This was actually shorter than this, but I went back and fixed it, adding in some more conflict and back and forth between the two. I think it works much better now.
Piece of Art
Aaeru sat at the table, working on a picture. She hummed to herself, coloring with the fat green crayon. She was working really hard to make the grass in her picture. It took her some time to make it pointy, just the way she liked it.
"Ooooh! That's pretty!" commented another student, standing behind Aaeru with her hands behind her back.
Looking up, Aaeru saw a girl with two large pigtails. "I know! It's me and Grandpa." She pointed to her picture.
"Your Grandpa looks oooold." The girl put extra emphasis on the "old" part.
Aaeru became frustrated. "He is not! We play together all the time!" She looked back at her picture, finding a spot where she'd missed coloring the grass.
The girl crossed her arms. "Doesn't mean he's not old. You gave him white hair. That's old people hair."
"That doesn't make him old! He takes me fishing and stuff!"
"Eeww!"
"Why's it ew?"
"Cause you gotta put those worms on the hook. Worms are squishy and ick!"
"But they feel neat in your hands!" protested Aaeru.
"You're gross!"
"I am not! I like going fishing with my grandpa!"
The girl blew a raspberry. "That's not fun. You get all hot and icky and the worms."
"You're just jealous 'cause you can't go fishing with us," replied Aaeru, setting the green back in the crayon bucket and holding up her picture. Two smiling stick figures with clothes looked back up at her. "Finished!"
"I like it!" replied the girl happily, once more changing her tune. "It's really colorful."
Aaeru blinked, confused. "Thanks."
The girl leaned over and kissed her cheek. "I'm Floe. You're really nice." She skipped off, humming to herself.
Aaeru rubbed her cheek. "Yuck," she commented. She stood up and took her picture to her cubby, placing it inside. She couldn't wait to show her grandpa her latest drawing. Maybe he'd take her fishing too. Then they could have fried fish for dinner.