Tom's True Feelings
The next day, Anne was flying her new kite in the park far away from where her youngest brothers & sisters were playing catch with the flying disc.
Alan was taping Anne flying her kite, he was also taping Tom & Layla sitting on a park bench sipping on their cold colas.
"Layla," Tom said. "thanks to Anne & Alan, I would really like you to know how I really feel about you."
Layla shot her now empty soda can into the recycling bin for metal. "Yes, Tom, how do you truly feel about me?" she asked.
"I love you, Layla," Tom said. "I always have."
Scooter caught the flying disc and set it on the grass.
"I'm getting bored playing catch." Scooter sighed.
Mimi picked up the flying disc, "What are you going to do instead?" she asked Scooter.
"I'm going to watch Anne fly her new kite." Scooter answered Mimi.
The other Chan children as well as Layla, Charlie, and Rosa all stopped what they were doing so they could race to the treeless clearing where Anne was standing flying her new rainbow colored painted bamboo framed washi paper kite.
"Tom, when you said you loved me before, I just want you to know," Layla said. "that I love you too and I always have."