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"Maybe," Daizi said, bending down to put her hand on Ivy's shoulder. Ivy smiled at Sally but held onto Daizi's leg, babbling at her.

"He loves to host but hates the part of hosting where you're expected to be social," Daizi grinned. When they entered the living room, Ivy was playing with her toys, but looked up when they stepped into the room, "Ivy-Qadira, say hi to your Aunty Sally!" Ivy waved hello and then scrambled to...

"You've broken his heart," Daizi said, "Do you need to set them down so you can take off your shoes? We can just go to the living room, my husband decided to be very, very sweet and put together the tea tray for us."

"You are always welcome here when you need to just stop working for a minute," Daizi told her, stepping back to let her in, "At least you are until I'm working in the office five days a week again."

When Alec glanced back at her, Claire was still watching him. The second she was caught her eyes widened and she scurried away to check out her book. ~~ Daizi opened the door for her, "Is that you Sally? Please, come in!"

Claire laughed, feeling her face flush again, but she smiled at him and said, "Yeah, I gotta get back to class. Thanks again for helping me get my book down."

"I don't think you're annoying!" Claire replied, and then feeling as though she had responded much too quickly, she looked away and twirled her hair around her finger, trying to think of a better, more chill thing to say. Eventually she shrugged her shoulders and said, "I mean, Sloan likes you...

"Pottery is the best," Claire said, "I think it's so cool how you basically turn mud into stone. And I don't know. I don't know if I really want to try a new sport, I may just sometimes pay the little bit to use the gymnastics gym for an hour or so. Or maybe I'll just take up running, I'm...

She shrugged, "Everyone has their struggles," and then looked up at him, "I'm still planning on quitting gymnastics once Sloan graduates. It's weird enough not being on the same team as her anymore, but once she's not even at the gym it doesn't mean what it used to. All the girls I've been...

"It was really frustrating, but it's okay now," Claire told him, "I get fatigued sometimes, especially if I'm writing a lot, but I get extra time to take tests and stuff, which is pretty sweet. I think it's why I've always been pretty active, though."

"I think the Boy and the Fox one does," Claire said, "It's animated, and has a sketchy kind of look. Unless I'm really misremembering." She looked at him, and then rubbed the back of her neck, "And it's okay, you can ask. I'm actually dyslexic, and it was diagnosed pretty early and now I've...

"Oh!" Claire replied, looking at him, "I think my mom used to try to read that to me when I was a kid? I'm not totally sure, I used to not like reading very much, but... There's that movie of it, isn't there?"

Claire walked along with him, also trying to think up something to say, but all she could think about was that they were, essentially, just the two of them, since she couldn't see anyone else in this part of the library. Sometimes, she'd steal a quick glance at him before diverting her eyes...

"You'll have to tell me what you think, if you read it," Claire told him, really, really hoping he'd like it, because if he hated it, and he knew that she liked it... then he might think she likes bad books, and that would be awful. After a pause she said, "I have a little time before I need to...

"I've read it before, but I'm not currently reading it," Claire clarified, "I like it because it's just sort of, like... blunt, I guess? I just think the author is really good at showing characters the way they like to be seen, and then also as how they are."

"Oh!" Claire replied, feeling a little bit embarassed, "I had no idea. I feel kind of dumb, now. My English classes never assigned that. It sounds like an important book, though.'

"The Fault in Our Stars, yeah," She answered, a bright smile in her face, "It's really good. My favourite is probably Turtles All the Way Down, but I've been wanting to read this one for ages. It's always checked out." She looked down at the cover for a moment and then said, "You're braver...

"Oh, uh," She looked down at the cover, for the first time checking to see if he had grabbed the right one, pretty much convinced she'd end up reading whatever he had grabbed. If at this point she had to tell him he grabbed the wrong one, she was pretty sure she'd have to crawl into a hole and...

"Oh, thanks," Claire said, lightly touching the loose ends of her hair between her thumb and forefinger before hugging the book Alec had taken down for her close to her chest, a little embarrassed and a lot fluttery that he had complimented her hair, "If it helps, you're always the tall one with...

When Claire noticed someone come up behind her and reach up for the book, she paused, feeling a little bit wary, until she turned around and saw who it was. And immediately, her eyes widened visibly and she glanced down at her shoes, a pink blush colouring her cheeks. Then, looking back up at...