Rowan PoV

Christmas was a couple of weeks away, and I had my presents sorted before Christmas Eve for once, because I didn't want to be rushing around Christmas Eve making presents for my family, you know.

Soph on the other hand, was not organised, which was quite unusual for her, so she wanted my help, 'cause apparently I was her best option at this moment in time.

"Hey Ro, can you help me with my presents for everyone?"

"So how do you think that I can help you with that kiddo?"

"I'm 10 days older than you Ro!"

"Uh well ironically that doesn't help your case here Kiddiwink"

"Oi!, what's up with the nickname?"

"To prove my point to you Soph, duh"

"(Sighs), Look Ro, I need your help here because you have somehow become fucking organised this year and I have fallen really behind on it"

"(Snorts), Well I made most of mine"

"How?"

I took the once in a lifetime opportunity to use the perfect joke, because of course, internet humour didn't come up in real life situations very often, so obviously I jumped on the opportunity like a kangaroo would, because it probably wouldn't come up again.

"By thinking creatively, so take a look at my hair, I use my hair to express myself-"

"Oh for fucks sake Rowan!, now's not the time to make references to the fucking internet!"

"(Snorts), sorry, I couldn't resist, but honestly I wasn't joking when I said that I made most of mine"

"What do I make them though Ro?"

"You make them shit that they can't buy in a shop"

"Like what?"

"You make sentimental shit, Jesus Christ Sophie, how do you not think of this shit?"

"I don't know"

"Well now it's up to you to come up with ideas, because I'm way too entertained to help you more than I have"

"You can fuck right off Ro"

"I would tell you the same thing Soph but then you'd actually take it seriously, and I don't want that to happen to you Kiddiwink"

Soph just rolled her fucking eyes at me, probably because I was bloody right, but she would never admit that, because that would be admitting that she was wrong and Soph can't do that to save her fucking life.

"Hey don't roll your eyeballs at me, you know I'm right here Soph"

"Maybe but you don't need to be so bloody blunt about it"

"I'm so sorry"

"Sarcastic bitch"

"Aw, I love you too Sophie"

"(Snorts), Ro you're something else"

"I'm glad that you are entertained by me and my antics"

So Soph accepted defeat from me (which I was completely shocked by because she would never admit that before) and went to brain storm some ideas, and so I went to the sitting room area, as you do.

Mikey was sitting on the couch doing God knows what, (I didn't want to know what gross thing he was doing), Dad was at work and Papa was by the windowsill, mulling things over.

"Hey Papa"

"Hey Poppet, are you ok?"

"Yeah I'm ok, do you want a cup of tea?"

"That sounds lovely Sweetheart, thank you"

So I went to the kitchenette and made a cup of tea for Papa and I, then when I had made the tea I walked back over to where Papa was sitting and gave him his tea.

"Here you go Papa"

"Thank you Poppet"

"You're welcome, what are you thinking about Papa?"

"I'm just thinking about the future"

"Is that a parent thing or like an adult thing?"

"(Snorts), I think it's an adult thing Sweetheart, but don't quote me on it"

"Ok Papa"

I had a realisation that hit me like a ton of bricks, I was going to be an adult in 4 years, which fucking scared the living shit out of me at the time, I mean obviously because in my head I was just a kid and I would never be ready for adulthood, (I mean who is ever fucking ready for fucking adulthood though?).

"Papa, I just had a realisation"

"About what Poppet?"

"I'm going to be an adult in 4 years"

"Do you want to talk about it Sweetheart"

"Were you scared when you became an adult?"

"I was a little bit scared, but you get used to being an adult eventually"

"Thanks Papa, that actually helped"

"You're welcome Poppet"

So Papa and I then sat there in peace, I was thinking about shit, as you do sometimes, is it true that men can just think about nothing?, and if it is true, how do you go about it?, like do you meditate?, or do you just randomly think of nothing?, anyway sorry for the tangent but I was genuinely curious about it.