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Ella and her dad had finally arrived at Carigan's house after many days of begging and pleading for permission to come and visit. Ella's dad had been more than a little apprehensive about the idea, especially since he was only just warming up to his daughter having magical abilities. The blonde looked up at her dad and gave him a reassuring smile, turning her attention back to the log cabin house she'd be staying in. It was magical. She was going to comment on the fact and turned to see that her dad was...he was gone?
"Dad?" She said quietly, looking behind her on the path. He was standing there, hands on his hips, deep in thought.
Rich Bishop was seriously nervous about letting his eleven year old stay at the home of people he had never met before. The man had only caved when he saw how desperately his daughter needed to get away from their own home, which seemed quite depressing in the wake of his wife leaving. Now that they were here, he was somewhat regretting his decision. He stopped walking, placing his hands on his hips, wondering if she would hate him if he suddenly changed her mind. Her voice pulled him out of his thoughts and he looked up, giving his daughter a smile. "Hey kiddo, I'm here." He walked towards his little girl again, placing a hand on her shoulder. "You sure you want to do this, kid? I mean Your dear old dad is going to miss you at home and it's okay if you're a little nervous about staying over here." But who really was the nervous one in this situation?
Ella raised her eyebrows as her dad approached again, tapping her foot impatiently. She could see the little crowd standing at Carigan's front door and she wanted to join them!
"Dad, I'll be fine. I'm not a little kid anymore." Nope, 11 was like ancient or something!
"I'll miss you too but you need to go home and take care of Caleb, if you leave him with Gram for too long she'll have him dressed up like a baby Hamlet or something!" She smirked at her dad, waiting for him to crack a smile that would surely come.
"Now come on, we don't want to be late!" Cue Ella pulling her dad towards the porch, and to the door.
"Carigan, Laura, Hi!" Carigan looked around Laura's shoulder to see Ella and she squealed, again, and squeezed out past Laura to run over to Ella to hug her.
"ELLA!" She sad, throwing her arms over the girls shoulders and hugging her. She then looked up at Ella's father.
"My dad is here right now if you want to meet him... mom is out until later." She gestured toward her father in the doorway.
Hoitt sw another girl and man coming down the path. He thought it funny how no women would be dropping the girls off... perhaps this 'Sophie' girl his dughter often talked about would come with a woman... he didn't much care he just found it funny. He walked forward and down onto the dirt path in his barefeet. His bell bottomed denim pant lag dragged along the ground and he held out his arm to the man who he assumed to be this girls father. "Not to worry, sir, the girls are in good hands!" he then let out a chuckle and stood with his hands on his head and his elbows out to the side. The light shining down past the trees bounced off his bare chest. "My girls had such a good year this year and had great grades so I figured I would collapse and let Carigan have some friends over." he said, "You know she's the talkative one... Her twin sister is the complete opposite! Why with all the excitement here I bet she is still up in the girls room painting." he laughed, attempting small talk with the man that stood before him.