"So, what would you like to do?" Ian asked her after she had finished
eating and he had washed the dishes.
"Can we watch my movie?" She asked. He nodded and agreed since it would keep her occupied.
She stood up on the counter and grinned. "Catch me."
Ian shook his head. "Eli, I am not going to-" That was when she turned around and fell backwards. Ian dashed forward and caught her before she could hit the ground. He breathed out in relief.
She laughed as he placed her on her feet. "That was cool! Can we do it again?"
"No." Ian answered back immediately. He took her by the hand and started leading her into one of the living rooms.
"Ian, can I touch-"
"No."
"Can I look at-"
"No."
"Can I play with-"
"No." She frowned up at him.
"You're no fun." She said as she shut her mouth. He opened up the door to the room and she let go of his hand and ran towards the TV. She knelt down by the DVD player and opened it. That's when Ian noticed that she still had her backpack on. She took it off her backpack and dug through it. She pulled out a DVD and stuck it in.
She pressed play and ran over to the couch. She climbed onto it and pressed the on button to the TV remote. She looked over to where Ian was standing behind the couch.
"Aren't you going to sit down?" She asked. He looked at her for a second and then sat down next to her.
As soon as they were pass the previews, Eli's eyes were glued to the screen. He could see why people said that TV rot children's brains. It was like a sedative to them. She was calm and didn't ask questions. If all he had to do was put her in front of a TV to keep her occupied, this job would be easier than he would have believed it to be.
That's when the music started.
Apparently, children's movie have songs. Not only was the music not to his liking, but Eli was singing along with it off tune. It would have been cute if the sound didn't hurt so much.
"Well, that's just fine! Say it once, say it twice! Take a chance and roll the dice! Fly to the moon in the dead of night!" She screamed out with the movie. "Everybody scream! Everybody scream! In our town of Halloween!
The movie was cutely morbid. And Eli loved every minute of it, from the decapitated heads to the moving skeletons. About half way through, she finally noticed that Ian was staring at her.
She ignored it at first, but then it made her all very uncomfortable. She turned her head from the movie and looked him in the eye.
"Don't do that. Watch the movie. It's good." She told him. She kept his gaze when he didn't turn to watch the movie. She made him lower his head. She thought she made him upset.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." She said. He looked back up at her confused.
"Sorry for what?" He asked her.
"I thought I made you sad cause you put your head down."
"No, do not worry. You did not make me sad." He assured her.
"Then why did you put your head down?" She asked curiously.
"Oh," He didn't know how quite to explain it, but tried his best. "No one usually looks me in the eye and can keep it, but you can. I am just not used to it." He told her honestly.
She tilted her head to the side. "How come no one looks you in the eye?"
"That is a bit more complicated then you might understand. It just makes people uncomfortable, like how you were a minute ago." He answered her and hoped that that was enough. He wasn't sure how long he could play twenty questions with her before simply telling her to shut up.
Eli listened carefully and then nodded. "Oh, okay. But I still do not get it. Cause you're eyes aren't scary, they're pretty. And they are very bright."
The little compliment made him smile. "Thank-you very much, Eli."
"Your welcome." That's when another song started on the movie. She turned back to the movie and began singing along again. This time, it wasn't so annoying.
"Can we watch my movie?" She asked. He nodded and agreed since it would keep her occupied.
She stood up on the counter and grinned. "Catch me."
Ian shook his head. "Eli, I am not going to-" That was when she turned around and fell backwards. Ian dashed forward and caught her before she could hit the ground. He breathed out in relief.
She laughed as he placed her on her feet. "That was cool! Can we do it again?"
"No." Ian answered back immediately. He took her by the hand and started leading her into one of the living rooms.
"Ian, can I touch-"
"No."
"Can I look at-"
"No."
"Can I play with-"
"No." She frowned up at him.
"You're no fun." She said as she shut her mouth. He opened up the door to the room and she let go of his hand and ran towards the TV. She knelt down by the DVD player and opened it. That's when Ian noticed that she still had her backpack on. She took it off her backpack and dug through it. She pulled out a DVD and stuck it in.
She pressed play and ran over to the couch. She climbed onto it and pressed the on button to the TV remote. She looked over to where Ian was standing behind the couch.
"Aren't you going to sit down?" She asked. He looked at her for a second and then sat down next to her.
As soon as they were pass the previews, Eli's eyes were glued to the screen. He could see why people said that TV rot children's brains. It was like a sedative to them. She was calm and didn't ask questions. If all he had to do was put her in front of a TV to keep her occupied, this job would be easier than he would have believed it to be.
That's when the music started.
Apparently, children's movie have songs. Not only was the music not to his liking, but Eli was singing along with it off tune. It would have been cute if the sound didn't hurt so much.
"Well, that's just fine! Say it once, say it twice! Take a chance and roll the dice! Fly to the moon in the dead of night!" She screamed out with the movie. "Everybody scream! Everybody scream! In our town of Halloween!
The movie was cutely morbid. And Eli loved every minute of it, from the decapitated heads to the moving skeletons. About half way through, she finally noticed that Ian was staring at her.
She ignored it at first, but then it made her all very uncomfortable. She turned her head from the movie and looked him in the eye.
"Don't do that. Watch the movie. It's good." She told him. She kept his gaze when he didn't turn to watch the movie. She made him lower his head. She thought she made him upset.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." She said. He looked back up at her confused.
"Sorry for what?" He asked her.
"I thought I made you sad cause you put your head down."
"No, do not worry. You did not make me sad." He assured her.
"Then why did you put your head down?" She asked curiously.
"Oh," He didn't know how quite to explain it, but tried his best. "No one usually looks me in the eye and can keep it, but you can. I am just not used to it." He told her honestly.
She tilted her head to the side. "How come no one looks you in the eye?"
"That is a bit more complicated then you might understand. It just makes people uncomfortable, like how you were a minute ago." He answered her and hoped that that was enough. He wasn't sure how long he could play twenty questions with her before simply telling her to shut up.
Eli listened carefully and then nodded. "Oh, okay. But I still do not get it. Cause you're eyes aren't scary, they're pretty. And they are very bright."
The little compliment made him smile. "Thank-you very much, Eli."
"Your welcome." That's when another song started on the movie. She turned back to the movie and began singing along again. This time, it wasn't so annoying.