Thursday, August 21, 2014

Nah

"Let me add something to that picture." Logan grabbed a crayon and Janie's drawing. He scribbled in some horns and fans on Janie's face.
"You're bad at drawing, mister." Zoey confronted. "Janie's nice and pretty, why would you make her look like that?"
"You heard her." Janie said.
Zoey grabbed the paper and drew wings on Janie. She made the fangs into a smile and the horns as a floral crown on Janie's head. "Much better."
"You said I was fun, how come I'm the bad guy now?" Logan asked Zoey.
"You became the bad guy when you made Miss a monster."
"But she started it first and made me ugly!" Logan pointed to Janie.
"So?" Zoey said as she shrugged her shoulders.
The caretakers at the orphanage clapped their hands to get the kids' attention. "Everyone in the cafeteria!" The kids got into a straight line and went to the cafeteria for dinner.

"It's time for us to go too." Hunter said.
"Bye, Zoey! See you next time!" Zoey waved back to Janie.
Hunter and Janie went out to the car first. Logan ran back in to take a picture of Janie's drawing and went back out to the car.

"Oh, I think you need Logan's number for emergency purposes." Hunter advised Janie. "It's ..."
"She doesn't need my number. Having yours is enough."
"What if I'm not available? Who will she call then?"
***
That night Janie thought back to when she was with Zoey and Logan. Logan was being a trouper and played along. He had a caring side to him too. "Should I text him?"

"I had fun today. What about you?" Janie typed. "No. No." She changed it to: "It was fun today. You seem to be close to those kids." "Nah, I just won't text him." She threw her phone on the bed not realizing she accidentally pressed the button and sent the message.

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