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[indent][indent] [color=FA4616]"Mom! Have you seen where I put that yearbook? I wanted to be able to have it for people to be able to take a look back!"[/color] The brunette started to ransack the area, trying to confirm she wasn't going crazy. She knew that she had put it on her childhood desk, a luxury for her given that her sisters' rooms had been converted into a workout space and an potential future nursery. But that was a day or two ago. It couldn't have sprouted legs and walked off! Was it on a shelf? A chest?

Finally the Class of 2013 yearbook appeared in a hand, but not the hand of Lindsey Sonnett. Instead, it hovered in the doorway in the grip of the matriarch of the Palm Beach household. While she was not the tour-de-force she was in her younger days, known to be able to go toe-to-toe with anyone at Kings, Sandra Sonnett was still nimble enough to spring a surprise on someone who looked at her and underestimated what they were facing. Including her youngest daughter. [color=C2B280]"It's right here, Lindsey. I got it. Don't tear the place apart."[/color]

A sigh of relief escaped Lindsey's lips as she took the book from her mother. [color=FA4616]"Thank you, mom. Where was it?"[/color]

[color=C2B280]"On the kitchen table, where I left it after looking through it."[/color]

[color=FA4616]"MOM! I thought I was going crazy!"[/color]

Sandra laughed. [color=C2B280]"Can't help it if you got me feeling nostalgic, sweetie. Hard to believe it's been 10 years since you graduated. I can still remember watching Megan go off to kindergarten, and now all of you are grown, with your own lives. It makes me appreciate just how far you all have come."[/color]

Lindsey was still pouting a little. She tucked the book into her backpack and finally zipped it up, sealing it. Her change of clothes weren't that different from what she was wearing. A sleeveless blouse, orange as the Gators' end zone, and a black skirt down to the knee, with bare legs until a pair of black leather flat sandals. Her dad joked that she was ready for Halloween, not for her reunion, but Kevin Sonnett didn't land Sandra Darby for his style. A simple palm tree clip sat in Lindsey's hair, tucked back into place after she frantically looked around for the book, and a necklace, a shimmering silver feather, slid back around, but both paled in their ability to command attention like that million-dollar smile that she finally flashed.

[color=FA4616]"If you wanted to come chaperone, mom, you probably could. I'm sure there is enough space on the yacht."[/color]

Sandra waved her daughter off. [color=C2B280]"No, no, this is your night. I'll be fine. Just make sure Matty and Beck are taking care of themselves."[/color]

[color=FA4616]"I will definitely let you know how Matty is doing,"[/color] Lindsey affirmed. She too wanted a better picture of how her ex was holding up a decade after high school. The talk with Matty about needing to do something about the drinking problem was one of the hardest things she did prior to her time in Haiti. Thankfully, her boyfriend was receptive, but she hadn't heard much from him since she returned to Gainesville.

Speaking of Gainesville, it was going to be interesting to see if Kenny Price could break away from his talking head gig to make it. He did RSVP yes for the event. Funnily he was one of the only Kings' students she was closer to outside of high school given they both went to the Swamp. And as her mom mentioned, Beckett would be there. And Kole, Kai, Trevor, so many people! It was going to be a great event.

[color=FA4616]"And I promise I won't get too crazy."[/color]

[color=C2B280]"Now where is the fun in that?"[/color] Sandra asked. [color=C2B280]"Go crazy! Do whatever! You only get one 10-year reunion! And we didn't get a boat! Enjoy it!"[/color]

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That was the take away as Lindsey Sonnett parked her Rogue in the designated lot in front of the Thousand Sunny. Even if her mom stopped just short of giving a war cry. It wasn't a long drive but it promised to be a long night. A good night. It had to be. Lindsey was back among her people. She was ready to get caught up.

As she made her way up the gang plank, she smiled at the crew. [color=FA4616]"Hello, everyone! Let's make some magic tonight!"[/color]

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