Page 128 of The Pushy Pixies Are Going Down
Good.
“I have a license to handle anything related to faeries, and I have a temporary housing license for any faeries I bring home. I promise you, I’ll take good care of this little guy until I can find it a good home.”
“But…”
“Look, you can call whoever you want and double-check with them, but I’m only waiting a little while before I take this guy home. He needs to be kept somewhere warm, wrapped up in a blanket nest or something. So make your calls, and we’ll be right here while you do.”
He let out a long sigh. “Can I stay in here while I call people? I don’t want to go back and forth with all the pixies out there.”
“That’s fine.”
It’d be super awkward, but we’d get through it.
While he made phone calls, I leaned closer to the twins and Win and quietly asked, “Are you guys off work yet?”
Aeson said, “Sharp closed up early, apparently. A co-worker texted me to let me know. So we’re good to go after this.”
I gave him a nod. “Good. Do you guys want to come back to my house to shower and clean up again? You can help with the egg if you want, and Ace can visit Confetti too.”
Chaos rolled his eyes, but I could see a small smirk. “And let me guess… you can feed us dinner?”
“Well… since you mentioned it, yes. For sure.”
That made both kids chuckle, and Win shot me a sweet smile. I wanted to kiss him, but I couldn’t really reach him from here, and since I still had the pixie gear on my bottom half, I couldn’t really move around much. Ugh.
Finally, Sharp hung up the phone with a sigh and said, “Looks like you’re taking the egg with you. I’ll have some paperwork drawn up that I’ll need you to sign, and I’ll need you to send us some pictures of the egg and of the hatching.”
“Is a video okay?” Aeson asked. “I want to record the dragon hatching.”
Sharp looked annoyed at Aeson, but all he said was, “That’s fine. It’s late, and I know you need to get out of here, so I’ll email you the paperwork, if that’s alright with you?”
“Yep. That’s fine. My email is on my card, if you still have it?”
“I do.”
“Great.”
The man sighed again. “Would one of you help me to my car? I’ve already locked up, and I’m… done.”
“Sure thing,” Win said. “Let me know when you’re ready.”
“I’m ready now.”
“While you do that, I’ll release the pixies in the nets.”
Everyone passed me their nets, and when Sharp exited the car, I went out after them. I took the pixies over near the garden and let them go. I wasn’t even surprised when they immediately attacked me.
“Win!” I yelled as I ran back to the truck.
He was done helping Sharp to his car, so he ran over to help me as well. We made a run for it and scrambled back into the truck. Once again, a few pixies found their way into the truck, but we quickly took care of them. Well, actually, Sola and Clucky ate them that time, but I no longer cared. They were good for the familiars, and they kind of deserved the treat.
Okay, so I actually did care, and I cringed in disgust when they did it, but I couldn’t focus on that. We had an egg to get home.
“Are you okay to drive, Win?” I asked before he could pull out of the parking spot.
“Yeah. I feel completely fine.”
“You sure? You seemed out of it earlier.”
