Her smile softened, a more genuine one, as Alvin confirmed her suspicion. There were days she doubted that Mrs. Potts was really as open toward Sisse as she appeared to be, but then comments like Alvin's reminded her that the woman truly had accepted her, brought her into the family in some way.

"Oh, I don't think so," Sisse spun away from him considering the task and to her dismay found that the flowers had all sagged back to the ground. "Actually," She started slowly, "Would you be able to hold those up?" She gestured at the trailing garland of flowers she had been attempting to float above the heads of the crowds. "I can't quite get them to stay where they ought to." She confessed.