Doug’s house was always welcoming. There seemed to be some sweet smell coming out of it and as the light faded earlier and earlier, the soft lights that reflected off the windows seemed to make it even more warm and friendly.
“I love visiting your home.” Ronnie dreamily mumbled as they turned down his walk way. “It just always looks like it wants you to visit.” She smiled, in truth it reminded her a lot of home.
“Hi Mom!” Doug hollered as the three of them stumbled through the door.
“Hi sweet heart. Can you come into the living room for a minute?”
“Sure.” He put down his bag and pointed his friends to the kitchen “I’ll be right back.”
To his surprise his mom wasn’t alone. “Oh Hi… Professor Murine.” he said it just a little louder than he meant to, making it just a little too obvious that he was telling his friends who was in the living room with them, and the sudden mumbles and ruckus coming from the kitchen made it even more obvious.
“Hi Dear” His mom gave him her all-knowing look. “So, could you please tell me why, you didn’t want Sara to know about mer-people migration?”
Silence, that really thick silence that you can actually feel, rolled through the room, and sat there. The funny thing about silence is, different people can handle different amounts of silence. In fact Doug could handle a lot, Steve, even more, and of course Mom’s are the master’s of silence, perfecting the silent treatment. But Ronnie, no, she couldn’t handle silence.
“Professor!” She said as she burst into the room. “It was me, it’s my fault.” And although Ronnie couldn’t handle silence, she had this amazing gift of filling space with words without actually saying anything until she had actually figured out what she wanted to say. Her mouth could run on its own, while her brain worked out the details. “I mean, Doug said that to you because I had told him to. Well I didn’t actually tell him to tell you, I didn’t even know that he could tell you without saying something. But then he told me he told you no, by doing something” she whipped her hands around in a crude gesture, and continued to talk in circles for a few more minutes. Then with a big bright smile and a grand ta-da gesture “so you see, that’s why Doug asked you not to say anything.” And with the confidence of a person who just made perfect sense, she stood up, and walked out of the room with Doug and Steve close behind.
“Bethany, did that make any sense to you?” Professor Murine asked.
“Nope, not a bit. But it did actually answer my question” Doug’s mom cocked her head. “They know something about the mer-people.” She looked over her shoulder and dropped her voice “maybe even more than we do.”
“I love visiting your home.” Ronnie dreamily mumbled as they turned down his walk way. “It just always looks like it wants you to visit.” She smiled, in truth it reminded her a lot of home.
“Hi Mom!” Doug hollered as the three of them stumbled through the door.
“Hi sweet heart. Can you come into the living room for a minute?”
“Sure.” He put down his bag and pointed his friends to the kitchen “I’ll be right back.”
To his surprise his mom wasn’t alone. “Oh Hi… Professor Murine.” he said it just a little louder than he meant to, making it just a little too obvious that he was telling his friends who was in the living room with them, and the sudden mumbles and ruckus coming from the kitchen made it even more obvious.
“Hi Dear” His mom gave him her all-knowing look. “So, could you please tell me why, you didn’t want Sara to know about mer-people migration?”
Silence, that really thick silence that you can actually feel, rolled through the room, and sat there. The funny thing about silence is, different people can handle different amounts of silence. In fact Doug could handle a lot, Steve, even more, and of course Mom’s are the master’s of silence, perfecting the silent treatment. But Ronnie, no, she couldn’t handle silence.
“Professor!” She said as she burst into the room. “It was me, it’s my fault.” And although Ronnie couldn’t handle silence, she had this amazing gift of filling space with words without actually saying anything until she had actually figured out what she wanted to say. Her mouth could run on its own, while her brain worked out the details. “I mean, Doug said that to you because I had told him to. Well I didn’t actually tell him to tell you, I didn’t even know that he could tell you without saying something. But then he told me he told you no, by doing something” she whipped her hands around in a crude gesture, and continued to talk in circles for a few more minutes. Then with a big bright smile and a grand ta-da gesture “so you see, that’s why Doug asked you not to say anything.” And with the confidence of a person who just made perfect sense, she stood up, and walked out of the room with Doug and Steve close behind.
“Bethany, did that make any sense to you?” Professor Murine asked.
“Nope, not a bit. But it did actually answer my question” Doug’s mom cocked her head. “They know something about the mer-people.” She looked over her shoulder and dropped her voice “maybe even more than we do.”
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