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Tweak says, "she already done had herses"

Maybelline Bennett (whycantyoubetru) wrote in inpoormerit,
@ 2010-03-08 20:59:00

Entry tags:

belle, belle and cordelia, cordelia

Comfort Food
WHO: Belle and Delia
WHERE: Diner at the center of town
WHEN: Around 1pm

Luckily, the food was pretty much gone by the time Belle had shown up. That saved her some clean up. So she'd rummaged through the diner's kitchen and came up with the fixings for fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy. She wasn't certain what to make for dessert, maybe she'd just whip up a batch of sugar cookies. Something light after the heavy food.

Mercifully, her mp3 player had made the trip with her, along with the little speaker charger thingy for it. She had it turned up quite a bit as she cooked, letting the familiar comforting music take away some of her stress.

Right now, it was playing the Beatles Dear Prudence, a song she knew all too well. As she mixed up the batter for the chicken, she was singing along, her powerful voice easy to hear over the John Lennon's.

"Dear Prudence open up your eyes
Dear Prudence see the sunny skies
The wind is low the birds will sing
That you are part of everything
Dear Prudence won't you open up your eyes?"

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stillhealing
2010-03-09 04:26 pm UTC (link)

"That's all right," Delia responded, smiling a little herself. Belle's smile and obvious warm nature were so disarming that the light southern accent she was so used to covering began to poke through in her speech. She hesitated for a moment before responding to Belle's question; the issue of her name had always been a bit of a problem for her. She'd been called many different things over the course of her short life, many of them derogatory and a few of them unrepeatable, so she'd learned quickly to just let people call her whatever they wanted. But every so often she had to choose, and that always put her at a loss.

"Grace," she said after a moment. Aunt Lily called her Grace. Maybe she would feel better if people here did, too. "It's nice to meet you too, Belle." Stepping a bit closer, she extended her hand. "You have a perfectly beautiful voice."

	whycantyoubetru 2010-03-10 09:24 pm UTC (link)
	Belle had started dipping the chicken pieces in the batter and frying them. "Nah, never really did anythin' formal," she admitted. "Sang in the church choir growin' up, but other than that, never really needed any training." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	stillhealing 2010-03-10 10:18 pm UTC (link)
	"I can't say I blame him," Delia said. "He sounds real nice." She'd have to be the judge of that herself when she met him, though. Delia lowered her head a little in response to the question. "Just a little," she responded meekly. "My aunt Lily insisted that I take voice lessons for a couple of years. It was fun and I learned a lot." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	whycantyoubetru 2010-03-10 10:26 pm UTC (link)
	"He's the sweetest man who ever lived," Belle said with absolute confidence. "I'm real lucky." Voice lessons? Belle grinned and nodded towards the mp3 player. "Well, pick something you like to sing to then. Got all sorts of old blues and jazz songs on there. Beatles, Beach Boys, some gospel, little bit of country. I'd love to hear you sing." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	whycantyoubetru 2010-03-10 11:15 pm UTC (link)
	Oh Ella Fitzgerald. Fine choice. Belle was damned impressed by the girl. She had some pipes on her. And she couldn't help but join in, careful not to overpower Grace. "Although he may not be the man some Girls think of as handsome To my heart he carries the key." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)