Lee:
I'm not sure, but by the look on Pretty Girl's face I think I've upset her. I set down my fork and give her my best 'concerned' face as I ask, "What wrong?"
She tilts her head to regard me and Uncle Sean is quiet. That's when I notice with a sinking heart that Uncle Bobby left while I was distracted. I hate when he does that. I know we made a deal about me letting him go to work, but...but I really want him here with me to play. I don't like when he goes away, what if he doesn't come back?
Pretty Girl asks me a question that brings my attention back to her, "Did you ask Sean if you can eat his breakfast?"
I freeze and realize that in the excitement of having eggs that Uncle Sean had actually cooked I had forgotten my manners. You think some people would give me a break, I'm only two, I do tend to get overly excited. Her reminder of my lack of manners combined with Uncle Bobby being gone drops my mood drastically. I can feel the tears coming and I want to pitch a huge fit. I hold the tears in as best I can.
"I sorry Uncle Sean," I sniff as the tears begin leaking down my face.
"I didn't mean to make him cry," I hear Pretty Girl whisper.
"Lees just overemotional." Sean smiles at me, " How bout I cook a few more?"
And suddenly the world is brighter. My emotional highs and lows confuse me sometimes, I hope its only a product of being two.
"Please! Please! Please!" I beg, "Me help! Me help!"
So Uncle Sean and I start making more breakfast as Uncle Logan wander into the kitchen and all three of the adults trade comments on Uncle Sean's cooking which end with Uncle Logan having a huge plate of food.
We've all settled down to eat when Mommy and Father come in. The first thing Mommy does is grab me into a hug before looking at me concerned.
"Did you have another nightmare?" she asks.
I nod solemnly but then give her a full on grin, "It otay Mommy. Monsters don't go in Uncle Bobby's room."
"It's that TV show," Daddy grumbles, "I keep telling Bobby that Lee is too young to watch some girl slay demons and vampires."
"No!" I cry, "Me like Buffy! I Spike." Then I growl at him to prove it.
Pretty Girl starts to laugh, then gets excited, "Does Bobby still tape every episode?"
Uncle Logan tells her 'yes' before going back to eating. Have you ever seen Uncle Logan eat? It's fascinating. I don't know how he can eat so much or where all the food goes, but when Uncle Logan eats he eats.
"He's got too many tapes," Uncle Sean comments. His accent is thicker today. It does that, fades in an out, some days, but not very often, it'll be nearly as thick as Uncle Remy's other days its barely there at all. I have no idea why.
"We're going to get him the DVD sets for his birthday," Mommy tells Pretty Girl with a smile, "That way he can get rid of some of his tapes. He keeps most of them in his room, but between taping every episode of Buffy and Angel its just a mess."
Pretty Girl smiles, "He'll love that. Don't know if he'd get rid of his tapes though. Do you think he'd let me borrow some, I've missed a lot." She then frowns for some reason and looks sad.
Before I can ask what's wrong Uncle Logan jumps in, "He'll probably watch them with you. Lee too, its his favorite."
By this time I'm done eating so I set down my fork and announce, "All done! Brush teeth!"
Mommy smiles. Pretty Girl looks confused. Uncle Sean shakes his head as he continues to eat. Uncle Logan is looking at Father to see his reaction to what I've just said. Daddy looks grumpy as he says, "You brushed last night. Can't this wait till after I'm done eating."
Daddy is strict about everyone else being in perfect health, but me wanting to brush my teeth before I go to bed and after every meal seem to irk him. Exasperated I tell him in as serious a way as I can manage, "Daddy, scary monsters don't have plaque."
This causes Pretty girl to choke on her drink and Uncle Logan to look at her concerned as he pats her on the back and asks if she's okay. She tell him she's more then fine, but what did I mean?
Daddy groans, "Bobby went and got Monsters Inc. thinking it help Lee with his nightmares. All it did was make him want to compulsively brush his teeth."
Pretty Girl smirks at me, "So you're a scary monster huh?"
"I Spike!" I tell her as I let out my best growl. I'm glad I do because it causes her to laugh and tell Daddy that I'm 'too cute' only she put it differently and in a way that makes Daddy look grumpy.
After Daddy takes me to brush my teeth I go to see Uncle Hank. I like Uncle Hank, he does all these interesting experiments and as long as I sit quietly he lets me watch. Sometimes he'll even share his favorite food with me, which he doesn't even do for Uncle Bobby even when Uncle Bobby begs, so he must think I'm special. It's sometimes hard to understand the things he says, but I'm sure that's because I'm only two. I'm sure Daddy and everyone else can understand him perfectly.
When I get bored of spending time with Uncle Hank I wander up to the rec room and climb into Uncle Logan's lap. He greets me and goes back to paying attention to his sports game. I sit and stare at him intently a moment before I ask, "Where Uncle Bobby?"
"He's at work," he tells me.
Before I can ask where Pretty Girl is I hear Daddy calling for me. It's nap time! I quickly give Uncle Logan a hug and a kiss goodbye and run for it. In the excitement of avoiding my nap I forget that Pretty Girl is home and as my per usual I run into her room to hide.
I've just closed the door when I hear her voice behind me, "Lee?"
I spin about, she's startled me and I've nearly cry out in fear. She is looking at me confused and before she can ask whatever question I can tell she is about to I tell her, "No nap!"
She's in the middle of asking me what I mean when I hear my Father in the hallway calling my name. As quickly as I can I hide behind her bed and give her a pleading look before I crawl underneath. There is a knock on the door and she answers. Daddy asks if she's seen me and she tells him she hasn't. I hear the door close, but just in case I stay under the bed. I really don't need a nap, I'm a big boy and big boys don't have to have naps. So there. Daddy just seems to want to learn this the hard way.
"Lee," Pretty Girl calls out, "its okay, he's gone now."
I peek out at her and whisper, "No nap?"
She shrugs, "Well if you don't think you need one, but I'm warning you mister no getting cranky with me or I take you straight back to your Daddy."
"Otay," I agree. That's when I notice what she's doing, she's unpacking and there is stuff scattered all over her bed. Her book collection, the one from inside the closet, is just outside the closet door. It looks like she's been going through them, reorganizing them and such.
"Wead book?" I ask.
She regards me a moment before she agrees and I go to the pile and grab the first Animorph book. Her eyes have widen slightly as I go to give her the book. Perplexed I ask, "What wrong?"
"How...how did you know to grab the first one?"
Opps! I shouldn't have done that. I should have just taken the nearest book. Hoping to throw her off I give her my best 'confused' look and ask, "What mean?"
She looks at me suspiciously a moment before saying, "Let me clear off my bed, then we'll read this."
Before I can respond she's dumping her things back into her suitcase. There are books! New books! Books I haven't read! I drop the Animorph book and grab one. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, it says. My eyes widen as I take in the cover with a boy and red bird on it. I am very very tempted to ask her who Harry Potter is, but realize that I can't. I'm only two I shouldn't know what the cover says.
So instead I thrust the book at her, "Wead this! Wead this!"
She takes the book from me and after pushing aside some clothes in her suitcase come back with a different one, this one has a boy flying on a broom on the cover. She smiles as she asks, "How bout we start with the first one? Sound good?"
"Otay!" I agree.
That decided we crawl into her bed. I can see what she's doing, she thinks by reading to me I'll fall asleep. Silly Pretty Girl, she ends up falling asleep before I do and even though I'm drowsy the book has me captivated. After making sure she's out I gently pry the book from her hands, get comfortable and continue to read.
Note:
Let me just say that a two year old should not be as hard to bribe as Lee, he's just got a mind of his own. Thanx go to my brother for renting Monsters Inc. that part about scary monsters not having plaque wouldn't leave me alone and Lee just loved it so well their you go.
Thanx also belong to:
Fizzleup - Really glad you liked that chapter, hopefully you liked this one as well though I think it could do with some more Jubilee, but try telling Lee that.
BrightStar - Glad you liked the Logan part, Jubes is already starting to get suspicious about Lee's intelligence and you'll find out why in the next chap.
Sue Penkivech - I totally took it as a compliment, a very big compliment. It's one of the biggest I've gotten in a long time. In fact it had me wanting to go find this Bobby centered piece I started working on three years ago and then scrapped. Anyway there will defiantly be more Bobby, he should get home from work in the next chap.
Fairady - thanx for taking the time to try my piece. I'm really glad you enjoyed it thus far and yes there will defiantly be Jono in this piece.
TheWolf - thanx, hope you liked this as well.