Okay... love reviews... glad everyone liked my little helper... it helps me keep track too... im still not sure if there is a sequel in the works... I was playing around with the idea of doing a story about Ryan, growing up with all those brothers, maybe when she's like a teenager... I'd like opinions of that. I was in Ocean City fer a week fer a cheerleading comp, thats why I havent really updated. We won honerable mention. Go Spartans! Blue, Gold, and White! Yea... we're the spartans. Don't ask, I just cheer, head cheerleader, fer my Austin... okay... enough... enjoy... cause I enjoyed writin this one
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Chapter 18- The Shoe Store
It's really hard to take kids into a show store. They bore easily and run around, and scream, disturbing everyone else in the store, and agitating the employees. In agitating the employees, they feel the need to ignore you, rather than to offer a hand and to get you out of there quicker. That's not really the smart choice, but what else can you do, help the tired woman with the screaming kid who wants the shoes with the lights in, that flash whenever you walk, rather than the plain blue shoes that are in the budget.
"Okay, Nick, Nate, you are in charge of James and Kyle getting shoes, and shoes for yourself, Nathan, you get Greg, Andy and David, and Ryan, Hayden and Farley are coming with me. One pair each, and try them on to make sure they fit," Haley said, looking at James and Kyle. They acted like she wasn't looking at them, and they had no clue what she was talking about.
"Okay, James, Kyle, let's find you some shoes," Nate said, turning his back on them to look at the rack behind him, Nick did the same, looking at a pair of black spider-man shoes.
He turned around, "What about these-" he said, then stopped, "Nate, where did James and Kyle go?" he said, hitting Nate on the arm.
"What," Nate asked turning around, and noticing his brothers not there, "Mom will kill us. We have to find them, without anyone knowing we lost them."
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"Farley, can you keep an eye on Hayden for mommy while I try shoes on Ryan?" Haley asked Farley, who was sitting on the bench swinging his feet, looking at the baby shoes. He simply nodded and looked over at Hayden who was sitting on the floor. Hayden was sucking on his fingers.
"Farley, which do you think Ryan will like better, the pink shoes, or the purple ones with the flowers?"
He looked at them, "The purple flower ones, and I think Hayden likes those blue ones with the basketballs on them, he keeps looking at them."
"Thanks, then we can go get you shoes, okay?"
"Yeah."
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"Okay, Andy, David, I know you like these awesome shoes here, and so will Greg. Come on, let's get three pairs of these awesome blue basketball shoes," Nathan said, pretty much talking to himself. "Okay, boys, what sizes are you?" he asked, like they would know what size shoe they wore. Then a worker walked past, "Hey, buddy, could you measure my kids' feet?"
"Yeah, sure, I'll be right back," he said walking away, shaking his head.
"HI DADDY!" he heard a voice above his head. Nathan looked up and saw James and Kyle sitting on top of the shelf of shoes.
"James, Kyle, what are you doing up there? Where are Nick and Nate?"
"We can see mommy," James said.
"Hi, Mommy!" Kyle said, laughing.
Nathan reached up and grabbed James and Kyle before they fell. "What happened to Nick and Nate," he repeated.
"We don't know," James said.
"They started looking at stuff," Kyle continued.
"And I don't remember," James finished.
"Me either," Kyle said.
"Well, how about we go find them," Nathan said, looking at them, they were laughing.
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"Okay, Farley, we can get your shoes, then we can go find daddy," Haley said, picking up Ryan and Hayden, and two boxes of shoes, somehow.
Farley had to get his "special" shoes, ones that are made to help the structure of the foot. Haley didn't argue, just nodded. He picked out a nice white pair, and they went to find Nathan.
See, workers would choose not to acknowledge your existence, than help you. Of course, some kids are very odd, like James and Kyle, and choose to climb shelves, because they can. Not many people look up to notice, or care, so it's all good.
