07-05-2017, 10:27 AM
It didn’t bother me as much as I thought it might, letting Kali see pieces of what I was feeling. No, not bother, that’s not the right word. It didn’t scare me as much as I thought it would. All these what-ifs no longer bounding through my head as I watched her. Her sneaky little smile, telling me that she was having no problem putting together the small clues that I had been giving her.
Sneaky little imp.
She definitely took after her Dad.
I had not missed the way she stilled and then looked away at my last comment. My eyes narrowed slightly. My mind starts to run through the possibilities and I come up pitifully short with who it could be, at least who it could be here on the island. None of them are choices that I like, and all of them are choices that I would have no problem tearing apart, regardless of who they were.
“Sure, or that, I guess. Sometimes maybe it’s hard to know what you’re supposed to or not supposed to do, when it’s stuff nobody’s told you about yet. Or when you’ve never done it before and it makes you all fluttery nervous.”
I managed to nod. “Yeah, like that. Especially when it’s someone close to you and you don’t know if it should be allowed because you are so close to them. Or even if you should, cause you don’t want things to change from before.” When she turns to look at me, I smile a bit and then turn away, keeping the focus off her even if I wanted to watch and gauge every reaction that she had. She was smart, I didn’t want her to catch on too quickly that I was fishing for information. I kept everything I said vague and smile a small smile when I realized what I was doing.
Hadn’t I just said I hated spywork?
I sighed softly, adding a little extra oomph for it to keep her from thinking that I was talking about her. “Boys…am I right? They are so frustrating sometimes.” I say after a moment, laughing and smiling as I turned to look at her.
She was cuddling up to me and I sighed softly, happily. “And you are one of mine.” My lips finding her forehead.
Sneaky little imp.
She definitely took after her Dad.
I had not missed the way she stilled and then looked away at my last comment. My eyes narrowed slightly. My mind starts to run through the possibilities and I come up pitifully short with who it could be, at least who it could be here on the island. None of them are choices that I like, and all of them are choices that I would have no problem tearing apart, regardless of who they were.
“Sure, or that, I guess. Sometimes maybe it’s hard to know what you’re supposed to or not supposed to do, when it’s stuff nobody’s told you about yet. Or when you’ve never done it before and it makes you all fluttery nervous.”
I managed to nod. “Yeah, like that. Especially when it’s someone close to you and you don’t know if it should be allowed because you are so close to them. Or even if you should, cause you don’t want things to change from before.” When she turns to look at me, I smile a bit and then turn away, keeping the focus off her even if I wanted to watch and gauge every reaction that she had. She was smart, I didn’t want her to catch on too quickly that I was fishing for information. I kept everything I said vague and smile a small smile when I realized what I was doing.
Hadn’t I just said I hated spywork?
I sighed softly, adding a little extra oomph for it to keep her from thinking that I was talking about her. “Boys…am I right? They are so frustrating sometimes.” I say after a moment, laughing and smiling as I turned to look at her.
She was cuddling up to me and I sighed softly, happily. “And you are one of mine.” My lips finding her forehead.