“Oh yea, that could totally work! I’m going to have to look more into this and experiment with different things,” Trill responded, grinning. Of course she wasn’t completely serious, but the idea of slippered shoes was intriguing enough, especially considering they didn’t exist yet. She nodded, “Mhmm. They are. It’s funny to think we were all like that once, able to adapt to changes and things. Wonder why we’re so different now.”
A smile began to grow at the suggestion of planning something to meet up with her and her niece, and she nodded, “Aw, yes! We definitely need to do that, cause I’d love to see her too.” She stuck her tongue out for a moment, giving Em the thumbs down before laughing, “Well that’s a shame. Those stories can be fun to believe in, especially when you’re young.” Eyes widening, she sat forward a little in her chair, “School?! Already? Holy moly, that’s crazy. Soon she’ll be at college and looking for a full time job. And I don’t blame you, she’s growing up so fast.”
“Nope, not for a while. The fact that I’ve been with Shaggy for over two years and you haven’t met him yet, is not a good thing, I definitely need friend’s approval. I mean, he’s a great guy, and I like to think my dad would’ve loved him, but you know what I mean.” At least she hoped she did. Laughing, she got up and moved over to rest against the counter, “Just with a bit of milk, nothing too special or fancy, thanks. So… how about you, do you have anyone special in your life right now?”
“Don’t give me ideas for more things to test out. Seriously, I really don’t need more projects to work on, I probably have a list up to here.” She held a hand up to just above her head, as though to demonstrate. “Seriously though, you can make canvas shoes resistant to water and chocolate sauce, so I’m sure that would help.” Not that chocolate sauce was necessarily a common thing to drop on shoes, but the point was more that it would stick all over them ordinarily. “I find it amazing how some people never seem to lose that ability. You know, those adults that can have their lives turned upside down and still somehow manage to get on with it?”
“She’d love it. She doesn’t exactly get visitors very often yet, so it’s a massive thing for her.” She gasped at Trill when she gave her the thumbs down, pretending to be offended for a moment. “Hey that’s not... nice.” She couldn’t keep that act up for even the whole sentence, and just ended up bursting into laughter by the end of it. “She still has a little to go before she’s old enough, but honestly I think she’s ready to start learning now. But I think she does that even sitting around at home.” Looking almost frightened by the idea, Em shook her head with a laugh. “Don’t talk about her starting college, I don’t think I can handle that idea for at least ten years.”
“Honestly I had no idea it’d been this long! Oh yeah, I’m sure your Dad would have loved him but I still totally need to do the whole judgy friend thing where I sit there and ask too many questions... Well, okay, maybe I wouldn’t do that too much but I still wanna meet him!” Em walked over to the fridge and got the milk before walking back to put some in the two cups. “Not right now. Doesn’t help that someone in my family always decides to fight with my boyfriends. I think I remember one getting shot in the leg. He was fine, but if that doesn’t break off a relationship then I don’t know what will.”