[She can't handle that smile, not right now. For one thing, she's not immune to it and also? She's not in a place where she can just welcome him into her life again, not without a lot of explanation.]
I'll come to you.
[She does.
It takes a few minutes, or closer to twenty, but she jogs practically all the way there. The boys are at White Willow and she'd taken the day from the Mean Princess because of the holidays and tree decorating. It's an easy run, however, so she's not even out of breath when she gets there, sweatshirt and jeans in place, hair in a ponytail. Eyes scan the docks and then she sees him, almost exactly how he was a year previous.]
Franklin...
[She says it as she walks up to him, suddenly at a loss where to begin.]
no subject
I'll come to you.
[She does.
It takes a few minutes, or closer to twenty, but she jogs practically all the way there. The boys are at White Willow and she'd taken the day from the Mean Princess because of the holidays and tree decorating. It's an easy run, however, so she's not even out of breath when she gets there, sweatshirt and jeans in place, hair in a ponytail. Eyes scan the docks and then she sees him, almost exactly how he was a year previous.]
Franklin...
[She says it as she walks up to him, suddenly at a loss where to begin.]