sweet tea. -tkam

play date.

-scouts pov-

    Me and miss daisy played a lot, but I wanted to show her all my things, not just be at her house. I was up past my bedtime thinking about how I could smuggle miss daisy into my house now.
      I thought hard about it, she wasn't very big, maybe her hips, but she was hardly tall, and not as wide as other ladies here, so I reckoned I could find a way.
       Atticus was mostly blind in one eye anyway, so maybe that would help, though, he always seemed to catch me right as I did something I want supposed to.
      But this time, I wouldn't just get a lecture, my friendship with miss daisy would be ruined forever and ever and never ever be fixed, how can I be friends with her if atticus dosent like her and he won't let me see her.
       It was high stakes, so I knew I had to give it my all. The next day I got up bright and early, and as soon as breakfast was done, I snuck out my bedroom window and ran to her house.

"Come on miss daisy! We gotta go!" I said, tugging on her arm.

Miss daisy was in her pink nightgown, with strange curlers tangled up in her hair, s weird thing ladies liked to do.

"Good lord scout hold on a minute" she protested

"I ain't decent At all honey, goodness, you must want the whole neighborhood to see through my dress pullin me out the door like that"

I sighed as long as I could. I hated how adults always had to be so "decent" yeah I could see miss daisys bra and underwear a little, but I didn't care, so why would anyone else?
      I sighed and groaned loudly on purpose as miss daisy removed the curlers from her hair, and slipped on a day dress.
     Once she was "decent" I grabbed her hand and pulled her along behind me. As we approached my house, I slowed down, turning to miss Daisy.

"Stay behind me" I whispered, giving her a serious look so she would know to listen

I thought I heard her giggle, but I was too focused on keeping miss daisy out of sight to check as I inched closer to the house, crouching a bit.
     I scooted around the side of the house, tugging miss daisy along behind me closely. I leaned against the wall and took a deep breath, preparing to smuggle her inside my house now.
      I ducked and pushed her in the house by her rear as fast as I could, and then ran in front of her and stuffed her in the closet, standing in front of the door until it was clear.
     I lead her behind me down the hall, blocking her from anyone's view, and then, successfully made it into my room, sighing in relief.

-daisys pov-

    I tried my dammdest not to laugh as she sighed in accomplishment, knowing only moments before I was being thrown into walls, and shoved into closets as scout banged around the house, knocking things over and guiding me around, busy like a cat on a tin roof in the summer.
     Scout pulled a box from under her bed and directed me to sit with her on the floor. She began to show me drawings of hers, her bear, candy, toys, a penny, a shiny pendant, and some other miscellaneous items she had deemed of value.
      I could do nothing but smile as she proudly displayed all her favorite items to me, as I saw a bit of my own self in her.
And it was nice to see a child like her so happy, and so fulfilled. In a way, it made me feel better, as if my own poor childhood was made up for in her childhood now.
       I thought, if me having the life I did meant she could have a good one, it was worth is a million times times over, just to see her sweet smile.

-[unknown pov]-

I could faintly hear scouts voice, along with giggling and commentary from the young woman.
     I had very clearly watched her sneak daisy Mae into the house, amused by it more than anything. It was clear that scout was attempting to hide daisy Mae, out of what I could only assume to be a fear of sorts. Even if she didn't know it, I knew scout better than she'd like to think.
       I wondered how long she might be able to keep it up, hiding a grown woman. I kept my distance though, I was sure in time her "secret" would be revealed on its own.