Jealous of Distance Ch.32 Part 3
[Justin's POV]
“Jay yay, I want to do sum-ting!” Erica demanded, stomping her feet on the hardwood floor. Smart Lauren thought it would be better if she left Erica at our house. Well, the outcome of her plan was a whole load of boredom. “What do you want to do, Love?” I asked, tapping my fingers on the kitchen counter. “Umm…” she was thinking to herself. It felt like forever. “Let’s go see what AG’s doing!” I suggested, and she sure was instantly happy about it. She peddled up the stairs at the speed of lightning. “Ay gee! Ay gee!” she sang, getting her tip-toes to reach the knob. She opened it, and saw AG on the ground with a bunch of stuff animals. Disney characters to be exact.
Erica grew in awe, and asked “Are you playing tee patty?!” She ran over to the stuffed friends, picking them up and squeezing them within her grip. “NOOO!! Those are priceless collectible!” AG shrieked at her, snatching the Winnie the Pooh bear out of her arms. That sent Erica to a major shut down. She dropped to her bottom, tears springing from her eyes. Her sniffles grew in sound and a loud scream escaped from the source of lungs. “Oh honey, AG sorry.” Ag comforted her, by carrying her. “I’m sorry Erica, you can play with my priceless items later.”
“Ha! Priceless? They cost fifteen dollars each out his pocket,” I muttered under my breath. AG flashed me a dirty stare. “How about we play hide-n-seek!” I suggested, joining into the conversation. AG smiled at Erica, she had finally terminated her cries, but her sniffles were at a silent run. She nodded her head up and down, sticking her thumb into her mouth. I called Chris and Jose to join, and there we decided that we were going to count and Erica was going to hide.
She left the room giggling, and Jose slammed the door shut. “Alright, 1…2…3…4…8, 9 ,100. Ready or not here we come!” we all said simultaneously, barging against one another to get out the room. We didn’t inform Erica of any off limit areas or boundaries, so she could be anywhere in our house. “AG, you search the upstairs. Jose, you get the garage. I get the kitchen/living room. And Justin, you get the basement.”
“Hell nah! I am not getting the basement!” I intruded into Chris’s plan. “Why not? The birthday boy is scared?” Chris fought back. “Um, no. This birthday MAN just wonders why you don’t get the basement.” I argued, poking into his chest. “Dude, there’s spiders down there.” Chris replied confidently. AG and Jose burst into roars of laughter.
“Okay, we’ll all go together, like one, big happy family.” Jose delivered the final sentence. “Now, let’s be MEN and find us a little girl!” Jose made his voice lower, and deeper for effect. And the search went on! Manly men, on a adventure to find a 3 year old. “Hey, One, big happy family is from elmo, right?” AG randomly asked the group.
“AG! We’re suppose to be men!” Jose cried. “MEN don’t talk about Elmo, you dumb fool!” Jose looked under the sink. “It was Barney.” he whispered.
-Half an hour later-
“Did anyone find her yet?” I hollered. 3 no’s called back. Oh crap, we’re suppose to bring Erica back in an hour! “Guys,” I walked to the band. “I think we just lost Erica.”
Duration : 0:0:16
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