She stared. That's all she did, I swear. Well, and the tear, but just one. Frankie had dared me, &quot;Go on, see what the crazy ol' lady says about your areola.&quot; &quot;It's called an aura, dummy,&quot; Lupita corrected, &quot;And mi abuela is _not_ crazy.&quot; It always amazed me how Lupita could take a simple word, like 'not' for instance, and load it with threatening meaning. This went back and forth for a few minutes, and as it looked like it was about to come to blows I slipped into Abuela Cruz's dimly lit apartment, leaving my two friends to bicker on the stoop. The sounds of the city street seemed to fade away in the stillness of the apartment. She motioned to a chair, so I sat across from her, looking back over the top of a decorative lamp. Having no idea how this worked I just sat there, probably did it wrong though, not that I'll ever know. She just sat and stared. Her face was impassive, locked still. Time stretched out. I felt oddly removed. She stared, shed one tear, and heaven help me I ran for the door. 2008-04-15T22:53:26Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/24668 <p>Happy event you got featured, congrats!<br />(Late comment.)</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/24668?basename=56726 2008-04-15T22:53:26Z I LOVE FRANK IERO AND WILLIAM BECKETT!!! http://ficlets.com/authors/manic_panic <p>Congrats on Features Ficlet Sir THX , and I&#8217;m glad your writer&#8217;s block is over, one of your best Characters so far.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/24668?basename=53227 2008-03-31T16:17:39Z SKermitgorf http://ficlets.com/authors/kermitgorf <p>Love it. Just the sort of thing I like in a really short story. It says &#8220;This is all there is, but it&#8217;s enough&#8221;, and it is. First time I&#8217;ve felt compelled to comment on a story on the front page of ficlets, you have my admiration.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/24668?basename=51481 2008-03-25T15:08:28Z Adam Short http://ficlets.com/authors/orinoco77 <p>Hmm, interesting.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/24668?basename=50879 2008-03-22T22:59:55Z I LOVE FRANK IERO AND WILLIAM BECKETT!!! http://ficlets.com/authors/manic_panic <p>love it. i see auras but only at times. i have to concentrate.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/24668?basename=49696 2008-03-18T22:17:48Z duckn http://ficlets.com/authors/duckn <p>amazing as usual<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/24668?basename=49335 2008-03-17T23:53:39Z Flute Loop<33 http://ficlets.com/authors/sasha <p>This is really good! It must of been pretty bad for her to cry like that. Congrats on being featured!<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/24668?basename=49176 2008-03-17T15:18:36Z Blusparrow http://ficlets.com/authors/blusparrow <p>I still can&#8217;t help laughing at &#8220;see what the crazy ol’ lady says about your areola&#8221;. Pure genius!<br />And, yes, congrats on the feature.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/24668?basename=49123 2008-03-17T05:39:34Z Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) http://ficlets.com/authors/capital_w_writer <p>Congrats on being featured! This deserves it. :)</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/24668?basename=49078 2008-03-17T01:56:29Z Ana Cristina http://ficlets.com/authors/asimon78 <p>I completly agree with all the above. Wonderful and grats on the featured ficlet! <br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/24668?basename=49032 2008-03-17T00:09:55Z .:band baby:. http://ficlets.com/authors/bandbaby <p>Very nicely done, Sir THX &#8230; I&#8217;ve always admired your writing, and this is very well done indeed. Very interesting &#38; could go many possible directions. Bravo!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/24668?basename=49001 2008-03-16T22:38:15Z YodaOnCrack http://ficlets.com/authors/yodaoncrack <p>Yay, it&#8217;s a featured Ficlet! Congrats, you deserve it!</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/24668?basename=48982 2008-03-16T20:53:05Z flute faerie http://ficlets.com/authors/user_6061 <p>O, wow, that was fabulous, THX ! In a way, I want to know what exactly she saw, but in another way, I think the story is perfect as it is. I&#8217;m not certain if I want to see a sequel or not! :D<br />Fabulous job, as I have come to expect from you.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/24668?basename=48865 2008-03-16T08:01:43Z Capital "W" Writer (LoA's Geekus Awesomeus) http://ficlets.com/authors/capital_w_writer <p>Hmm. I wonder why she cried. What could she have seen in the narrator&#8217;s aura that was so unsettling, endearing, or saddening to provoke a tear? I wish I could come up with something! <br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/24668?basename=48811 2008-03-16T02:38:38Z Storykeeper of Fae http://ficlets.com/authors/smile <p>Great job on this. I am curious too about what she saw. It just seems to be the way you wrote it; making us all want more. Outstanding job!<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/24668?basename=48797 2008-03-16T01:53:02Z Freedom http://ficlets.com/authors/http_ficlets_com_authors_withinthewords_com <p>Oh wow, what did she see!? Kind of reminds me of one of my friends who talks about people and their auras&#8230;she can be a little strange sometimes too. Awesome ficlet, I hope there&#8217;s a sequel!<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/24668?basename=48776 2008-03-15T23:49:05Z paper flowers http://ficlets.com/authors/paper_flowers <p>Thanks, guys. This was a desperate attempt on my part to break a bout of writer&#8217;s block.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/24668?basename=48746 2008-03-15T22:27:43Z THX 0477 http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477 <p>I do too. Great vivid descriptions and it left me begging for more.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/24668?basename=48731 2008-03-15T21:57:08Z thebetweenspace http://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspace <p>My mother swears that one night she was able to see people&#8217;s auras. I swear she must have been drunk, but I wasn&#8217;t born yet when it happened and not there to witness it, so who knows?<br />This story reminded me of that. <br />It&#8217;s really well written. It&#8217;s also begging for a sequel. I want to know what she saw!<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/24668?basename=48726 2008-03-15T21:23:45Z Ana Cristina http://ficlets.com/authors/asimon78