28-04-2019, 02:15 PM
Helena knelt on a picnic blanket in St. Francis de Sales park. She produced plates of food from a basket too small to hold them all for the two older men who sat on the blanket with her.
"You are not the one who has done the cooking, are you, Petalouda Mikro?" Propappou asked her. Helena's response was to smile and shake her head no.
"Eh, no, it was the castle chef. I learn early on, Byroni, not to let Helena too near the kitchen." Vincenzo said to him as an aside. Helena looked at the two old men, saw them both laugh at his tired, macho, old Eastern-European "the wife and her cooking" joke, and her smile broadened. She just loved that it was happening.
"You two would have been huge together back before the world was in color." Helena commented as she produced a large bottle of wine from the basket as well.
"Excuse me." A voice from behind her called. "Did someone here order flowers?"
Helena recognized the voice and turned around. Suzy-Q stood before her, carrying a bouquet of Julie Andrews Roses; Helena's favorite flowers, because they reminded her of her First Girlfriend. She wore a delivery girl's uniform and had a bike behind her that she must have rode up on when Helena's back was turned.
"I'm not sure WHO ordered those," Helena said, looking to the two old men with a smile. "But I have a pretty good idea who they're for." She stood up, walked over to Suzy-Q, and hugged her.
"Susan's gonna remember all of this?" Helena asked Suzy-Q.
"Yep." She replied. "I am, indeed, incapable of lying to her."
"Then I hope you don't mind if I introduce you to them as her. You know, because Susan prefers it."
"Hey, I am she and she is me and so on. I only made a thing of it that first time in case you freaked out, so you wouldn't blame Susan."
Helena smiled and stepped back over to the basket.
"Well, I hope you can join us, Susan." Helena said, reaching into the basket for another plate for her. "I know you're usually very busy when we run into each other."
"This was my last delivery of the day." Suzy-Q said, taking off her hat and jacket and setting them over the seat of her bike. "I've got some time here."
Helena smiled and put her arm around Suzy-Q. She took her over to her father and her husband, who both looked up at her and smiled.
"Propappou, Vincenzo. This is a dear friend of mine, Susan Bailey." Helena said, allowing herself tears at last. "I've always wished you could meet her."
"You are not the one who has done the cooking, are you, Petalouda Mikro?" Propappou asked her. Helena's response was to smile and shake her head no.
"Eh, no, it was the castle chef. I learn early on, Byroni, not to let Helena too near the kitchen." Vincenzo said to him as an aside. Helena looked at the two old men, saw them both laugh at his tired, macho, old Eastern-European "the wife and her cooking" joke, and her smile broadened. She just loved that it was happening.
"You two would have been huge together back before the world was in color." Helena commented as she produced a large bottle of wine from the basket as well.
"Excuse me." A voice from behind her called. "Did someone here order flowers?"
Helena recognized the voice and turned around. Suzy-Q stood before her, carrying a bouquet of Julie Andrews Roses; Helena's favorite flowers, because they reminded her of her First Girlfriend. She wore a delivery girl's uniform and had a bike behind her that she must have rode up on when Helena's back was turned.
"I'm not sure WHO ordered those," Helena said, looking to the two old men with a smile. "But I have a pretty good idea who they're for." She stood up, walked over to Suzy-Q, and hugged her.
"Susan's gonna remember all of this?" Helena asked Suzy-Q.
"Yep." She replied. "I am, indeed, incapable of lying to her."
"Then I hope you don't mind if I introduce you to them as her. You know, because Susan prefers it."
"Hey, I am she and she is me and so on. I only made a thing of it that first time in case you freaked out, so you wouldn't blame Susan."
Helena smiled and stepped back over to the basket.
"Well, I hope you can join us, Susan." Helena said, reaching into the basket for another plate for her. "I know you're usually very busy when we run into each other."
"This was my last delivery of the day." Suzy-Q said, taking off her hat and jacket and setting them over the seat of her bike. "I've got some time here."
Helena smiled and put her arm around Suzy-Q. She took her over to her father and her husband, who both looked up at her and smiled.
"Propappou, Vincenzo. This is a dear friend of mine, Susan Bailey." Helena said, allowing herself tears at last. "I've always wished you could meet her."
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