#* elise

[bunburie-a-blog]

@sameriver

     “Why does he keep looking at you?” She means Gary. “Now he’s waving. Who is he?”

[isamorgan]

a closed starter for @elisewilscn

"oh. hello?" isa's greeting came out as more of a question, the girl momentarily frozen on elise's doorstep. because the person answering the door hadn't been her best friend, as she'd been expecting. instead, it had been elise's child. and though it had been years (nine of them, to be exact), isa still wasn't sure of how to interact with willa.

outside of buying her presents. which, thankfully, isa had thought ahead enough to do.

"this is for you," she said finally, springing into action to hand over the latest nintendo something-or-other (with a bow on it - it was a gift) as she was led to the kitchen. willa's murmured thanks was accompanied by zero change in expression, so isa really couldn't tell if her standing with the child had gone up, but maybe that could be attributed to the hour? it was 9am on a sunday and time for the weekly isa/elise check-in breakfast.

as soon as they reached the kitchen her path diverged from that of the nine year old, and isa was able to relax. she waited just a beat longer to ensure that willa was out of earshot before speaking, however.

"at some point you'll have to let me know if i'm getting her what she actually wants. when i was nine my gifts included a meet and greet with my favorite singer and a pony, so i fear that my reference points are off."