Dragged into a toy store

[Noelle Lurken]

Noelle left the Ministry of Magic after a long day of working on examinations and made her way towards the day care she dropped her blonde son off early this morning. When she arrived, the dirty blonde haired woman smiled at the owner of the Day Care and picked up Peter loosely in her arms. "Hi Mommy," he said and Noelle smiled and pet her son's head , talking with him about his day as they left the Day Care and made their way back to their home.

Noelle became tired as she walked and her feet ached from carrying Peter through the streets, so she set him down and as they walked she held his hand in her own protectively. Peter soon became distracted by a toy shop and asked, "Mommy, can we? Pleeease!" He pointed at the window, before pulling his mother excitedly over to the front window of the store. All the colourful toys and games were intriguing to the boy.

Noelle sighed in exhaustion, but figured if she gave into what he wanted now he wouldn't be upset and they would be able to get home faster so she could change out of her grey pencil skirt, blouse and into something much more comfortable. "Fine sweetie," she said, petting his soft blonde hair adoringly before he let her hand go and ran into the store.

 

[Leah Bennet]

Leah Finch swung her son’s hand in hers as they wandered slowly down the New Zealand street together. It had been a long day out at the mall, longer than expected to after running into a cousin that she hadn’t seen since she had left the States all those years ago, and Jay had been surprisingly tolerant for a child of his age. Perhaps it was because she had promised she’d take him to the toy store in exchange for his good behaviour at the beginning of the day. Either way, Leah was not complaining.

“Mummy, come on!” Jay bubbled excitedly as he caught the innocent object of his desires within his anticipating, azure blue eyes. His tiny fingers tighten their grip on her hand as he began to pull her quickly towards the store. All Leah could do was laugh, her own blue eyes glinting with the amusement Jay provided her, amazed to no end how much energy he still hadn’t exhausted.

Once they reached the door, Jay whipped open the door with his free hand and proceeded to drag his mother inside. But this time Leah held her ground and allowed her son’s hand to slip through her fingers. Seemingly glad to be rid of the resistance, the five year old dashed inside, off to seek out the latest gadgets that one so small could have the mind set for. Leah smiled after his head of blonde curls before turning to greet a woman, young like herself, that she had noticed with her own blonde son as she had approached with Jay. “They never stop, do they?” The doe-eyed woman smiled warmly, her azure irises conveying her unspoken affection for Jay despite how most days he ran circles right around her.