Q & A #38
"Drawing a picture, honey?" Willow looked down at her coffee table, and the papers strewn across it. "Sorry I don't have any crayons."
"That's okay. I got a pencil." Meredith scribbled intently.
"I see that." Willow knelt down beside the little girl. "Whatcha drawing?"
"My brother." Meredith held up the paper. "See. That's me and that's my brother. When he gets borned."
"Very nice." Willow walked over to her entertainment unit. "You know you have to wait a while. Lots of months left."
"I know. Mommy said. That's okay." She looked over at her babysitter. "We gonna watch a movie, Auntie Willow?"
"I thought you might like this one. Neverending Story." She opened the DVD package and sat the film in the tray.
"It never ends? Ever?" Meredith's eyes went wide.
"That's just the name, honey. It ends. Don't worry, you won't have to stay here forever." She paused before picking up the remote to turn turn on the television. "How did your dinner with Uncle Riley and Auntie Sam go?"
"Okay." Meredith looked down at the table, and pressed the pencil to the paper. "Daddy wasn't happy."
"I would guess he wouldn't be." She flipped on the television. "They have a baby, don't they? Erin?"
"Poor baby." Meredith looked sad.
"Why do you say that, sweetie?" Willow pressed the mute button. "What's wrong with the baby?"
"She talked to me. You know."
Willow took a deep breath. She walked over to her little friend and sat on the floor beside her. "The way you talk to me?" The child nodded. "What did she say?"
"She said she likes Auntie Sam, but she misses her real mommy." Meredith looked up at Willow. "She said a man took her from her mommy and she was scared. And I got scared." She threw her arms around Willow's neck. "I don't want a man to come and take me away from Mommy and Daddy. Will the bad man come, Auntie Willow?"
The witch held the child tightly in her arms. "Not if I can help it." She kissed her forehead. "No. Nobody's going to take you away from your Mommy and Daddy."
"Drawing a picture, honey?" Willow looked down at her coffee table, and the papers strewn across it. "Sorry I don't have any crayons."
"That's okay. I got a pencil." Meredith scribbled intently.
"I see that." Willow knelt down beside the little girl. "Whatcha drawing?"
"My brother." Meredith held up the paper. "See. That's me and that's my brother. When he gets borned."
"Very nice." Willow walked over to her entertainment unit. "You know you have to wait a while. Lots of months left."
"I know. Mommy said. That's okay." She looked over at her babysitter. "We gonna watch a movie, Auntie Willow?"
"I thought you might like this one. Neverending Story." She opened the DVD package and sat the film in the tray.
"It never ends? Ever?" Meredith's eyes went wide.
"That's just the name, honey. It ends. Don't worry, you won't have to stay here forever." She paused before picking up the remote to turn turn on the television. "How did your dinner with Uncle Riley and Auntie Sam go?"
"Okay." Meredith looked down at the table, and pressed the pencil to the paper. "Daddy wasn't happy."
"I would guess he wouldn't be." She flipped on the television. "They have a baby, don't they? Erin?"
"Poor baby." Meredith looked sad.
"Why do you say that, sweetie?" Willow pressed the mute button. "What's wrong with the baby?"
"She talked to me. You know."
Willow took a deep breath. She walked over to her little friend and sat on the floor beside her. "The way you talk to me?" The child nodded. "What did she say?"
"She said she likes Auntie Sam, but she misses her real mommy." Meredith looked up at Willow. "She said a man took her from her mommy and she was scared. And I got scared." She threw her arms around Willow's neck. "I don't want a man to come and take me away from Mommy and Daddy. Will the bad man come, Auntie Willow?"
The witch held the child tightly in her arms. "Not if I can help it." She kissed her forehead. "No. Nobody's going to take you away from your Mommy and Daddy."