4
"Miss Beyya?"
Bella looked up to see Carlie watching her from her nap mat.
"You're supposed to be resting, sweetie," Bella whispered, not wanting to disturb the others.
"Poppy says I'm grumpy if I don't take a nap."
"I get grumpy if I don't nap, too."
Poppy must be her grandfather.
"But I don't want to nap."
"You don't have to nap, hon. Just close your eyes."
"But I'll see the wreck."
Bella didn't know what to say. She had no idea about Carlie's past. As a pre-k teacher, she was only with the kids from 7:30 in the morning through 2 in the afternoon. Carlie was a full day student and transferred over to the daycare side of the academy while Bella went home. Most of the kids at Tant Academy were part of long-established Folks families, so she knew them or knew of them, but Carlie had moved to town recently and Bella had not met her family.
Perhaps they would come to Spring Fling in a few weeks, and she could introduce herself.
When Bella looked back, Carlie had fallen asleep, her eyes just slightly open and a soft snore escaped her lips. A bit of her hair had escaped the ponytail it had been wrangled into and clung to her cheek. Bella smiled and turned back to her online search for the right video to show for their upcoming "Q and U get married" lesson.