…Nothing Like the Sun

It’s a quiet morning today. Nothing to do but to relax and take in the day. Just a nice, quiet morning in the countryside. But that never lasts long around Brit-Wales, does it? There always has to be something going on. What is it this time?

Lily marched up to the new neighbour’s door. The other old biddies stood behind her.

“You sure this is a good idea?” Muriel asked.

“Yes,” Lily said. “It’s our duty to make them feel welcome.” Lewis rolled her eyes.

“I feel like we’re harassing them by now,” she said.

“We’re not harassing them,” Lily insisted. “We are just doing the neighbourly thing and checking in on them.” Clyde threw back her head and groaned.

“But we did ‘hat yesterday,” she said. Lily smiled to keep from screaming aloud.

“And?” she asked instead. The other three old biddies looked at each other.

“Are we going to get on their nerves?” Muriel asked. The leader turned to them and frowned.

“Nonsense! It’s up to us to make them feel welcome!” she said. Her friends didn’t argue back. What was the point? Lily wasn’t going to listen anyway. This wasn’t going to end well.

The leader turned back to the door and rang the bell.

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Annie flipped the sign on the door to open. She broke into a huge smile. Crusher was visiting his grandmother this weekend. Annie would have the Sunny Plum alone today.

But not for long.

She looked up when she heard the bells above the door ringing. The woman found herself in for a peculiar sight.

“Liz?” she asked. The young woman was dragging Gloria by the arm into the café.

“Morning, Ms. Annie,” she said. The café owner blinked at first.

“What’s going on here?” she asked. Gloria gave her a huge wave as she grinned.

“Oh, I was trying to cross the street and about fell over,” she said. “This dear was sweet enough to keep me from falling.” Annie had an uneasy look on her face.

“Are you alright, love?” she asked. Gloria waved her off.

“It’s fine! I’m fine. I’m fine, really!” she said. Liz and Annie exchanged looks. However, they didn’t say anything. The older woman cleared her throat.

“What can I get for you today?” she asked.

“Just tea,” Gloria said. Annie raised her eyebrow.

“That it?” she asked.

“Just tea. With a little honey,” the other older woman said. Annie got right to work as Liz guided Gloria to a chair and table near them and sat her down.

“There,” she said. “Are you okay now?” Gloria looked over at her.

“It’s fine, love,” the old lady said. “How is your uncle?” The younger woman had a dark look on her face before she forced herself to smile.

“Fine, just fine,” Liz said.

“Oh. Is that crazy bird still there? She was a mental piece of work,” Gloria added. Her far-sighted eyes would let her see how pissed off the young woman was getting all over again. Meanwhile, Annie rolled her eyes at the teapot.

“Oh boy…” she said to herself. It took Liz’s all to try and not attack.

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Meanwhile, Lily wouldn’t give up on ringing the doorbell. Muriel, Clyde, and Lewis looked at each other.

“You’re going to burn out the doorbell like that,” Lewis spoke up. The leader ignored her.

“Don’t you think you’re overdoing it?” Muriel asked.

“Hush!” Lily shouted. She started knocking on the door as well. Clyde dropped back her head and groaned aloud.

“No one’s home!” she shouted.

“Hush!” the leader yelled again. Her friends looked at each other again. They had let this go on long enough. Lewis walked up and grabbed onto Lily’s shoulders. The leader whipped her head around. The farmer shook her head.

“That’s enough, time to go,” she said in a low voice. Lewis dragged Lily away before she had a chance to argue. Muriel and Clyde followed behind wordlessly.

Meanwhile, Phillip and Christy had already slipped out the back door and hid in the garden until the old biddies were gone.

End