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Katherine "Kissin' Kate" Barlow ([personal profile] ikissdhimbck) wrote2010-10-10 02:11 pm

OOM: France, 2005

[Third OOM]


Kate wakes to sunlight poring into her room, the shadows of Chêne-liège leaves dancing across her eyes. She breathes in deeply, stretching her legs against the cotton sheets, and rolls over. Her hand smooths over the mattress, searching.

And then she remembers.

Eyes open to an empty bed, her tanned hand resting against stark white sheets. For a while, she doesn't move. She dares to wonder when she'll wake up to something other than the vice-grip ache in her heart.


A knock comes at her door, light but insistent, like the determined birdsong outside the french doors.
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[personal profile] betagainstme 2010-10-18 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Just watch." Alice grabs the dress from her and wanders up to the cashier. A few moments of rapid French and a swipe of her card and they are the proud owners of some new clothes.


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[personal profile] betagainstme 2010-10-18 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Oooh this store sells only shoes." Alice plasters herself against the window. "Let's go in heeeeere."
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[personal profile] betagainstme 2010-10-19 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"We'll get someone to bring them back for us." Alice decides, popping back into the shoe store, only to come out a few minutes later with a man, who they laden down with their bags.

In rapid French, she explains where they live, and the man nods enthusiastically; he knows exactly where it is...and he's holding a crisp 100 euro bill in his hand.

"Merci," Alice sing-songs before turning back to Kate. "Are you hungry? Or...do you wanna just wander around and take a break?"

She's doing this for you, Kate!
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[personal profile] betagainstme 2010-10-21 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Absolutely!" Alice grins, skipping across the street haphazardly. There are few cars on this street anyway. And besides, she'd see if she was gonna get hit.

"I love the smell of candy."
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[personal profile] betagainstme 2010-10-21 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"The smell isn't bad. It's the taste that's horrendous. Like eating dirt. Or so I hear...I've never eaten dirt."
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[personal profile] betagainstme 2010-10-21 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"I wish I could eat it." She says, peering into a bucket of something small, wrapped and sweet.

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[personal profile] betagainstme 2010-10-21 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"I guess before 1920." Alice sinks her hand into a basket of peppermints, wrapped in shiny plastic. "I don't know. I woke up craving bl--"

She breaks off and smiles at the attendant. "Bonjour."
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[personal profile] betagainstme 2010-10-21 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
When Alice turns away from the shopkeeper, she's holding a huge back of candy and chocolate. "Apparently I'm buying this. So you better eat it all."
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[personal profile] betagainstme 2010-10-23 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Alice grins back at her. "I'm sure you'll put it to use."
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[personal profile] betagainstme 2010-10-23 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, this trip is for you, you get to choose." Alice waves her hand around as she hands the large bag to someone who will also bring this to the house.

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[personal profile] betagainstme 2010-10-23 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"...no seriously, it's cool. I can't even tell you how much money I have, you'll faint."
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[personal profile] betagainstme 2010-10-23 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm an excellent gambler." :D?
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[personal profile] betagainstme 2010-10-23 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Alice buys her a light dinner around five, pretending to drink her bottle of Perrier. Eventually they leave and wander down a side alley -- it seems safe enough here to do so.

The sun is starting to set and shadows are longer and as Alice turns to grin at Kate and talk about something inane, she stops --

a mugger steps out behind the building and he goes for alice because she's smaller and she seems like she's weaker -- but when she steps out of the way he goes for kate instead and then

--"Kate!" She snaps just as the guy comes charging at them. Alice, sidestepping and watching as he goes for Kate. In barely any time at all, Alice has wrenched him back and pinned him against the wall, her teeth bared (shiny, sharp and glinting in the dim twilight).

"Bad idea," She hisses.

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