felt able to continue. “The death of my parents leaves only my brother to take care of the girls, should anything happen to us, and I wouldn’t trust Bill to give them the love and support they would need in that situation. I know that you will be happy to look after your daughter, and I ask you to take care of her half-sister, my younger daughter, in the same way as my wife has cared for yours. I ask this in memory of the time we shared and the love I believe you have, or once had, for me.” Gwynneth gave a low cry and crumpled the letter in her hands, her grey eyes flashing in anger. So just like that, he hands her his daughters and asks her to be a mother to the daughter she has never known and a girl who is no way connected to her. Feeling suddenly sick, Gwynneth headed for the small bathroom, but stopped at the large window in the main room of the San, fortunately empty. Sitting on the window-ledge, she stared blankly out at the picturesque scene in front of her. She felt so alone. For almost twenty years, since, as a naïve twenty-year-old, she had first woken to find her baby gone and herself alone, she had doubted His existence, unable to understand the reason for her punishment. She couldn’t share the faith that remained unshakeable in her colleagues, but that meant she had nothing to support her in such difficult moments as these. Tears welled up in her eyes and began to trickle down her cheeks. It was obvious from Mary’s attitude that she had no idea of her true history, and Gwynneth, brave as she was, shrank from telling her the truth. Only a knock at the door prevented the woman giving way to the emotions welling up inside her and she resolutely wiped her cheeks as she rose to her feet and went to see who needed help, knowing only too well that help for herself was impossible. All together now: one, two, three - Awwwwww! :'( |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Esmeralda on Oct 28th, 2003, 11:39am Gulp. She has been treated so cruelly..... :'( |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Carolyn P on Oct 28th, 2003, 11:52am Oh. my! This is so well thought out KB. I love the way the EBD bits fit on, but I also love the way the you have delved into the characters feelings and the reasons for them. Look forward to seeing how Miss A deals with this when she finds out. And to how the relationship between Matey and Mary develops. (Sorry for such bad grammar, starting a sentence with 'And'.) |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Rachael P on Oct 28th, 2003, 12:06pm *sniff* It's sooooo interesting seeing the other side to Matey when she's usually so crisp and snappy I know EBD showed her vulnerability when her sister died but this is a real case of still waters running deep More, please ;D |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Lisa_T on Oct 28th, 2003, 1:03pm *goes to get the communal tissue box and finds it's actually full! Take half and doles the rest around. Tissue monitors- refill please!* *KB, this is lovely- more and lots of it and soon! Hey we need something good to take our minds of there not being any Real CS today!* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 28th, 2003, 1:40pm KB this is lovely!! Poor Matey!! What will she do? Oh, and Lisa, if you empty the tissue box, it's your job to refill it! I had to dry my eyes on my sleeve because you left it empty!! >:( >:( >:( |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Lisa_T on Oct 28th, 2003, 1:46pm I didn't leave it empty! Well ok maybe i did, but that's cos i was being ncie and passing them around! Besides, the box is *your* responsibility! ;D |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 28th, 2003, 1:55pm No it's not my responsibility! There's a sign on it saying 'If you empty it, fill it up!!' :P |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Lisa_T on Oct 28th, 2003, 10:39pm *wishing KB would hurry up and post more- lots more!* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 28th, 2003, 10:55pm Okay, because I'm such a nice person... Things were quiet at Die Rosen for the rest of the weekend. Jo was obviously worried about the Robin, and Mary and Marie kept out of her way, entertaining the other children. Stacie was uncommunicative, and even Evadne felt the atmosphere and was more subdued than usual. The routine altered slightly on Sunday. Evadne woke up with toothache, and spent the day on the couch in the salon. To entertain her, Jo and Marie brought babies in, where they read books and listened to Jo telling some of her famous stories. Mary spent an hour in there, but had to fetch a clean handkerchief after it was used to clean up the milk that one of the babes had spilt. Halfway along the upper hallway, Mary dawdled to look at one of the painting that hung on the wall outside the room. It was one that appealed to her: a little girl in a yellow dress being protected by her guardian angel, whose wings arced above her head as they walked together through a dark wood. Something about the face of the angel drew Mary’s attention and she moved to try and see it at a different angle. This brought her into the doorway of the room Evadne and Stacie were sharing, and it was at that moment that she heard a muffled sob. Her attention wrenched away from the picture, Mary glanced into the room to see Stacie in her chair at the window, staring out late spring rain that was falling that day. Tears rolled down her cheeks, but she made no effort to wipe them away. “What’s wrong, Stacie?” Mary asked gently, seeing the girl start at the unexpected voice. “Is there anything I can do to help?” “Nothing,” Stacie said gruffly, turning away. “Thank you,” manners forced her to add. Mary hesitated for a moment before entering the room and closing the door. Crossing the room, she pulled up a chair beside the sofa and hesitated for a moment before speaking. “Marie told me what happened with the Robin,” she offered quietly. “And I know that, if I were in your place, I would be able to help feeling guilty about it, particularly as I’m sure you know they’re worried about her now.” Stacie glared at her out of red eyes. “Why’d you have to know anyway?” she muttered, in between sniffs. “T’isn’t as if it had anything to do with you!” “I asked because I don’t like to see anyone unhappy,” Mary responded. They sat in silence for a moment before Mary stood up. “Well,” she said as she moved away, “this isn’t helping either of us. Sorry to have bothered you.” |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 29th, 2003, 12:10am KB, I do hope there's more of this to come! Soon! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 29th, 2003, 12:13am Oh, yes, there's lots more. You don't think I'd leave it there, do you? *g* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Esmeralda on Oct 29th, 2003, 12:17am Abd I bet that's exactly how Stacie would have reacted, and I don't blame her at all. Personally I would have hated having a stranger come waltzing in and telling me they knew all about how badly I'd behaved. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Liss the Fluffy Bunny on Oct 29th, 2003, 11:06am Oh, but someone has to make Stacie happier. Admittedly it was her actions that caused Robin's problems, but I don't think there's technically any *fault* there - I was always a bit cross at the way Joey blamed her. But I suppose it was natural. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 29th, 2003, 11:08am All right, just to make Liss happy... Mary had just reached the door when Stacie’s voice stopped her. “It… it’s not really my fault, is it?” Mary stopped and turned, pressing her back against the door. “How could you have?” she asked reasonably. Stacie’s cheeks burned as her eyes fell and Mary stepped towards her again, eventually sitting again in the chair she had formerly occupied. She found it difficult to choose the right words to say, having no idea, beyond the few sketchy details Marie had provided, of what had actually happened, but still, she was going to try, and she decided honesty and directness would be the best approach. “I don’t know,” she admitted frankly, “exactly what happened that day. I know that you and Jo and a whole group of others from the school were delayed, and that the Robin was upset because of that. I also know that she’s inherited a fragile disposition from her mother. That’s all Marie told me. But I imagine that you believe it will be your fault if anything develops. It won’t be, you know,” she continued in such a casual tone that Stacie looked up, startled. “It won’t be anybody’s fault. It will be God’s doing.” “That… that’s what Madame said, too,” Stacie admitted in low tones. “Yes, I’d believe it,” Marie smiled before sitting back in the chair and candidly watching the other girl. “When I was twelve,” she began, “ Doreen, my little sister was born. I thought it was wonderful that I had a sister. I never wanted to leave her alone. I always wanted to be around her and help Nurse her. Nanny threatened to lock me in my room unless I went to bed and stayed there – that was the fifth time she’s caught me sneaking into Dorry’s room,” she added with a chuckle that made dimples appear in her cheeks, and Stacie couldn’t help smiling in reply. “One day,” Mary continued, still smiling, “I left the nursery window open when I went out for my riding lesson. I’d been out an hour with Wilks – he was our stablehand and my riding instructor – when it started to rain. We were close to a shed on the far side of our property, so we sheltered there until it stopped.” “Is there a point to this?” Stacie interrupted. “Yes,” Mary told her. “Quite an important one, too. Should I go on?” “Please,” Stacie requested, looking a little ashamed of her impatience. “All right then.” Mary crossed her ankles as she stretched her legs out in front of her. “By the time I got back, the floor of my room was sprinkled and my curtains were soaking wet. My room was cold, but I didn’t notice – children of that age generally don’t, you know. But I went and got Dorry and brought her into my room to play. We were there for about ten minutes before Nurse came and took her away, and sent Nanny to me. I got the best telling-off I’d ever had, I can promise you that. And the next day, Dorry had a cold.” Stacie looked suddenly shamefaced, understanding the point of the story. “And you felt it was your fault for taking her into your room.” “Exactly.” Mary smiled. “Years later, I told Nanny – who’s been Dorry’s Nanny until we came away to school – that story, and she told me that Dorry was already sick. They weren’t keeping her away from me – they were keeping me away from her so that I wouldn’t catch it! But for all those years, I thought it was my fault she’d got that cold.” |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Rachael P on Oct 29th, 2003, 1:16pm This is great and I think Mary is a well-drawn believable character - I'm sure it's not that easy just to insert new people into the established story, so well done! I totally sympathised with Stacie regarding everyone knwowng her business - as if the poor kid hasn't brought enough punishment on herself! So I like the way Mary is so understanding and helpful |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by NickiL on Oct 29th, 2003, 4:01pm This is Mary taking after her mum again - giving advice and caring about other people. One of the things adoptees (and I think Mary qualifies as an adoptee!) find most lovely is if they don't feel they have much in common with their adopted parents but find their birth mum or whoever and sudden feel they 'fit in'. Mary looks an ideal candidate! More KB! ;D |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Lesley on Oct 29th, 2003, 6:00pm This is a beautiful story KB and the character of Mary totally believable. I'm feeling desperately sorry for Matey. *Lesley somewhat surprised computer didn't explode when I typed that last sentence!* More please! |
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Title: need Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 29th, 2003, 6:02pm KB, please keep posting more of this!!! We need you to continue!!! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Sugarplum on Oct 29th, 2003, 7:58pm more please KB ... this is a lovely story ,,,,,,,, its nice seeing the real side of the staff in these stories |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 29th, 2003, 9:05pm Well, I've done what I promised myself I wouldn't do, which is post everything that I've written, so you'll all have to wait for a bit before you get some more while I write it. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Vikki on Oct 29th, 2003, 9:48pm KB! Hope you're off to write more of this!! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 30th, 2003, 12:23am Actually I was collecting my costume for a fancy dress party I'm going to tomorrow night (Halloween). Does that count? *g* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Lisa_T on Oct 30th, 2003, 12:29am No it does not! You go and do some more of this, or I'll dig out Vikki- and I'm sure Lesley 'd be happy to help- and we'll resurrect Chalet Horror and make you the victim this time! You won;t need a halloween party then! *departs, cackliing horribly* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 30th, 2003, 12:57am *trembles in fear* Yes, ma'am! And don't you want to know what I'm going as? *g* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Lisa_T on Oct 30th, 2003, 1:02am *somehow can't see KB dressing up as a powder blue chihuahua!* OK i give up. What are you going as? |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 30th, 2003, 1:03am *laughs hysterically at the thought* No, I'm not. You people are the only people who would get the joke. However, funnily enough, my costume is blue. I'm going as a medieval damsel. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Lisa_T on Oct 30th, 2003, 1:07am nice. all flowing robes and pointy hat? Which medieval lady? You're not going as the Blue Angel, are you?! *g* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 30th, 2003, 1:12am *giggle* No point hat, although I do get the flowing robes. I've got one of the bands around the head that has a veil coming off the back of it. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Lisa_T on Oct 30th, 2003, 1:25am *giggles hysterically at sudden daft thought* KB, why don't you go as Matey (angel wing type wire and fluffy veil headress and blue dress) dressed as er....we need someone scary..or formidable, at least! ;D |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 30th, 2003, 1:32am What, I can't be formidable in my everyday attire? Chloe, can you make me up a big "Head Girl" badge? That might be intimidating enough... |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Lisa_T on Oct 30th, 2003, 1:45am *g* I'm sure you could, but if you're so keen as going like someone from the Courts of Love, you need to inject a little, er, oomph! Get Chloe to write HG in those diamante bead things and attach it to you headband. Nice and period! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Esmeralda on Oct 30th, 2003, 2:12am *Hopes KB writes more of this before she goes out enjoying herself. *Hopes HG doesn't think this is 'cheek' |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 30th, 2003, 4:01am Feeling chirpy as I also got my new glasses today, so I'll overlook possible cheek this once, Esmeralda. And sorry to disappoint you all, but I have to return the costume on Saturday, so I won't be able to wear it at our gathering. |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Carolyn P on Oct 30th, 2003, 9:24pm Just make sure you get some photo's then. ;D |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 30th, 2003, 10:50pm I'll definitely do my best! |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Carolyn P on Oct 30th, 2003, 11:00pm And you will bring them with you in March won't you? :D |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 30th, 2003, 11:06pm I'll think about it... |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Carolyn P on Oct 30th, 2003, 11:14pm *sighing deeply but refusing to rise* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by KB on Oct 30th, 2003, 11:53pm *frustrated by Carolyn's refusal* *wonders how soon all this yibbling will be consigned to the archive* |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by Carolyn P on Today at 12:38am OK, I'll archive it tomorrow, too late to do it now. Do you want anything reposting, or do you want to restart the thread yourself? |
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Title: Re: Matey's Secret (SCS) Post by KB on Today at 12:39am Thanks for the offer, but I'll do it. |
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