"Birgit? Where'd you go?" Nora stares up at me from behind the couch.
"Out."
"Out whereeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?" She whines.
I slip off my coat.
"You went to Tino's hotel, didn't you."
I nod. "Yes."
"Birgit... why?!" Her shoulders droop.
"H-He wanted t' see me.. I wanted.."
"But what did I tell you?!"
"Ya told me I shouldn't.." I feel bad.
"Then why did you go?"
"I went to yell 't him.." I say quietly, almost whispering.
"Did you?" Her voice drops too.
I nod. "A little. He said he 'nly wanted t' talk.. he said he really likes me.. I th'nk he was bein' serious.."
I can't look at Nora. She's probably crying or something. She must be.
"And then what?"
"We're dating."
"Oh."
I don't say anything else. I'm scared to, honestly.
"Are you happy?" I look over at her, a little surprised. She's not crying. She's not even frowning. She looks a little curious, I might even say.
"I don't know.. I told h'm we have t' take 't slow. So we both c'n figure out how we feel."
"And he said okay?" I nod. "Yes."
She nods. "Well.. if you're happy.. then I'm happy for you."
I smile slightly. "Mean 't?"
She nods again. "As long as I still get to give you friendship kisses sometimes." She grins.
"Sure. No tongue though, 'kay?" "Aww..."
I snicker. "Just one more w'th tongue will b' okay.. I guess.."
She tackles me before I even finish my sentence and gives me a huge kiss.
I will miss this though.
It's Monday morning. I stand up, letting the blankets fall behind me, stretching.
My little leech hugs my waist. "Birrrrrrrrr... why are you up so early... nngh."
I ruffle her hair. "'s time fer me t' go t' work."
I pull her arms off me, slipping on my work clothes.
"Waaaaaaaaahhhhh... I don't want you to gooooo... what am I gonna do all day..?" Nora rolls over on the bed, kicking the blankets off of her.
"Clean? Go shoppin'? Something, I dunno." I shrug, walking into the kitchen.
She trails after me and I give her a look. "Put clothes on and maybe I'll make you waffles."
She looks down at herself, then up at me. "Aww... fine." She scampers back in the bedroom, and I get started on breakfast.
Waffles, and scrambled eggs. Good enough.
Nora finally wanders out when I'm finished with the eggs, and grabs a frozen waffle, nibbling on it.
"Bad Nora." I snatch it off of her and smirk as she pouts. "Let m' finish first."
I shove a plate of waffles into the microwave and set it for 4 minutes, turn to her, and sigh.
"Tired?" She leans on her elbow against the counter. I nod.
"Yeah. I was thinkin' all night. Didn't sleep much."
"Thinking? About what?" She tilts her head.
"Tino." I stare at the floor. "Oh."
The microwave dings and I pull out the plate, wincing. "Done."
Nora grabs four waffles from the plate and puts them on the plate with the eggs.
I stare at her. "I want some 'f those."
She looks at me, then the eggs, then me. Sighs. "Here.." She shoves half of them onto my plate.
"Th'nks." I shovel food in my mouth, watching the clock. "ve got ten minutes left."
She nods. "Okay. I'm done." I look up, and she's already eaten all the waffles, and half of the eggs. Like a vacuum cleaner, really.
She gives me a grin and smacks me. "Let's go."
I nod, shuffling to the car.
Then we go to work.