Respite
Summary: After bonding over Lani’s weekend away, Faith and Aolani have gotten together to relax at Faith’s place while a friend babysits. It’ll give Aolani the chance to relax and unwind, especially after a painful realisation about her friends.
It wasn’t very often that Faith was away from Avery, but when she was, it was a strange feeling to overcome. She loved her son, truly, but the silence in the apartment she rented was welcoming. It was a nice break from the constant noise that seemed to envelope the place, but that did not last long. Usually it was no more than half an hour before she was wishing he was back with her. He was her entire world, and being apart from him felt a lot like she was being torn in two. But the break was good for both of them. He was having a sleepover at a friend's house, and she was having a friend of her own round for some food and a glass of wine.
It was strange for her to have someone she could call a friend. With constantly moving around, Faith found it difficult to connect with anyone. A chance encounter at her place of work meant that now she had a friend in the form of Aolani, who preferred being called Lani. She was so different to a lot of the people recently who had tried to become Faith's friend. Most were mothers, and only seemed to care about talking about their own children. Lani was different, and it was refreshing to have some time, no matter how brief, to go back to being 'Faith' instead of 'Mum'. It was a title she loved, but it wasn't all that she was.
She'd been checking on the dinner, knowing that Aolani would be there at any moment. Everything was looking good, and she had a bottle of wine on the side with some glasses, ready to open it. She needed it after a long week, and the knock at the door suggested that Aolani might need it to. "Coming!" she called, apron still on as she went to the door and answered it to her new found friend.
Tagged - @aolaniwallacerp
