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cabinpres_fic) wrote2012-05-29 05:28 am
cabinpres_fic) wrote2012-05-29 05:28 am
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Prompting Post V
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Fill: Appendix C: What To Except When the Pilot Leaves the Nest (2/2)
“Ready?” Nate asked.
Martin glanced around the living room, his gaze landing on the five most recent students he’d shared the house with. When he first moved in to Parkside Terrace, Martin never imagined that one day he might look back on his time spent there and miss it. The thought seemed absurd; Martin had spent years wishing he could be somewhere else, anywhere other than the drafty attic at the top of a shared house full of students where he was the only grown up. He thought he’d been miserable but, looking back on it now, even though there’d been bad days, Martin had to admit that most of the time he’d been happy. Not ‘blissfully happy with the love of your life in the moonlight’ happy but more like ‘Lily chatted with him over tea and biscuits’ happy or ‘the twins sat in with him to watch a film’ happy.
He may have been moving on to something new and wonderful but he was moving away from something he’d enjoyed and Martin knew he would miss it.
“Ready,” Martin said with a small nod.
Nate touched a hand to Martin’s face and kissed him, despite the giggles and grunts of disapproval coming from the students; the assurance of Nate’s lips and the matching band on his hand that was cool against Martin’s cheek strengthened the smile on the pilot’s face.
After two more rounds of goodbyes, one at the front door and another on the porch, Martin and Nate got into his van and, once it started, they drove off down the street on their way to Nate’s flat. The students stood around to watch them go; when the van rounded the corner and turned out of sight, Lucas, Logan, and Isabelle went back into the house to go on with their days. Tommy turned to follow them but looked back at Lily, still staring out at the street with her arms wrapped loosely around herself.
“Lil?”
“I know he’s happy and I’m glad he’s happy but I just, I just wish...” Lily let out a long breath as she turned towards Tommy. “Couldn’t he have stayed until the end of term?”
“So we could all move out together?”
“So we wouldn’t have to be without him.” Lily took another look back at the street before relenting her post and walking over to Tommy, who put his arm around her. “I’m going to miss him, Tommy,” she sighed, dropping her head onto his shoulder.
“Me too, Lil,” he admitted, leading Lily into the house and giving her shoulder a squeeze. “We all will. It’s just going to take some getting used to, Parkside Terrace without its resident pilot ghost.”
Tommy began to laugh, a low, steady chuckle that shook his body and lit up his face.
“What?” Lily asked.
Tommy stepped away from Lily and kicked aside the thin rug that ran behind the couch, from the front door to just about the kitchen. He took three steps from the arm of the couch and put his heel down on the end of the second floorboard from the wall. It lifted easily; Tommy knelt, holding the floorboard up with his hand, and pulled out the plastic envelope from the space hidden beneath the floor.
“I guess we don’t need this anymore,” he chuckled, handing Lily the small stack of papers from the envelope.
Lily held the staple and binder clip bound document in her hands, skimming through the dog-eared pages of rules, notes, and stories all pertaining to Martin. She’d only seen the handbook, titled The Care and Feeding of Your Resident Pilot-Ghost, three times before. The first was the day she moved in; Lily had been made, by Isabelle and Tommy, to sit at the kitchen table and read the whole thing before adding her name to the list of signatures in the back, before the appendices. The second was the day Isabelle added the addendum to rule number ten after Martin regaled her with a very long and very technical story about how he landed a plane on one engine, in a crosswind. The third was the day the twins added their story, complete with pictures, of the goose that had found its way into Martin’s room to ‘Appendix A: Things That Go Bump in the Attic.’ For the sake of secrecy, the handbook didn’t come out much. Not that anyone needed it; no one ever needed a refresher on how to look out for Martin.
“What do you think we should do with it?” Tommy asked, peering over the top as Lily turned through the pages. “I suppose we could toss it or shred it-”
“I think we should keep it.”
“Keep it?”
“Yes,” Lily nodded. She flipped the pages back until the cover was facing up and held the handbook close to her chest. “Isn’t the most important rule that Martin never find out about the list?” Lily continued talking before Tommy had even begun to nod. “Then, isn’t the safest thing to do with it to keep it in the exact place where it’s been successfully hidden from him for almost ten years?”
Tommy studied Lily for a moment before a soft smile settled on his face.
“Yes,” he agreed, “that’s the safest thing to do with it. Will you put it back, Lil?”
“I’ll take care of it,” she assured him.
Tommy pulled Lily into a quick hug. He ensured that she had the floorboard propped up with her foot and then left to head up to his room.
Lily looked down at the handbook, opening it again to a random page. A smile started to sneak onto her face as she read rule number seventeen, which started with ‘Martin quite enjoys cooking.’ She had personal experience with that rule; Lily could remember everything about the first time Martin made her dinner from what they ate (beef stew with a side of fresh green beans) to the story he’d told while he cooked (how he and Douglas had created Christmas in the flight deck for Arthur and were rewarded with a second Christmas).
Lily turned to the back of the handbook and clipped the picture Martin had given her of all of them celebrating Isabelle’s birthday to the second to the last page, under ‘Appendix B: A Cheat Sheet to Captain Crieff.’ She put the papers back into the plastic envelope and tucked it away under the floorboard. Lily straightened the rug and took a moment to ensure nothing in the living room looked askew. The whole scene was entirely inconspicuous and no one would ever guess that there was something so important hidden beneath the floor.
Something known only to the past and current students of Parkside Terrace, with Lily, Isabelle, Tommy, Lucas, and Logan, the Third Generation, being the last to be entrusted with the care of the resident pilot ghost.
Even if Martin was gone, Lily liked knowing that the handbook would be there until the end of term; it made her feel better to know that there was a little piece of Martin Crieff still residing in Parkside Terrace.
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Disclaimer: The concept of the handbook isn't mine. It's a reference to the two great fills to this prompt which I encourage you to read if you haven't as they're wonderful.
Re: Fill: Appendix C: What To Except When the Pilot Leaves the Nest (2/2)
(Anonymous) 2012-07-03 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Fill: Appendix C: What To Except When the Pilot Leaves the Nest (2/2)
Re: Fill: Appendix C: What To Except When the Pilot Leaves the Nest (2/2)
(Anonymous) 2012-07-03 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Fill: Appendix C: What To Except When the Pilot Leaves the Nest (2/2)
Re: Fill: Appendix C: What To Except When the Pilot Leaves the Nest (2/2)
*hugs the fox*
I'm not the OP, but I thought that story was brilliant!
Re: Fill: Appendix C: What To Except When the Pilot Leaves the Nest (2/2)
Thank you! It just worked out that everything could come together. Plus I really love those handbook fills. I'm glad you liked it!
OP!!! Fill: Appendix C: What To Except When the Pilot Leaves the Nest (2/2)
(Anonymous) 2012-07-04 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)Re: OP!!! Fill: Appendix C: What To Except When the Pilot Leaves the Nest (2/2)