#tulipdog

“Sancha! We’re not done talking about this!” Her mom protested but it didn’t matter. Sunny quickly clicked off the call and set her phone to silent. 

“Seems like they don’t trust me with you.” I said pulling in close to her again. 

“Yeah well.. I don’t care.” Sunny shrugged as we nuzzled each other.

“I love you.”

“I love you too Ollie.”

“So what else should we do today?” I asked wrapping my arms around her again.

“Didn’t you have a gift for Lolly?” 

“I didn’t know you had a kid.” Sancha was the first to speak. Neither of us really asked to continue walking on together - we just naturally fell into step. Despite my nerves around her there was an odd comfort to being at her side. 

“I didn’t know either.” I confessed but really didn’t want unload the specifics on her, “It’s been a long day.” 

“Oh…” She sighed, looking a bit weary herself. 

“How about you?” I asked, hoping that my mother hadn’t ruined her afternoon. 

“It’s been a long day.” She replied, and I didn’t press. Just as she had given me that luxury of privacy.