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The Park, Saturday evening 8/2

After sharing his candy with the other two boys (gosh, were they cool!) Murdock went bouncing around to see what else he could find in the park.

Oooh! Swings!

He giggled as he swung higher and higher, soaring through the air.

Now this was flyin'!

(oooopen! just 'cuz we needed another spot to chuck weetinies at! whoo! and also - new playground, yes!! and I totally know what the date is, ahem.)

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Amber needed to get the hell out of her room. There were too many issues on her mind that she just needed to quit thinking about and she figured the best way to do that was to head outdoors and take in some fresh air.

She ended up heading for the swings but drew up short when she spotted the swinging kid. "Oh. Hey little guy."

Then she glanced around for parents.

"Amber!" he shouted. Wee!Murdock speak in normal tones? Yah right. "Amber, Amber!" he bounced a little in the swing, (it was a wonder he didn't fall out of it) "Hi, Hi, HI!" he grinned widely.

Possibly, someone's had too much sugar today.

And also...that grin probably looked very familiar.

Edited 2008-08-02 23:54 (UTC)

Amber totally cocked her head, brows raised high. "Hi, buddy..."

Okay. Weird. But she could handle this. Fandom wacky and all that.

That grin though... hmm.

She stepped closer. "Careful there, Murdock?"

He grinned more. "HM!" he giggled, correcting her. "Murdock's my last name, silly."

Huh. How often did he go by that?

"Wanna fly wit' me?"

She laughed at him. "Okay, HM is it." She was so going to tease him later. When he wasn't so weetiny.

"You bet I do! How about I push you first?"

"Oooh! Yes!" BounceBounce! "Then's I can show you hatta fly!"

"Yay! I would love that," she giggled and stepped behind his swing. "Now hold on real tight, okay? Here we go..." she took hold and pulled back, making sure he was holding on good first before she let the swing go.

He giggled as the swing went through the air. What fun! Oooh!

"Now you get on, 'kay?"

She gave him another push before she settled into the swing by his, pushing off and swinging with him. "How old are you, uh?"

"Eight!" he said proudly, puffing his chest out a little. "I'ma big kid!"

"You ready f'r flyin'?"

"You sure are!" she agreed and swung faster. "Yah, I am!"

"Okie! Don' get scareds, 'kay? Close your eyes," he closed his, "stick your arms out," he did that as well, "and you's flyin'!"

Yes, he was sitting on a swing as it rushed through the air, balancing just a little precariously since he was no longer holding onto it.

He popped his eyes open, and grinned. "You try."

Edited 2008-08-03 00:37 (UTC)

Oh god, he was going to fall and hurt himself and... Amber cringed but totally smiled at him when his eyes popped open and looked at her. "Watch me now, okay?" She closed her eyes, stuck her arms out, and flew.

"Wheeee!"

"Fun, right? Jus' like flyin'!" he grinned. He was so happy to have somebody to fly with. "I's gonna be a pilot! I'll fly inna big fancy chopper, an' I'll takes you wit' me!"

She peeked over at him. "Just like flyin'," she agreed. "You will? Aww, I would love that HM, totally. And you know what? I bet you are going to be the best chopper pilot ever."

He beamed at her. "You think so? I like you, Amber," he blurted out. "Even if you are a girl. Mos' girls have cooties." He shuddered a wee bit. "Ewwwy cooties. Like that girl I was inna bed wit' this mornin'."

Amber cracked up laughing. "I don't have cuties I promise... ummm what? You woke up in bed with a girl?"

"Uh-huh," he nodded. "I was in her bed," he said it like it was the most disgusting thing EVER, "an' she had cooties! I think we played last night ~~*cough*~~ an' I mus've fell asleep. It was ewwwwy!"

Only Fandom could be so cruel, yes?

Oh my god. Amber stopped swinging. Just stared. Then she clapped her hands and snickered.

"She had cooties!" She laughed so hard. "Oh my... you played!"

This was only cracking her up because it was a weetiny Murdock that was telling her this. "Did you learn her name?"

He wasn't sure what she found so funny, but he couldn't help but giggle a little. "Yep. Abby." He made a face. "All serious stuff like. I dunno why I'd play with her."

"You're much more fun! You likes flyin'!"

Abby. Ahah!

"Was she... little, like you?"

She smiled at him. "I love flyin'!"

"Kinda. A bit ol'er than me. I think mebby...," his little face scrunched up in thought, "twelve? She ollllld."

Then what the heck was Amber?

"I wanna fly forever! 'S all I wanna do!"

Giggling again, Amber swung higher and faster. "She sounds all cranky and old if she was all serious like. You'd rather fly and have fun, wouldn't you?"

"She was," he agreed, nodding vigorously. "And yep! I like havin' fun. Oooh, I met these two boys an' they squirteds water at me an' I shot gumdrops at 'em an' then I climbs inna tree wit' 'em an I shareds my candy!"

Said candy probably contributed a lot to that...statement. Which came out way faster than it should have.

Hi sugar!

Amber so remembered what being a weetiny was like. She also remembered waking up after a sugar high. She could only smile at Murdock and think he was soo cute.

"Candy is so good isn't it? Have you had anything..." she didn't want to say the dreaded 'good for you' so opted for, "else besides candy to eat?"

"It is! I like it lots!" His brow squished together in concentration as he thought realllly, reallly hard. What all had he done today?

Flee from cootie girl, check. Ride in the 'roo pouch, check. Share candy with new friends, check. Fly in the park, check.

Hrm. That was everything, right?

"I dunna think so. But candy's good enough!" He was eight. And he was just as sure as any other eight-year old that one could live purely off candy.

Right?

Yes, well, an eight year old surely could, but Amber knew sooner or later he would end up with a tummy ache.

"You should let me fix you something yummy to eat, HM. I'm a pretty good cook." Which is to say that she could use a microwave real good.

He eyed her warily. There was some kind of trick going on, he could tell. But... he liked Amber. "I...guess. You promise it'll be good? Nuthin' yucky like okra or spinach, right?" Cause, ewww, gross.

Ah, god he was a cute kid. "I was thinking more like mac and cheese?"

The words made his tummy rumble a bit. Okay...more like a lot. "Oooh!" he wiggled in the seat, "Tha's my favorite!" He hopped down off the swing. "Can we get some now?"

He tried not to sound too eager, didn't want her to think he was way more hungry than he admitted.

Amber got up and grinned. "Yah, come on. I'll get you settled with some yummy cheesy goodness!"

"Whoo!" He bounced up and down, clapping his hands a little. "Thank you, Amber!"

He ran over and gave her a big hug. Which meant that at his current size, he was really just hugging her waist.

Aw, Amber hugged him back tight, but not too tight, and thought he was the cutest thing ever. "You're so welcome, HM."

"I's gonna so pay you back," he grinned up at her. "For bein' so nice."

"You don't have to pay me back, sweetheart. I like you. This is what friends do for each other..."

Ewww. She called him sweetheart. That was icky-mushy. But since he liked her, he didn't say anything. That'd be rude.

"Friends," he agreed. "I have way many more friends here than I did at home," he smiled.

Edited 2008-08-03 03:15 (UTC)

The endearment totally just slipped out. He was a kid. Kids needed endearments. Didn't they?

"Aww, not many friends at home? That sounds kind of sad."

"Yah. I...guess." He looked a bit sad, he'd said it just as fact, but when she said it...it did seem sad. Why didn't he have many friends? Didn't people like him?

"You..." a bit of a wibble in his lip, "like me don'cha?"

Aw, he was just melting her heart here. "Look at my face. See this smile? This smile means I like you a lot. We will always be friends. Forever and ever. Go it?"

Edited 2008-08-03 03:37 (UTC)

"Okay," he wiped a sleeve across his eyes. No that wasn't the start of anything wet there, he just had dust in his eyes, alright?

A small smile crept across his face. "Forever an' ever an' ever. Got it."

"Total BFF's," she couldn't help but tease, trying to ignore the moisture in his eyes. How sad was that? Her heart just broke a little bit.

"BFF," he looked curious. "Wha's that mean?" It wasn't something he'd heard before. ooh, time warp bump *g*

If Amber looked like she was getting sad, he completely missed it.

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