Vocabulary
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Now Tee knew he shouldn't be pleased when his four-year-old son swore, but it was hard not to be proud when Andy shouted at a man who whistled when Anny bent over to pick her fallen cell phone off the sidewalk,
"HEY ASSHOLE, SHOW SOME RESPECT, THAT'S MY MOM!"
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Thanks
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The clock read 3:02 in the morning when the girls started crying again.
"You've gotta be kidding me." Tee groaned, he and Anny had just been with them less then a half hour ago. Anny sighed as she squinted at their digital alarm clock that now read 3:03.
Andy had also got up and let out a 'hm?' as he tried to identify the loud noises that had just woken him up.
Anny and Tee dragged themselves out of bed and walked towards Mia and Tia's bedroom, hearing their wails and cries all the way down the hall, only, once they arrived at the girl's bedroom, the screams and sobs had subsided into muffled humming. They both contorted their faces into ones of confusion as they quietly opened the door. When they looked inside, they both smiled and wrapped an arm around the other as they watched Andy, who was standing on a foot stool so he could look down into the cradle, as he sang his infant sisters to sleep.
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.
You make me happy, when skys are gray.
You'll never know dears, how much I love you…"
He paused as he looked at the sleeping sisters, cuddling together in their sleep and smiled lovingly, "You really don't, do ya?" he asked with a soft chuckle.
"Night, Mia. Night Tia. Sweet dreams." He said softly.
"Well aren't you sweet?" Anny teased from the doorway. Andy quickly turned to his parents and blushed, he wasn't expecting anyone other then his snoozing sisters to be his audience. He soon found himself in his parents arms.
"Thank you, Andy." They said softly, making him beam with pride as they all glanced down at the two sleeping girls in the crib.
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Keys
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Anny knew exactly how to smooth things over whenever they got into a fight.
As soon as Tee shouted 'Fine!' and slammed the door behind him, Anny twirled his key ring on her finger and began counting down from five.
As soon as she got to one, she heard a knock on their front door. Biting back a smirk, she opened the door to see Tee, looking embarrassed, "I forgot my keys." He said with a pout.
Anny smiled deviously as she pulled out the front of her tank top and dropped them into her bra, making him blush and a smile start to grow on his face as she challenged him to,
"Come and get them."
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Racing
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She stomped through the parking lot with Mia and Tia in her arms, Tee beside her with Andy, all of them covered in random cereal pieces.
"I said I was sorry!" Tee cried, exasperated.
"This is the seventh grocery store we've been banned from because of that stunt!" Anny snapped, "If this keeps up we'll be eating take out for breakfast, lunch and dinner!"
"We were just having a race!" Tee explained.
"And plowed into the cereal aisle!" Anny exclaimed.
"Hey Mom, does it help if we won?" Andy asked, catching the rest of his family be surprise.
Anny's face shifted into a frustrated pout, "Maybe…"
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Nap
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Tee scooped up his three year old son, looking excited, "Okay, Andy, time for a nap!" he cried, eager for some alone time with Anny.
Andy looked up at him, annoyed, "But I'm not tired!" he whined.
"Buddy, please, I need some alone time with your Mom, she's been gone all week and I've missed her, can you just pretend to be taking a nap in your room?"
"Can we go out for ice cream later if I do?"
"Buddy, we can go out for ice cream every day for the rest of the week if you pretend to take a nap for me."
"Deal!" Andy said eagerly, then feigned exhaustion as his mother came in to check on them.
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Panties
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Tee stomped into the living room where his wife and three children were relaxing on the couch and watching TV, Tee glared furiously at his kids as he held up a black thong in the air.
"WHOSE ARE THESE?" he demanded.
"Don't look at me, I'm a boxer man." Andy said.
"Not mine." Mia and Tia said in unison.
"Well, I found them mixed in your laundry, so if their not any of yours then…" then their eyes all widened in understanding as they turned to a red-faced Anny.
"UGH! GROSS! MOM!" Andy cried, disgusted at the thought of his mom wearing something like that.
"MOM!" Mia and Tia shrieked, embarrassed that their mom would actually wear that.
"It was supposed to be a surprise." She grumbled.
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Behavior
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"Mr. and Mrs. Kanker, I've called you in today to discuss Andy's behavior in class.
Two weeks ago, he put the class hamster down Tommy's pants for calling Sheldon stupid…"
"Pftt….!" Anny stifled a giggle.
"Last week he tied Paula's pigtails to the top of the swing set and sat on her head and used her as a swing for calling Allbert a nerd..."
"Pffffttt…!" Tee bit back a snicker.
"And yesterday he wrapped a string around Billy and Buck's wrists and wrapped it around their head and then pulled on them so they'd repeatedly punch each other in the face while telling them to 'Stop hitting themselves. Stop hitting themselves' because they called him short..."
"Pfffffftttttttt… AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Anny and Tee finally lost it and started banging their fists onto the table while tears of laughter trickled down their faces.
"MR. AND MRS. KANKER, STOP LAUGHING, THIS IS SERIOUS!"
"No shit!" Anny shrieked, "Our kid is hilarious!"
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Art
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Anny sat at the edge of her seat, this wasn't like any of the other competitions of his that she'd watched, this was the Olympics for Pete's sake, this was huge. She bit her lip as she watched Tee slash and parry and block and strike, his blade constantly crashing against his opponent's.
Then he found an opening and made his move, getting him the final point he needed to win the Gold.
Anny leapt to her feet with the other Ans and Kankers and shouted, "YEAH TEE, WAY TO GO!" and clapped like there was no tomorrow.
He flung off his face guard and smiled as he wiped beads of sweat off his face, Anny saw it as if it was in slow motion, and admired the work of art that was her boyfriend.
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Critique
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Tee smiled as he and Anny walked back to the hotel, four gold medals in fencing around his neck, "So, whaddya think?" He said, puffing up his chest and making his medals more prominent on his chest, "Impressive, huh?"
Anny moved the medals so the gold discs were on his back as she pulled him into a gentle kiss, "I think you're impressive even without the medals."
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Headache
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Tee laid in bed, sweating like crazy, his head pounding like a drum, he hated getting sick.
He heard the door open and his little girls dressed in nurse outfits and Andy dressed up as a doctor.
Mia handed him a tray with water and oatmeal on it and Tia handed him a cup with medicine in it.
"And how is the patient doing today?" Andy asked his dad.
" A little better now that he knows he's in good hands." Tee replied.
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Blocked
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Seventeen year olds, Mia and Tia sat at the kitchen table, it was two in the morning, there were sketches and pieces of fabric scattered every where, their pink fingernails digging into their scalps when Anny came into the kitchen for a glass of water.
"What's eating you two?" she asked, her voice tired, but concerned.
"We need to have one more design to send in to be considered for this great fashion major, but we're stuck." Mia explained.
"We've been at it for hours and are going nuts!" Tia moaned.
Anny walked over to the coffee machine and started brewing some for her daughters, "Sounds to me like you guys are more blocked then stuck." She said, "when you're blocked, you can't figure out where to start, when you're stuck, you're stranded in the middle of something."
Her daughters paused and looked at her, "Blocked?" they echoed.
"Yeah, blocked."
Mia and Tia hopped from their chairs and hug-tackled their mom, "MOM, YOU'RE BRILLANT!" they cried in unison.
"Interwoven blocks, how could we've not seen that before!" Tia exclaimed.
"Not only will it be a great pattern, but think of all the cute accessories we can make to go with it!" Mia squealed. They kissed their mother on the cheek and got straight to work.
Anny just smiled and handed her daughters two fresh mugs of coffee and kissed them on the head before heading back upstairs, "Happy to help." She said softly.
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Soundproof
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It was a Saturday night and Anny and Tee were enjoying some light reading while sitting in bed, Mia and Tia were at a sleepover at their friend Kim's house and Andy was out with Allbert, Sheldon and their new girlfriends.
Then they heard keys jingling, a door open and then slam shut, and soon the house was filled with moans, groans and the sounds of kisses.
"Andy's home." Tee said plainly.
Then they heard running and quiet chuckles as another door opened and shut.
Anny and Tee looked up from their magazines and waited for a moment.
Then the creaking started, moans and groans filled the air and Anny and Tee smirked, "That's our boy." They said in unison.
Then after a few more minutes of the unending sounds of their son's activities, they both sighed and got up to go to Mia and Tia's room to borrow their noise canceling headphones and sat back down in bed, headphones on.
"We either need to buy more of these or soundproof his room." Anny grumbled.
"What?" Tee asked.
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Author's end notes: I wanted to do a series, it's a fun challenge and I'm almost done with chapter 9 of high school so, it's fine. Also the 'Thanks' one of this series is a comic on my deviant art as well under the title 'Sunshine'