Board Thread:Short Stories and Fanfictions/@comment-35500911-20190101044425

"You sure seem chipper today." Grady said, smiling at Sophie as she walked down the stairs. "Happy New Years!" She replied, grinning back.

He cocked his head, cutting up a purple-green fruit that looked sucpiciously like an eggplant. "What's that?" He asked quizzically, "Don't tell me it's another human holiday- I thought Christmas was barely a week ago!"

She laughed. "So what? This one ushers in the new year- a new start. When all the seasons start over again." Grady sighed. "From what I've gathered, humans celebrate everything. That's something so miminal in the elvin lifespan. Why celebrate it- just to get sugar happy?"

"Well- You make resolutions- that's important- but I guess you can do that any day..." Sophie said, her excitement dimming a bit, after all, it didn't matter that much, in the elvin scheme of things.

"It sounds to me like it's something to make you feel better about yourself." Grady grumbled, "Forget stuff, perfect time to make some more bad decisions."

"Oh stop sniping at her!" Edaline said, drifitng into the room. The sacks under her eyes had been lighter lately, though Sophie couldn't figure out the cause of the miracle. Grady grumbled something more, but Sophie didn't hear.

"Can Fitz come over?" Edaline was about to reply, but Grady shook his head. "Fitz can come over as long as Dex can." He said firmly. Edaline side eyed him, but nodded. "You should invite your other friends over too, they haven't been around in a while- where's Keefe been?"

Sophie slid onto a chair, hanging her head. "I haven't seen them in a while. Keefe's especially been... distant. And Linh..." She trailed off. The kitchen fell silent.

(update soon) 