The sun drifted away underneath the clouds to proove it's point that mid-day had ened and it was now 6 o'clock. Clarity had been dragged out quiet forefully by her crab apple of a step aunt, Aunt Mavis.
She was her dad's older step sister who was constantly critising her brother on his choice in wife and ways of raising his childeren. He was always in his study, writing non-sense, he didn't have anytime to teach his daughters anything! and his wife oh! always rambling on about rabbits, hats and roses! i must admit, if i didn't know any better i'd have thoughtthat dear Alice was insanely bonkers.
By what aunt Mavis meant was, she wanted neices that would be prim, proper, obeidiant and would give up their freedom by the age of 20 and marry a possibly horrid man. Clarity thought it was all a bunch of nonsense.
Everything at this birthday was extremly boring. There were 24 simply white tables with a boring flower arrangement of a single lilly./ The type that you would lay gently on a coffin at a funeral. All the women wore either a light peach or beige and all the men a light brown. There were only 8 guests per table, and everyone sat so stiffly and straight that Clarity thought that they had all shoved wooden boards up their backs.
Conversation was mild and dull and no one acted as though thy were friends or family. Clarity let out a moan and let her head drop on the hard white table.
" Ouch..."
Clarity whispered, only loud enough that her sister Lya could hear, but she ignored Clarity and just kept taking large gulps of the bitter tea. Clarity always thought tea tasted odd, but this tasted like bile. Then aghain, it was made by Step-aunt Mavis.
CLINK CLINK CLINK CLINK CLINK! her eldest cousin Merrie tapped her tea cup with a spoon. All eyes except Clarity's were now on Merrie. Her smile was emensely large. So large that it must be fake.
" Thank you ever so much my welcomed guests. This had been a very nice birthday."
Yeah right Clarity thought.
" I would like to thank you all for the genourous gifts, like Aunt Adeline and this gorgeous rose coloured dancing gown, or uncle Horace and this beautiful china dinning set. I'll be so pleased to use them!"
Merri was layering the honey-tone of her voice on a bit too thick. You could tell her large toothy grin was forced, and Clarity knew that her eldest cousin was to bust snogging her Boyfriend Gildorey Rafiel to go out dancing or even dine.
" Oh Merrilee, you atill have one package left!"
Merri's mother, Aunt Molly said kindly. Aunt Molly was one of my favorite aunts. I had alot to choose from though! My father had a big family, of 6 boys and 5 girls, his mother, my granmother, had died and was replaced by a younger ( much younger) woman who bore 4 more childeren. all girls. All of them married, so i hav 30 aunts and uncles on one side, and 2 on the other.
Merri frowned alitte. More at the sound of her givin name, Merrilee, than the aspect of skipping a present.
She shook her head, no hair fell out of place.
" I don't see anything mother,"
Merri moaned, distraught. Her mother smiled sweetly as a man, with short brown curls waddled his way up to the long table where his true love sat, undistracted by the thought of an unopened parel.
" This-is your gift sweetums."
Gildorey said, softly, gently place a small robin egg blue box upon Merri's peach clad lap.
She undid the ribbon lightly, and threw it over her shoulder, hitting uncle Robert in the face in the process.
" Oh my goodness, Gildorey! It's beautiful!"
Merri shrieked in delight. She stood up, holding out her left hand. Happily pointing to the diamond encrusted wedding band upon her fourth finger.
" I'm getting married!"
Merri shierked. The garden erupted in soft appaulase, as Merri and Gildorey shared a pre-wedding snog.
" Merrilee is getting married. What a surprise."
Nyree spat, bitterly. Staring into t he dark brown bile that sat in a rose coloured tea cup.
Why would Nyree be upset? She's 4 years younger than Merri!
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