#mari wallace

[mollypondfromwritingspace]

The Gay Confession

Mari walked up the steps of Jules' home, just like she had a million times before. But this time, something was different. She had discovered something about herself, and more importantly, who she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. That is, if she'd let her. Jules opened the door before Mari had even gotten to the front steps. "Mari! You're just the person I wanted to see!" She ran down the steps, almost tripping over the last one, and put her arms around Mari, leaning so close that Mari could smell her fruity perfume, or maybe that was her gum. It didn't matter really, but all Mari could think about was how close she was, and how beautiful Jules looked. It took her a second to realize Jules was looking at her strangely. " Mare, you okay?" Mari smiled and tried to think straight. "Yeah, I-" she faltered, unable to look Jules in the eyes. Jules seemed to pick up on what was happening, and tilted Mari's head up to meet her eyes. Mari stared into Jules' eyes, dark blue orbs that penetrated her soul. "Mari…" Mari licked her lips. "I, uh, came over to say that you were right." Jules raised an eyebrow. "About me." Mari took a deep breath and blurted out the words she had kept hidden for too long. "I'm gay. Very gay. For you." Jules stared at her for just long enough to make Mari wonder if she had just messed up their friendship, then her lips were against hers. Jules had to hold Mari up to keep her from falling. Jules finally pulled away, tucking Mari's hair behind her ear. "Me too." She said, and laughed, a beautiful sound to Mari's ears. Mari laughed too.

[mollypondfromwritingspace]

What a way to spend a Friday night

Mo laughed as Mari twirled around in the old dress she was wearing, a tattered robe swaying around her, lip-syncing to some pop song, using a hairbrush as a microphone. Julia tried to grab onto Mari's robe as it swooshed past where she lay on the floor, but missed, nearly falling over in the process. Mo laughed harder, nearly falling off Mari's bed where she was flipping through some magazine from like 2002.

Suddenly, Mari's bedroom door flew open, and they all froze. Mari's older brother stood in the doorway, hands on his hips like an angry father. "Do you girls have any idea what time it is?" He asked in indignation. Mari rolled her eyes, Julia snorted, and Mo returned to her magazine.

Mari was the one to reply, adjusting her robe in the full-length mirror. "It's Friday night. Who cares what time it is?" Mo and Jules nodded.

Dickie scoffed. "Seriously?"

Jules sat up suddenly. "Hey, I bet that new burger place on State Street is still open! They're supposed to be open 24 hours!"

Mo glanced up. "ooh I could go for some fries!"

Mari nodded. "Hey, me too!" She turned to Dickie, who was standing there slightly aghast "Hey Dickie! Can you drive us over there?"

Dickie stared bemusedly before scoffing. "What? No! It's 2 in the morning! I am definitely not taking the three of you to some burger place at 2 in the morning!"

Somehow, Dickie found himself at Burger Barn with all three girls at 2:30 in the morning, wondering why he even knocked on his sister's door to begin with.

Mari had threatened to walk about 5 miles over here, and, while he's pretty sure she was bluffing, he wasn't going to call her on it. Besides, the fries were pretty good, he thought, looking around at Jules chowing down on a double patty burger, Mo dipping her fries in some mixture of ranch and ketchup and his sister stealing fries from his plate. What a way to spend a Friday night.

[mollypondfromwritingspace]

Mildew-or-don't (incomplete)

Mari finds an apartment. The apartment has "mildew." Dickie, Mo, Julia, and Mari are at apt helping Mari move in. " That's not mildew." Mari looks up in surprise from the kitchen. (Mildew is in the living room). "What?" "That's not mildew. I know what mildew looks like; that's not it." Mo's staring at the wall, inspecting the stain. Jules is standing next to her, also inspecting stain, pretending to know what Mo's talking about. Dickie gets up from couch(?) And walks over to all 3 girls now crowded around stain. Mo: " See this right here?" *Points to spot, someone nods." This should be a lot rougher if it was mildew. How old did you say this place was?" Mari: "probably less than 5 years." Mo: "Yeah, mildew wouldn't spread like this in 5 years." Mari tilts her head. "Well, if it's not mildew, what is it?" Mo shrugs. " I mean, we can cut the wallpaper away to look -" Jules, already taking out a blue pocket knife with aliens on it: "say no more." Before anyone can react, she's cutting the paper around the stain. Dickie: " Where did you even get that?" Jules: "Oh, it's Lo's old one. He wanted me to have it." She shrugs. Dickie: "Old one? Isn't Logan like 12?" Jules is about to say "12 1/2" when Mo interrupts. "Um, guys? That thing's moving!" She points to the stain, which is sure enough oozing through the slit Jules has cut in the paper. Everyone pulls out knives and/or various small weapons and wait tensely as something black and oozing flops out of the wall and onto the floor. Mari: " What the hell is that???" Dickie moves in front of the girls, who all give him an annoyed look. Thing leaps to the top of the couch, and someone gasps. *Insert action scene here* When all is said and done, the thing lies motionless on the floor, and everyone is covered in goop. Mari regrets getting this apartment and possibly moving back home at all. Mari:" What do we…do with that?" She points to the thing, still oozing. Dickie: "Let's take it back to the Lab. Bruce'll probably know what to do. " Jules: sarcastic, covered in goop "H o w ? ? " In the end, all they could settle on was putting the thing in a trash bag and taking it to Bruce's laboratory. By the time they got to the lab, Dickie had already called Bruce, and told him what was going on. Still, he wasn't expecting a trash bag 1/4 filled with a black goop. Nor was he expecting 4 of the kids to also be covered with the same goop.