6
Rendez-vous
Sukey’s fast asleep, tucked up with her beloved Bunnylugs. I promised her I would pop up and tell her about the Fancy Dress Competition, but now I’m not so sure. If I wake her up, I might not be able to get her to sleep again, and I want to make my rendezvous with the Captain. He’s going to meet me in his cabin as soon as he can get away from his social obligations. I’m feeling good—positive about myself—maybe tonight will be the night. But a promise is a promise, and a promise to a child should always be kept. So I sit down on her bed and wake her.
She stirs and looks around, her eyes wide. She looks scared, but when she sees me she sits up and launches herself at me, stretching her little arms around me as far as they will go.
“Whoa, darling! You’ll mess up my costume,”
