"We have a son!" Jun hugged her doll, "Let's call it Mattie Junior!"
The class laughed, Matt put his head down on the table to hide his face.
"I'm not naming my kid after another man!" Tai growled.
"Tai, I have some breaking news for you," June leaned closer to him, "You're not the father…"
"Oh yes he is Ms. Jun." Mrs. Amberson gave Jun a small smile, "For the new few weeks, Tai is the father."
"Can I divorce him and marry…" Jun started to say.
"No you can't." Mrs. Amberson shook her head, "He is your partner and he is stuck with you as much as you are with him."
"We have a boy," Sora showed me the inside of the dolls diaper.
"Graphic isn't it?" I looked at her, feeling my face flush.
"Very," She rolled her eyes.
"UGH! IT PEED ON ME!" Davis stood up from the chair, holding a baby up and away from him. The front of his shirt was completely wet. "AND IT CAME OUT OF IT'S MOUTH!"
The class burst out into a fit of laughter. All but a few, those small few gave their own doll a dreadful stare. Tai even started poking his doll with a pen tip.
"The doll didn't pee," Mrs. Amberson handed Davis what looked to be a diaper bag, "It spit up and now you must clean it up."
"ME!" Davis started to panic, "Why me!"
"Don't look at me!" Mimi cried, "You're the one wearing the goggles!"
"DON'T YOU DARE RUIN THOSE GOGGLES OR I'LL HAVE YOUR HEAD!" Tai stood up and glared at Davis.
"I….what do I do!" Davis started at the teacher.
"Give me the doll," Mrs. Amberson shook her head and showed the class how to clean up spit ups and any other surprises a doll such as these might leave us. "Now among your partners, make up a schedule on who will have the doll on which day."
I took out my laptop and had the colander appear. "Which days are suitable for you?" I asked my red headed wife.
"Well,'' Sora leaned close to me and for the first time I noticed she smelt good. I couldn't put my finger on it at the time, but it was a fresh clean smell with something sweet. "I have a game on this day and practices on these days. Is there any chance you might be able to take them on those days?"
"That won't be a problem," I told her, shifting my body in my seat. I couldn't help but notice, as she leaned forward towards the computer screen, that she wore a pink bra. I couldn't help but from the corner of my eyes. It was right there, hanging open for me too look. I tried not too, I am only a man. What could I do?
"I have a date on that day," I heard Matt tell Kari, "That day too."
"How about this day?" Kari asked him.
"Band practice," was his reply.
"This day?" I could start to hear irritations in Kari's voice.
"I have a concert." Matt shrugged.
"What day do you have free because unless there is another day in the week, you have plans for them all?" Kari fumed.
"I can't help it. I made plans before I knew we were going to have to baby-sit a stupid doll!" Matt told her.
"Our child is not stupid!" Kari informed him.
"Our child is made out of plastic!" Matt told her.
"I heard your last date had something made out of plastic!" Tai yelled.
"And I heard you took all night to get our date out of the box and blow her up!" Matt yelled back.
"I pulled you two apart so you wouldn't interrupt the class," Mrs. Amberson looked at them both, "Should I move you into the Principles' office too?"
"No ma'am." Matt mumbled.
"I don't think that would be necessary," Tai replied.
"Good," Mrs. Amberson continues her walk down the aisles.
"You're going to have to take it a few days Matt," Kari shook her head; "I'm not doing this by myself!"
"Find, I'll take it to practice and maybe during a date or something. I'll work something out anyhow." Matt shrugged. I knew what he was thinking; I was thinking the same thing. It was only a doll.
"Now its job searching," Mrs. Amberson smiled to the class once she was satisfied that the schedules were planned out. "From this jar you will pick a piece of paper. On the paper will be your job title and at the end of that week, you will get a fake paycheck. That pay check you will be able to buy baby food, diapers, food for yourselves and pay some bills that I will give each of you. Some of you will get low income jobs; some of you will get high income jobs."
"I have a question." Matt raised his hand, for once. "If this is suppose to be close to reality, do I have to pick from the jar? I already have a job and I know how much I make."
"What if you lose your arm in a car accident and can't play a guitar?" Tai asked.
"I'll sing," Matt shrugged.
"What if you lost your voice too?" Tai asked.
"How do I lose my voice in a car accident?" Matt asked him.
"Just saying what if!" Tai rolled his eyes.
"I'll keep care of you Matt!" Jun smiled.
"Um…thanks." Matt gave her a shaky smile.
"If anyone of you do work now, bring in a copy of your pay check, or proof of how much you make and that will be your weekly income," Mrs. Amberson smiled.
"Then I'm screwed," Sora, told me, "Working at the flower shop doesn't pay a lot." That's where the smell came from! The flower shop, that clean fresh smell of sweet flowers!
"Maybe I'll get something good," I told her hopefully.
"Tk you are supposed to be married to me!" Yolei yelled somewhere on my left, "Stop staring at your brother's wife!"
"She's not really his wife!" Tk told Yolei. Matt glanced over and waved at his brother with one hand as he draped an arm over Kari's shoulder his arm.
"What are you doing?" Tai yelled at Matt.
"He's picking on Tk and Davis," Kari rolled her eyes.
"That's better be all he's doing!" Tai sat back down, still glaring at Matt.
