Forced to focus on daily life [Comprehensive English and American]

I don’t know which excellent photographer from the school newspaper, he combined the lights, the noise and the fragile expression of classmate Rosie Mathers into one photo, and this photo was also published that night. On the homepage of the campus forum of Empire State University, Rosie just planned to go to the computer sub-station of the campus forum routinely before going to bed to have a look. When she saw her face that looked a little dim because of the too dazzling lights, she stared wide. eyes, and then closed the page of the campus forum.

This oolong obviously caused Rosie a headache more than the clumsy dance at the homecoming dance last year. She rubbed her forehead, turned off the computer, and threw herself into the quilt. When she was about to turn off the lights and go to sleep, she received Sophia's information.

Sophia, the new homecoming prom queen, is not as happy as others expected. Her messages are full of worries about her friends: "Rosie, are you sure you're okay?"

Rosie felt her forehead hurt again, she stared at the hellokitty on the ceiling for a while, and then replied: "It's okay, I... this is worrying about love..."

Two years ago, the word "love" was as foreign to Rosie as Mrs. Browning's love poems.There was no pure love in the Helson slum where she grew up, not to mention she also witnessed Aunt Natalia's terrible marriage. So much so that when love broke in through her bedroom window, she didn't know how to deal with it except for panic.

Sighing, she dimmed the bedside lamp by two degrees, making the pink tone of the whole room slightly darker.

Is "being in love" this distressing feeling?

For a whole half a month after the homecoming dance, Rosie didn't have the courage to log in to the campus forum of Empire State University again. She only saw a few words about popular posts on the campus forum from her classmates in her spare time at work, and only knew that she was returning home. The face at the school festival dance had been on the forum homepage for more than a week, and although some schoolmates created other gossip and pushed her off the hot discussion, occasionally someone would mention "Rosie Mather Whether Stan has become Tony Stark's new girlfriend" topic.

However, she was relieved that the students who were interns with her at the Stark Group did not collude with her. Instead, they would defend her in the forum, and a few girls who had a good relationship asked her if she had encountered any problems. Rosie hastily denied the sexual/harassment from her boss, and then added, "Perhaps the boss had too many gossip, so he got me involved."

The students all nodded their heads heavily, and then said: "Yes, our boss is the same as the chairman of the Wayne Group in Gotham City next door, and he is called the two big playboys on the East Coast. It is really dangerous to be a secretary to these two people. , in every sense."

While burying her head in eating the fried chicken, Rosie also nodded: "Yes, yes."

"Look at our Rosie." One of the girls patted Rosie on the shoulder, "Blonde, blue-eyed, slim and graceful, with a gentle temperament, such an excellent girl, it is inevitable that the boss will take a fancy to her. She's in love."

Rosie almost choked on the chicken chop, coughing violently, shaking her hands hastily, and said with difficulty: "I'm not, I don't, don't talk nonsense..."

While patting her on the back, another girl took out a small flashlight from her bag and stuffed it into Rosie's hand: "This is a police baton, if the boss behaves badly to you, you can shock him with this thing." .”

Rosie held the anti-wolf electric baton in her hand, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, thinking that if she could stun Iron Man with this thing, then she would probably be able to apply to join the Avengers Alliance the next day.

Up to now, Rosie can only be thankful that her boss has so many things to do every day. Apart from dealing with the piles of official affairs of the Stark Group and the criminals who have caused trouble in New York, Rosie has no time to log on to the campus forum of Empire State University, so that she finds herself because of "harassment" Intern female students" and became the target of public criticism.

It's just that every time Rosie walks into his office with a stack of documents, whether he's on the phone or repairing his suit, he always takes a moment to tease the secretary and verbalize him. Girlfriend on the phone: "Hey, Secretary Mathers, do you need Iron Man to accompany you to Brooklyn to steal manhole covers tonight?"

Rosie threw a thick stack of documents on his desk, and said coldly, "No, Secretary Mathers doesn't need to steal manhole covers."

Tony smiled: "Then please tell Secretary Mathers to tell the night witch who only appears at night, is there any time to make an appointment on the roof of World Trade Center Building [-] this Christmas?"

"No time." Rosie turned around, leaving Tony with a chic back.

Tony laughed before she opened the door: "Since there is no time, why did Secretary Mathers blush instead of Night Witch."

His answer was a heavy knock on the door.

After returning to her seat, Rosie sat there for a few minutes, then let out a long breath. After feeling the temperature on her face drop a little, she patted her chest, He picked up the takeaway Starbucks coffee he ordered at noon from the computer desk, but before he had a sip, the boss sent a sentence through the chat software on the company's intranet: "Then see you on the roof of World Trade Center Building [-] on Christmas Eve. Mango pudding reward."

Rosie frowned and stared at the passage for a while, then muttered, "Who will go to the rooftop for a date on Christmas Eve", and closed the chat window.

Because she left school for an internship, Rosie didn't have a Christmas holiday this year, so she didn't feel anything about Christmas this year.This message from Tony made her stare at the "No. 24" on the desk calendar for a long time, and then belatedly remembered that Christmas would indeed be soon.

Since the beginning of December, the whole of New York City has been immersed in the Christmas atmosphere. Large and medium-sized shopping malls have begun to play those old but definitely classic Christmas songs, and the Vanderbilt Hall of the Central Station has also begun to The annual Christmas market was busy, and the Christmas lights in Rockefeller Center illuminated the famous ice rink. Whether it was Macy's, Saks on Fifth Avenue or Bergdorf Goodman, they also began to use new The Christmas theme adorns its shop windows.

The residential area where the Mathers family lived also started to decorate the Christmas atmosphere very early. From the gate of the residential area to the wrought iron street lamps on the tree-lined road, they were all decorated with snowflakes made of plastic and velvet flowers. The security guards in the residential area even wore Wearing a Christmas hat, the radio is no longer country rock, but singing "last christmas, igave you my heart" every day.

Even Kailani also bought a two-meter-high fir tree and put it in the corner of the living room. Since mid-December, she has been buying all kinds of lights and decorations, and began to arrange this large Christmas tree .

Kailani was very enthusiastic about this brand-new Christmas tree. Not only did she undertake all the tasks of arranging the Christmas tree, but she also refused Rosie's request for help. After Rosie was pushed by her to the restaurant to drink hot milk, she Hang colorful lights on the branches, and say: "Rosie, when you were a child, Christmas was your favorite time, do you remember?"

Rosie nodded with a smile, buried her head and drank the milk in the glass in one gulp.

She didn't know if the original Rosie Mathers liked Christmas, but she really looked forward to Christmas when she was a child.

Only at Christmas time, the dilapidated and dilapidated Helson will be a little warmer, and every household will move a Christmas tree in the house, and this touch of green with all kinds of small lanterns will shine through the restaurant The window pane, and then reflected in the eyes of Rosie who was passing by.

Natalia will also go to a nearby supermarket to buy a Christmas tree, but she doesn't have a lot of money, so she can only buy a small plastic Christmas tree, which costs only a few tens of dollars, with cheap plastic decorations hanging on it and placed in the corner of the restaurant.They didn't have a radio, so Natalia cobbled together a difficult "last christmas" from tunes she remembered.

But even so, Rosie would be very happy.

And on this night, there will be some small gifts in the socks hanging by the bed, such as a pair of children's boxing gloves she has been looking forward to for a long time, or the football she has always wanted to learn.

But after Natalia passed away, she never spent Christmas again. During the Christmas holidays every year, she also worked full-time part-time jobs in various shops or fast food restaurants. In these part-time shops, she learned everything. A classic Christmas song, except no one will hear her sing it anymore.

And last Christmas, she had just become Rosie Mathers who lived in Manhattan, and she was full of fear and uneasiness about that snowy Christmas.

The Mathers gave her enough presents to fill a dozen socks, and she had a real Christmas tree, which was exactly what she had expected, except that when the expectation came true, she added a few more. Very lost.

Until the boy living next door who was having a Christmas party with his classmates sang an out-of-key "last christmas" with great excitement. The sound of music and cheers passed through the bedside and the quilt covering her head to the In her ears, it made her feel a little more at ease.

"I don't know what happened to the boy in the Osborne's house next door." Kailani finished hanging up the lanterns, got down from the ladder, and muttered in a low voice, "In the past Christmas, the Osborne's house was the most lively, little Osborne Mr. always invites his classmates to come to the house to have a carnival, but it is said that Mr. Osborne was seriously ill and admitted to the hospital. It seems that this year..."

Kailani sighed.

Rosie put the empty milk cup on the dining table and said with a smile, "I'm done drinking the milk, I'm going back to bed first."

Before going to sleep, Rosie opened the curtains and glanced at the Osborne house opposite.

In this lively residential area with colorful lights, only this house is still dark, and it looks more desolate than Helson once was.However, a few months ago, it was the residence of a carefree boy, who often brought his friends over for parties. The sound of music and laughter mixed with the sound of music and laughter made half the residential area noisy and caused headaches for countless neighbors. .

"I swore a long time ago that one day I would kill you with my own hands, Night Witch. I will take off your mask and put your death on the headlines of the New York Times, so that everyone can watch the urban legend night How did the priestess die tragically..."

Rosie thought of Harry's bloodshot eyes that were insanely crazy again, exhaled and closed the curtains.

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In fact, I originally planned to write the Christmas plot at Christmas time...but due to various reasons, it has been delayed until now =. =

I really knew I was wrong, so I knelt down and beat me.