forum Anyone wanna one-on-one?

Started October 01, 2020 by @murphysgirl

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Sadira promptly dropped her books and fell to the forest floor, getting the wind knocked out of her. The dude was heavy, and she struggled to get out from beneath him.

Alex flushed, embarrassed. "S-Sorry miss!" He stuttered, helping her up and picking the books up, his glasses falling onto his nose.

Sadira frowned. There was mud on her dress, and she didn't like being dirty.
"Thanks," she murmured, taking her books back and gathering them into her arms.

Alex chuckled nervously, before looking around. "Were you studying nature?" He asked, noticing the dirt on her dress before he cleaned it off, with his hand.
Ah… Dad's gonna be pissed.

"I was heading for the river." She clutched her books to her chest, suddenly uncomfortable as he brushed the mud off.

Alex noticed the shorter girl and smiled a bit. "May I join you?" he asked, politley. He wasn't the type of person that harrassed kids, thats just- ew-
He has a husband, after all.
"I'm sure my husband wouldn't mind…" He trailed off, thinking.

She frowned and tilted her chin downwards, considering. A few moments of silence passed, and then she looked up curiously, a spark of determination in her blue eyes.
"Do you know how to build a rope swing?"

Alex gasped. "Yes, I do! My daughter made me make one for her birthday!" He smiled.

Sadira glanced downwards and shuffled her feet. "Do you think you could help me make one?"

"Of course!" He smiled happily, a bright aura coming from him. "By the river?" He assumed.

She nodded. "By the river. There's a pool, and… I want to build a rope swing, but… I don't know how."

Alex took her hands and smiled. "Well, let's go then, hm?" He asked, happily.

Sadira led him through the forest to a river. The water was clear, and there was a deep pool, lined with flat stones. There was a canopy and a hammock, as well as a lean-to.
Sadira set her books down on a boulder and pulled a piece of rope, a board, some nails, and a hammer out of a hollow in between a few rocks. "Here's this."

Alex nodded, before hanging the rope on the tree, and making sure it was stirdy before nailing the board to the rope, and sat on it, swinging back and fourth. "I think it works!" He said, happily.

"Oh, thanks." Sadira tried it out. It worked perfectly.

Alex nodded. "Of course."

She shuffled her feet awkwardly and looked down, mouth curling to one side.

"Are you alright?" Alex asked, looking towards the smaller girl.

"Yeah. Um, I just… thanks for putting the rope swing up. I've been wanting one for a really long time."

Alex smiled warmly. "Of course!"

Sadira smiled, and then glanced around awkwardly, hugging herself. "Well, I guess you can go now…"

Alex smiled, before sighing, handing her a small piece of paper. "Here, if you wanna come over sometime, you can!" He smiled warmly, before walking off.

Once he got home, he saw his husband, Xavi. "Hey babe!" He smiled, kissing him softly as Xavi chuckled happily. "Hey love.

Sadira held the piece of paper in her hands. It had an address on it.
Slumping down into her hammock, she folded the paper up and hid it in the hollow space between the rocks. Maybe she would visit sometime. He really had been very kind.

Alex sighed, before his daughter came up, running into her arms. "Papa!" She squealed, as Alex giggled, twirling her in the air. "Hello, my dearest." He said, kissing her forehead and sitting her down.

Sadira decided to gather wildflowers. There was a nearby field covered in the brightly coloured blooms, and she had the vague idea to make bouquets and dry them, so her lean-to could look nice in winter. There would be some colour in the world of white.
Slipping a pair of scissors and a few rubber bands into the pocket of her dress, she headed out to the field and began to gather flowers.