Babysitting Chaos

Regrets Waiting To Develop...

    ". . .Alright uh- I was just wondering. . .what the thing on the back of your head is. . .if you don't mind me asking anyway,
  haha. . ." he said with a somewhat taut tone to his trying-to-be-serious voice. Snowdrop would listen to him and give
  him her full attention, but as he got done with what he was saying; she looked a bit shell-shocked. ". . .Why exactly do you
  want to know about that?" she asked with her voice sounding a bit haunting. Her expression would change back to a much more
  serious one, Storm's eyes went a bit wide as he felt panic surge through him. After a long pause of a scared silence, he would
  respond "...I- uh...I was just curious is all, sorry" he said with a tremor in his shaky and breaking voice. He felt like he really
  messed up. Snowdrop would stare at him silently, feeling a tinge of sorrow in her heart as she saw his expression and tone shift
  rather quickly. Her brows curved upward and her frown would wobble lightly, she didn't really realize when she would look
  'scary'. So she felt a little guilty about that. "It is just a scar from an incident I won't discuss further. . ." she explained with a more
  softly-spoken tone. Storm would hold his warm cup of cocoa tightly with two of his bumpy paws.

   He would glance down at the chocolatey liquid nervously as he would feel pretty awkward and embarrassed now. He swallowed
  an anxious lump in his throat before he would look back up at the snow white molly's gentle crystal blues that told a whole story
  of loss, grief and regret. ". . .Okay then. . .i'm sorry. . ." he spoke quietly; his ears would pin back on his slightly damp cranium,
  Snowdrop's brows would lower in sadness. "No, no. It's fine. You didn't know..." she reassured and he would relax a little more.
  "Okay...uh...I'll just go now..." he stated nervously and would take his paws off of the cocoa. Snowdrop's ears would flatten, with
  her expression turning to a more sorrowful one. ". . .Be safe" Storm would set down his forepaws on the chair and stare at
  Snowdrop with a melancholic look. He felt bad for just wanting to get information out of her, almost morally wrong in a way. The
  german shepherd would blankly stare at Snowdrop and her sad expression; feeling guilt build up in his heart like flurries of snow.
  ". . .Uh. . .actually" he finally spoke after an elongated pause, with his ears perking back up as he sweat a tiny bit.

  Snowdrop blinked twice and gave Storm her full attention "do you...wanna hang out back at my place?" he asked nervously,
  Snowdrop went awkwardly silent and would sweat a little. "Oh- uhm...I would like to do that...however" Storm knew all too well
  where this was going...which only made everything worse for him. "I am busy at the moment..." Storm blinked twice and would
  sweat some more. "Oh uh-" "but" Storm perked up a little "I do actually have some good news for you!" she said with a joyful
  tone as her ears perked back up and a faint smile appeared. "My mother said that you could actually spend time with Alex today
  since he needs a babysitter" she elaborated with a glimmer of happiness in her eyes. Storm would smile a little, but then he
  remembered her saying the words 'babysitter'.  .  .it haunted him. What he has heard from Cookies about this kid wasn't good at all,
  so he was pretty nervous about that. Especially considering how Alex acted around him a few days ago.  .  .

  His smile would turn into a nervous half-smile "uh...why does he need a babysitter?" he asked in an anxious sweat. Snowdrop was
  a little concerned with how Storm was acting, but she thought of her own conclusions to that. "Athena said it was because Overcast
  was busy with. . .'cleaning up her act'. . .whatever that's supposed to mean. She didn't really explain it too much." She elaborated
  with some suspicion in her voice, of course Storm found this suspicious. But he was more nervous than anything as of now.
  "Oh uh...weird...but...do you think you could maybe babysit him?" he questioned and she would glance to the side with a
  slightly saddened look. "Unfortunately, no. I can't..." she looked back across at Storm with the same melancholic look, Storm
  would feel a little guilty for even bringing this up since he already knew the answer. "You know how she is..." the motherly
  figure added with a fake faint smile on her muzzle. Storm glanced to the side and rubbed his foreleg nervously "right, right.
  Uh...well...just call her up again and tell her that we're free today..." he said pretty nervously, but he knew all too well that he
  kinda...had to do this. Snowdrop blinked twice "are you sure...? You seem...clammy..." she said with a somewhat taut tone to her
  soft voice.