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GALLAGHER GIRLS PROMPTOBER

DAY 1: PUMPKIN PATCH

(don't mind me just gonna hop onto the train late)

credit to @superbcoffeedrinkersubparwriter for the Gallagher version of the prompt list made by upsidedownwithsteve

Pumpkins

Why did it have to be pumpkins?

Carl considered himself a simple guy. He didn't ask too much of life. He wasn't too tall, too short (thank the Lord). He wasn't prom king back in high school but he wasn't a social outcast either. He was perfectly in the middle. The best candidate for a boyfriend! He wasn't picky about anything.

Except pumpkins. He hated pumpkin. Everything about them drove him nuts, the smells, the shapes, the way people put them in everything during the fall!

Now this wasn't to say he hated fall, he just hated pumpkins. Fall was the perfect time of year for an average guy like him and even better for a boyfriend like him. I mean come on, you can give your super awesome, super smart girlfriend your coat and be all suave like the guys in the movies.

You could cuddle with said super awesome, super smart girlfriend instead of doing anything else. Have tea and watch Hocus Pocus. Rake leaves in big piles so her little brothers can cannonball in. Fly kites with the autumn wind.

So many options for perfectly romantic dates....and yet Carl's here...in a pumpkin patch, surrounded by hundreds of tiny, stinky, orange pumpkins.

"-And if you scoop out the seeds and leave them to dry you can use them too for-" Anna chattered on as she spoke to her brothers, half crouched as she held a pumpkin in her arms. Her brothers listening intently as she told them everything she knew, their eyes light up like candles and their head bobbing like bobbleheads.

Carl sighed. Anna Fetterman was the strangest girl in town, going off every year every since middle school to some strange snooty school in Virginia, coming back every summer bolder and brighter. Nowadays she’s off with the air force or something, getting ready to fly off to new adventures. 

She could’ve chosen any boy in the whole wide world, but she chose Carl. And he wasn’t complaining one bit. She was just so...Anna! She was clever and knew more about anything than Carl and his whole family combined. She was crafty and a wiz in the great outdoors(even if she managed to uproot every rock she came by). 

Anna and Carl, they were what people called soulmates, sweethearts since the summer Anna climbed a tree to retrieve his kite. Carl would do anything for her at the drop of a hat. Even stand in a pumpkin patch for an hour as she explained pumpkins to her little brothers, Wally and Parker. 

“-Right Carl?” Anna asked and turned to look at him and Carl froze. 

Quick! Quick! Quick!

“Uhhhh yep!” He nodded and gave her a thumbs up. When it doubt? Agree. 

Apparently his flawless plan left him in the dust as Anna stared at him in bewilderment as Wally and Parker race off down the rows of pumpkins in search for whatever it is two 5 year olds want out of stinky pumpkins. 

Anna turned and stood up, tucking the pumpkin in her hands under one arm as she dusted the other off on her jeans. Carl froze and he wondered for the millionth time if she could read minds or something. Whenever she looked at him what that knowing gaze of hers he either cracked or she figured it out herself. 

“What’s wrong?” She asked and gently reached out, taking his hand in hers and he shivered from the cold that shot up his arm. 

“You’re freezing.” He deflected because while Car didn’t go to a fancy school and wasn’t a hotter, female Sherlock Holmes, he did have at least some brains. And a grandma who drilled chivalry into his brain.

So he took his time taking his jacket off and then his hoodie, handing them to Anna who stood patiently waiting in her simple grey shirt since Wally stole her aviator jacket. 

“Do you not wanna talk about it?” Anna wiggled into his hoodie and jacket and Carl held her pumpkin(even the texture was gross). 

“It’s just...” He tried and his brain stopped for a moment and he put the wretched fruit down and gently pulled her hair out from the hoodie. 

“Carl.” She warned and he knew time was up. Carl took a big breath and then let it out, readying his nerves of cotton and then rested his head on her shoulder as he revealed to her his humiliating secret. 

For a moment...she said nothing at all as the words floated quietly around them and settled into the earth. 

“You don’t...” She trailed off and Carl nodded against her shoulder, too scared to pull back and see her face. 

“Carl?” And he caved, he pulled back to face her and was met with a sweet smile, sweeter than any tart or treat ever created in the whole wide world. Her hands reached up and cupped his faced and he couldn’t take it anymore. He leaned into her touch and covered her hands with his, kissing her palms. 

“I’m sorry.” He whispered but Anna shook her head, brown curls flying softy around her. 

“No, I should’ve realized I just...” She struggled and Carl tried to help.

“Didn’t know because every October you’re in Virginia?” She blinked and then blushed, and Car decided he liked the pink that dotted her cheeks. 

“Yeah,” She whispered and then looked over as the boys called her name. She bit her lip and while he was no Sherlock, Carl did his best to be a good boyfriend. He knew what was going on in that big brain of hers. 

“Let’s find a nice pumpkin for Wally and Parker,” He suggested and before Anna could protest staying the field any longer now that she knew, he kissed her and left her speechless. “It’s their first Halloween with their big sister.” 

Anna shifted her weight, thinking, calculating but Carl knew better than to let her come up with a convincing argument. He kissed her again, softer this time and then begun to leave a trail of quick soft kissed down her jaw and to her neck. 

He felt her relax against him until the boys called her name again and she stood up straighter than a stick and Carl took her hand and dragged her over to her brothers as she sputtered and said words Carl was sure weren’t English. 

After picking out two more pumpkins Carl had to make a quick run to his car after realizing(with surprise) he forgot his wallet inside but when he started his jog back over Anna and the boys were walking his way, pumpkins in hand. 

“Sorry I thought I-” He started but then paused, he looked at Anna then smiled. “Nevermind.” 

Now, Carl isn’t one to keep secrets from Anna but he knows she had it. Even if it was in his back pocket, tucked safe and secure he knew Anna had managed to slip it out so he’s run to the car and be free of the pumpkins. And he’ll never admit it, but he was thankful for it. 

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Pennsylvania mayor says pride flag is ‘political’ symbol, refuses to raise it over city hall – ThinkProgress

A scheduled ceremony on Monday to raise the LGBTQ pride flag over city hall in Reading, Pennsylvania, was cancelled by the mayor, who said the flag goes against city policy and represents a political movement.

Mayor Wally Scott (D), who lost the Democratic primary in May, said he considers the flag a political symbol and therefore would run afoul of city ordinances. The flag-raising would have been a momentous occasion, marking the first time a pride flag was raised over city hall in Reading’s history.

Acting Managing Director Osmer Deming told the Reading Eagle, “The mayor’s position is that he does not support flags being up that support political movements and he views that as a political movement.”

The decision against raising the flag came at the last minute, Council President Jeffrey S. Waltman Sr. said, according to the Eagle.  Waltham said his attempts to convince Scott to let the flag fly only for a few hours fell on deaf ears.

Local journalist Walter Perez reported that the mayor said he didn’t know about the ceremony until moments before it began, and that was why the event was cancelled at the eleventh hour. But, Perez added, “People who were organizing the ceremony say that can’t be because this whole thing had been in the works for weeks and city officials had already signed off on it.”

Referring to the mayor’s argument that he couldn’t support what he believed was “one specific cause,” Waltham said, “I didn’t even have time to debate that with him.” He added that Scott said he “supports the group” even though he refused to raise a flag representing LGBTQ people.

In the past, the Reading city hall has raised flags representing other countries. It currently flies a POW/MIA flag below the U.S. flag.

Scott’s decision was met with backlash from officials and organizations across the state. On Tuesday, Pennsylvania Lieutenant Gov. John Fetterman (D) called on the mayor to reconsider his decision. Mark Detterline, an admissions counselor at Albright College in Reading, blasted the mayor for his decision on Twitter, saying “that’s hatred.”

The LGBT Center of Greater Reading said that the decision was “blatant, unacceptable discrimination.”

On Monday, Ben Renkus, president of the Reading Pride Celebration and vice president of LGBT Center of Greater Reading, and other people who planned to attend the ceremony walked through the streets with the pride flag.

The group then marched to the corner of 9th and Washington streets where Mayor Scott is known to hang out. pic.twitter.com/scX5c7tVz1

— Jeremy Long (@jeremymlong) July 15, 2019

Renkus on Tuesday filed a complaint with the Reading human relations commission.

“We’ve been included in the ordinance for protection since 2009 and this is the first time we’ve ran into a quirk in the system. We still want a good working relationship with the city and the mayor’s office,” he said to the Reading Eagle. Renkus said the pride flag is no different from flying a country flag.

Scott resounded, “I have no idea why they are doing that.”

Reading’s case is just a microcosm of what appears to be a national problem. This year, the State Department denied embassies’ requests to fly the pride flag on the official embassy flagpole, a break from previous years. While some state capitols decided to fly the flag for the first time in their histories this year, the decision to do so came four years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality.

Although many businesses have embraced the LGBTQ pride flag, representation of the flag in government and in public schools has been slower. Opponents argue that the flag is controversial rather than a statement of support for a marginalized group that still doesn’t benefit from employment, housing, credit, and public accommodations nondiscrimination protections in many states.

Research shows that signs of LGBTQ support, such as gay-straight alliances, are important to foster a better learning environment for vulnerable queer students and school staff who are often bullied or harassed. Yet, school administrators continue to push back on even the smallest expressions of support.

Amy Estes, a gay middle school English teacher at Spring View Middle School in Rocklin Unified School District in California told ThinkProgress in 2018 that when she put up a GLSEN poster meant to affirm queer and trans students in 2016, the school principal asked her to remove it. In 2019, administrators at a public charter school in New Jersey painted over part of a student-created mural supporting LGBTQ people. A reverend with the school’s landlord, Holy Trinity Church, Paul Prevosto, called the mural “offensive,” according to the progressive news site The New Civil Rights Movement.

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Pennsylvania mayor says pride flag is ‘political’ symbol, refuses to raise it over city hall – ThinkProgress

A scheduled ceremony on Monday to raise the LGBTQ pride flag over city hall in Reading, Pennsylvania, was cancelled by the mayor, who said the flag goes against city policy and represents a political movement.

Mayor Wally Scott (D), who lost the Democratic primary in May, said he considers the flag a political symbol and therefore would run afoul of city ordinances. The flag-raising would have been a momentous occasion, marking the first time a pride flag was raised over city hall in Reading’s history.

Acting Managing Director Osmer Deming told the Reading Eagle, “The mayor’s position is that he does not support flags being up that support political movements and he views that as a political movement.”

The decision against raising the flag came at the last minute, Council President Jeffrey S. Waltman Sr. said, according to the Eagle.  Waltham said his attempts to convince Scott to let the flag fly only for a few hours fell on deaf ears.

Local journalist Walter Perez reported that the mayor said he didn’t know about the ceremony until moments before it began, and that was why the event was cancelled at the eleventh hour. But, Perez added, “People who were organizing the ceremony say that can’t be because this whole thing had been in the works for weeks and city officials had already signed off on it.”

Referring to the mayor’s argument that he couldn’t support what he believed was “one specific cause,” Waltham said, “I didn’t even have time to debate that with him.” He added that Scott said he “supports the group” even though he refused to raise a flag representing LGBTQ people.

In the past, the Reading city hall has raised flags representing other countries. It currently flies a POW/MIA flag below the U.S. flag.

Scott’s decision was met with backlash from officials and organizations across the state. On Tuesday, Pennsylvania Lieutenant Gov. John Fetterman (D) called on the mayor to reconsider his decision. Mark Detterline, an admissions counselor at Albright College in Reading, blasted the mayor for his decision on Twitter, saying “that’s hatred.”

The LGBT Center of Greater Reading said that the decision was “blatant, unacceptable discrimination.”

On Monday, Ben Renkus, president of the Reading Pride Celebration and vice president of LGBT Center of Greater Reading, and other people who planned to attend the ceremony walked through the streets with the pride flag.

The group then marched to the corner of 9th and Washington streets where Mayor Scott is known to hang out. pic.twitter.com/scX5c7tVz1

— Jeremy Long (@jeremymlong) July 15, 2019

Renkus on Tuesday filed a complaint with the Reading human relations commission.

“We’ve been included in the ordinance for protection since 2009 and this is the first time we’ve ran into a quirk in the system. We still want a good working relationship with the city and the mayor’s office,” he said to the Reading Eagle. Renkus said the pride flag is no different from flying a country flag.

Scott resounded, “I have no idea why they are doing that.”

Reading’s case is just a microcosm of what appears to be a national problem. This year, the State Department denied embassies’ requests to fly the pride flag on the official embassy flagpole, a break from previous years. While some state capitols decided to fly the flag for the first time in their histories this year, the decision to do so came four years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality.

Although many businesses have embraced the LGBTQ pride flag, representation of the flag in government and in public schools has been slower. Opponents argue that the flag is controversial rather than a statement of support for a marginalized group that still doesn’t benefit from employment, housing, credit, and public accommodations nondiscrimination protections in many states.

Research shows that signs of LGBTQ support, such as gay-straight alliances, are important to foster a better learning environment for vulnerable queer students and school staff who are often bullied or harassed. Yet, school administrators continue to push back on even the smallest expressions of support.

Amy Estes, a gay middle school English teacher at Spring View Middle School in Rocklin Unified School District in California told ThinkProgress in 2018 that when she put up a GLSEN poster meant to affirm queer and trans students in 2016, the school principal asked her to remove it. In 2019, administrators at a public charter school in New Jersey painted over part of a student-created mural supporting LGBTQ people. A reverend with the school’s landlord, Holy Trinity Church, Paul Prevosto, called the mural “offensive,” according to the progressive news site The New Civil Rights Movement.

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Pennsylvania mayor says pride flag is ‘political’ symbol, refuses to raise it over city hall – ThinkProgress

A scheduled ceremony on Monday to raise the LGBTQ pride flag over city hall in Reading, Pennsylvania, was cancelled by the mayor, who said the flag goes against city policy and represents a political movement.

Mayor Wally Scott (D), who lost the Democratic primary in May, said he considers the flag a political symbol and therefore would run afoul of city ordinances. The flag-raising would have been a momentous occasion, marking the first time a pride flag was raised over city hall in Reading’s history.

Acting Managing Director Osmer Deming told the Reading Eagle, “The mayor’s position is that he does not support flags being up that support political movements and he views that as a political movement.”

The decision against raising the flag came at the last minute, Council President Jeffrey S. Waltman Sr. said, according to the Eagle.  Waltham said his attempts to convince Scott to let the flag fly only for a few hours fell on deaf ears.

Local journalist Walter Perez reported that the mayor said he didn’t know about the ceremony until moments before it began, and that was why the event was cancelled at the eleventh hour. But, Perez added, “People who were organizing the ceremony say that can’t be because this whole thing had been in the works for weeks and city officials had already signed off on it.”

Referring to the mayor’s argument that he couldn’t support what he believed was “one specific cause,” Waltham said, “I didn’t even have time to debate that with him.” He added that Scott said he “supports the group” even though he refused to raise a flag representing LGBTQ people.

In the past, the Reading city hall has raised flags representing other countries. It currently flies a POW/MIA flag below the U.S. flag.

Scott’s decision was met with backlash from officials and organizations across the state. On Tuesday, Pennsylvania Lieutenant Gov. John Fetterman (D) called on the mayor to reconsider his decision. Mark Detterline, an admissions counselor at Albright College in Reading, blasted the mayor for his decision on Twitter, saying “that’s hatred.”

The LGBT Center of Greater Reading said that the decision was “blatant, unacceptable discrimination.”

On Monday, Ben Renkus, president of the Reading Pride Celebration and vice president of LGBT Center of Greater Reading, and other people who planned to attend the ceremony walked through the streets with the pride flag.

The group then marched to the corner of 9th and Washington streets where Mayor Scott is known to hang out. pic.twitter.com/scX5c7tVz1

— Jeremy Long (@jeremymlong) July 15, 2019

Renkus on Tuesday filed a complaint with the Reading human relations commission.

“We’ve been included in the ordinance for protection since 2009 and this is the first time we’ve ran into a quirk in the system. We still want a good working relationship with the city and the mayor’s office,” he said to the Reading Eagle. Renkus said the pride flag is no different from flying a country flag.

Scott resounded, “I have no idea why they are doing that.”

Reading’s case is just a microcosm of what appears to be a national problem. This year, the State Department denied embassies’ requests to fly the pride flag on the official embassy flagpole, a break from previous years. While some state capitols decided to fly the flag for the first time in their histories this year, the decision to do so came four years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality.

Although many businesses have embraced the LGBTQ pride flag, representation of the flag in government and in public schools has been slower. Opponents argue that the flag is controversial rather than a statement of support for a marginalized group that still doesn’t benefit from employment, housing, credit, and public accommodations nondiscrimination protections in many states.

Research shows that signs of LGBTQ support, such as gay-straight alliances, are important to foster a better learning environment for vulnerable queer students and school staff who are often bullied or harassed. Yet, school administrators continue to push back on even the smallest expressions of support.

Amy Estes, a gay middle school English teacher at Spring View Middle School in Rocklin Unified School District in California told ThinkProgress in 2018 that when she put up a GLSEN poster meant to affirm queer and trans students in 2016, the school principal asked her to remove it. In 2019, administrators at a public charter school in New Jersey painted over part of a student-created mural supporting LGBTQ people. A reverend with the school’s landlord, Holy Trinity Church, Paul Prevosto, called the mural “offensive,” according to the progressive news site The New Civil Rights Movement.

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