~017 - [VIDEO] - all grown up

[intofireforever]

[The video feed turns on to show Laura standing in front of a mirror. This mirror reflects not only Laura, who appears to have aged up considerably, but a very nice bedroom as well. There's a framed photo on the bedside table that she hasn't noticed yet--it's of this older version of her and Miss Parker, smiling and posed together with a little girl. Oh dear. Feel free to point this out, anyone who notices!

Laura touches her face incredulously, and when she speaks, it's in a whisper.]

I got...old.

[After a little while of just staring in absolute shock, she picks up the communicator and starts exploring the house. The next room she stumbled across...is a child's. A little girl's, by the decor. Now she's really confused and more than a little troubled.]

Miss Parker...? Paddy...?! [She picks up a teddy bear, looks at it, and then just...lets it fall to the floor. She's having trouble processing the fact that she has, quite impossibly, become an adult, and a parent to boot.]

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[intofireforever]

Okay. [She nods to Uhura before turning back to Parker.]

Yeah, I can drive. Do you want me to drop you off at the school or something? I have no idea where it is...

[Or anything else, as a matter of fact. If Laura had any idea what a GPA for cars was, she'd be crossing her fingers to find one in whatever vehicle this family used.]

[Spam]

[yourunichase]

Go get ready for school. Maybe you had morning ballet or something. Stranger shit has happened. [There was a pause and Parker rubbed the back of her head.]

Fuck Language.

[Parker looked to Laura and then sighed inwardly. At least she was dressed for school... Dressed in a dress with some horrible floral pattern and 'sensible' shoes. It was like being in the twilight zone.]

I ask because I think you need to be at the school and I wanted to make sure you can get there.