Saint Joseph School

She laughed and tucked her small fingers into the crook of his elbow with a flourish. Really, that is what all the ladies did in the books and it was always so romantic to be escorted by a handsome man. Well, boy. But still, Jason Berenzhin . La, maybe she would even meet somebody she knew! And she ...

Marie blinked, blue eyes widening with surprise and perhaps even a little trepidation.

"Oh, non ch... Jason. I could not!" She laughed and then leaned forward, bouncing a little as if sharing a good secret. "Vraiment, I sing like a pretty bird or at least that is what my papa says but I should not ...

"Ah, non, non! I zhink you should play many things, cher! Mais, perhaps you could practice more quietly?" The girl waved her hands in the air. "At least the songs that are not so fully written." She cocked a single finger at him. "It sounds like you are a hopping rabbit, moving from this to that and ...

The breeze felt just right. Not too cool, not too strong, it ran through the fringe of her hair and teased along her jaw but didn't actually dare to disturb anything. She sat demurely on the grass under the spreading branches of one of the nicer trees near the boys' dorms, her things spread out just ...

laughs with delight and twirls in place, feathered headdress waving. blows a kiss with both hands to Mighty Electron.

Monsieur, I shall like you very much! If you wish to take my picture, I shall most certainly sign it for you. To zhe pretty boy, love, Picayune!

And you, Monsieur Alex, tu es ...

/laughs

Oh non, ma timide fraise! I should take as many pictures as possible, until I should find zhe one that shows my feet in zhe best light possible. I shall make ma fille do it, since she so kindly offered.

/seems unconcerned that it might take Girlactic all night to find an acceptable shot

Smiles and goes on tiptoe to put her lips next to Alexei's ear.

Cher, you have not seen zhe boots, I take it?

Certainement, zhey are worth it.

"I still do not see why zhis must be learned. Alors, le professeur says it shall even be on zhe exam!" She threw her books into the locker with three distinct thumps. "C'est tres stupide, ma fille. I shall protest!"

A smile ghosted across Jane's face.

"You can protest if you like. But it's still ...

... do not zhink I have not thought of zhat already!!

Mais non, ma fille! I know very well where is zhis zoom button.. but cherie, how am I to show my boots in this tiny place?

/thinks this really should be an obvious problem.

i zhink the portraits should be larger.

... zhe little pictures to zhe side, they are so small! Mimi, I cannot be seen, no matter how I pose to zhe camera!

s'il vous plait, cherie, may we have larger paintings so that other may see us better?

/clasps hands and looks hopeful.