React and Interact
Pair: Ed and Sarah (friendship)
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Ed looked up and down the hallway and then tiptoed into the nursery. He wasn't supposed to be in here- so said his mother- especially not if the thing in this room was finally being quiet. Still, he'd barely gotten a good look at the baby- Sarah- since his parents had brought it- her, right- home.
Quietly, the four-year-old snuck up to the crib in the corner of the room, got up on the chair next to it, and peeked over the side. He was a bit tall for his age by this point and was easily able to see into the frilly pink confines of the baby's bed from this vantage point.
And there, in the center, half-covered by a fleecy baby blanket, was his baby sister. She was pink enough to almost blend in with her overly-girly surroundings- Mom had been so excited 'it was a girl'- and there were faint wisps of auburn hair coming out of the crown of her head. Her eyes were closed and her tiny fists were clenched slightly as she slept.
Ed hadn't really understood all the fuss that seemed to have been going on forever. His parents had been terribly excited, then Mom was sick and she kept getting bigger and then, suddenly, he was whisked away in the middle of the night to spend a few days at Eddy's house. Finally, when he'd come home again, his mother had been sitting on the couch with this… baby, they'd said. Whose name was Sarah. No one had really taken the time to explain anything to him and, really, most of what had taken place simply confused Ed but now, looking down on the tiny creature lying in the crib, he felt a bit excited, himself.
One thing that had been said to him was that he, as the older brother, now had to protect and look after his baby sister. And that was something he understood- something he could and would do. He was sure he would remember at least that.
Just then, Sarah opened her eyes and blinked blearily up at him. Ed looked back down at her for a moment and suddenly, she smiled. And giggled! Ed couldn't help but smile right back. "Hello, baby sister!" Ed told her.
As quickly as it had come, however, Sarah's smile disappeared. Her face twisted up and she screamed out some unknown displeasure. Ed screamed in response and fell off the chair with a thud. He dashed out of the nursery, crouching for cover, and wondered vaguely if Sarah would always be this loud.
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Author's Note: The way I decide what I'm going to write next is pretty much random. I assigned each pairing a number and I use a random number generator to pick what comes next (otherwise, I'd only do what I want and I'd be left with a bunch of weird stuff I couldn't do). So if you make a request, I'm not ignoring you, it's just that the number hasn't come up yet. I'll get to all pairings, though, I promise!