The Truth

Food Troubles

After a few minutes of Evie feeding Mal some of the food Mal began to get upset when Evie had switched from feeding Mal the cut up strawberries to trying to feed her some of the other food while the others just chatted amongst themselves while Doug just stayed silent as he knew that his girlfriend was upset, but he didn't see what the big deal was. Children get themselves into trouble all the time. How was it his fault that Mal decided that markers would be a tasty snack? He just wanted for his girlfriend to forgive him and stop being mad at him. He just sighed as he noticed that Evie was starting to get upset as Mal refused to eat the other foods.

  "Mal you need to eat the other foods. You can't just eat strawberries. That's not healthy," Evie told her sister as she was getting frustrated with the fact that Mal would only eat the strawberries. Mal couldn't just eat strawberries for dinner. "Noo I no wike dat. I wan stawbewy," Mal screamed as she tried to reach for the strawberries that Evie had taken away as she wanted her to eat something other than strawberries.

  "No Mal, you've had enough strawberries. You need to eat your other food," Evie told the crying toddler. She then looked over at the other teens as she began to ask for help. "Someone please help me out here," Evie told the others as Mal wouldn't listen to her and she was hoping that one of the others could convince the girl to eat some of the other food.

   Carlos just smiled as he looked at Evie who looked very frustrated and he playfully decided to mess with his big sister. "Mal this is your older brother Carlos and I say that you shouldn't listen to our mean big sister. You should be allowed to eat all the strawberries you want. She's just old and she doesn't understand us younger kids," he told the toddler as he tickled her causing her to giggle.

   The other kids except for Evie and Doug looked at the two younger VKs as they tried hard not to laugh. Evie just looked at him with a stern glare that a mother usually gives to a child when they were acting bad. "CARLOS," Evie scolded as she didn't like how he was going against her. She was trying to get the toddler to eat healthy as she was underweight and needed to eat more food, especially more than just strawberries.

  Doug saw this as a way to get his girlfriend to stop being angry at him. "Carlos seriously that's not funny," Doug told the younger boy trying to get back on his girlfriends good side, but he was also worried about Mal's food habits as he had learned in school about how important it was for children to eat healthy, especially children who were underweight like Mal was as that could lead to serious health problems.

   Carlos just looked back at Evie as he stopped smiling. "Sorry, it was just a joke," he told her as he didn't see what the big deal was in his little joke with Mal. He was only trying to mess around and bond with his "new" little sister. He didn't want to make the same mistake as Doug did when it came to his little sister. He was her big brother and he wanted her to like him like how she liked Evie.

   "Well it wasn't a funny joke. Now tell her that you were wrong and that she needs to eat her other food because if she gets sick from malnutrition I'm blaming you," Evie told her little brother in a stern motherly tone as she was seriously worried about Mal's weight and didn't think it was funny for Carlos to be telling Mal that it was okay to not eat healthy. "Oh and thank you Doug. I'm sorry for getting mad at you, but I need to know that I can trust you. You are my boyfriend and I need to know that if I need to leave her with you for any reason that she will be safe, but from what I have seen today I just don't think I can ever trust you to watch her again. I'm sorry but it's true," she told her boyfriend as she wanted him to know that she still liked him and that they were still together just that she wouldn't be able to trust him to look after her sister again.

  Doug just sighed as he looked at his girlfriend who was giving him a small smile. He felt better that she wasn't mad at him anymore, but he didn't like that she couldn't trust him anymore.

  Carlos just sighed as he looked over at his little sister who was still refusing to eat her food. "Mal look at me. You don't need to eat your other food, but if you want to be a super hero than you need to eat your other food because superheroes are strong, but if you only eat strawberries than you won't get big and strong and you won't be able to be a superhero," he told the tiny girl as he knew that would be the best way to convince her to eat her food.

  "I am a supa hewo see," the tiny toddler told the boy as she allowed for Evie to feed her the other food. Carlos just smiled as he had actually managed to convince her to eat her food.       

   Evie just smiled as she couldn't believe she didn't think of that. Mal was obsessed with superheroes ever since she had watched Super Why about an hour ago back at their dorm. She just continued to feed Mal while also eating her own food and talking to the others. After about twenty more minutes of them all eating and chatting they all decided to go back to their dorms especially Evie as it was getting late and she needed to put Mal to bed. She looked over at the hyper toddler who was banging on the table and singing in Evie's lap. She just sighed as she knew that bed time was going to be a disaster.