A Married Marilyn

"Class is dismissed. Don't forget the project due…"

"Huh, what?"

Marilyn woke up disoriented from her nap. When she finally came to, she vaguely remembered some project for Intro to Computer Science, gathered her legs from the chairs in front of her, dusted off her baggy jeans and began the walk out the lecture hall, backpack in tow. She walked out of the building, looking at the leaves of autumn turn around her, setting the overcast sky ablaze with color. She brushed out a yellow leaf out of her now bone-straight hair and began to walk the few blocks to her house. Her blue Timberland hiking books were almost covered by her baggy blue jeans, which brushed along the leaves on the sidewalk. Her matching blue long sleeve t-shirt was covered by the blue USA basketball jersey from the previous year's Olympics, replete with the number 9. Glancing down at the jersey, she thought to herself, "damn, I need to find something more patriotic after this weekend. You'd think Tommy Hilfiger would come out with more American flag shirts by now."

Not paying attention, she stumbled slightly on the sidewalk in front of her house before turning and walking up to her door, her arm brushing by the American flag on the steps. She dug in her deep pockets for her keys, and let herself into the living room. Inside was the din of a normally functioning house, with a TV blaring off in the background. She was about to turn to call out for her sister when she saw something out of the corner of her eye turn towards her.

"KAT!" screamed Marilyn and turned towards her fiancée. Kat too made visual recognition, and Marilyn got down on one knee to hug her diminutive love, squeezing her tightly and giving her a peck on the cheek. She then got back up on her feet, letting Kat bury her head in her belly.

"Hey Shari! You here?"

Sharilynn bounded down the stairs, dressed in a faded old shirt and shorts, barefoot and looking a bit harried. "Hey Donnie," she said with a chuckle. "Glad you're back. You know we gotta run around a bit so we can head on up to Vermont, right?"