Room 218, Sunday Morning

[glacial_queen]

Karla had spent most of yesterday in her room, hibernating with a vicious headache. She would wake up long enough to drink some more tea and then go back to sleep. At some point in the evening, she'd noticed that the tea she was drinking was still warm--Gabrielle must have come in and set something up for her. She'd have to thank the girl later for her kindness.

Unfortunately, it had been impossible for her to tell the pounding on her door from the pounding in her head, so she hadn't realized that she'd had any visitors, never mind any visitors of an unusual nature.

The first thing Karla realized when she woke up was that her headache was gone, thank the Darkness. The second thing she realized what that she wasn't alone in her bed--there was someone cuddled up against her, an arm slung over her ribs. The third thing she realized that whoever was in bed with her was awfully small.

She flailed a bit, trying to disentangle herself from whoever was in bed with her, trying to remember anything that could explain...this.

The sleeping moppet behind her opened up one blue eye and grumbled, "Dun wanna wake up yet, Mommy. I'm sleepy."

Hell's fire, Mother Night, and may the Darkness be merciful.

[Open for wee kidlets and friends alike.]

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[momslilassassin]

"Perhaps the child has been bribed?" Ben tried hopefully.

[skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

Jaenelle Mara hopped down off the bed to hug her Daddy's leg. "I knocked an' knocked an' knocked at Mommy's door, but she didn' answer so I passed through the door an' snuggled into bed with her. But I wanted t'see you, too, Daddy! Yay!"

She beamed up at them both. "I helped Mommy with tea last night! Cause she didn't feel good. I'se a good Healer!"

[momslilassassin]

"Of course you are," Ben said, shooting Karla a "what the hell" look over her head. "Do you come to Fandom a lot?"

[skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

Jaenelle shook her head, red curls flying everywhere. "This is my very firstest time," she said. "I seed the blue hole an' I went to essplore it. I thought I was gonna be in trouble, but you an' Mommy are here! So I'se not all alone."

[momslilassassin]

"Where do you normally live?" Ben asked faintly.

[skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"With you an' Mommy," Jaenelle answered, trying to wrap her arms around his leg. "On th'estate!"

Karla was just going to slowly sink into the floor, thanks. "Do you know where the estate is?" she asked weakly, trying not to look at 'Daddy.' "And who else lives there?"

"Me!" Yes, thank you, we got that. "An' Unca Morton, an' my pony an' Unca Julian an' Mr. Bear," Jaenelle pointed to the bed and floated her stuffed teddy over "an' the Court an' I want a baby brother or sister, but you and Daddy say prolly not." Jaenelle pouted. "I want one though."

[momslilassassin]

Ben suffered from a sudden violent coughing fit.

[glacial_queen]

Ben was about to suffer from a lot more than that, if the look in Karla's eye was any indication. "Why do we say no?" she asked Jaenelle. Besides the obvious, she added silently.

"Cause you're so sick," Jaenelle answered immediately. She tugged on Ben's clothes. "Daddy, you should pick me up an' hug me. I didn' see you all the day."

"Hey, wait a second here," Karla interrupted. "Go back a minute. I'm sick? Why hasn't your Aunt Jaenelle just Healed me and been done with it?"

"She tried," Jaenelle answered, still tugging. "S'why you can walk most times. Your legs now are really pretty, Mommy! I never seed you with pretty legs before!"

[momslilassassin]

Ben hugged Jaenelle while giving Karla yet another confused look. He was beginning to fear his face would be stuck in that expression. "What happened to Karla's legs at home?"

[skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"Daaaaaaaaaddy! Pick meeeeeee uuuuuuup!" Jaenelle begged, ignoring his question to address the far more important 'lack of snuggling' issue. "I wanna huuuuuuuuuug, Daddy!"

[momslilassassin]

Ben stood up. "Now you're tall!" he said.

[skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"Yay!" Jaenelle cheered, clapping her hands. "Look Mister Bear," she called to her toy laying waaaaaaaaaaaay down on the floor. "I'se growed up sized!"

There might have been a tiny little part of Karla that was melting at all of this, but that part was quickly shoved by the rest of her than wanted to know what the Hell was going on in the future.

"Yay, now Daddy is got you, why don't you tell us what happened to Mommy and her pretty legs," Karla suggested.

Jaenelle just sighed and rolled her eyes (two guesses no prizes who she picked that up from). "I dunno," she said. "I'se just a kid! You'se always been sick, ever since I was a bitty baby." She turned to her Daddy. "But I'se much bigger now," she informed him. In case he was confused.

[momslilassassin]

"I see that," Ben said. "So Karla--" he couldn't bring himself to refer to her as Mommy, "is sick. What do I do?"

[skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"Fly around and go whoosh!" Jaenelle answered immediately. "An' spar wit' Unca Lucivar an' Mommy says you like to show off but you say you'se jus' fightin'. Oh! An' you give me piggy-back rides and sometimes we go to outer space to see Granddaddy and Great-grandpapa, and Auntie Jaina!"

...Not particularly helpful no.

"An' sometimes you an' Mommy kiss a lot an' Unca Morton makes throw up noises."

Not just unhelpful, but downright embarrassing. Thank you, Jaenelle.

[momslilassassin]

Ben was now trying to blush hard enough to match his hair. "That was very...comprehensive."

[glacial_queen]

Karla was face-palming, very glad she wasn't holding Jaenelle so she had free hands to do so. "That's one word for it," she mumbled.

[momslilassassin]

"So did you follow a portal too?" he asked, trying to shift onto more stable ground.

[skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

The look Karla shot him then was one of pure gratitude.

"I did!" Jaenelle said, looking both proud and a bit apprehensive. "It was by the stables. I wanted to see what it was. It looked in'erestin'!"

[momslilassassin]

"Did you see any unicorns?" Ben replied.

[skycrawlers.livejournal.com]

"Not in our stables," Jaenelle said, giggling. "They live in Shovel!"

"Sceval," Karla corrected automatically. But with a smile. "They live in Sceval."

"S'what I said," Jaenelle stated. "They live in Shovel!"

[momslilassassin]

Ben snickered. "Close enough."

[glacial_queen]

Karla leaned over to poke him. "So you say until she starts messing up names of your flying ships," she teased.

[momslilassassin]

"Starfighters," Ben said, proving her point.

[glacial_queen]

"Close enough," Karla said, grinning.