Yesterday after going to do some shopping with the boyfriend (we bought pizza ingredients, red wine, wine glasses and had an Italian night) we came home from town on the bus. Tom was sat facing forwards and i was sat opposite facing backwards. Behind tom sat a black man, must have been about 40, he looked quite friendly but serious. Behind this man sat a small blond girl. She was very cute, had huge blue eyes and long blond hair, i later found out that she was 4 years old. She seemed very intelligent for a 4year old, she was chatting away to this man, and he was chatting away to her, as if they had known each other for years, all her life most likely. He seemed just like a father figure to her as they argued about whether or not it was still raining outside, arguing about their ages and various childish banter. I thought maybe he had adopted her or something, they got along so well, just like father and daughter, or an uncle and niece. Anyway after about 10 mins the man rang the bell on the bus, got up and walked off, leaving the little girl at the back of the bus. Both me and tom were a little shocked and laughed to each other about how they sounded like they had known each other for years.
next thing we knew, the little blond girl was asking me to move my shopping bags from the seat beside me and was climbing up onto the chair to sit with us. It was one of those moments me and tom looked at each other and could tell we were both thinking the same thing, who the hell is this kid and where is her parents?! The tiny girl introduced herself to me, told me her name and age, informed me where she had to get off the bus, she told me about her day at school and how another child in her class had pinched her on the arm so she had told the teacher. This kid had clearly never been taught not to talk to strangers. Finally when it got to her stop her mum shouted to her from the front of the bus and she said goodbye and left. Me and Tom were astounded.
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