Chapter Four; A New Friend
Heather's father picked her up the next morning after breakfast. "So how was the slumber party last night?" he asked her.
"It was great. We got to play flashlight with Stephanie's big brother and then we caught fireflies and played truth or dare." She said.
"What?" her father questioned.
"It's sort of like vow or bow but it's the muggle version of it since half the girls over there were muggles." Heather explained.
"Oh, I see. Well that's interesting." He told her.
"Yeah, it was really hard for me saying goodbye to her though. It's too bad that I can't do magic yet and get her to stay." She said.
"I'm sorry honey, but even magic can't do that." He told her as they finally made it down the driveway together before they took ahold of each other's hand and looked both ways before crossing the street together.
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Jenna rode her bicycle as fast as she could down the sidewalk. That's when all of a sudden she ran into Brittany who was busy pushing Danny's carriage alongside of her. The baby boy continued to sleep and suck on his pacifier until Jenna started squeezing her bicycle horn to alert Brittany that she was about to pass. Danny opened up his bright blue eyes and started to cry. Brittany brought the carriage to a stop while Jenna pedaled backwards and pulled her own vehicle to a stop.
"Oh great!" she snapped with a roll of her eyes.
"It's alright Danny, go back to sleep." Brittany said softly and soothingly while she reached her hand inside of the carriage and gently rocked him back and forth.
"Why did I have to go and wake him up!" Jenna spat.
"Oh it's alright Jenna, it's not your fault. He's probably just getting hungry. It's been a couple of hours now since I nursed him. Do you want to feed him? I brought bottles along with me." Brittany told her as Jenna breathed a deep and heavy sigh. As much as she hated babies, she knew that if she fed him then he would at least be happy and probably stop crying.
"Oh, alright! But if he poops while I'm holding him then you have to be the one to change him. Because I'm not touching his stinky diapers." She told her as Brittany laughed.
"It's a deal." She told her. "Why don't you go sit on that park bench over there and then I'll give him to you." She said as Jenna climbed off her bike, removed her bright shiny and pink riding helmet and fastened it around her handlebars and then walked over to the bench and sat down. Brittany slowly slid her arms underneath the screaming infant before she adjusted his pacifier and then carried him over to the little girl and placed him inside her arms.
"Here's his bottle and here's a towel." She told her as she handed her the baby bottle and then draped a towel over her shoulder. "Trust me, you're going to need it." She said as Jenna rolled her eyes while placing the nipple to his lips.
"Now you tell me." She said as the baby started sucking it hungrily. Jenna smiled down at him. "I have to admit, he is rather adorable in an irritating way." She said as Brittany smiled down at them both. As soon as Jenna had finished feeding him she brought Danny up to her shoulder to burp him. Sure enough after she patted his back a few times he belched out most of his meal out onto the towel. "Eww,.. gross!" she exclaimed as Brittany laughed again.
"I told you that you would need that towel." She told her as Danny grunted and let out a rather loud noise of flatulence.
"What's the point of even feeding him in the first place if none of it stays inside of him?" Jenna wondered but Brittany just simply grinned at her.
"Oh don't worry, he's getting more to eat than you even realize." She told her. "Anyway, a promise is a promise. Give him back to me and I'll change him." She said.
"With pleasure." Jenna said quickly handing the baby back over to his mother.
"C'mon Daniel, let's get you all cleaned up and a fresh nappy on you." She said while she laid him down on the bench to change him. As Danny's mother unbuttoned his onesie and tore inside his diaper he began to cry again. Jenna quickly decided that she would rather be on the playground than listening to him cry or breathing in the scent of his poopy diaper so she leapt up from the bench and hurried over to the swings.
However just when she sat down, she realized that there was a tiny bluebird next to her hobbling around on what appeared to be a broken leg. "Oh you poor little thing." She said as she bent down and held the injured bird inside the palm of her hands. "Don't worry, I'll go and take you home with me. Mum will know what to do. I'm sure that she'll be able to fix you." She told him before she stood up and carried him away.