Chapter 2 is ready to go! I think this scene will be quite familiar to all of us. We've all been there and done that.
As always, please review. I love critique and feedback from people. This is a short chapter, but they're going to get much longer from here.
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Chapter 2. The 'Talk'
As Littlefoot walked back home that evening he could feel his curious nature once again rising with him. His friends had dismissed his concerns as his imagination gone awry, after all dinosaurs fought all the time right? But for some reason he couldn't get the images of the club tails out of his head. There was something off about it, even if he couldn't quite put his foot on it.
He was so focused on what he had seen, he barely noticed his grandmother greeting him when he reached their grassy spot.
"Hello, Littlefoot" she asked him with a smile. "How was your day?"
"Oh it was…fine" he half stammered. "Just hung out with Cera, Ducky, Spike and Petri."
"Well I hope you kids had fun" said his grandfather yawning. "But it's best we get some sleep now. The bright circle stops for no one you know. And besides, you've been sleeping in much too often lately."
"Haha, yeah I know, Grandpa. I'll try to get up early tomorrow."
Chuckling, his grandpa smiled, "You're getting older. It's only natural. Now let's all go to sleep."
Nodding his head, Littlefoot was fighting an internal battle as to whether or not he should tell his grandparents about what he had witnessed. He didn't want to run the risk that he was doing something he shouldn't have, but his grandparents were very understanding and patient. They never got upset at him over incidents like this.
In the end, his curiosity won over.
"Grandma, Grandpa?"
They both turned to look at him.
"Yes? What is it, Littlefoot?" she asked.
"Is something on your mind?" his grandpa said.
"Well yeah actually..um..something happened today while I was playing with my friends."
"Yes, go on."
"It's nothing bad I swear" he said rubbing his foot into the dirt. "My friends and I were playing today and I accidentally hit the rock too fast into the bushes. It was the trick dad showed me."
"Of course," his grandpa said nodding.
"And I was looking for the rock until I came across Mr. Clubtail. He was with another club tail and well he was doing something…"
His grandma raised her eyebrows.
"Doing what exactly?"
He proceeded to describe the actions of the two club tails, all the while he noticed his grandparents were looking steadily more embarrassed.
"And my friends all thought it was nothing more than just normal roughhousing. But they didn't see what I saw, it was way different than that. Do you know what it was those club tails were doing?"
His grandparents looked at each other and sighed.
"We knew this day would come, dear," Grandpa Longneck said to his wife.
"I suppose you're right" she replied. "There's no use in not telling him. He's at the age where he needs to know."
"Need to know what?" Littlefoot asked. "What do you mean?"
Lowering his head down, though not as low as the old days, his grandfather suddenly appeared quite serious.
"Littlefoot, I think it's time we had a talk. You have grown up better than we ever could have hoped or imagined. We are very proud of you. But with growing up comes new knowledge and new responsibilities. You're old enough now to understand what we're about to tell you."
His grandparents' solemn behavior only increased his curiosity.
"I knew there was more to this than what my friends were saying."
"Indeed, you've always had good instincts" said his grandfather. "Normally I'd say we should wait until morning but this is important enough that it merits staying up later than usual."
"Does this mean I can sleep in tomorrow?" Littlefoot asked excitedly.
"I suppose so, seeing as I am the reason you'll be up late," the elderly longneck replied with a smile. "But not too late. You don't want to miss breakfast."
"Alright! Thanks, Grandpa!"
"You're welcome, now then…"
Sighing again and standing up tall, he cleared his throat.
"Now listen carefully, Littlefoot. This will take a while..."
What will be the result of this little conversation? Find out in the next installment of 'This Is Growing Up'
-Punkrocka23