07-11-2016, 11:23 AM
The water is lovely, cold and clear and just what I needed. Thank goodness for whatever mysterious creature left such a conveniently placed hole in the ice and made it easy to get to. Footsteps and a soft exhalation clue me into the approach of a stranger. Her voice is gentle, with a hint of an accent even two words in, and my lips curve into a smile. She sounds sweet. And maybe kind of adorable. It's admittedly hard to tell going just by voice though, so my best bet for finding out is to turn around and look.
I raise my head from the water, backing away from the hole in the ice and maneuvering myself back around to take a look. Though I could, in retrospect, just have taken a peek over my shoulder, this seems more polite. More welcoming, yeah? “Hello there yourself,” I reply, stepping a little closer and looking her over. I was right; she's cute, a very pretty face, lovely arching neck, clean lines and gentle curves not quite hidden by her thick winter coat. And I like the sparkle of curiosity in her eyes.
“My name's Dara,” I tell her, answering her little smile with a huge, unrestrained grin of my own. The look in her eyes makes me think she might be fun to get into a little trouble with. New partner in crime? Yes please. I close the distance between us to something a little more amenable to a nice conversation with a stranger. “I'm from Echo Trails, live there with my dads and my grandma, and my aunt and uncle and cousin.”
And I hear there are some baby sisters on the way too, which is really damn exciting. I've always wanted to be a big sister, and now that my dads are finally back together it seems like a whole lot of my dreams are coming true. One big happy family. It was nice, with Dad and Grandma when I was little. But I always wondered what it would be like, always hoped I'd find out.
There were even a couple of times I thought maybe a guy Dad was seeing would be good enough, would stick for real, and I'd have a chance at a big family again. But I could see in Dad's eyes it was never...he loved, but never as hard, never as completely, never as much as he'd loved Papa. So it never lasted. But now? Now I've got my Papa back, and we've got three new sisters due to make an entrance soon. I can't fucking wait.
“What about you? What's your name? Where're you from?”
I raise my head from the water, backing away from the hole in the ice and maneuvering myself back around to take a look. Though I could, in retrospect, just have taken a peek over my shoulder, this seems more polite. More welcoming, yeah? “Hello there yourself,” I reply, stepping a little closer and looking her over. I was right; she's cute, a very pretty face, lovely arching neck, clean lines and gentle curves not quite hidden by her thick winter coat. And I like the sparkle of curiosity in her eyes.
“My name's Dara,” I tell her, answering her little smile with a huge, unrestrained grin of my own. The look in her eyes makes me think she might be fun to get into a little trouble with. New partner in crime? Yes please. I close the distance between us to something a little more amenable to a nice conversation with a stranger. “I'm from Echo Trails, live there with my dads and my grandma, and my aunt and uncle and cousin.”
And I hear there are some baby sisters on the way too, which is really damn exciting. I've always wanted to be a big sister, and now that my dads are finally back together it seems like a whole lot of my dreams are coming true. One big happy family. It was nice, with Dad and Grandma when I was little. But I always wondered what it would be like, always hoped I'd find out.
There were even a couple of times I thought maybe a guy Dad was seeing would be good enough, would stick for real, and I'd have a chance at a big family again. But I could see in Dad's eyes it was never...he loved, but never as hard, never as completely, never as much as he'd loved Papa. So it never lasted. But now? Now I've got my Papa back, and we've got three new sisters due to make an entrance soon. I can't fucking wait.
“What about you? What's your name? Where're you from?”