✂RAGDOLL

The view from bow bridge was definitely something. Marie couldn’t believe how beautiful, breathtaking even, it really was. Peaceful was another word for it. “Beats being stuck in that fucking hospital.” The girl had just been discharged after what felt like forever. New York was her getaway. 

sally had happened to overhear, and she broke her gaze of the view to stare at the other girl, head tilted. “hospital? you’ve been in one of those? are they anything like laboratories?” she inquired, genuinely not knowing.

“When do you start to understand your own feelings?”

“oh, i don’t know...i think it’s different for everyone. why do you ask?”

“Jack doesn’t have to know, plus it’s just for a scene, it won’t mean a thing.”

Nothing was making any sense. The last thing the girl remembered was dying, finally being at peace. And now she’s waking up just outside of her coffin in a busy city. “This makes no sense… how am I alive?” She whispered, taking a look around her.

“are you not supposed to be alive?” sally questioned with mild curiosity. “because if that’s the case, you might be undead. not really dead anymore, but not totally alive. of course, i think in this place undead isn’t a real thing, so i don’t know.”

Lorena was on the high of her life, she ran up to a stranger a smile intact, “Hey, you should totally practice this scene with me.” she told, not even with a script in hand. “You’ll be great come on, it’s simple just kiss me.” she smiled, leaning close.

“I can do that for you. I’ll make a list – some might seem a bit strange, but I promise you the flavours are always great.” She admitted with a grin, before nodding her head. “No, I’m from Scotland so this is slight new. Exactly, but who knows, maybe he’ll take leave.”

“Tea is a wonderful drink of choice – I find it to be quite calming. I can write you some recommendations for if you do decide to try it.” Minerva offered with a bright smile, before waving her hand dismissively. “It is fine. I didn’t believe he’d be here – it was just wishful thinking. He has a school to run anyway.”

“If there is one good thing about this place – it is all the different flavours of tea. I am in absolute heaven. I’ve never had so many cups in a day. Although you haven’t seen a man about this high, slightly off his rocket, and a big fan of sherbet lemons running around? He’ll answer to Albus?” Minerva questioned of the other, her hand raising significantly above her head to gesture the difference in height.

“really? i’m not much of a tea drinker myself but from how you’re talking about them, i’m interested to try.” sally thought for a moment, then shook her head. “sorry, i don’t think i have. maybe i could help you look for him? he sounds like the kind of guy to really stick out, so maybe it will be easy.”

“you don’t know what a gay bar is? it’s great. of course i don’t mind the company. in fact, i welcome it.” 

“okay, i need to go out and drink my weight in vodka and just get all sweaty and hot in a gay bar. i mean a regular club will do, but a gay bar would be even better! ooh, we could even find one with a karaoke night!” 

He turned around to look at her with a smile on his face. “Mortal world is such a fantastic place don’t you think?” he chuckled. “My old form may be dead, but I got this neat vessel to use to carry on my dirty deeds.” he folded his arms over his chest. “Missed me?”

“no. no.” she was shaking her head, increasingly getting angry. “once jack gets here you are in a world of trouble.” if jack was ever gonna get there. she still hadn’t seen him yet. but he didn’t have to know that.

“We go on with our lives, I’m from a place that we didn’t get a lot of holidays in, but we just busied ourselves until the next holiday came.”

“You never went? Seriously? How come?”

“Summer. Just the season for warmth, you know?”

“Well, no, and - no! Sorry. But it is just June, and Halloween won’t be until the end of October.”

“oh, really? so why is no one preparing for halloween right now? isn’t june pretty close to october?”

           – ♛     ❛ not for lot of months. ❜ she pauses, excitement circulating for a moment. ❛ it will be the fourth number in july very soon! america pride, yes? ❜

“No. It’s the man on the moon. Yes, it’s me. I got here the same way you did. Out of the blue with no idea how it happened.”