I have a cousin who has always been very cool with me.
She's around 4 years younger than me. She has an adult daughter, (lets call her Mia)
Mia has always been a little different.
Mia is very mousy and cute.
She has a smaller frame, and was on the shorter side. She could easily pass for much younger. She was also Quiet.
Mia is a higher functioning special needs. Very Mild. Most people dont know unless they have been told.
A little over a year ago my cousin called me and asked me if i still went to comic conventions. I laughed cause i had been to like 4 conventions when I was a teenager and in my 20's and she made it sound like i was always at them. I just said that the last one was before covid.
She told me Mia wanted to go but she wasn't comfortable with Mia going alone.
Although she was 18 she was very naΓ―ve and kinda innocent.
Also with her special needs she preferred to have an adult with her.
I told her id be happy to go with her. It wasnt far, just a few hours but i got a hotel nearby incase we needed to rest.
I picked Mia up and was told she had literally hundreds of dollars shes been saving on her ATM card.
She was wearing a mini skirt and cat ears. (and t shirt and shoes and sweater)
Most of the drive there she was pretty quiet but got more hyper and animated as we got closer.
Once we parked we had a short walk. She took me by the hand and pulled me along faster.
Her eyes lit up when we got inside. She seemed to konw where to go. She spent the day talking to people.
Mia kept circling back to a certain area that had more adult themed souvenirs.