Garnet's Profile

Thanks, Candi. Maddy, I am so glad to be writing again. I just wish my mind would latch onto something to jot down when I'm able to. While trying to take a phone order at work is not a good time. Ebil muses. :) Also, the last bright idea I got wasn't even in this fandom. I just didn't write it down, yet.

Takes place Jan. 14th. Garnet slowly opened her eyes. She was definitely not in a mood to get up and face the day. Slowly she became aware of a multitude of things. First, Keye had left the bedside lamp on when he'd left. She sighed. He really needed to remember that someone else shared his bed now, and sometimes that person wanted to sleep in and not wake up to a bright light in the face. Second, there was a larger than average cat kneading its paws on her leg. "Take it easy, Missy," she complained. "I'm not a loaf of bread," [i]I don't want bread,[/i] the cat purred into Garnet's mind. [i]Time for real food, good food, for a growing Predator Cat.[/i] "I wasn't going to give you bread, you silly cat. I've got your breakfast ready. All I have to do is set it out for you. [i]Fishes![/i] came Mystique's enthusiastic, mental shout. Garnet shook her and giggled. "No fishes. This isn't a special occasion, it's just breakfast." Mystique looked crestfallen. She hung her head. [But, your two-legs said this was a special day.[/i] "Huh?" Missy tipped her head against her shoulder and looked critically at her human. She sometimes felt that these creatures were not a intelligent as they thought they were. [i]He said it as he put the envelop by the lamp.[/i] Garnet wondered how long it would have been before she saw the card in its pastel blue envelop if Mystique hadn't pointed it out to her. Quickly she picked it up and gently tore it open. The card was a simple but heartfelt wish that she have a happy birthday. It was sweet but what really caught her attention were the five small coupons that fluttered out of the card. As she picked them up, she noticed that they were each handmade and redeemable for specific things. There was one for dinner at her choice of restaurant, one for an evening of snuggles, cuddles or whatever she wanted. The others were for things Keye knew she enjoyed but didn't get to have very often. Her eyes were misty but she was smiling happily as she carefully but everything back in the envelop. [i]Breakfast. Now![/i] Mystique demanded, taking a playful swipe at Garnet's leg. [i]I have training.[/i] Garnet was practically bouncing through her day. Knowing that Keye was thinking so much of her to make something as special for her birthday as he had just made her almost insufferably happy. She had managed to keep herself focused through most of her shift in Medical, but now she found herself daydreaming about which her coupons she was going to use that evening. Suddenly she was jolted back to reality. One of the Lyre girls on a training mission was missing, and it was freezing outside. They had to find her, and now. The weather was going to start deteriorating soon. All thoughts of her birthday went out of her head as she started working through all the scenarios both medically and meteorologically.

Thanks for the encouragement, guys. I'm hoping that the muse decides to spend a little more time with me sense I'll have an empty house in 2012. Just me and the animals. I do have a bit of an idea about that other file. :) I have a lot of writing things to work on and I really want to get some of them done, including, possibly, more on this piece.

Okay, 'fessing up here. I wrote "You Can't Choose Your Family". I wish it had turned out a little longer than it did. I hope you liked it, lb.

Hey, Candi, I had been having that same problem when the IF was on the main site. I usually got the page before the current one until there were several posts on the current page. I figured it was just a glitch that I would just have to live with. I blamed it on the fact that I use Safari instead of the more common brousers. At least I know it's not my computer that's causing it.