Silent Witness fic
Title: All children have creative power.
Rating: T
Summary: Henry tells Nikki about his day at school.
Disclaimer: Don't own *sob*...well I own Henry and Owen and that's it.
All children have creative power- Brenda Ueland
“What did you get up to today then?” Nikki asked her four year old son as he bounced happily in the car seat in the back of the car, a wide grin on his face as he stared out of the window. She had just picked Henry up from school and as always he had run out of his classroom babbling about what he had done that day, a painting in his small hand which Nikki had took and praised him for, a proud smile on her face.
“We did some painting” Henry replied as they stopped at a red light “That one” he pointed to the picture on the passenger side seat and Nikki glanced down at it “It’s a shark”
“I can see that” Nikki chuckled, the grey blob on the blue paper had what seemed to be a dorsal fin and a large tail along with a grin and a mouth full of white teeth. “It’s very good, better than mummy could do”
Henry giggled happily and continued to speak.
“Thank you, is it going on the fridge”
“I’m sure we could find some space on the fridge” Nikki smiled through the rear-view mirror at her second son who nodded eagerly. “What else did you do today?”
“Went to the moon”
“Really?” Nikki gasped as she drove through the green light, turning left and then beginning to talk to her son again “What happened?”
“We went to the moon and there were little red aliens” Henry told her as though it really happened, Nikki giggled to herself. This was one of the best parts of having children, listening to all the fun things that they did and what they did during the day. “They were really friendly”
“I’m sure they were, were you nice back to them?”
“Uh hu” Henry nodded, his blonde hair flopping over his face slightly and Nikki made a mental note to arrange a hairdresser’s appointment for her two sons “They had four arms and six eyes and they gave us some lemonade”
“I hope you thanked them” Nikki replied, playing along with her son who nodded again, giggling loudly.
“Then we played football but they won because they had five legs and we only have two don’t we mummy?”
“Yes we do darling” Nikki nodded, stopping at another red light and placing one hand on her five month pregnant stomach as the baby kicked out “How about you draw a picture of your day when you get home, then you can show daddy and Nial”
“Yeah” Henry nodded eagerly “And Owen and the new baby”
“Owen can see it, the baby can’t sweetheart”
“Why?”
“Because he or she is still in mummy’s tummy and can’t see out. They can hear though”
“Really?”
“Yep”
“I can tell the baby about my day?”
“Of course you can, I’m sure your little brother or sister would love to hear about the aliens” Nikki grinned, driving through the green light and glancing at her son through the rear-view mirror again. “What else did you do?”
“We went swimming with the sharks. They weren’t scary” Henry shook his head and Nikki giggled to herself, wondering if she had been like this as a child, she knew that Harry was definitely like this, it was in his nature. “And they were really really cuddly and let us have a ride on their backs”
“Was it fun?”
“Uh hu” Henry nodded “When I’m older I want to swim with more sharks”
“Well if you do well at school you can” Nikki nodded “You can go and help them”
“Really?”
“Yes if you want”
“I want to help the sharks mummy” Henry clapped his hands and looked out of the window again “Where’s Owen?”
“At home with Nial, he’s feeling poorly”
“I can make him better with my picture” Henry beamed and Nikki smiled, nodding slightly as she turned the corner.
“I’m sure he’d like that very much”
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“Owen I have a picture for you” Henry told his two year old brother in a hushed voice as he walked into the younger boy’s room. “Look”
Henry went and sat on the edge of the bed and Owen poked his head out from underneath the covers, his eyes glassy.
“Fank oo” Owen smiled at his older brother who handed the picture to him “Shark?”
“Uh hu” Henry nodded, grinning and proud that his younger brother liked it “Do you want a story”
“Yeah” Owen nodded, his voice slightly horse.
“Henry went to the moon and met some aliens today” Nikki explained to Nial in a low voice as they walked away from the bedroom door, closing it slightly. The nineteen year old chuckled loudly and shook his head.
“Did he have fun?”
“Apparently” Nikki giggled and Nial couldn’t help but laugh “He played football with them. You’ll hear all about it later from him”
“I look forward to it” Nial beamed, he loved hearing his little brother’s made up stories and he liked to play along, asking questions and helping Henry to make the stories even more absurd. “If he isn’t a writer when he’s older I will be disappointed”
“He wants to help the sharks” Nikki shrugged and Nial frowned.
“I’ve seen Jaws” he stated “He’s becoming a writer”
Nikki just smiled and rolled her eyes.