Edward had woken up and found herself much taller, and Ein much, much younger - a puppy, even. The dog was far more concerned about this strange turn of events than she was
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There were kids all over the damn place again, and Doyle wasn't sure if he was just imagining this as some kind of weird nightmare. Except tripping over that rock on the way down the path had jarred his knee and it hurt like a bitch as he walked.
He'd made it down to the beach when arms hanging down from a tree caught his eye as he walked past. What was it with girls and trees, anyway? Weren't boys supposed to be the climbers?
Doyle glanced up, meaning to just give the person a smile and nod as he passed by, but a familiar shock of hair and the answer to why she was hanging upsidedown made him stop in his tracks.
"Ed?" Well, at least his question about whether she was a boy or girl was answered now.
Doyle didn't know what the hell it was with girls and climbing trees (no, seriously, wasn't that supposed to be a boy thing?), though in Ed's case he wasn't really surprised.
He made his way up to the first branch with a bit of a struggle, and eventually decided to just sit on that one with his back against the trunk. He could at least see Ed's face from there, even if it was upside down. "This is about as far as I get, you know."
She pulled herself up so she was sitting on the branch instead of hanging from it. She let her legs dangle down.
"Edward's bigger," she informed him, just in case he didn't know. The far smaller Ein finally noticed Doyle and left the seagulls long enough to go over to the tree and inspect what was going on.
She pulled herself up then, making movement on the small tree branch look easy. Her hair was messy and wild, and she didn't bother to push much of it from her face.
"No such luck," she repeated, in a sing-song sort of tone.
Grissom had been thoroughly enjoying this gift from the island. In the interest of doing something besides secluding himself with Sara, he'd gone for a walk.
He wasn't all that surprised to see a woman, familiar-looking, hanging upside down. "You've grown into your face very well, Ed," he told her, trying not to grin too hard.
Edward noticed the difference between the usual Grissom and the one that was standing under her. She beamed a smile at her.
"You're not wrinkly anymore," she pointed out. With anyone else, it might've been a sort of insult, but with Edward the comment was perfectly innocent.
"You're absolutely correct," he told her. "I'm enjoying it very much. I don't think this is the worst thing that could have been done to me at all." Grissom let himself smile a little wider, lazily threading his thumbs through his beltloops.
"Edward's bigger," she told him, giggling. She reached up and grabbed the branch with both hands. With a strange sort of grace, she switched from hanging upside down to hanging by her arms, eventually letting herself drop to the sand. She stood up straight once she was steady on her feet.
"Ein's tiny too," she added. The dog was still chasing seagulls nearby, who were more than a little agitated the little animal kept bugging them.
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He'd made it down to the beach when arms hanging down from a tree caught his eye as he walked past. What was it with girls and trees, anyway? Weren't boys supposed to be the climbers?
Doyle glanced up, meaning to just give the person a smile and nod as he passed by, but a familiar shock of hair and the answer to why she was hanging upsidedown made him stop in his tracks.
"Ed?" Well, at least his question about whether she was a boy or girl was answered now.
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He made his way up to the first branch with a bit of a struggle, and eventually decided to just sit on that one with his back against the trunk. He could at least see Ed's face from there, even if it was upside down. "This is about as far as I get, you know."
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"Edward's bigger," she informed him, just in case he didn't know. The far smaller Ein finally noticed Doyle and left the seagulls long enough to go over to the tree and inspect what was going on.
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He's currently looking for a spot devoid of the little menaces. There's a lot of beach, so there's bound to be some secluded spot, right?
This one's got a girl in it, but she's not young, so it'll do.
"How's the view?" he asks, stopping nearly underneath her and craning his head back, an unlit cigarette between his lips.
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"It's allll upside down," she informed him, waving her hands a little as she spoke.
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"No such luck," she repeated, in a sing-song sort of tone.
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He wasn't all that surprised to see a woman, familiar-looking, hanging upside down. "You've grown into your face very well, Ed," he told her, trying not to grin too hard.
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"You're not wrinkly anymore," she pointed out. With anyone else, it might've been a sort of insult, but with Edward the comment was perfectly innocent.
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"Ein's tiny too," she added. The dog was still chasing seagulls nearby, who were more than a little agitated the little animal kept bugging them.
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