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 Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:18 pm
Nadine walked with her little boy, holding his hand as he pointed to the many things around him. After the trip to the beach, he was hungry for something cold. "That," She pointed to a rabbit as it bounced along, "is a bunny..."
"Buhay!" Ezzie repeated as best as he could, pointing again.
The mother just shook her head with a smile and was pulled off. "Want some ice cream?" She asked in a soft whisper. Receiving a fast series of nods she walked to a vendor and ordered an icy pop. It had plastic and wouldn't melt as quickly as regular ice cream.
"Icy Cream!" The boy shouted shoving the freshly opened pop into his mouth.
Nadine giggled slightly and moved him over to a bench. The two sat in silence, Ezzie swinging his feet back and forth and his mother relaxing with a book she'd taken with her. "How much longer can I keep you hidden...." The question lingered longer then it should have as she ruffled his hair.
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:38 pm
Zelda sighed. She had no idea how much work this child would be. She almost had convinced herself that this was just a babysitting gig. But the truth sunk in too fast when Elpheba didn't come down immediately when Jake, Zelda's crush, was throwing the child up and down playfully. Luckily she got her out of there fast, but now the kid was growing restless again, kicking in Zelda's backpack, which was already opened so she could keep her head poked out. "Ow, stop it! Just, settle - fine, Elphie, you win. Down you go." She groaned, as she stooped down and dropped the burden from her shoulders, knowing, somehow, that the girl would never hit the ground. She turned around, and was right. She could hear the whir of the babe's wings even beneath the colorful beanie she put over them. She picked Elpheba up and slung her bag back over one shoulder and continued walking. The little girl smiled mischieviously, both her green eyes shut, but not for long.
Zelda stopped a few minutes later and plopped onto an empty bench, the girl in her arms. "What am I going to do with you?" she asked, as if the girl could answer. Then she looked over to the side and saw an ice cream place, she placed Elpheba on the bench and looked at her, "Stay right here, and I'll come right back with a treat. Don't move." She wagged her finger in warning, then turned away to go buy some ice cream.
Elpheba didn't like the idea of her mommy leaving her, and wanted to follow her. But she was so tiny and her mommy was going too fast. It was useless. She looked like she was going to cry..
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:46 pm
The toddler looked up and tilted his head at the little baby sitting on the bench. Without a word he bounced off his bench and walked up, holding out his icy pop. "Icy cream?"
It took Nadine a minute to realize that her 'son' had disappeared. She glanced over to him from her book to realize her silent kid had walked off. The blond dropped the book in fear before spotting him. Oh good, he was just feeding babies....FEEDING BABIES?! Nadine let out a choked squall and rushed over. "What's wrong, Ezzie?"
" Baby... She wanna cry...." He replied and frowned at Elpheba.
"I wonder where her mother is..." Nadine knelt down with a smile. "Don't cry little one..."
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:22 pm
The girl instantly giggled when the boy came up offering her his icy pop. She didn't feel like crying anymore. And she giggled even more when her mommy turned around offering her some ice cream like the boy's, only in a cup with a thingy.
Zelda walked back over to Elpheba, who now had two others hovering around her. She felt slightly unnerved, especially after her earlier incident with Jake around Elpheba. Still, she smiled friendly at the two, "Hello." She observed them. The boy had pointy ears...kinda like Elphie did. "I'm sorry if she caused you any trouble, I just turned away for a second." Zelda sat down on the bench and Elpheba reached her hands out toward her, so she scooped up the girl onto her lap and began to feed her the quickly melting ice cream from the cup with the wooden spoon. "I'm Zelda, by the way, and this, is Elpheba." She smiled as Elphie happily gummed the spoon. "No, eat the ice cream, silly." she laughed at the child as she scooped up another bite of ice cream for her.
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:27 pm
Ezzie plopped himself down by Zelda and watched her feed the baby. He smiled, the loneliness was gone! He smiled up at the motherly figure. Now he had his Squishy securely in his arms while sucking in his icy pop. "Hiya!" He giggled softly.
"No trouble at all. Ezzie here just saw her about to cry and ran over before I could stop him." She placed a hand on the boy's head. "Are..." She glanced again at the girl's pointed ears. "Are you a guardian by chance?"
Ezzie grinned, that meant that the baby was one of his kind.. whatever that was. He shoved his purple pop into his mouth and chewed on it, trying to make it all liquid.
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:47 pm
Zelda looked up at the girl. That's what that little boy called her... "Um...I guess so." Then all of a sudden her eyes lit up, "Does that mean you are too?" She hoped that if the boy was what this girl was guardianing, maybe she could give her some tips with Elphie! The baby in her arms, which she momentarily forgot about, reminded Zelda she was there by swinging and kicking angrily. Zelda quickly removed the spoon from the infant's mouth. "Sorry.." she sweatdropped. Kids weren't exactly her specialty..
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:56 pm
"Yah! I've had this little brat for a while now...." She sat down on the other side of Zelda and smiled. "Would you like some help? I'm sure Rouge can help you like she did me. She even gave me supplies."
"Dia! Dia!" The boy squealed hugging his Squishy close to him. "Dia gave me Squishy!"
"And gave him a toy..." Nadine chuckled into her hand and tilted her head to the side at Elphie. "Have you received her number? If not I have it."
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Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:13 pm
Elphie looked at the boy snuggling his squishy-thingy and reached out for it curiously.
"Rouge? I don't think I met that person.." she looked down and patted Elphie on the head absently. "It was a small boy..." She stopped as the boy shouted out Dia. "Dia... that was his name.. just a child... and I thought it was just a dream." She sighed. "Apparently not though." Zelda tried to feed Elphie more but she just started fussing again until the cup landed on top of the little boy's head. Zelda stood up right away, with Elpheba in arms, "Omigosh! I'm so sorry! Are you alright?" She asked the boy, as Elpheba was in a giggling fit.
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:02 pm
"Dia is her son... Well, who she's the guardian of. " The French woman clicked her tongue against her teeth. "She's the one who explained the situation to me." She fished into her pocket for her cellphone "Oh no!" She yelped worriedly as the cup landed on Ezzie's head.
Ezhno blinked in surprise as the cold stuff ran down his curly hair and into his face. "..." He slowly reached up, took the cup in his hand and held it back up to Zelda. "You made an oopsy." He replied innocently with a smile.
"Ezzie... now you need a bath..."
"Bath!"
She sighed and used a napkin on his hair, handing the cellphone to Zelda. "The number's in there. Its under 'Rouge'."
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:00 pm
"I'm really sorry about that." Zelda gave Nadine an earnestly apologetic face, before taking the phone. She set Elpheba down once more, and took out her own phone to insert the number. "I'll call her later, thank you so much." She put her phone away and grabbed Elpheba again.
The silly baby gladly took the empty cup from the boy, giggling still and grinning wide. Her green eyes shone brightly with her mischievousness.
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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:51 am
"Its fine..." The mother sat back and smiled. "I'm sure he'll get worse in his hair. Once I got into an entire bag of flower... trust me, my maid was not a happy person." Nadine took back her her phone and shoved in her pocket.
Ezzie broke into a huge grin at Elpheba. He ran his fingers through his sticky curls and frowned. "Dirty... Mama dirty!"
"Did you JUST gather that?" She asked in exasperation before picking him up. "Rouge can help you I'm sure of it. I actually need to talk to her soon about my living conditions. I'm afraid I can't keep him hidden much longer."
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