Anastasia At This Address
“Alone in her bedroom, Anastasia made a face when she read the beginning of the letter a second time. "Friend" was awfully impersonal. "Dear" made it a little better, of course, but still: "friend"? Come on.
416 wasn't that many. He could have written everyone's name in personally, she thought, even if he had to take a day off from work to do it.
She felt a little annoyed at—Anastasia looked at the signature again, to see SWM's name. She had thought of him as SWM for so long now that a different... name felt oddly unfamiliar.
Especially a name like Septimus Smith.
Nothing wrong with Smith. But Septimus? What the heck kind of name was that?
Was he named after a month? Did he have brothers named Octimus and Novimus? Anastasia giggled.
Well, she decided, she would just have to get used to it.
Anastasia Krupnik-Smith, she said to herself.
Not too shabby.
Maybe, if she never got used to Septimus, she could call him by a nickname. Smitty was a nickname, sometimes, for Smith. Maybe she would call him Smitty, or something.MoreLess
416 wasn't that many. He could have written everyone's name in personally, she thought, even if he had to take a day off from work to do it.
She felt a little annoyed at—Anastasia looked at the signature again, to see SWM's name. She had thought of him as SWM for so long now that a different... name felt oddly unfamiliar.
Especially a name like Septimus Smith.
Nothing wrong with Smith. But Septimus? What the heck kind of name was that?
Was he named after a month? Did he have brothers named Octimus and Novimus? Anastasia giggled.
Well, she decided, she would just have to get used to it.
Anastasia Krupnik-Smith, she said to herself.
Not too shabby.
Maybe, if she never got used to Septimus, she could call him by a nickname. Smitty was a nickname, sometimes, for Smith. Maybe she would call him Smitty, or something.MoreLess
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