Chilly Boulder, Saturday Afternoon

[glacial_queen]

So, originally, the plan had been for Karla, Warren, and all three children to show up at Fandom this weekend and do the whole reunion thing. They'd see old friends, show Nyles and Cora the island, and take a ridiculous number of pictures commemorating things that really didn't need to be commemorated. And then, last night, Cora had come into Karla's parlor before bedtime complaining that she didn't feel good. And then had promptly thrown up. Nyles, who had been a footstep behind her, managed to keep down his dinner, but was flushed and feverish.

Long story short, Cora and Nyles had come down with chicken pox. And as much as Karla would have liked to simply Heal them and be done with it, getting chicken pox now meant they wouldn't get worse illnesses later, and so Warren and Karla reluctantly agreed to let them stick it out. And that clearly meant that at least one parent needed to stay with them. But Kayla, being far too young, needed to be kept away. And so, after a spirited game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, (best two out of three, and no, Warren, she didn't cheat), Karla had ended up being the one who got to take Kayla away to the island for the weekend, while Warren and his healing factor took care of two thoroughly miserable children.

On the other hand, now Karla at least had a good excuse to take a million pictures? Like the ones she was taking now, of Kayla smearing vanilla ice cream all over her face as she attempted to spoon it into her mouth. Thank the Darkness for data plans.

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[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Like you'd listen," Triela shot back, rolling her eyes.

[glacial_queen]

"Probably not, but you could then say 'I told you so,' later on?" Karla suggested, impishly. She winked at Triela before admitting, "Try not to look too shocked, but I've actually learned to listen. At least a little bit."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela snorted. "I'll believe it when I see it."

But, for some reason, she sounded... happy. Content.

[glacial_queen]

"Well, pay attention this weekend and maybe you'll see something of the sort," Karla said. "Which should be easy, because if you think I'm letting you wander off on your own for more than a few minutes at a time, you're crazy."

They only had Triela for the weekend and Karla was selfish enough to want to claim as much of that time as she could.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"I won't be holding my breath," Triela shot back.

But she didn't object to the rest of Karla's plan.