Levina and her mother are mine.
A small little girl went running around the park like the world was ending. Ami watched the small toddler with fascination. She smiled at her little girl.
"Mommy! Look!" The small black and silver streaked haired little girl ran up to her mother. She held up a small bug in her hands.
"Oh…that's nice." Ami smiled as she said unenthusiastically. "Now…why don't you put it back now?"
The small toddler ran off again, smiling widely. "Ok Mama!" She started skipping and set the little bug free in a patch of grass.
A woman stood behind Ami. "I remember when my own little girl was that small." She sighed dreamily, leaning on the bench Ami was sitting on.
Ami looked back at the woman. "Oh, I'm sorry I didn't see you there. You have a daughter?"
The woman was in pretty clothes and then she sat on the bench next to Ami. "Yes. But she brought me flowers. Not bugs." The woman looked stern but she laughed.
Ami smiled. "I would love if my little Levina didn't bring bugs. But I wouldn't change my little girl….even if it does mean she'll bring bugs to me every now and again."
When Ami looked at the woman again the woman was gone. Ami sighed and looked at her daughter again. Little Levina was playing in the sand box and making something in the sand.
Ami picked up her bag and went to her little girl. Seeing that what she was making in the sand was a face. A male bearded face. "Honey? What's that?" Ami asked, worried as she looked at the face. It had a very scary likeness to a man she knew as Levina's father.
Levina lightly dragged her little finger across the cheek of the face, smoothing it out. "It's a picture I made. Isn't he pretty?" The little girl smiled a front toothless grin. "I saw him last night in the dream I had." The little girl went back to carving the face out of the sand before her.
Ami was uneasy about it. "Um…sweetie I think it's time we went home." She held out her hand for the little girl. "Come along now."
Levina got out of the sand box and dusted herself off. "Aw…okay." She took her mother's hand. "Don't you like it Mama?" They little girl said sweetly as they started to walk home.
Ami just smiled. "It was lovely Levina but…promise me you won't do that again."
Levina pouted and started skipping beside her mother. "Okay Mama. I won't do it again."
Ami smiled wider and nodded. "Thank you Levina."
A man came running down the street and Levina stuck her little foot out in front of him and tripped him. The man went sprawling to the ground with envelopes falling to the ground around him.
Ami jumped and ran to him. "Oh I am so sorry. She is in so much trouble when we get home." She started picking up envelopes off the ground.
"No. It's alright." The man groaned, getting up and gathering envelopes. "Every kid is allowed to be mischievous every once in a while. My kids are the exact same way as your little girl."
Ami looked at the man. "You have kids?"
"Yeah." The man laughed. "A few…maybe."
Ami smiled and handed him the envelopes she picked up. "Well I really am sorry. Levina doesn't normally act like that."
"Kids are kids…like…uh. You look a little young to be a mother." The man replied nervously.
Levina skipped over and giggled. "My Mama had me when she was young. She is still really pretty and smart."
Ami smiled and when she looked back at the man. He too was gone.