ava didn't stop,
apologizing,
after she bought,
me a drink.
at first,
i didn't want,
to accept it,
but she insisted,
and who could,
say no to such,
pleading eyes anyways?
(ash could,
probably was,
already immune.)
i adored,
how emphatic,
she was,
about it,
when i said,
it was fine.
we didn't,
talk after that,
as ash,
took her,
attention away,
by showing her,
something,
on his phone,
that made her,
coo and laugh.
she liked kids,
apparently,
and ash,
was showing her,
his baby brother.
how i wish,
i wasn't,
the last child.
how i wish,
i'd take videos,
of my nephews,
and nieces more.
only so,
i can have,
a conversation,
with her.
only so,
i can have,
her to marvel.
and brightened up,
like she did,
with ash.
