“For the record, I told her to tell you,” Carter said with a playful grin, leaning slightly into Kayla, his arm draped casually over her shoulders. “I thought that’s what this whole thing was about. Figured she spilled the beans and you were rolling up with your big-sis energy to give me the ‘talk.’ I know how it goes—I’ve got an older sister too.”
Kelli smirked, glancing at Kayla. “Well, you know how Kayla is,” she said with a hint of teasing before turning back to Carter. “When I was still at school with Kayla, I don’t remember seeing you around.”
“You wouldn’t. I go to public school,” Carter replied smoothly. “I’ve been telling Kayla she should switch over, come to the dark side, but she’s fallen in with a different crowd. Doesn’t bring me around much, but I’ve got a pretty good idea why.”
Kelli raised an eyebrow, intrigued. “Public school boy, huh? Very fancy,” she teased, her tone playful.
Kayla, surprising Kelli once again with her newfound confidence, narrowed her eyes slightly at Carter. “What do you mean, ‘you know’? Have you been nosing around?”
Carter shook his head, his expression sincere but still laced with that easy charm. “No, ma’am. You told me not to, and I respect that. You’ll bring me around when you’re ready.”
Kayla rolled her eyes but couldn’t help a small smile. “Then spill it.”
“I know Reeves,” Carter said with a shrug. “She’s been hitting that fancy skate park across town with her ‘shadow.’ Tearing it up, too. But if you want to catch her, you’ve got to go late. She’s not out there during the day.”
Kayla’s eyes widened slightly. “Reeves? She boards? She never said anything.”
“Oh yeah. Her game’s tight. No holes in her technique. She hits those ramps with no fear. You’d never guess just by looking at her. And her Little? That’s Jordan, right? She’s something else, riding her board like it’s second nature. Cool as a cucumber, even catching air while perched on Reeves’ shoulder the whole time.”
Kayla blinked, clearly impressed. “That explains nothing… except that I need to check out that park across town.”
Carter grinned. “Oh, right. Almost forgot—the big news. Reeves and her ‘shadow’ were talking about you. Word is, you’re under their protection now. No one’s gonna mess with you around here. You’re good.”
Kayla’s brow furrowed, curiosity getting the better of her. “Who’s this ‘shadow’ you keep talking about? You make it sound like some character from a bad action movie.”
Carter chuckled. “Don’t have a name for her. She’s just always with Reeves, so we all call her ‘shadow.’ It’s been that way for years. They roll through here sometimes, but not often.”
“Well, I’m friends with Reeves,” Kayla said carefully, not wanting to reveal too much. She wasn’t sure if Reeves was a nickname or if there was a reason behind the secrecy.
Carter nodded, as if that confirmed his suspicions. “Figured as much. Anyway, I was about to bounce. You wanna grab something to eat? My treat—both of you. If I’d known you were bringing your sister, I would’ve brought my Little too.”
I want it to be Monday already…. Sarah skates? Carter has a little? Everyone is getting along? I need more story! Lol
You wanna always leave them wanting more.
Me right now waiting for Monday
Ah so Carter is a guardian does this make him the first male guardian we’ve met in the Smallara universe?
I think so but lethal will know for certain. It might be on the Canon time-line too
I do need to update that timeline.
I’ve been retconning\ fixing some stuff that I need to put into a comment on the non-cannon timeline. you had pointed out something I forgot about, and I didn’t realize until recently I got some birthdays mixed up
He is the first male guardian shown in this universe, And I’ve been waiting so long for one to show up. (He’s also the first black Character to not be an antagonist)
I personally don’t think males would make good guardians because they don’t have the maternal instincts of a woman and are more likely to do risky things by %. my wife showed my me that as a man we have a lot of risks that most men cant handle.
I like her boy friend but I still don’t like him saying my little at the end. takes away the person hood of a little. They are still humanoids and deserve rights to be by a name. I have been on twitter a lot so I made a mem for little rights Kelli and Kayla can use lol
Depending on context saying my little isn’t all that different naming wise then saying My girlfriend, my boyfriend, my spouse, my friend, etc.
Just saying my little doesn’t have to be bad. Tone and verbiage used around it would play a lot into it I would believe.
you have a point, I guess I’m falling into looking at everything threw heightened glasses
I am all in on little humanoid rights lol.
for some reason I think his little is his big sister and they and bonded over it
If it was his sister I think he’d have said “I would’ve brought my sister too.” instead of “I would’ve brought my Little too.”
1.1) “For the record, I told her to tell you,” Carter 2.0 didn’t wanna be Kayla 2.0’s secret?
1.2) “Figured she spilled the beans and you were rolling up with your big-sis energy to give me the ‘talk.’ I know how it goes—I’ve got an older sister too.” Has Kayla been given the ‘talk’ by Carter’s sister?
2) “but she’s fallen in with a different crowd. Doesn’t bring me around much, but I’ve got a pretty good idea why.” Is Kayla embarrassed to be seen with her public school boyfriend?
3) “I know Reeves, She’s been hitting that fancy skate park across town with her ‘shadow.’ Tearing it up, too. But if you want to catch her, you’ve got to go late. She’s not out there during the day.” Interesting, Sara Reeves, is into skating too? (When he first “reeves” I thought maybe a cousin of Sara had blabbed to him)
4) “Oh yeah. Her game’s tight. No holes in her technique. She hits those ramps with no fear. You’d never guess just by looking at her. And her Little? That’s Jordan, right? She’s something else, riding her board like it’s second nature. Cool as a cucumber, even catching air while perched on Reeves’ shoulder the whole time.” This new hobby came out of fucking nowhere, for her, and it sounds like she’s on Kayla’s level or higher. (Also ew, Sara praise)
5) “Reeves and her ‘shadow’ were talking about you. Word is, you’re under their protection now. No one’s gonna mess with you around here. You’re good.” Sara has power even in skatepark? I thought her power was based mostly on Proximity to Mal?
6) “Who’s this ‘shadow’ you keep talking about? You make it sound like some character from a bad action movie.” – “Don’t have a name for her. She’s just always with Reeves, so we all call her ‘shadow.’ It’s been that way for years. They roll through here sometimes, but not often.” I was just assuming ‘shadow’ meant Jordan. Now I’m thinking Ellie, Chloe or Steph perhaps, Mal wouldn’t be anyone’s ‘shadow’ and Dayton wouldn’t be around Jordan. (could be a friend we haven’t met yet.
7) “not wanting to reveal too much. She wasn’t sure if Reeves was a nickname or if there was a reason behind the secrecy.” Part of me still wants it to be a different Reeves.
8) “If I’d known you were bringing your sister, I would’ve brought my Little too.” the first male Guardian, Fuck yeah!
1.1) Its more like he doens’t see the point. But is respecting Kayla’s wishes.
1.2) she got a run down of expectations.
2) No, she didn’t want him to see her getting bullied. As she knew he would say something and cause a scene.
3)They just call her by her last name.
4) Someone needs to be observant. I am shocked. THis moment was first teased as early as in Smallara Episode 164. But its been mentioned offhand and there have been clues teased for 100s of episodes of at this point that she is into skateboarding. Im surprised you missed the hints.
5) I wouldn’t say that. I mean proximity Mal helps for sure. But I wouldn’t say that’s where her power solely comes form.
6) All possibilities.
7)I can see why you would. Sara is not favorite person.
8)I like how excited you are for this.
2) oh that’s actually a good point I didn’t even consider
1.1) Goodman
1.2) Good sister
2) That’s true, though I kinda wanna see him kick Tamara’s ass.
4) Oh damn, she’s got a skateboard in her locker. I actually went back and looked for a skateboard but was checking in her house, especially her room, yard and garage, I completely blanked on checking her school. I did completely miss this one.
5) I guess.
6) Since you mentioned 164 I also saw the skateboard in Ellie’s locker.
7) I can’t quite put my finger on the reason.
8) It’s two things off the list of things I’d like to see, the only thing better is when a headcanon comes true.
6) the name shadow itself is a clue to Ellie as Sara and Ellie practically go everywhere together like a shadow.
What’s even better is that the public school kids and Kelli have no clue who ellie is in regard to social status lol I’m assuming Kayla and talisa might know, and all of ellies immediate friends know for sure.
6) To be honest, I was leaning more towards Chloe being her “shadow” rationalising that she’s not given her name to avoid unwanted attention.
4) Im impressed you went back to look at pictures to see where i teased it. Kudos to you sir.
Thanks, I even put the words “skate” and “skateboard” into the search engine to see what’d come up, but nothing from Smallara Prime, lol.
I’m now wondering if Desmond from skaters might show up, Lol
Oh that’s be a WILD cameo!
Where I am people are into snowboarding more than skate boarding so I’m kind of lost other then tony hawk video games lol.
Do you not know who Desmond is?
It isn’t a name that pops in my head
He’s from a story on this site bro.
https://smallara.com/2023/08/20/skaters-episode-1-a-smallara-side-story/
I read that I didn’t know the name though, I’m kind of spacy on names lol.
I read that a long time ago but forgot about it because it just stopped without any substance.
that’s fair. Asuka has so many substories going on that there are some the just stop absurdity. which is TOTALLY valid considering all of the stories they have going at one time.
that being said, I’d LOVE for the tucker story to continue as is with him meeting someone that becomes his guardian in the wild. I think canon-wise that’d be so cool
I agree, I’m interested in a more physical protector little relationship because the size difference between a male and a female seems to be ripe for exploring things that doesn’t cost money and keeps people like little guys from boredom lol.
also a underground little /human movement that don’t want to pay the money to the corporate overloads.