A Big Chill
Posted: 09 Jan 2018, 04:22
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After finally being released from their final exam, Blanca Galatea and her best friend Abigail Iscariot reconvened at the university courtyard to decompress. It was a balmy Summer evening with dusk just beginning to close around them, and the incessant droning call of the cicadas invaded their ears. After the usual discussion of gruelling exam questions and expected results, the conversation turned to what on earth they will do with all the free time that now stretched before them.
Blanca spied a familiar figure moving through a crowd of students. “Elliott?” she called out suddenly, startling Abigail. “Is that you?”
The redheaded gentleman looked over to them. It was indeed Blanca’s cousin, Elliott Thespian, whom she had not seen for several years. It happened that he was invited to the university as a guest lecturer for a class on ethics in business, and had enjoyed his time in Billa Billa so much that he was looking at real estate nearby. Abigail was instantly charmed, and was very happy to hear that he might be staying in town. She definitely wouldn't mind running into him again!
He mentioned that there had been unseasonable snowfall at his family's holiday home in the Antipodean Alps. When Abigail admitted that she had never seen snow, he kindly offered them the use of the luxurious chalet for a weekend trip.
“Imagine!” Abigail gasped. “Being able to have a white Christmas in the middle of summer?"
Once they were back at their apartment building, Abigail spent the rest of the evening gushing about how generous and handsome and refined Elliott was. Blanca was bemused by this reaction to her cousin, and was tempted to describe how refined he had been when running through the sprinklers in his undies at family barbeques when they were kids. She also wondered at how Abigail seemed to be forgetting that she already had a steady boyfriend.
Abigail huffed defensively at the reminder. “I’m just saying that it was very generous of him to make such an offer! Can’t I be thankful about a kind gesture?"
“Mhmm,” replied Blanca, with a smirk.
After finally being released from their final exam, Blanca Galatea and her best friend Abigail Iscariot reconvened at the university courtyard to decompress. It was a balmy Summer evening with dusk just beginning to close around them, and the incessant droning call of the cicadas invaded their ears. After the usual discussion of gruelling exam questions and expected results, the conversation turned to what on earth they will do with all the free time that now stretched before them.
Blanca spied a familiar figure moving through a crowd of students. “Elliott?” she called out suddenly, startling Abigail. “Is that you?”
The redheaded gentleman looked over to them. It was indeed Blanca’s cousin, Elliott Thespian, whom she had not seen for several years. It happened that he was invited to the university as a guest lecturer for a class on ethics in business, and had enjoyed his time in Billa Billa so much that he was looking at real estate nearby. Abigail was instantly charmed, and was very happy to hear that he might be staying in town. She definitely wouldn't mind running into him again!
He mentioned that there had been unseasonable snowfall at his family's holiday home in the Antipodean Alps. When Abigail admitted that she had never seen snow, he kindly offered them the use of the luxurious chalet for a weekend trip.
“Imagine!” Abigail gasped. “Being able to have a white Christmas in the middle of summer?"
Once they were back at their apartment building, Abigail spent the rest of the evening gushing about how generous and handsome and refined Elliott was. Blanca was bemused by this reaction to her cousin, and was tempted to describe how refined he had been when running through the sprinklers in his undies at family barbeques when they were kids. She also wondered at how Abigail seemed to be forgetting that she already had a steady boyfriend.
Abigail huffed defensively at the reminder. “I’m just saying that it was very generous of him to make such an offer! Can’t I be thankful about a kind gesture?"
“Mhmm,” replied Blanca, with a smirk.