TITLE: Summer on the Vinyard AUTHOR: Elanor G RATING: G CATEGORY: 155 Words SPOILERS: Oh, none, really. Pre-XF. SUMMARY: It would be longer than the story. DISCLAIMER: Don't own these characters. Doing this for fun, not money. The little boy was brown except for his green-gray eyes, brown with the flawless suntanned skin of childhood, and grimy with sand and salt. She loved him so much her chest ached. They walked home from the beach laughing and holding hands, and she forgot her loneliness. They came back to the house to find him standing there, waiting for them on the porch and smoking."Teena," he said quietly. "It's been a long time.""Go inside, Fox," she said. Fox gave the visitor a curious look before running inside and upstairs. Afterwards she crept into Fox's room. He was asleep, worn out from the beach. She stroked his brown back, his sun-warmed skin. She wanted to be strong for him, but her loneliness was overwhelming. For a long time she sat with him, wondering at the new life growing within her, and feeling her strength to resist diminish with every passing moment. End Elanor G ElanorG@yahoo.com http://www.geocities.com/elanorg