The Truth

Ben's Babysitting Troubles

"Mal hey calm down okay. Evie is going to be back soon she just had to go do something. Don't worry she won't be gone too long and in the meantime you have me here," Ben told the crying toddler as he tried to calm her down and get her to stop crying for Evie as he honestly didn't know how long she would be gone and he didn't want her crying and begging for Evie for hours and hours.

  "I no wan you. I wan Ebie. I wan Ebie. I wan Ebie," the young toddler cried as she didn't like that her big sister had left and she wanted her big sister instead of the strange boy that she barely even knew. She didn't like being away from her older sister as her older sister made her feel safe.

  "Hey I know you want Evie, but she needed to do something. She will be back soon though. Hey why don't we watch some TV maybe Super Why or Dragon Tales will be on. I know how much you love those shows," the young king told the tiny toddler as he tried to distract her and get her mind off Evie. He sighed in frustration when it didn't seem to work.

    "Noo I no wan tb. I wan Ebie," the toddler cried as she began to kick and scream on the floor in a full blown tantrum. Ben didn't know what to do as everything he tried to do to calm her only seemed to make it worse. He tried to think of some of the things that she liked when she was older. He smiled when he remembered her attachment to strawberries. Maybe he could use that to calm her down. 

   "Hey Mal if you stop crying I can get you some strawberries. Will that make you feel better if I got you some strawberries," Ben asked the screaming girl in desperation as he was running out of things to calm her and he really hoped that it would. Ben smiled and sighed in relief when the small girl stopped crying and nodded her head.

    "Yeah I wub stawbewys. I wan stawbewys," the girl screamed in excitement while jumping up and down as she was distracted by her desire for her favorite food that she was no longer crying for her big sister.

      Ben laughed at the tiny girl's enthusiasm but then he stopped as he realized that they were out of strawberries and he was going to have to go buy some. "Hey Mal do you wanna go on an adventure to the store so we can get some strawberries," he asked the young excited girl as he knew that he needed to get strawberries otherwise she would cry again and it was too early to bother others, so he would have to go himself to get some and that meant bringing Mal. And he remembered what Evie said about Mal loving to explore, so hopefully this little trip would be enough to distract her and keep her happy until Evie came back.

     Mal just giggled and started clapping at the idea of an "adventure." "Yay an avenure. Go now. Go now. Wets go. I wan avenure an stawbewys," the excited toddler screamed as she tugged at Ben's arm trying to get him to follow her, so they could go on their "adventure."

    Ben just laughed at the adorable toddler as he picked her up and headed out the door after making sure that he turned everything off and locked the door using a spare key that he had. He then began to walk towards his limo with the curious toddler in his arms.

   When they reached the limo Ben looked over at the small toddler before getting in. "Okay Mal now we don't have a car seat for you yet, so we are not gonna tell Evie about this little adventure okay. This is going to be our little secret. That means that only you and me can know about this okay Mal?" he told the young girl as he put his finger to his lip and smiled when Mal did the same. He knew that he wasn't supposed to leave the dorm as Mal didn't have a car seat yet and it would be dangerous for her not to have one, but he was only going to be gone for a little bit, and as long as Evie didn't find out it would be fine.

   After that he got in the limo as he placed Mal on the seat. He smiled when Mal went to the window and put her face against it with her tiny hands pressed against the window in shock and amazement as everything was new and exciting to her. She stayed like that the whole trip with Ben watching her making sure that she was safe and wouldn't get hurt as Evie would kill him if she got hurt on his watch.

   When they reached the store Ben looked over at the tiny girl before getting out. "Okay Mal now remember who are we not going to tell about this?" the young king asked the curious girl making sure that she remembered not to tell Evie about this or anyone that would tell Evie. As Evie would kill him if she found out that he took Mal out without first asking if he could and second without a car seat in the car or a seatbelt as the limo didn't have any. Not to mention the fact that he didn't even hold her in the car.

   Mal just smiled back at him. "Ebie. id awr seret," the tiny girl told the young king as she held her small finger to her mouth and said shh. Ben just laughed at her adorableness as he picked her up and got out of the car. "That's right. It's our secret," he told her as he began to walk into the store while carrying the young girl.

  When they got in he placed Mal on the ground as he grabbed a cart. He was going to pick her up and place her in the child seat on the cart when Mal got upset as she wanted to walk like a big girl. He just sighed as he allowed her to walk and follow him as he didn't want to deal with another one of her crazy tantrums.

   Ben became distracted as he focused on walking towards the fruit aisle. He was so concentrated on trying to find the fruit that he forgot that Mal wasn't in the child seat and was supposed to be walking next to him. Mal however had stopped following Ben when he began to walk too fast and when they had passed by the toy aisle as she saw some toys that caught her curious eye. She gave up on trying to catch up with Ben as she wandered into the toy section.

   When Ben finally reached the fruit aisle he picked up the strawberries and placed them in the cart. "There we go Mal look strawberries," Ben said as he hadn't realized that the small toddler was no longer with him. He froze when there was no response as he looked around. He began to panic when he realized that the tiny two year old was nowhere to be seen. "Mal. Mal where are you? This isn't funny Mal," the young king said as he began to panic hoping the girl was just hiding and playing a silly game. He began to freak out when he realized that Mal was not hiding and that he had actually lost her.

   Oh god he thought as he began to fill with worry. He had lost Mal. He lost Evie's two year old sister. Evie was seriously going to kill him, but not just Evie. Jay and Carlos were going to kill him too as he had just lost their baby sister.

   Ben began to panic more as he froze in complete fear and worry when he heard his name. He knew exactly who had called out his name as he could recognize her voice anywhere it was Evie.