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Chapter VII: Rob the Blunderer
When John and Anna got home they were greeted with a wet floor and clothes thrown everywhere. They both looked surprised and stared at each other. Thomas came barreling after Robert from the kitchen yelling incoherent words. When Thomas saw John he cried out, "Thank God! Robert is like a big toddler. I can't take it anymore!"
Robert came in arguing, "It must have been the washing machine. I know I put the correct setting and everything."
Thomas retorted, "Then why is the water everywhere, Robert? Why?"
Robert was starting to shake from anger as he responded to Thomas, "I don't know! Like I said it must be on the fritz!"
"No the washing machine was fine. You're on the fritz!" Thomas retorted.
John thought he better intervene and calmly asked Thomas about the twins.
Thomas beamed at that question and said, "They have been played with, cuddled, bathed, fed, and placed in their cots for the night. Perfect little angels unlike some useless adults around here. I only thank God I was here to watch them instead of this nincompoop."
Thomas excused himself for the evening and headed upstairs to his room. Anna went up to Robert and said, "It is okay Robert. John and I will fix this mess. You are probably right I need a new washer." John put his arm around Robert's neck in a horse playing kind of way and said, "Yeah, go to bed Robert I will clean up here and tomorrow you and I can go get Anna a new one." Before going up to bed Robert chimed in, "I will pay of coarse being as I was the last one to use it before it went completely haywire. Please take it as a Christmas present from me to the both of you." With that last remark John smiled at Robert as he headed upstairs. Anna had to remember to not judge Cora when she rambled endlessly about Robert and his antics.
John told Anna to go upstairs because he wanted her well rested in her condition. Normally, Anna would have fought him but she did feel tired besides Robert was more John's friend than hers.
After finishing off with the cleaning John went up to his bedroom. Anna sat knitting some more pink booties and smiled at John as he came to place a kiss on her head. "All set downstairs?" Anna asked her exhausted husband. John smiled and answered, "Yes, it wasn't too bad once I mopped up the water. Good thing we have hardwood and not carpet though. I am just going to take a quick shower before bed."
Meanwhile, Thomas was fast asleep from the exhaustion of taking care of Robert and the twins. Robert was talking to Cora about his day. After receiving a scolding from her about the washer incident she said her goodbyes and he promised to behave himself.
Robert went to bed hoping to have better luck sleeping tonight. An hour of peaceful slumber had passed when Robert was awoken by a woman's scream.
"John Bates get in here this instant!"
"Now what?" an irritated John said.
"How many times must I tell you about the towels?" Anna retorted.
"What about the bloody towels?" John yelled back.
"Just two questions: why do you have to use three towels, and since when is the floor a suitable place for dirty towels?" Anna asked angrily.
"Because Anna because!" John yelled back. "I need one for my hair, one for my body, and one for the gross parts like my feet and …"
Anna yelled, "Stop! I don't want to hear any more you selfish idiot!" Anna's eyes were starting to fill with tears.
"Here come the water works! Boo Hoo! John is such a pig! Boo Hoo! Boo Hoo!" John sputtered out sarcastically.
Anna just stared at John with hurt little doe eyes, and ran from the bathroom to the bedroom. John looked down at the towels with guilt. He was making more mess for his pregnant wife, so he picked up the towels and went after Anna to apologize.
"Anna Love, I am so sorry for my boorish behavior. I should have more consideration for you. You do so much already and I am only adding to your burdens," John said apologetically. Anna just looked at him with tears in her eyes. John continued, "I have no excuse. I am a grown ass man, and I should be able to keep a tidy bathroom. Please forgive a foolish old idiot my beautiful girl," John pleaded. Anna looked up at him and quickly saw the sincerity in his eyes. John sat down on the bed next to her and gave her a hug. Anna cuddled into her husband's massive arms and looked right at his eyes before saying, "I do forgive you, but please try to be more considerate." Anna cuddled further into John as he gave her a little nod and kiss on the forehead. A look of mischief was on Anna when she said, "And John please be so kind to point out which is the gross towel so I can wash it away from the others." John smiled and said, "You little minx."
Meanwhile Robert was getting comfortable in his bed believing that it was time to sleep again. All of sudden, he heard the same little noises from the previous night. The mumblings were quite loud and so were Anna's giggles.
Robert had to wonder, "Don't these people ever sleep?" Robert went downstairs to the den in his pajamas to watch television for a while because God only knew how long these rabbits were going to do this. As Robert was watching reruns of old television programs he fell fast asleep on the couch in the den.