I giggle as Donna starts talking about a cute guy she met at school.
" He sound cool. " I say into the cup.
She nods. " He is. And so so cute! "
" Hey! Didn't I say no cell phones?! " Mr. Feder yells as he walks into the room. " I thought we had a deal. " He quiets down once he realizes we're using cup phones. "
" What's up dad? " Greg asks as we all turn towards Lenny.
" Are those cup phones? "
" Yeah! Charlotte told us how to make them. Check out Becky's. " Kiethie says smiling.
" Look dad, I've got a cup waiting. I gotta call you back. I'm on with sponge Bob. " I chuckle and Lenny smiles.
Donna's dog barks and Bean pops out of the chest he's in. " Was that a turkey? "
" Yo Andre, can you hear me? " Greg asks. I can hear him since cup is connected with mine.
" Crystal clear. Can you hear me? " I hear Andre's voice.
" Oh yeah. " Greg smiles.
Lenny makes his way over to the bath room where Andre is. Donna makes a weird face as she talks to me and Charlotte.
" ...the best thing about these, " I get distracted from my conversation with the girls to Andre's conversation with Greg. I have a string connection to his cup too. " is we can leave a cup in the shower, and listen to Jasmine clean herself tomorrow. "
My heart pangs in a little bit of..jealousy? Yeah, I think it's jealousy.
I guess Greg and Andre really like Jazzy. She's nice. I met her earlier.
" What?! " Lenny opens the shower curtain, scaring Andre half to death.
I chuckle and Lenny turns to us after taking Andre's cup. " Attention children! There has been a request from the phone company. Would you pleas install cup phones in ever adult bed room? Right away. "
Everyone kid jumps up and we head out on our assignment.
I grab some string and attach it to my cup. I leave my cup in the room as Lenny opens the door leading to Mama's room. Deanne's mama is pretty....interesting to listen to. She talks to herself sometimes.
I rolls the string down the steps to the couch where dad is staying. He's on his phone, probably texting a girl friend or something. " Hey pumpkin. " Dad says glancing up from his phone. " What are you doing? "
" Installing a cup phone. Greg's dad said to install one in ever adults room. " I hand him a cup and rolls the string out a bit more so he has room to move.
" Oh. That's..interesting. " Dad looks at the cup as I take it out of his hands. I attach the string to his cup and smile proudly.
" You cup is done daddy. "
Dad smiles. I hug him and kiss his cheek. He kisses my softly and hugs me back. " Good night Maxon. "
" Night daddy. " I hurry upstairs to try out the new cup phone.
I'm the first to arrive. I put my cup to my mouth and call into it. " Daddy, can you hear me? " I ask loudly.
" Yup. " Is dad's response. " I can hear you clear as day. "
I giggle and put the cup to my mouth as I get in bed. The other kids chat together as they get into their beds.
" What's going on over there? It sounds like a stampede of wild horses. "
I laugh. " Everyone's trying out their new cup phone. "
Dad laughs. " It sounds crazy from here. "
" It's crazy here. " I smile. " What are you up too? "
" I'm talking to you. "
" What were you doing on your phone? " I ask as I glance at Greg. He smiles at me and waves a bit. I blush and smile back.
" I was looking a bunch of pictures on my phone. "
" Oh. " I nod. " I love you daddy. "
" Love you too kiddo. Get some rest. "
" Bye. " I say softly into the phone.
" Bye sweetheart. "
I ' hang up ', and Kiethie holds out a few movies. " Okay, who's ready to see another horror? "
My heart pounds again. Not me. Not me.
Everyone but me decides on a movie called ' Happy Death Day '.
I curl up again and shiver at the scary parts. " Hey, are you okay? " Greg asks softly.
I shake my head. " I'm scared. I hate these movies. "
" Oh. I can tell Kiethie to change it. "
" No. I'll, I'll be fine. I don't want to ruin their night. " I sigh.
" Are you sure? "
I nod.
" Well, I'm here. Want to hold my hand? Will that help? Or do you want to go to your dad? "
" I'll, I'll hold your hand. " I don't want to seem like a baby for going to see dad. Greg stretches out his hand and I carefully take it.
My heart pounds and I feel butterflies. I turn away from Greg, happy the darkness can disguise my blushing. I'm sure I'm as red as an over ripe strawberry.
I jump at a scary part and hide my head in Greg's arm. He hugs me a bit and I breath heavily.
I finally fall asleep after feeling a little bit safer and tiring myself out with all my thinking about what I'm feeling. Emotions can be so over whelming. It's hard to understand them.
I feel butterflies and very nervous when I'm around Greg. I blush a lot for no reason when he compliments me or even just talks to me. When Greg smiles at me, I feel really shy. What's up with me?