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 Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:43 am
Alice pulled into the parking lot in the park, smiling as she looked at Maggie babbling away to herself in the rearview mirror. While the little girl had been rather quiet for the first several days, she was now a bit of a chatterbox and often sang along to the kid's song tapes that Alice had purchased for the little girl. Currently she was singing along to the itsy bitsy spider, which happened to be one of her favorites.
When the song was over Alice turned off the ignition and got out of the car, opening the back door and retrieving Maggie from her carseat. Maggie smiled happily when she saw where they were. She always had fun at the park.
"Can I pway?" she asked excitedly, wiggling in Alice's arms as she was set down on the ground. There were a few other kids on the playground and Maggie was eager to join in on the fun.
"Yes, yes, just a minute," Alice laughed, trying to keep a hand on the little girl while also picking up the blanket, picnic lunch and toys she had brought for the afternoon.
"Take my hand and we'll walk over there together." Maggie obediently took her mother's hand and walked beside her, trying her best not to run ahead.
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:51 am
Papina looked up from her spot in sunlight. She was sitting on the ground with both hands and feet firmly in the dirt. Mommy had finally caved in and allowed her to go out, but now she had to call every half-hour or so to let her Mom was ok. She sighed and looked around yet again for any "scary-looking people who might want to harm you." Geeze, her mom gets scared at just the wrong time! She saw no one scary and tilted her head back so she could enjoy the sunlight some more. She didn't have to call for another... 15 minutes or so...
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:07 am
Alice and Maggie wandered over to a shady spot on the grass, near the playground and set up the blanket, before Alice gave Maggie a pat and told her she could go play. Laughing excitedly, Maggie took off at a run toward the slides, while Alice looked on, watching carefully.
Out of the corner of her eye, Alice saw a girl on the grass nearby, who had a distinctly green color to her skin. She tilted her head as she studied the girl, who looked vaugely familiar. Another scroll child perhaps? That's the only reason she could think of that the girl would look that way, and also look a bit familiar. Perhaps I saw her during the Halloween party? Alice thought to herself, before turning her attention back to Maggie.
The little girl had gotten to the top of one of the shorter slides and waved at her mommy, grinning. Before going down, Maggie used her higher vantage point to look around, and spied a rather strange looking girl. Curious, Maggie slid down the slide, laughing, before walking towards the girl with green skin.
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:17 am
Papina felt like she was being watched and pried one eye half-way open to see who it was. Hmm... They felt... familar. Like Reign and Isdra and Codi all did. Was this another scroll child coming towards her? She closed her eyes again and kept her posistion. She didn't want to scare the kid off, after all. Another... 12 or so minutes? She'd best call soon, or she'd get yelled at and told to come home early. The phrase "Better late than never" did not apply in this case.
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:29 am
Alice kept a close eye on Maggie as she approached the other girl. She almost wanted to call to her and tell her to come away, and not bother other people, but she was curious how things would play out. It would do no good if she didn't give Maggie some independance in making friends, and besides, Alice wanted to satisfy her curiosity about the green-skinned girl.
Maggie stepped closer, drawn to the older girl, for reasons that her young mind probably couldn't understand, but there was something about the girl laying on the grass.
"Hewwo?" she asked quietly
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:36 am
Papina opened first one eye, then the other, and turned her head towards the voice. "'Ello," she responsed softly. No use beating around the bush. She was never good at it anyways, but she might as well keep that soft voice. "What do you want?"
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:55 am
Maggie shrugged her little shoulders, looking at Papina a moment, before looking back at the playground equipment.
"Want to pway?" she asked, not thinking that because this girl was quite a bit older, she might not want to play with her.
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:02 pm
Papina regarded the girl in front of her for a moment before pulling one hand out of the dirt, shaking it semi-clean, pulling a cell phone out of her pocket, and looking at it. "A moment please." She rolled her eyes as she flipped the cell phone open and started dialing. "I have to call my mom and let her know I haven't... like... died or anything like that." She put the phone to one ear and waited for the phone to pick up on the other end. "Hello. Mom? Yeah. Yes, I'm still here. No, I haven't met anyone who might want to hurt me." She rolled her eyes upwards, leaned back, and continued, "Yes, I'm fine. No, you really need not come over here. I'm fine. Really I am. Yes, I'll be home before sundown. Yes, yes, no, yes. May I hang up now? Yes, no, no. Mom? Yes, no. I'm hanging up now." She pulled the phone a little from her ear. "Yes, yes, no. Bye Mom. Yes Mom. Bye Mom." She quicky shut the phone, ending the call. She grinned at the girl in front of her as she tucked the phone away and held out her hand. "I'm Papina, and I'd be glad to. And you are?"
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:34 pm
Maggie looked curiously at Papina's dirt covered hand. Her mommy never let her get that dirty. While Papina was making the call, Maggie sat down in the grass and watched a ladybug that happened to be passing by. Her attention was brought back to Papina, however, when the older girl snapped the phone shut.
"Maggie!" she responded excitedly to Papina's question. She'd made a friend! Grabbing Papina's offered hand, Maggie got to her feet and tried to pull Papina towards the play equipment.
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:46 pm
Papina chuckled to herself and "allowed" Maggie to pull her as she quickly got her other hand and feet out of the dirt, pushed herself to her feet and followed after. "So what do you want to do first?"
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:17 pm
Alice smiled at her daughter's antics, pleased that the older girl was humoring Maggie. She settled down on the blanket to watch them, pulling a bottle of water and a book out of the bag next to her.
Maggie paused when they reached the sand surrounding the play area and thought about Papina's question. A moment later, her face brightened and she grabbed Papina's hand again, dragging her towards the blanket where Alice sat.
"We can make a sand castle! My mommy has toys!"
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:26 pm
Papina fought off a roll of her eyes and hid a grin behind one hand when Maggie suddenly pulled her in a different direction, but still went along. "Sand castles it is, then." Sand wasn't as good as dirt, but she could stand being covered in it for awhile.
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:40 pm
Alice looked up from her book and smiled as she noticed the two girls approaching, Maggie dragging the green-skinned girl behind her.
"What can I do for you girls?" she asked laughing, before looking at Papina. "I hope Maggie's not bothering you?"
"We want to make sandcastles Mommy!" Maggie said, releasing Papina's hand and giving Alice a hug, before going to dig in the bag next to Alice.
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:02 pm
"She isn't bothering me at all," Parmida responded, grinning at Maggie's mom. She released Maggie's hand when she let go. "I'm Papina. What's your name?" She didn't hold her hand out this time. There was no guarentee that there would be no reaction this time.
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:23 pm
"I'm Ms. Harper, though I suppose you can just call me Alice. Ms. Harper is so formal," she said, making a face, before smiling back at the girl. "It's nice to meet you Papina."
Maggie was still digging through the bag and Alice turned to help her. "Sandcastles is it? You'll need a bucket, and shovels," she said, pulling the items from the bag and handing them to Maggie.
"Thank you Mommy!" Maggie said happily, putting the shovels in the small pail and picking them up in one hand, before grabbing Papina's hand again, pulling her back towards the sand by the play equipment, laughing.
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