It's 6:30. Me and .D have only been here for half an hour.

AGGHHHHHHHHHH! I'M FUCKING GOING CRAZY! I DON'T LIKE KIDS! GET ME OUTTA HERE! BLARG HALP I'M DYING!

HOW THE HELL IS .D KEEPING A STRAIGHT FACE!

"Ow, please stop poking me," I said the Michelle.

"But Lilac," she said innocently, "I wanna go play outside with the doggie!"

"OK," I tried to smile without looking creepy, "Let's go outside!"

"Yay! Doggie!" Shiloh yelled.

"Wait, they have a dog?" A.E.D asked.

"Yeah, her name's Dakota; she's a chocolate Labrador puppy. Very hyper actually. Sorry I forgot to tell you."

Dakota wagged her tail furiously as I opened the backyard door. She licked my toes.

"They have a rabbit too," I said to him, "His name's Jack, but he's really mellow; he won't play for some reason."

"Have you tried talking to him?" he asked.

"I have before, but he's pretty old actually; nothing interesting to say. Sometimes animals can be a lot like humans."

'O rly?' face.

'Don't judge me!' face back at him.

"Hi Dakota!" I petted her mane.

The three girls were running around, causing Dakota to chase them around in endless circles.

"Hey! Be nice to them!" I called to the dog.

She replied telepathically. This is a rough translation: "I'll be a good doggie! I only lick them faces!"

"... OK, don't be too rough."

"Dare," A.E.D came up behind me, "You're talking to a dog. And you sound like she replies to you."

"Telepathically!" I corrected him.

I saw Jack running along on the grass.

"Who let Jack Rabbit out!" I demanded from the girls.

Poppy raised her hand shamefully.

I was about to scold her badly, but .D stepped in front of me. "Poppy," he said to her, "Do NOT do that again, please. That was not nice to the bunny. Please say you're sorry."

"Sowwy, DeeDee," she apologized softly.

"It's OK," he replied, "Let's go back inside. Dare, get the rabbit."

"Jack," I called softly. He came hopping to me and I picked him up. I gently put him back in his cage and closed it.

"But!" Michelle pleaded, "We didn't ride our scooters! Lilac, will you ride them with me?"

I searched for an alibi. "I'm sorry, Michelle, I would but I can't because I got an owwie on my arm not to long ago." I showed her the bandages up my right sleeve.

"That's a lot of band-aids!" she exclaimed, almost sounding surprised. "DeeDee!" she turned over to .D, "Ride our scooters with us!"

"Umm... OK, I will."

Nooooooooooo!

I'm losing him!

This is not the A.E.D I know!

And why the hell would he agree to ride a baby scooter with three girls that he didn't even know?

"You can't ride the purple one, because that one's mine," Michelle explained.

"Can I have the red one then?" he asked.

"That's baby sister's scooter! When she grows up, she can have it; but you can use it now."

I pulled out my iPod at the speed of light. The model I have is Nano, the one with the camera.

.D is never gonna live this down! LOL.

And I'm gonna show it to Izm!

We will laugh together.

I turned it on and switched it over from music to video camera. I turned it towards .D randomly riding around on the cement. The best part was he was yelling 'Weeeeee!" like he was having fun!

I pressed the center button, turning on the camera. I'm recording EVERYTHING.

I sat next to Poppy, who was playing with the buttons on her shirt next to Jack's cage.

"Weeeeee!" .D and Michelle shouted together.

I've never seen .D like this...

This is sad. *sob*

"Weeeeee!" .D said by himself.

"OK we're done!" Michelle got off her scooter.

"But I wanted to ride some more!" .D complained.

I had to say something.

"WHO WANTS TO PLAY WITH A.E.D'S HAIR!" I shouted.

"I DO!" they all shouted. The three girls (and the dog) dog piled on top of .D.

"Who took my shoe?" he asked randomly.

Shiloh gave it back whole-heartedly.

Dakota was licking his bare foot.

"Dakota!" I called. She came running to me and licked my face. "No! Sit!" I ordered.

She followed without question.

.D put his shoe back on and complained, "What was that for!"

His expression changed to 'Aw shit; that better not be...'

"What are you doing?" he asked me.

"Oh, this is an iPod. I'm recording a video right now," I answered innocently. The girls went back inside.

"When did you start recording?"

"When you were riding the scooter."

He paused.

"DELETE IT," he demanded, "DELETE IT RIGHT NOW."

I cracked up laughing. Yeah, like I'd delete this GOLD! And I need something to make me laugh, too...

"I will later," I said. I hit the center button again, saving the vid and setting it to take another one. I turned the iPod off and shoved it in my pocket.

.D grunted and stormed back inside. I laughed.

This is funny. I'm keeping this forever.

I plopped on the couch again, letting my half-damp clothes leak water onto the seat. I'll wash it later. I flicked on the TV.

"You guys wanna watch SpongeBob or something?" .D asked the girls.

"Mama says we're not allowed to watch SpongeBob," Michelle answered.

.D shot a look that said '...Uuhh,' to me.

".D!" I called, "ARE YOU DONE WITH THE DANG PIGGY BACKS YET?"

"WHHEEEEE!" .D came running into the room with Michelle on his back, happily screaming 'whee'.

I glanced at my watch. Aw shit, it's 8:58. The girls should go to bed at about 9:00.

"Hey girls, guess what?" I faced them.

"What?" they said in unison.

"Bedtime!" I acted really happy to cheer them up, but it didn't do anything.

"But Lilac!" Michelle complained, "I wanna stay up and watch TV with you and DeeDee!"

I'm gonna slam my head into the God damn wall if she calls him DeeDee one more time!

"C'mon guys," .D urged, "I'll read you a bedtime story."

"YAYZ!" Shiloh smiled.

A.E.D led the girls into their bedroom and I plopped myself on the couch AGAIN and turned on some manga cartoon.