Arianna suddenly looked very serious as she crawled closer to Helen. "Are you married?" Her dad wasn't, and he didn't wear his wedding ring anymore, but Arianna knew he still had it. It was in his drawer. The one he thought she didn't know about. And when adults thought she was asleep, she did hear their conversations, even if she didn't quite understand them. But, she had kids in her class with a moms and dads, and for right now Menelaus was enough. But he wouldn't always be. She was torn seeing him with someone, because she wondered what it would be like to have a mom.
Finally, Menelaus came out from his bedroom, wearing the costume Arianna had picked. She quickly jumped from her place on the couch and took her dad's hand. "That's a costume?" He asked, not quite sure what she was, but it was very appealing.