The front door opened into a hallway and the smell of baking cake rolled out to meet them. Running footsteps on the second floor heralded the appearance of a nine year old girl with an explosion of curly black hair. "Cai!" she exclaimed in delight, but half way down the stairs realised he wasn't alone and stopped, eyes wide and suddenly shy.
"Faye!" Cain grinned up at her. "Come down and say hi." Cai knew he wasn't supposed to have favourites among the kids, but Faye was absolutely his favourite. She was shy around new people though, and turned and ran back up the stairs.
"RUDE!" Cai forgot momentarily about noise, and thundered up the stairs behind her, Faye shrieking in delight as she was chased. He stopped at the doorway as she ran into the kitchen, doubling over like running had been a huge effort and she was so fast to have beaten him. "Drat," he said. "Speedy monkey."
Zoe exchanged a look with Danny and followed Cai up the stairs at a more reasonable pace. The kitchen was smaller than Zoe's, which wasn't hard, but it was lovely. Large windows let the light pour in, and all the benches were covered in baking paraphenalia. There was another girl sitting at the kitchen table, her attention focused on her drawing in front of her. Faye had run in and was hiding behind Nonnie, who was decked out in her floral apron and covered in flour and cake guts.
Cai made the introductions, as Nonnie pulled Faye round from behind her, hands on the girls shoulders in support. The girl drawing at the table was Roe, twelve years old with straight, thin brown hair. She didn't look up when Cai said her name.
"It's very nice to meet you, Zoe," Nonnie said. "Cai has told me plenty about you."
"Has he?" Zoe looked at Cai, trying to mentally interrogate him about how much information plenty was. Cai looked infuriatingly innocent.
"And Daniel Marlow, look at you," Nonnie continued, shaking her head in wonderment and coming across the kitchen to get a better look. "Come in, come in, don't hang about in the doorway like a bad smell."
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Date: 2014-04-23 03:23 am (UTC)From:"Faye!" Cain grinned up at her. "Come down and say hi." Cai knew he wasn't supposed to have favourites among the kids, but Faye was absolutely his favourite. She was shy around new people though, and turned and ran back up the stairs.
"RUDE!" Cai forgot momentarily about noise, and thundered up the stairs behind her, Faye shrieking in delight as she was chased. He stopped at the doorway as she ran into the kitchen, doubling over like running had been a huge effort and she was so fast to have beaten him. "Drat," he said. "Speedy monkey."
Zoe exchanged a look with Danny and followed Cai up the stairs at a more reasonable pace. The kitchen was smaller than Zoe's, which wasn't hard, but it was lovely. Large windows let the light pour in, and all the benches were covered in baking paraphenalia. There was another girl sitting at the kitchen table, her attention focused on her drawing in front of her. Faye had run in and was hiding behind Nonnie, who was decked out in her floral apron and covered in flour and cake guts.
Cai made the introductions, as Nonnie pulled Faye round from behind her, hands on the girls shoulders in support. The girl drawing at the table was Roe, twelve years old with straight, thin brown hair. She didn't look up when Cai said her name.
"It's very nice to meet you, Zoe," Nonnie said. "Cai has told me plenty about you."
"Has he?" Zoe looked at Cai, trying to mentally interrogate him about how much information plenty was. Cai looked infuriatingly innocent.
"And Daniel Marlow, look at you," Nonnie continued, shaking her head in wonderment and coming across the kitchen to get a better look. "Come in, come in, don't hang about in the doorway like a bad smell."