Saoirse

Aug 11th, 2019

Saoirse's not allowed to go anywhere alone for awhile, and Cu doesn't count as a babysitter. Greta has to work, and Regan has prior engagements (and anyway, it's not her job to watch Saoirse just because she lives with them), so Greta had contact Martin, and asked if he'd like to sit for a bit with her.

Saoirse likes Martin. He's pretty, in the way that boys can be pretty and handsome at the same time, and his voice is small and reminds her of the mice that live in the little wooden homes that Thomas had made before last winter. She feels like he could be her little brother, if he weren't a grownup.

She wonders if Darrow will make him small, the way it made Regan big for a time.

When Martin comes along, she opens the door. It works two ways, because Greta is just reaching the door to leave. She greets him on her way out, tells Saoirse to behave, and heads off to work with Saoirse's 'love you!' still trailing behind her. By that point, Cu and Sadie are both nosing at him, and she giggles at the way they're crowding them against the door.

"Cu! Sadie, stop it!" She's laughing, but Cu knows better than to disobey, so he woofs and leads Sadie aside. "Can we go to the beach?" she asks immediately after. She's wearing beach attire already, a swimsuit with pink denim shorts, flip flops, and a sunhat, even though she's still inside.

She'd prepared for this.