Making up (1)

Angelica

“Angel, your ring is so pretty.” A little girl said to me, touching my ring finger with her own little one. She had just introduced herself as Sasha.

“Thank you. Do you want to try it on?” I asked. I had caught her staring a few times with interest and when she heard my suggestion, her eyes lit up and she nodded excitedly.

I slid my ring off and onto her thumb. Her smile made my heart melt. Soon, all the kids were surrounding us to check it out. The next thing I knew, I had flowers in my hair.

“You look just like Rapunzel.” A little girl gasped.

“Rapunzel has blond hair, Amber. Angel’s is black.” Sasha corrected her.

“Angel looks like an angel.” Another girl said, and soon I was being called a princess, a model, an angel, and every compliment in the kids’ dictionary.

“You’re all so adorable.” I squeezed the closest of them into a hug. I didn’t realize how much I loved kids until I started meeting so many of them.

“Will you stay with us?” A little boy asked.

I couldn’