There wasn’t really an expectation for Stephanie to volunteer and jump for joy. There was a hope that she might volunteer something, but Ellie was fully prepared to have to talk her into it. And it wasn’t like Ellie was going to ask her to do it for nothing either. She had money for things like this and the work that Stephanie could do for her would be something she’d be more than willing to pay for and give a good amount. Though from the look on Stephanie’s face she was starting to think she’d have to do a lot of begging. It only took a glance down at the work that Stephanie had only recently finished to make her resolve that it was absolutely worth it.
“I do mean you,” Ellie replied, a grin stretching across her face at the somewhat horrified sounding response she’d gotten. Though perhaps it wasn’t really horrified and more shocked. Since Ellie really wasn’t that good at being subtle she could see how she’d shocked the other woman. To her it was easier to be direct though she’d been a little less direct this time then what she’d normally do. Ah well, Stephanie had still gotten her meaning. She just really hoped she was able to convince her, though there wouldn’t be any hard feelings if she couldn’t.
“See, there is the magic word. You don’t generally do things that last.” She couldn’t seem to stop grinning at the other woman and she liked to hear that she had done lasting work which meant there was a greater possibility that she could talk her into doing it. “Well I want you to know that I’d love it if you’d do something for the daycare and I think that the kids would as well, but I can respect the fact that you don’t normally do lasting art. I would, however, ask that you keep it mind and think on it and if you should change your mind I’d love to talk to you about it in more detail and hash out what you’d be willing to do and for how much.”