You could do a lot of things with kids, but Elodie’s favorite thing was just walking around the town with her girls in their stroller and then taking them to a park or little playground she found that was almost always empty. Sometimes she’d have her friends with her who adoooored little Amie and Phoebs and sometimes, like now, she was alone. With Riker being out of town for a few days, of course, he couldn’t join her and being on her little break from her classes, she had to spend every minute entertaining her girls. But don’t you worry, she loved that and Davina was supposed to arrive in London that night so she’d have some company again.
On that beautiful, sunny, spring day, Elodie took her daughters out for a walk, putting them in their matching flowery dresses. Was Elodie also that mom who just haaaad to match with her kids? Yes, yes she was and they all looked super cute. Cutes mom and little twin girls in town, if only dad could see them. [color=“#e0ac8c”]”Where do we want to go… Playground? Do you want to go on the swing?“[/color] Elodie smiled down at her girls, adjusting the stroller as she walked towards that hidden little playground. You know what the cutest thing was? They could kind of talk now! So getting some kind of responce other than mumbles and cute little laughs made Elodie smile even brighter. [color=”#e0ac8c”]”Yeah, you love that, don’t you?“[/color] They do. It was quiet easy to make them happy, make them laugh… they just really liked to play. Never fussy. Never crying… okay, that was a lie, but they were still such good kids. Quietly singing one of their favorite songs, they got near the playground when Elodie heard a voice she knows very well. ”That’s sweet,“ a guy appeared next to her with the friendliest smile. Remember Mark? Of course you do. How could you forget? How could Elodie forget? Now you’re wondering… What happened between them after that incident when he… kissed her? Elodie started feeling very uncomfortable around him, she’d try to find excuses to avoid him but he was very stubborn. He was trying to find a way to talk to her and apologize, so at least that was a good thing? They still had classes together and were hanging around with same people so it was a difficult situation and Elodie being Elodie, she didn’t want to fight with him so she eventually “forgave him”. He could see she wasn’t being honest so his apologies kept coming so now they were still in a very weird place but Elodie tried to remain kind.
[color=“darkred”]”What a surprise. Didn’t think I’d find you… here,“[/color] obviously referring to this place they were at, Mark tried to joke and get rid of the tension, start a conversation with his good old friend he had this huge crush on. But the only thing Elodie did was laugh almost nervously, picking up Phoebe who held her arms up for her mom, wanting to play. Did that make things worse? Yup, because the next thing Mark did was attempt to once again apologize for something that happened 2 years ago. [color=“darkred”]”Hey… I’m sor-“[/color] [color=”#e0ac8c”]”What are you doing here,“[/color] but Elodie was tired of that, so with a sweet smile she finally looked up at him, curious to hear what he had to say. [color=”#e0ac8c”]”I mean… I… wasn’t expecting to find you here. Didn’t mean to… make that sound so bad.“[/color] [color="darkred”]”You didn’t,“[/color] with a reassuring smile, Mark looked down at her girls. [color=“darkred”]”I just saw you and wanted to say hi. Do you… need some company?“[/color] If only Elodie could say no… She could try? Bouncing Phoebe in her arms, her attention on her daughter, Elodie slowly shook her head. [color=”#e0ac8c”]”We won’t stay long, it’s fine,“[/color] not bad. Could be better. [color="darkred”]”Are you sure?“[/color] [color="e0ac8c”]”Don’t worry,“[/color] glancing back at him, the smile she had on her lips for her daughters remained. Take that as a leave… ”Ok… If you need someone, you know where to find me.“
Sigh. That was hard. After Mark finally left and Elodie for some weird reason felt bad for him even if she absolutely hated what he did, she played with her daughters for quite some times before taking them to a park nearby. Bringing a blanket with her, the three of them were now sitting down, laughing and picking flowers, making little flower crowns. Finally some peace, mind off her old friend… Just her daughters and new beautiful memories… Before a dog ran towards them, grabbing their full attention. Those little girls just looooved animals so this was good… right? It was supposed to be right… No random guys using their dogs as an excuse to talk to a girl. With KIDS. An older guy for that matter. But Elodie didn’t notice him at first so with a bright smile she pointed that out to Amie and Phoebs. [color=“#e0ac8c”]”Look, puppy.”[/color] They immediately got up and wanted to play with the dog, the cutest little scene right in front of Elodie’s eyes. But that’s when she saw him. [color=“salmon”]”He likes them,“[/color] just casually standing there, smiling at Elodie’s girls and now her too. [color=”#e0ac8c”]”Yeah,“[/color] Elodie managed to say, wishing she was everywhere but there. How sad was that… Everything was so perfect just a second ago. Maybe she was being a little overdramatic but she didn’t want to talk to random guys, she was looking forward sto spending this sunny day with her daughters. Okay, be nice Elodie. [color=”#e0ac8c”]”And they like him,“[/color] she added, chuckling. [color=“#e0ac8c”]”I’ve been trying to convince my fiance we need to get a puppy but still nothing.“[/color] Magic. And just like that the guy simple nodded, some kind of smile on his lips before saying bye to them and walking away with his cute little dog… [color=”#e0ac8c”]”What do you say,“[/color] bringing her girls closer to her, wrapping her arms around them and kissing their cheeks, Elodie asked, ”We go home and wait for nana?“