Third Floor Common Room - Sunday Morning

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly had woken up very, very hungry.  And she didn't want to wake up Mommy.  That would be bad. 

So instead she was very, very sneaky - she was going to be a spy after all and Daddy said she could be pretty too! - and crept out of the room until she found one of the big rooms with food in there.   She was awfully disappointed not to see Bridge making 'paghetti this time or Auntie Parkie with food though.

But there was food in the cupboards.  She knew it.  And that was why there was a weetiny blond girl carefully scaling the counter to get to the top cupboards where she just knew the good food was kept.


[OOC: Open, of course!]

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[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly eeep'd when he lifted her up then realised what was happening and tried to rummage through the top shelf.

"D'you know where the good food is?" she asked, head in the cupboard.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad considered this carefully before he remembered where he knew he had some chocolate chip cookies and then, still holding her carefully, but firmly, relocated the little girl down a few shelves, still at the top, though. Because, of course he kept his food on the top shelves.

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

There was squealing of excitement as she located the cookies and pulled them out. "Look! Cookies!" Holding onto them carefully, she squirmed around in his hands. "Hi!"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Cookies triumphantly located, Chad set the little girl down on the counter. "Hi."

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"'M Aly!" she said, clutching the cookies. Remembering her manners, she held out the package to him. "Would you like a cookie?"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"M'Chad," he responded, and, since he would, in fact, like a cookie, he took one and said, "Thank you."

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome!" she sang. Aly looked at him carefully. "You're really big. You're bigger than Daddy!"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad looked at her carefully, too, because she was really small. "Who's your dad?"

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly giggled. "Everyone knows who Daddy is! He's the Baron of Pirate's Swoop!"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Oh." Silly Chad, how could he not know that. "Where's he right now?"

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"I don' know," Aly said. "Mommy was still sleeping so I didn't wanna wake her up. She's the Lioness! But people here call her Alanna."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

...

"Alanna's your mommy?"

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly nodded. "She's a good mommy too. 'Cept she says I'm too little for a sword."

There was pouting.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Awwwww. Chad pat her head a little, consolingly. "M'sure you'll be big enough for a sword soon."

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"I hope so." She thought for a second. "Mebbe if I stand onna box?"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad, too, considered this. "Maybe," he nodded. "An' show how big and strong you are."

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"'M very strong! I kicked the mean girl AND her boyfriend yesterday."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad looked very impressed. Well, kind of. If Chad was in the habit of emoting, he would look very impressed. "Was she being mean?"

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"Uh huh! She squirted water at me and then was a liarhead! Then later she and her boyfriend were up inna tree shooting water! Scaredy cats. So I made her come down and fight fair."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Oh, no. Not a liarhead. "Sounds like you gave 'em what was comin' to 'em." Chad paused, giving little Aly a serious sort of look. "You sure you even need a sword? You sound pretty tough without one."

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"I am!" Aly said, eating another cookie. "But sometimes you gotta poke 'em to make them listen to you."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad nodded gravely. "Poke 'em, huh?" he asked, and poked her stomach lightly to see if she would giggle. She seemed the type of little girl who would giggle, and that would be adorable, so he tried.

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

She did giggle and kinda curled up around his hand. "'M not a bad guy!"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Cutest. Thing. Ever. "Oh. Right. Sorry. You were so tough and strong that I thought maybe you could be."

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

"No! I'm good!" Aly insisted, still giggling. "You gotta have strong and tough good guys too!"