#brightwindsbarony

The house has a sold sign, and it's not even Irene's house

But it is next door

And she hears voices mostly in Spanish

But sometimes in English

She tilts her head.

And crosses the lawn to look in the window.

And sees a girl her age talking to a window, and smiling as she blows bubbles... with bubble soap, the ring sending colors in the sunlight

It's GLORIA

Irene breaks out in a sunny grin.

"GLORIA WE'RE NEIGHBORS!!!!!" Waving wildly through the glass.

Gloria doesnt see her yet, blowing bubbles going for the BIG FAT Bubbles that are so hard to hold... but then it pops as Irene calls out and she turns, and the girl breaks into her own grin "IrENe?' she almost jumps "We're neighbors?!!! that's wonderful! You live right there? oh I like your house!"

"Come outside! I'll show you! My room is purple!"

She starts to then says "Oh I gotta tell my moma"

And she rushes off to tell her that

Felicity peeks out 'what's going on?" yes, she has to know

"Gloria!"

"what about her?" felicity looks around but gloria is off talking to her mama

"Gloria moved NEXT DOOR!"

"NO WAYYYY!" the Eiluned now MUSt see and comes fully out to see

The piskie is hopping from one foot to the other in excitement. "I'm gonna show her my room."

Gloria comes out and her mamacita is with her. The woman sees the girls 'Oh, it IS them"

"I told you, mamacita, they're neighbors!" Gloria says

Felicity waves and puts on her 'I'm a good girl ' face

"Hello-and-welcome-Gloria's-mama!"

"Do you want to come over for lunch?"

No, Irene has not asked her mother about this. Clearly.

"Well, we don't want Gloria to be any trouble" the woman says

Gloria however has put the BIG eyes on her mama "please, mama? It'l get me out of your hair while you order papa to move the sofa from one wall to the next then back again"

For some reason, this entirely valid point gets a LOOK from Gloria's mom, but she then concedes "Very well.. go have fun but you head home as soon as her parents ask you too"

"We promise!"

"Oh yes" Felicity says

Gloria hugs her mom, and then ZOOMS to join the girls, and gives them a kind of bouncy greeting

And Felicity whispers "Let's get you inside gloria before the adults change their minds'

And they go inside

"MOM, I brought Gloria over for lunch! She moved NEXT DOOR!"

Somewhere in her own master bath, a woman in her ugly comfy robe nearly chokes on the toothbrush in her mouth

but then her voice can be heard "wait what ? okay uhmm mom will be busy for five minutes"

"Ok!"

"Gloria, do you like peanut butter and bananas?"

"We have marshmallow fluff, too!"

A sigh. "And jelly." So boring!

"Jelly is fine' Feicity disagrees "I would think you'd at least like grape"

gloria however says "Oh, i've never had it with marshmellow fluff, is that good?"

"Fluffernutter is the best! Well, except maybe when Mom makes the peanut butter and banana into french toast..."

Irene leads the trio to the kitchen, and begins collecting ingredients. White bread (of course), grape jelly for Felicity, fluff and PB and... sprinkles?

"Ooo sprinkles" Gloria seems entranced

"Uh-huh! They add texture. Texture's important, that's what they say on MasterChef."

"It is known" Felicity says

"Oh," Gloria says "Mi mama watches that too"

Irene pulls a chair over, and retrieves a box of Fruity Pebbles from the top of the fridge.