Date: September 28, 2011
Characters: Luke Rafferty, Shoshana Wise, Sloane Wise (npc)
Location: Central Library in Ft Worth
Status: Semi-Public
Summary: Shosh brings Sloane to storytime.
Completion: Incomplete
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in the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf )
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She wrinkled her nose. "Kind of got that feeling, he might believe in 'em after dealing with me." she answered. "Isaac could likely be the most interesting person anyone knows." Shosh just shrugged at the family comment. "Grew up with just me and my Dad and a set a grandparents down in Sonora. Anyone else around us were 'like family' but not actually kin." She kind of liked it that way as well, picking who she wanted to consider her family.
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He nodded. "A large network, then. Mine's always been fairly small, but it's nice to have support, wherever you can find it."
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She shrugged. "To a point, really it's only about three people I really count as family. But I've got other people, rodeo people and ranchers who knew my dad. Small isn't bad, least you know exactly who you can count on"
Glancing in Sloane's direction, Shosh had to giggle just a bit when she noticed her little girl had a pile of books sitting on the floor, and an empty shelf in front of her. "Looks like my littie hellion has already started her reorganizing." She commented.
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He nodded when she mentioned knowing who you could count on. To him at least, that was more reliable than expecting something from the people he really should've been able to count on.
Following Shosh's glance, Luke half-laughed, half-groaned, but mostly laughed. "Like clockwork," he agreed, nodding as he eyed the stack of books. He rubbed the back of his neck. "I think I'll add the Dewey Decimal System to our tutoring program. Never too early."
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"Very impressive show of restraint," he said, keeping his face solemn before returning her grin. "Er, would you like me to check those out for you?"
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Sloane grinned at Luke as he knelt down to her level. "Show of restraint?" the little girl asked, furrowing her brow and trying to figure out what that meant. "You can do that?"
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Unable to control her laughter, Shosh knew she should step in and save Luke from trying to explain it all over again, but part of her was interested to see how he might handle quizzical four year old questions.
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He ducked his head. It was a bit of a cop-out, perhaps, but he also figured he shouldn't be speaking for the child's mother, so maybe it was the safest route as well.
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Shaking her head, Shosh laughed. "No Peanut, I'm fine." She assured her, gathering up a few of the books before standing up again. "But I think we should check these out and let Luke get back to work."
"Back to work?" Sloane scrunched up her face as she looked at Luke. "Are you goin' read some more?"
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"Not today, but another day. If your mom says it's okay, you could come back sometime and I'll read your favorite," he said as he put the rest of the books back and looked at Shosh. "Follow me, I'll just check those out for you before I get back."
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"Really?" The four year old asked excitedly, glancing her Mama. "Can we come back?"
Shosh laughed. "Yes, we can come back. But right now we have to let Luke get back to work, and stop being a thorn in his side." She scooped Sloane up from the floor and followed Luke as he went to check the books out for Sloane. "You can rearrange shelves another day, Peanut."
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