Happy, happy day!
Mothers' day is such a happy day, sweet and suor, sunny and delightful!
How sweet it is to be loved by you! |
Here in Brasil we say that being a mother is to suffer in Paradise. Yeah, may be...
Motherhood was not easy for me, but it's so very rewarding now. I´m a new mother of an obnoxious, impossible, unstoppable, adorable three year old baby boy. Actually three years old minus two weeks. He is as subtle as a baby elephant.
You are the sunshine of my life... |
I hate to
break traditions, so I chose a song to go along with this post. It's a
Brasilian classic: 'Roses don't speak'. The author, Cartola, was a genious
disguised as wall paintor. See for yourself.
I chose this song not because it sounds sad, but because it's so poetic and beautiful... Hopeful. It's motherish!
'Queixo-me às rosas, 'I complain to the roses
Mas que bobagem But it's foolish
As rosas não falam Roses don't speak
Simplesmente as rosas exalam They simply emanate
O perfume que roubam de ti, ai... The perfume they stole from you, oh...'
From talking about mothers to talk about children... How cute could Mr Darcy and Lizzy be as children?
A cutie! |
Grave look on a beautiful boy... |
Baby Lizzy is Rafaela Romolo who is known as Little Ana Paula Arósio, Boy Darcy is Caio Manhete. Both Brasilian child actors.
I kept thinking about what would be nice to post as a Mothers' day gift and I came to the conlcusion that it IS a day devoted to the Mothers. So I put together these little glimpses of ODC on the story that I'm posting.
Here it is, the small tale about 'Friendship of a special kind's Mr Darcy and Lizzy's childhood as seen from their mothers POV. Hope you enjoy it.
A back porch tale.
fanfic inspired by Pride&Prejudice (unbeataed) MA (+18)
side story to How William Darcy persuaded Lizzy Bennett to love again
Fran Bennett held her cup
of steamy coffee with both hands, took a tiny sip and looked up at her husband,
smiling in thanks. He nodded, smiled back at her and returned to the kitchen. Seated
comfortably at their brand new house’s back porch, Fran watched her adorable
baby girl exercise her imagination. Four years old Lizzy was running the back
garden as an organized company, ordering employees and having stressful
meetings with her stuffed bears, only to finish said meetings with a loud ‘Weeepy’ and hugs to her ballerina doll.
Fran sighed and took
another sip of her coffee, adjusted her achy body on the stretcher and smiled,
thankful for this Mother’s day.
***
Ann Fitzwilliam Darcy lifted
her cup of herbal tea to take another sip, and through the corner of her eyes
she saw her husband perk up. These days, even her smallish gestures were supervised
by him, making her even more uncomfortable. At least, here at Pemberley she
could relax and think of the best way to let her beloved family know about her
health. Pemberley was a safe place, a harbor for the Fitzwilliam family that
the Darcys had embraced.
Ahhh… The Fitzwilliam-Darcys… Seated on one of the
back porch’s many recliners, Ann worshiped the sight of her dear boys playing
around in the yard. Willy was so tall already; his whole face peeked out from
the maze. He was only ten; imagine what a gorgeous man he would be... Ricky’s
boyish laughter, answered by the dogs’ barks, whipped away her worries and
opened a smile on her face. She sighed, fighting the fear that she may not
witness her loved boys turn into handsome men.
Silently she prayed. This
was most likely her last Mothers’ day.
***
Lizzy ground her teeth
together and squeezed her eyes shut, yet again. When finally the body piercing
pain let her take a breath, she willed herself to relax. If only for a split
second. She opened her eyes to fake a smile and took the cup Darcy offered her. She hated having to act sunny just to make him feel
better. At moments like these, there was no space for words,
resentments or apologies.
Fuck him. What about how
bad she felt? Damn him to the very depths of Hades. Fuck this awful situation he had put
her in. Fuck it all… She groaned to herself, shutting her eyes again.
Fuck Mothers’ day.
***
Fran felt like Heaven had
offered her a second chance. Lizzy was so adorable, so sassy, so challenging. She was enough. She was perfect. No need
for a second child, Fran decided to herself.
Two weeks ago, she would
never have let Lizzy use her beautiful Sunday dress to play in the yard. Today,
important things in perspective, Lizzy was happily twirling with her balloon
dress flying around her.
Fran and Tom had planned a
big family of four kids. Maybe five. Surely they had appetite for that much
love in the bedroom. But this big scare, this ectopic pregnancy on their second
try was Heavens way of letting her know they had been greedy.
How could Fran live with
the fear that, God forbids, if bad had come to worse, Tom would be alone to raise
her beloved baby girl. And some blond
tramp would certainly end up seducing him with all sorts of arts and allurements, and this tramp would influence her girl.
That thought brought tears to her eyes all over again.
Just then, like the angel
she was, Lizzy called out to her, waving frantically and Fran laughed. Of
course her adorable Lizzy had already gotten her cute dress all muddy. At least
six inches. This girl was impossible!
***
Ann had just been diagnosed
with an aggressive kind of leukemia. The persistent cold that followed her for
weeks was finally discovered as signal of something much worse. Her doctor, a
friend from junior high, had been blunt: this was it. Ann liked that, the candor.
Her husband was making a
huge effort to act strong but Ann could see through
him. She could see the physical pain he was feeling, his heart stubbornly
refusing to break, the proud full high he carried just to reassure her. She wondered
when he was going to crumble. She hoped she would have the chance to comfort
him.
Now was a time to plan the
future. Their future, her men’s future.
Ann started to sketch four letters in her head. She would write them by hand,
choosing beautiful stationary, using all the right words, being as strong and
assured as she could be. Two of those letters would be addressed to the love of
her life, her adored husband. The other two would go to the reason of her life,
her baby boys. They would read them when they were grown men. She had to write darn
good letters: she would be addressing Darcy men!
Willy came to her side now,
beaming and bringing her a small bouquet of roses. His forefingers conspicuously
stained in blood. She kissed his cheeks and then laughed as Ricky and his crew
of dogs invaded her calm porch. Willy shooed the whole army away, personally escorting the offending crowd out of her
hearing range. Her Willy, William Darcy Son, would surely be a dashing gentleman someday.
Again Ann prayed, now
asking Our Lady in Heaven to cover
her boys with her blue cape.
***
Fuck, fuck, fuck… Here it
came again. Lizzy was sure she wouldn´t survive this pain.
***
It was time to shower and
head to Granny Bennett’s house for Mothers’ day lunch.
With a happy sigh, a prayer
to Our Lady in Heaven thanking her
for the protection she had been given, Fran got up with some effort and called
out to Lizzy.
Her beautiful family of three was going to celebrate
this Mothers’ day to the fullest.
***
Ann got up from her haven
on the back porch and called out her boys. It was time to get ready for lunch,
and today she wanted the four of them
together at the table. They would be using the cozy lunch room; she wanted to
be as close to her men as possible.
She would smile and act
surprised when her husband gave her another beautiful jewel, gush about the
boys’ pasta necklaces and she would enjoy this perfect Mothers’ day.
Ann’s excellent plan just
didn’t count on Willy’s gift. He had saved his allowance for weeks to be able
to buy her a beautiful silver pin – the jewel his boyish naiveté thought was worthy
of his mother. Then, at the table, Ann cried and the fateful talk about her
health started.
***
Lizzy, at this point, could
not see any face in particular.
She could only admire how beautiful Heaven was.
***
***
The end.
***
Was this token good enough?
Let me know?
Happy day for all of us: mothers, daughters, sons, fathers, friends, loved ones.
May Our Lady cover us all with her sky blue cape.
Amen. |
Disclaimer: The same as always.
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