-1It was 4:00 and Caleb was sitting quietly at his kitchen table. He was taking his homework out of his book bag and taking everything else he needed out. Pogue would be coming over soon and he had to have all his homework done before he could play with his best friend; his mom had made him promise.
He wrote his name in his big, sloppy kindergarten handwriting on his homework and started working right away. He had something important to tell Pogue and he wasn't going to let homework keep him back from that.
Mr. Danvers walked into the kitchen a minute and stood behind his son to see what he was so focused on. "Homework? What are you working on, Caleb?"
"Number stuff, shh, dad, I have to finish this," Caleb shooed his dad away. "Pogue's comin' over and mommy won't let me play with him til I'm done."
"Want me to help you then?"
Caleb bit his lip and thought about it a minute before shaking his head, "No, thank you, I can do it."
"That's my boy," Mr. Danvers chuckled and patted his son's back before he left him to his work.
The homework seemed to be take forever for Caleb but he finished it and was just packing his stuff away when Pogue came running in, yelling, "Caleb! Caleb!"
"Pogue!" Caleb jumped off his seat and the two ran into each other, hugging as they fell to the floor and laughed.
"Caleb, Pogue, get off that floor!" Mrs. Danvers helped both boys up, "Did you finish your homework, Caleb?"
"Yes, mommy, can I play with Pogue now?"
"Go on," She ushered the boys out of the kitchen.
Caleb dragged Pogue up to his room, jumping onto his bed when he got there. "Guess what!" He started jumping up and down on the bed.
"What?" Pogue joined him in the jumping.
"My tooth is loose!"
"Really? Lemme see!" Pogue pushed Caleb down and sat down with him.
"Yeah!" Caleb wiggled his tooth in Pogue's face. "Isn't that cool?"
"Too cool!" He tackled Caleb on the bed, "No fair, I want one too!"
"Too bad, I got it first!" Caleb laughed and hit Pogue with one of the pillows around him.
Pogue laughed and hit him back and soon a pillow fight broke out… and it didn't end until they tumbled down onto the floor and caused Caleb's marble collection to go sliding everywhere,. Their falling to the floor and the noise of the marbles earned them a, "CALEB AND POGUE, YOU STOP THAT RUCKUS RIGHT NOW!" and sent the boys into a giggle fit.