Brothers (Part 1)

Chapter 28 - Still Kids

Nico gave me to Uno. He took me over to a strange looking piece of equipment.

Jinx: "What's that?"

Uno: "This is called the monkey bars."

I giggled.

Jinx: "What kind of name is that?"

Uno: "It'll make sense in a second. Do you remember what a monkey is?"

Jinx: "Uhm... oh, Samon!"

He laughed.

Uno: "Yeah, that's right. I'll show you how this works."

He put me down and walked over to them.

Uno: "The objective is to get from one side to the other without falling."

He needed to lift his feet up off the ground as he swung from bar to bar, making it across to the other side. I clapped.

Uno: "Now, you try."

Jinx: "Uhm..."

Uno noticed the slightly nervous look on my face and lifted me onto his shoulders.

Uno: "What say we try it like this first?"

Jinx: "Kay."

He went over to the bars.

Uno: "Okay, now grab on. Just like I showed you... that's it. Let's go one bar at a time... one, two, one, two."

All the way to the other side.

Uno: "That was perfect! You ready to try it yourself?"

I nodded, feeling confident.

Uno: "Atta girl!"

He lifted me off his shoulders and helped me up to the first bar.

Uno: "I'll catch you if you fall, okay?"

I did it just the way Uno showed me. I got halfway across.

Jinx: "Uno... my hands hurt..."

He held me.

Uno: "Okay. I got you. Take a break."

I let go of the bars and he held me in place.

Uno: "Show me."

I showed him my hands. He gently blew on them, then kissed them both.

Uno: "Now, give them a little rub."

I rubbed my hands together.

Uno: "Better?"

I smiled.

Jinx: "Yeah."

Uno: "Ready to keep going?"

Jinx: "Yeah!"

I held onto the bar above my head. He let me go, and I continued where I left off. I managed to make it to the end without any more hiccups.

Jinx: "Did you see, I did it!"

I laughed as Uno put his hands under my arms and lifted me up high.

Uno: "You sure did! My little sister is so strong!"

Rock: "Alright, it's my turn."

Uno put me down, I took Rock's hand and he lead me over to the strangest looking thing yet.