One Month One World One Year Challenge (Selena Lilly)
So, I started this off in the hopes that I could keep up with it, and immediately couldn't. I've decided to instead do it in this thread, but please check out the main thread with all its wonderful st...
Selena looked around her house with satisfaction. She hadn’t ended up with much to unpack, in the end, and she’d been able to sell on some of the stuff she didn’t need anymore for a good price, given it was now second-hand. The new house wasn’t that much bigger than her old place, but it definitely felt bigger, and she already felt like painting some of the beautiful scenes she’d seen outside. Moonwood Mill was dusted in snow this winter, with a forecast that only spoke of thicker snow to come in time for the holiday.
She wasn’t sure how she felt about spending her first Winterfest alone, but she knew it would have been better than the alternative. She hadn’t really enjoyed Winterfest much ever since she’d started to notice things about her family she’d rather not have, but she also didn’t even know how she was supposed to go about getting everything together.
Well, plenty of time to worry about that later. Right now, she was a woman on a mission.
She had been lucky enough to speak with the librarian in Moonwood Mill before she moved, and been told to head down when she had time to have a look at things, as the library often sold paintings and other such stuff as a way to support the local community and the small businesses within it. Mr Wilder had been very enthusiastic when Selena had showed off her art via social media, and Mrs Fox had assured her that Mr Wilder was a good friend to her, too.
It had taken her some time to get settled in, though, and she'd finally contacted Mr Wilder yesterday, and been told to head in today to see how things went. He'd been a little hesitant, and she'd found herself growing nervous soon after.
As she walked in, however, she could see no sign of a librarian, and began to get worried. Maybe she’d gotten the wrong day? Or the wrong time? That would be embarrassing.
As she was about to head back out, a tall boy with curling dark hair looked up at her, and walked over, looking a little bored.
“Are you the artist? Wolfgang’s not here, but he said to show you around.” He looked her up and down. “Guess you’re new in town, huh?”
“Oh.” Selena blinked at him, a little flustered. “Well, hello. I mean, yes, I am. My name’s Selena.”
“Cyrus. I volunteer here. Anyway, Wolfgang’s all for local artists and small businesses, so he’s pretty thrilled you’re here.” He gave her a bland smile. “Want the tour?”
“You seem busy,” she said, immediately. “I can come back another time, so it’s really no trouble. I’ll bring the paintings with me tomorrow on my way back from school or something.”
“Huh? No, really, I’m supposed to give you the tour of everything.” He seemed a little flustered now, instead of her. “Wolf told me-- I mean…”
She couldn’t help but laugh then, trying to stop herself, before holding her hands up.
“Look, you seem really nice, but I don’t want you to have to give me a tour. I’d rather explore on my own another time, not bothering anyone. Just tell Mr Wilder I had somewhere to be, I’m sure he’ll understand.” She couldn’t help but smile. “Thanks, though.”
“That’d be cool,” Selena said, still unable to stop smiling. He was kind of funny, honestly, but she wouldn’t mind seeing a friendly face there.
“Yeah, I guess it kind of would.” He gave her a smile back, a genuine one this time rather than what had clearly been his customer service smile. "I'd be happy to show you around the library, seriously."
"I mean, if you insist," she said, a little mischievously. He laughed, and she almost did as well.
"Come on, give me a break." He grinned at her. "Can't blame me for putting my foot in my mouth, can you? I promise, I'll give you the best tour you've ever had of this library."
"Oh, yes. And the only one." She found herself smiling back. "Lead the way, then."
