Helpless

Alice

{ Time Skip Of Five days }

"I'll be back in a few hours, thank you again, Markus. Thanks Simon." Kara calls as she walks out, slipping out of the front door and closing it behind her.

It's been five days since Markus arrived at Josh and Simons, and he's been enjoying it.
Today, it's just him, Simon and Alice in the house.
Josh and North went out for the day, Simon didn't want to go out and Markus didn't want to leave the blonde home alone.

It's a good job they stayed, because Kara had to get someone to babysit Alice for the day.
Simon agreed without hesitation, he's always enjoyed being in the company of children, it reminds him of his old job.

"Si, I have no idea what we're going to do with her.." Markus laughs quietly, almost nervously, as he scratches the back of his neck, glancing to Alice who's wandering into the living room.
She's shy, hasn't spoken a word to either of them.

"Maybe we should just let her look around before speaking to her." Simon shrugs, speaking quietly as he looks at Markus.
"Wait- What did you call me?" He tilts his head, looking up at Markus with a small and intrigued smile.

"Si? You don't mind, do you?" He looks at Him, Laughing and Crossing his arms, looking down at the blonde.
He's always so calm and collected
So why around Simon is that any different?

"Oh no, no, I don't mind." He shakes his head, a small smile on his face that accompanied the faint blush on his cheeks.
"I.. like it. It's nice."
Josh used to call him that.
Used to.
He likes the name, it brings back memories of nicer times.

The two walk into the living room, stopping at the door way when they saw Alice had already sprawled out on the living room floor, taking paper and crayons out of her bag, drawing pictures.

Simon looks over , sitting down next to her and looking at the papers.
"Do you draw a lot, Alice?"
She looks up at him, nodding and holding up some paper she'd previously drawn on.
It was a woman, who he assumed to be Kara, for she had the same hair style, stood with a taller man, who had a younger girl on his shoulders.
It took him a moment to realise it was Kara Luther and Alice.
It's cute.

"You're very good at drawing." He looks Down at the picture, glancing to Markus who's leaning against the doorframe with his arms crossed, watching the two.
"Markus draws too. He's really good at it."

Alice looks over at Markus, Tilting her head as if to ask if Simons statement was true.
He just nods, looking back at her.
"Can I see them?"
She's warming up to them rather quickly, which is good.
It'd be awkward if she sat silently all day.

Markus walks off, returning after a moment and placing a book down, showing specific pages to her.
They were of people and animals mostly, but each of them had a hidden meaning that would be too complex for her to understand.
And the ones he isn't showing?
They're of Simon.

"You're really good." She looks at the pages, eyes lit up in wonder as she glances over them.
"I wish I could draw like that."

"Well, you're already really talented, so if you carry on practicing, I think you'll be better than me when you're a bit older." Markus laughs quietly, looking at her and placing the book on the side when she's done viewing his work.

Simon looks to the book, questioning just taking it to have his own look, before deciding against it and looking back at Alice.
If Markus is missing pages, it's probably for a reason.

{ Continued in next part }