Originally Posted: Fri May 20, 2005
Surion spends the day with Tinania

Ala hummed happily she had her son ready for a sitter, had expressed some milk and tried the baby cereal with Surion which he seemed to like if there was barely any in the milk. Now she was walking around the living room waiting for Tinania to arrive. Torvil had headed outside to make sure things were dealt with there

Tinania looks at the notepad then looks up at the home. She smiles and places the notepad back into the emo back. She glances at her watch and smiles. 11 o'clock just like she said.
Breathing in slowly she walked up to the door and knocked on it a few times. Stepping back she fixes her jeans then her black spaghetti strap shirt. Before looking around the area.


Ala heard the knock and set Surion down on his blanket and headed for the door. She herself was not wearing anything close to her normal clothing, what she wore closer resembled clothing one might wear if they lived in a more primitive time and in a cave. She pulled the door open and smiled seeing Tinania "G'Morning Tinania" she greeted her

Tinania smiles and bows her head slightly "Morning Ms. Late, I hope I'm not too early" she was looking at Ala cloths as she stepped into the home looking around before glancing back at Ala. "Thanks again for letting me baby-sit Surion. I'll take good care of him for you while your with Mr. Torvil..." she digs though her bag trying to locate her cell phone as she speaks "Mum wanted me to have you call once I arrived..."
Pulling the cell phone out she dial her house number then holds it to Ala "
Just hit talk when your ready to call her."

Ala laughed as Tinania got to the point then too the phone from her and after a moment of looking at the buttons pressed the talk button before putting the cell phone to her ear

The phone rang a few times before it was picked up "Krista DarkAngel here...." she sat on the couch working on a bowl of cookie batter, the phone was held against her shoulder and ear.

Tinania stood there looking down at the ground, her fairy wings fluttering a little.

"Hi Krista, it's just Ala. You asked I let you know when Tinania arrived here"

Krista smiles "Ah okay thanks Ala. Tell her I said be good, and that I will see her later." she places the phone down then got up and went back to the kitchen to continue working on the cookies.

Tinania looks up and smiles "So how are you today? How is Surion and Mr. Torvil?" she pulls her hair up into a ponytail as she spoke, then places her back down next to the door for the moment.

Ala smiled and handed the phone back to Tinania "We are all quite well, Surion learned to roll the other day which we like quite a bit.." she moved into the building "Come on in Surion is in the living room " she headed in that direction

Tinania smiles as she places her phone in her back pocket then follows Ala, still looking around the home. Her wings flutter a little as she walked. One of her hands was playing with her wand that was in her pocket. "That's good to hear, pretty soon he'll be crawling...."

"Oh that'll be the day I'm really in trouble" Ala laughed "Will have to do more baby proofing" she padded into the living room "This is the living room, the kitchen is across the way and down a bit. She motioned

Surion lifted his head half off the blanket from rolling "Aaahhhpppffttt" he said with a smile

Tinania giggles waving at Surion "Yea I've seen my nieces crawling around, Aylana said she was always freaking out they would get hurt." she looks to Ala "I'm sure you'll do fine as a mother Ms. Ala. I just know it...." she leans down and holds her finger out to Surion "Hey Surion.."

Ala chuckled "I did good the first time around, it's just different this time is all... Surion's crib is in mine and Torvil's room if you aren't comfortable using that his playpen is in his room they are the first and second doors on the right down the hall."

Surion eyed the finger and rolled on his back reaching for the finger his mouth open to pull it to himself

"Oh and careful, he's teething and the one little point he's got coming through is rather sharp" Ala added

Tinania smiles and nods "Good thing I brought some teething toys then. There were some that my mother bought for me but never really needed them, so I thought I might bring them along." she nods looking down the hall then smiles "Okay got it, so when he needs a nap I know where to put him" she smiles watching the guy.

"Right, we don't use bottles so I just fed him, we're also trying baby cereal very highly liquid with expressed milk which you can find in the fridge.. there's a phone # on the fridge if he refuses it or is demanding to be fed it'd take us a matter of minutes to get back here if needed" she said she tapped her chin "Uhm I guess I should ask if you have any questions" she smiled meekly not having had used a babysitter before

Tinania smiles and nods "Nah I think you pretty much covered it all Ms. Ala, if anything should happen I'll be calling you right away." she giggles and wiggles her finger again looking down at Surion. "Your going to be a good boy right, while mommy and daddy are away having some time to their selves." she looks up and smiles at Ala.

Ala smiled "The number I left is for a cell phone, we decided it was finally time to get one. You are welcome to help yourself in the fridge just stay away from any liquid that is a crimson red in color" she said with a nod and a smile "Oh and if he naps, if you go for a walk etcetera, make sure to take his blanket, he seems to be rather... attached to it, carrier is on the hook in the hall"

"Ahhpppppfftttt" Surion kicked his little legs and waved his arms excitedly at the attention from the girl

Tinania nods then smiles "Okay, got it Ms. Ala." she giggles picking Surion up and holds him making silly faces at him. "We'll go outside a little later won't we..." she glances at Ala "Any thing he not allowed to be near, or any places I'm not allowed to take him to?"

"Keep him away from black flowers... other then that not really" she smiled watching her with Surion and glad she was great with kids

Surion smiled and blew bubbles watching Tinania's face

Tinania giggles and sticks her tongue out at Surion "Okay, no black flowers for you mister..." she looks to Ms Ala "We'll be fine then. If there is anything else I'll call you Ms. Ala..." she pokes his belly lightly then giggles again

"Thanks Tinania" she watches for a moment and heads for the hall and then outside after picking up the phone and a bag

Ala and Torvil head out

Ala met up with Torvil where he was waiting after giving Tinania the lowdown of the house and instructions for her son, now she was ready to go, and she was wearing cliff attire

Torvil purred just watching her walk towards him. He gave her a happy smile and opened his arms to her.

Ala was carrying only the cell phone and a small black bag that was synched shut by its drawstring "Ready to go?"

Torvil nodded and kept his arms open. "Come here you..." He purred.

Ala grinned and walked up to him wrapping her arms around his waist

Torvil purred and wrapped his arms around her. "Eyes..."

Ala nodded "Of course love" she said closing her eyes

Torvil smiled and shifted, and they disappeared from sight


"Aaahh" Surion is intrigued by the poking and reaches for Tinania's finger, his tail moving contently behind him

Tinania stands still holding Surion and walks over to emo back. She digs into it before pulling out a blue teething ring and holds it out to Surion "Here you go little guy. You can chew on this all you want..." she walks back over into the living room and sits down on the ground. She watches Surion, her wing fluttering once in awhile.

Surion takes the ring from Tinania with a smile and like anything else he gets in his hands went straight to his mouth to be chewed vigorously on

Tinania smiles just watching the little one. She looks around the place debating before looking back at Surion "You wanna go to Barton park Surion. Its a lovely day outside...." she tickles the little one stomach as she stood.

"Nyanyanyanyanya" Came Surion's reply around the teething ring as he watched her move , he rolled to his belly lifting his head ring and all as he looks around and kicks his little feet

Tinania smiles walking over to grab the carrier from the hook. walking back into the living room she sets it down a little ways from Surion "Okay little guy, lets get you into the carrier so we can go play in Barton park..." she picks him up along with his blanket. She wrinkles her face at him as she places him into the carrier.

Surion smiled and blew bubbles at her around the ring before reaching up going after a lock of Tinania's hair

Tinania smiles and pulls her hair away "You can play with my hair later little one okay..." she makes sure she gathers everything she needs before looking down at Surion "You ready to go.?"

Surion kicked his legs excitedly, not entirely sure what they were doing but still very happy

Tinania smiles Pulling the carrier over her shoulder holding Surion. Once she is sure he will be okay she places his blanket next to him. Walking over to the door, she pulls out her wand and with a wave her emo bag floats up then is placed on her shoulder. She places her wand back into her pocket as she opens the door and steps outside closing it behind her "Okay Surion let head to the park." she wrinkles her nose as she heads down the walkway toward the park.

"Aaahpppfttt" Surion grabs the corner of the blanket and it finds it's way into his mouth with the teething ring as he's carried, He likes Tinania, though with his calm nature he likes most people.

Tinania stops and looks at Surion "Hey you won't freak out on me if I use my hoverdisc?" she digs into her bag before pulling a blue and silver hoverdisc. she let it go and it hovers a few inches off the ground, she glances back at Surion as she places one foot on the disc.

Being in the air is nothing new to Surion and he makes no indication that it bothers him, rather he makes another attempt at her hair which is attracting his attention at that moment

Tinania smiles and placing her other foot on the disc she hovers there for a moment. "Okay to Barton town we go..." with that they fly off down the sidewalk, her right arm wrapped around Surion the other placing her strap of her emo back over her neck before using her hand for balance. She was laughing as they zipped down the street.

"Aaahhhhhhh" Surion smiles up at her he likes the sounds she makes as they move through the air towards Barton and the park

Tinania giggles as they reach Barton, she smiles looking around before figuring out where they were. She looks to Surion and smiles "You having fun kiddo?" she pokes his nose lightly then turns back as they zoom down the street place The Barton Bookstore. She waves to the shopkeeper from the window and continues down the street.

Surion's focus changes from her hair as they enter Barton, He watched his surroundings blowing many bubbles

Tinania giggles as they arrive at the park. Hovering over an empty piece of grass she waits until the hover disc moves so there inches off the ground. Stepping off the disc, she grabs it and places it back into her bag. "Okay Surion time to play."

Surion smiles widely hearing a word he very much recognizes as he goes after Tinania's hair yet again

Tinania pulls the carrier off slowly holding Surion with one arm. Pulling a blanket out from her bag she places it down on the grass before laying Surion down on it. She pulls the carrier away from him and folds it up placing it in her bag. She giggles holding her finger out to Surion "There now you can play all you want Surion."

surion sees that teasing finger again and reached for it grasping it in his little hand pulling it towards his mouth the teething ring dropped to the blanket beside him

Tinania smiles and looks around before humming softly, she looks down at Surion. Using her other hand she runs it lightly over his forehead before pulling her finger away and using both hands helps him sit up.

Another perspective to look at the park in, this is nice. Surion smacks his hands playfully onto his knees bouncing a little in her grasp

Tinania giggles and looks around, she debating what they could play on that would be safe for Surion. She looked at the swings and shook her head. Looking at the slide she smiles "Surion wanna go play on the slide?"

Surion blew happy bubbles, he didn't know what a slide was but he was certainly having fun with Tinania

Tinania picks him up, she wrinkles her nose as she places him on her hip. Walking over to the slide she climbs the the ladder and sits herself down, placing Surion on her lap. Wrapping her arms around him she smiles "Okay here we go.." she scoots a little and they slide down the slide to the bottom.

Surion smiles widely and giggles, swinging his hands in the air as they slide

Tinania smiles and picks him up and hold him "Was that fun Surion, do you wanna go again?" her wings fluttered in the air as she pushes her hair back

Surion looks at her after a moment his expression changes from his huge grin to a scrunched up nose and pouty mouth

Tinania wrinkles her nose and smiles "Ah now I see what's wrong, well more like smell it" she takes him back over to the blanket. Laying him down she looks through her bag, very glad she was prepared. Pulling out a diaper and some baby wipes. Looking at Surion she smiles "Let get you outta that thing." she pulls the diaper off as she grabs some baby wipes cleaning him off.
Looking though her bag she grabs her keychain and holds it out toward him as she grabs the diaper and unfolds it.


Surion took the keychain with grabby hands and it went straight into his mouth as he chewed on it

Tinania smiles and lifts him up gently as she places the diaper under him. She makes silly faces at him and she secures the diaper. Lifting him up and smiels "All better?"

"Nyanyanyanyanya" Surion smiles at her around the keychain which is getting a nice workout against his sharp pointy tooth

Tinania smiles and sits there holding him in her lap. She hums softly watching the other kids play around at the park. She looks to Surion "You wanna go play at the park again or do you want to just sit here?".

Surion is cuddling against her one hand making grabby motions, the keychain abandoned and his other thumb in his mouth as his eyes are half closed, Surion is easy to calm and even easier to put to sleep, especially by humming

Tinania smiles seeing her humming seem to cause something and continue to hum. She places her finger in his little hand watching him with a smile on her face.

Surion's hand pulls away still trying to find his target as he looked up at her, his half-asleep expression almost a question as he tries to find what he wants which not really understood to him is on the ground

Tinania smiles seeing what she knew had to be what he was looking for. Picking the blanket up she places it in his hand "There you go Surion."

Surion's hand closed tightly around it's corner and he closed his eyes sucking at his thumb cuddling against her

Tinania smiles and just sits there watching the young child as she hums. She understood now why her mother loved having little children around. She lightly runs her finger across his forehead.

Surion slept peacefully, he was even peaceful when he began to wake up a while later still sucking his thumb now more hungrily then sleepily

Tinania smiles down at Surion and stand "You wanna head home and get something to eat little guy?" pulling out her wand she waves it toward all her items. They lift into the air and land back into her emo bag as she pulls out the carrier and her hover disc.

Placing Surion back into the carrier, she climbs back onto the hover disc and flies off back towards his home. Her arm wrapped around him like before.

Surion giggles some as Tinania heads towards his home. the feeling of hovering rather then flying slightly different

Tinania looks to the young child before zipping down the sidewalk. She smiles when they reach the home. Climbing off the disc, she grabs it as she opens the door. Opening it slowly she walks in closing the behind her. Pulling her emo bag off, she places down next to the door before walking into the living.
Walking over to Surion playpen, she lifts him out of the carrier and places him into his playpen "
Okay I'll make you something to eat, along with myself." she walks into the kitchen and opens the fridge looking inside. She pulls out the cereal and the milk for Surion. She keeps looking seeing if there was anything she would eat.

Left alone in the playpen the sounds of his toys being played with can be heard along with his babbling

Tinania shakes her head when she see nothing she would eat. Grabbing a small bowl, she mixes the cereal and milk together.
Walking into the living room she places the bowl of cereal onto the table before walking over to pick Surion up out of his playpen "
Okay time for you to eat." she walks back over and takes a sit placing him in her lap. Leaning over she grabs the bowl.
Stirring it one more time with the spoon, she lifts the spoon up and holds it out towards Surion "
Here you go sweetie."

Surion looked at the food for a moment then opened his mouth for the food she offered

Tinania smiles places the spoon in his mouth so he can close it. She hums softly as she thinks about everything she had done this week. She smiles making silly faces at Surion.

Surion eats the cereal as given to him. Her silly faces making him giggle and make a mess. His arms swing around as he giggles coming together to clap happily

Tinania laughs as she grabs a cotton clothes and cleans the mess up. Placing the spoon back in the cereal she holds it toward Surion once more. "Here ya go..."

Surion went after the spoon again rocking a little in Tinania's lap and giggling

Tinania smiles holding the spoon close enough to him "Wait until I tell your mother, how good you were today. She'll be so happy, plus then maybe she'll let me baby-sit you again."

"Aaahhppfftt" Surion looked up at her his mouth full of cereal, he reached up putting his hand on her nose with a smile

Tinania kisses his hand and smiles "Okay just a few more bites and were all done eating" she holds the spoon towards him again.

Surion takes the food offered though still interested in her nose and even more so her hair

Tinania tilts her head, wrinkling her nose up a little, as she holds out the spoon again "What got your attention little one?"

Surion giggled seeing her scrunch up her nose and makes little grabby hand on her nose "Mmmmmm" he finally does take the food offered

Tinania smiles placing the spoon in the bowl "All done little one." she wrinkles her nose up again "What you like my nose?" she giggles and leans down towards him so he can touch her nose if he wants.

Surion giggled and put his hand on her nose his other joining it "t-t-t-t-t" he says bouncing lightly in her lap

Tinania giggles "T? Now what are you trying to say?" she tickles his little belly, her wings fluttering a little.

Surion giggles as he's tickled pulling his hands away from her face as he swings them a little and kicks his legs

Tinania smiles picking him up then the bowl. Walking to the kitchen she places the bowl in the sink. She pokes Surion's nose lightly before turning the water on to rinse out the bowl.

"T-t-t-t-t-t-t" he says again closing his fist around a lock of her hair that's in his reach, pulling it towards his mouth

Tinania winces but smiles "Not so hard little one, pulling hair hurts.." she holds him closer so that he wasn't able to pull her hair.
Walking back to the living room she sits back down and watching him play with her hair


Surion happily chews on the hair "Nyahnyahnyah" he watches her as he does and is all smiles

Tinania smiles laying back, she hums softly once more watching the child "I bet when you learn how to talk, your going to have loads of things to say..."

Surion grins blowing bubbles and letting go of her hair, he watches and listens to her hum "t-t-t-t-t" he says laying his head on her chest

Tinania smiles and rubs his back slowly as she continues to hum. Now she knew why her mother liked having kids, there fun to have around, she looks down at Surion and smiles.

Surion's thumb soon finds it's way into his mouth again as she hums, his other hand moving around for his blanket. His tail moved around lazily around his legs as he rests atop of her

Tinania pulls her wand out, looking around she smiles spotting the blanket. Giving the wand a wave she watches as it floats over to land near Surion's searching hand. Placing the wand away she continues to rub his back as she hums softly watching him.

Surion pulls the blanket close resting but not quite falling asleep as he listens to her hum

Sounds of movement come from Ala's room and a few minutes later she wanders into the living room smiling

Tinania smiles rubbing at Surion's back once more as she hears the movement. Looking up she smiles "Hey Ms. Ala...." she gives her a wave then looks down at Surion.

"Hello Tinania, everything go ok?" she asks crossing the room towards the pair smiling seeing Surion resting.

Surion lifts his head his thumb popping from his mouth "Mmmmmmmmm" he says seeing her

Tinania smiles and nods "Yes we went to the park, he went down the slide with me, he was laughing and having a great time. Then we came back here and he ate. He was a perfect little boy..." she wrinkles her nose at Surion then looks up at Ala "How was your day?"

"Very good, weather was wonder at the cliffs, even though were didn't exactly go out. but it was a much needed time to ourselves" She replied "Sounds like you two had fun" she commented and knelt down next to them

Tinania smiles "Yes we did, I think he likes flying around on my hoverdisc.. It was fun babysitting him..." she nods "And I'm glad you got some time with Mr. Torvil, Aunty Lenore say everyone who in love needs it..."

"Aye, and I agree with your Aunt. Did you find anything to eat Tinania?" she asked reaching for Surion

Tinania hands Surion back shaking her head "No, I didn't. course it doesn't help that all I eat is fruit..." she pushes her hair back smiling

Ala nodded "We don't eat much of that around here, a little but not a lot"

Surion babbles happily in his mom's arms pulling at a lock of her dark hair

Tinania smiles "Its alright, I had a big breakfast so I'm fine at this point..."

Ala nodded "All right Well Tinania I'm going to go give Surion to his father and we can look at getting you to Barton like I agreed to your mother. Don't want you in more trouble... or me... I want to be able to call upon your services again"

Tinania smiles and nods "Yea, that would be great." she stands and smiles "It was great babysitting him Ms. Ala, and I do hope to do it again."
Walking over she grabs her emo bag that was near the door then smiles looking back "
Okay I'll wait here for you Ms. Ala. I'll give my mother a call." she pulls her cell phone out of her back pocket and dial her mother cell. When it goes to voicemail she smiles "Hey mom Ms. Ala gonna take me to the bookstore right now, so we should be there soon. See you there.." she hands up and waits.

Ala nods and disappears into her bedroom returning empty handed a few minutes later, she didn't even bother to change from her cliff garb "Ready to go?" she asks Tinania

Tinania turns and nods pulling her hoverdisc out of her bag "Yup, mom knows were on the way..." her wings flutter as she places her emo bag over her shoulder.

"Sounds good" Ala replied heading out the door her wings unfurling from in her back and spreading wide. She smiles at Tinania and takes to the air

Tinania eyes widen a little as she watches Ala take to the air. She shakes her head and tossing her hoverdisc into the air, she jumps onto it and follows after Ala.

Krista sits inside the bookstore sipping her coffee as she read a bridal magazine.

"This would likely be why Surion likes to ride with you on that, he's used to it" she tells her with a smile after Tinania caught up "Torvil and I appreciated that you could come today to watch Surion"

Tinania smiles as she holds her left hand out in front of her "Its no problem Ms. Ala, after watching my nieces, Surion was like an Angel.." she places her sunglasses on as she glances down at the ground to see where they were.

Ala laughed "He's a pretty peaceful boy" she said with a nod seeing Barton on the horizon

Tinania giggles "Yea I could tell when I was humming, I kept putting him to sleep..." she smiles seeing Barton also.

"Yeah I hum when I want him to sleep, usually works. I hum him the dragon's lullaby." she smiled "I'm looking forward to seeing more new skills from him though, he's so much different then Selene and Torvin"

Tinania giggles "Yea its fun watching power start to show in little ones." she flies down toward Barton as they get closer to the place "Mom said I started showing it powers when I picked up a book very young and understood the spells, then of course when I got my wand."

Ala nodded "I imagine you are a very talented your lady. At least that's the impression I get from your personality" she replies descending

Tinania blushes "I think its because I work hard. I love magic, and because I know how to do it I work even harder." she looks over "I guess it a drive to be the best at everything like my grandfather said that keeps me going..."

Ala nodded "One never gets anywhere by sitting on their bottom that is a definite"

Tinania smiles "And on never gets what they want is they let it slip by there fingers" she smiles when the bookstore comes into sight. She looks over to Ala "Oh could you let Mr. Torvil know I said thank you about the books, I manage to find some spells in them that really have helped me out."

"I most certainly will pass the message on " Ala said with a smile preparing to set down on the sidewalk as they get closer

Krista steps out of the bookstore and smiles "Hello you two. Its good to see you again Ala." she pushes her black hair back from her face.

Tinania jumps off the hover disc and grabs it placing it back into her bag "I had such a great time mum, Surion was great. Ms Ala said she hopes I can baby-sit again soon."

Krista smiles and hugs Tinania "That good to hear." she turns to Ala "Thanks again for bringing her back, I hope it wasn't a hassle."

Ala blinked "Krista what happened to your hair???" she said in shock "You look like..... " her words trailed off

Krista winces then smiles "Tinania was re-dying it for me and well mixed it up with another dye" she pats her daughter shoulder "Tinania have you eaten since breakfast?"

Tinania blushes and smiles a little "No could we get something before we head home?" she glances at Ala wondering what she freaked out about.

Krista smiles and nods "Yea.." she looks at Ala and bites her lip hoping she won't say anything "We gotta go Ala, gotta get some food into her. We'll see you soon okay?"

Ala nods "Yeah joys of dye... I don't use it" she chuckled "Well thanks again Krista... Tinania... I should head back to the house " her wings move nervously for a moment then she starts to turn "See you guys again soon" she gave a wave and headed back into the sky over Barton

Tinania waves to Ala then turns to her mother as they head down the street "Mum what was she talking about."

Krista smiles shaking her head "Nothing Hun, just something that between adults..."

Tinania frowns as they head into the coffee shop.

Krista glances back watching Ala fly off before following Tinania inside.