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The 50th story in the [[Falling Into College]] series by [[Richard Lobinske]].
▲The 50th story in the [[Falling Into College]] series by Richard Lobinske. The story occurs during mid-September, 2001.
==Summary==
[[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]], [[Michael Fulton]], [[Jane Lane|Jane]], [[Mack Mackenzie|Mack]], [[Karen Myerson]], and [[Derek]] return to school after [[Amy Barksdale|Amy's]] elaborate wedding, recounting their experiences at the reception, including Daria and Jane’s karaoke version of "Freakin’ Friends." In California, [[Fran Lawrence|Fran]] meets [[Quinn Morgendorffer|Quinn]] at the airport and is impressed by the digital photos in Quinn’s camera. [[Helen Morgendorffer|Helen]] and [[Jake Morgendorffer|Jake]] talk about Amy’s twin stepdaughters, how much they remind them of Daria and Quinn, and how much they miss their children. The next afternoon at work, Daria gets a message from [[Marianne]] that Helen collapsed in court from a stroke and is at [[Cedars of Lawndale]] in Intensive Care. Quinn manages to book a flight to the next morning to arrive in the afternoon while Daria drives to [[Lawndale]] with Michael’s help. The news makes Jane and Karen think about their parents and to make calls to talk to them. Daria and Michael arrive at the hospital to find [[Tess Barksdale|Tess]] and [[Rita Barksdale|Rita]] already there with Jake with at the hospital. Rita is unable to reach Amy, who is on her honeymoon. Along with Jake, they spend the night alternating bedside time with Helen and think about their personal priorities. The story ends the next morning, on September 11th, only moments before dreadful news comes out of New York City.
Winner of "Favorite Helen" story in the [[3rd Daria Fanworks Awards]]
[http://web.archive.org/web/20110910072956/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/fic50_a_matter_of_priorities.html A Matter of Priorities] at [[Outpost Daria]] (via Wayback Machine)
[https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/63654555/Main%20Hosted%20Sites/Daria/F50-AMP.html A Matter of Priorities] at [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/63654555/Main%20Hosted%20Sites/Daria/ Lessons From Lawndale]
{{succession box | title=[[List of Falling Into College stories|Falling Into College Stories]]<br/>"A Matter of Priorities" | before=[[Past Influences]]| after=[[Mirrors]] | year=(Fall 2001)}}
[[Category:Stories|Matter of Priorities, A]]
[[Category:Daria Fanworks Awards winning entry|Matter of Priorities, A]]
[[Category:2006 in fanfiction|Matter of Priorities, A]]
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