Mia Dillon
Jan 23rd, 2003, 01:07:29 PM
"Oh.... Oh.... It's five o'clock.... Now, it's five o'clock now.... Oh...."
Mia paced the floor, head down, and obviously anxious. She seemed very lost and the constant pacing was doing nothing to better the situation. Every few steps the young woman jerked as if she had run into a wall, turned around and went the other way.
"...Of course, Peter comes at five o'clock, it's five o'clock now... It's five o'clock now.... Oh....."
Her hands were twitching in front of her and she blinked rapidly. For a split second Mia looked up to see the plastic watch on her wrist in a better light.
Five-oh-two, it's not five o'clock anymore... Of course Peter comes at five o'clock, five o'clock on the dot...."
She continued to pace awkwardly, oblivious to the stares that were now pointedly fixed in her direction.
"...Oh.... Hydrogen: non metal, colorless, hexagonal, discovered in 1766, definetly 1766 by Henry Cavendish... Oh.... Lithium: alkali metal, silvery, cubic, discovered in 1817 by Johann Arfvedson..."
It was five past five now. For Mia, an autistic savant, it was a great disturbance to her regular schedule. But it had to be taken into consideration that she wasn't on her regular schedule anymore. She wasn't even on her home planet anymore.
"Oh....."
Mia paced the floor, head down, and obviously anxious. She seemed very lost and the constant pacing was doing nothing to better the situation. Every few steps the young woman jerked as if she had run into a wall, turned around and went the other way.
"...Of course, Peter comes at five o'clock, it's five o'clock now... It's five o'clock now.... Oh....."
Her hands were twitching in front of her and she blinked rapidly. For a split second Mia looked up to see the plastic watch on her wrist in a better light.
Five-oh-two, it's not five o'clock anymore... Of course Peter comes at five o'clock, five o'clock on the dot...."
She continued to pace awkwardly, oblivious to the stares that were now pointedly fixed in her direction.
"...Oh.... Hydrogen: non metal, colorless, hexagonal, discovered in 1766, definetly 1766 by Henry Cavendish... Oh.... Lithium: alkali metal, silvery, cubic, discovered in 1817 by Johann Arfvedson..."
It was five past five now. For Mia, an autistic savant, it was a great disturbance to her regular schedule. But it had to be taken into consideration that she wasn't on her regular schedule anymore. She wasn't even on her home planet anymore.
"Oh....."