Realm Of Wonders Union: A Short Story

It had been a while since things had been this perfect. The oddly homely smell of Felix’s musty loft somehow gave Sarah a sense of safety. She wasn’t concerned about her sisters’ well-being anymore because a cure was in hand, and after all these years, she finally knew that the constant fear that her immunity to the disease would render her alone and frightened, was a fear that would no longer haunt her every thought.
In the background, she could hear Alison and Felix bickering about whether it was safe or not to use his old barbecue inside or not. Alison argued he would end up burning the building to the ground, as Felix continued to persist that they’d open windows and it’d be fine. Art had just arrived with Helena who were both clearly arguing on the car journey here, probably about whether it was ok or not to throw gum out the window at strangers who didn’t take to her liking. Cosima and Sarah got up to greet the pair, as Alison and Felix were far too taken by their argument to be disturbed by anybody.
Sarah wrapped Helena into an enormous bear hug which took her twin by surprise seeing as Sarah was always too stubborn to let anyone break her hard rock shell exterior. …show more content…
That left Sarah and Cal on the carpet, and Kira wedged in between her mum’s legs, with the back of her head laying contentedly on her stomach, slowly drifting off into a very deep sleep. They were all talking quietly, when S and Art decided to leave together, discussing the shortest route to each house. When that problem was resolved, they left hugging everyone goodbye, and bidding the night