robbers// joshler

barbies are cooler than transformers [thirty two]

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there's a knock on my apartment door. i open it and see my best friend and my godson.

"uncle tyler!"

i pick him up and hug him. 

'he can say uncle now?' i mouth to ashley.

she smiles a little and nods.

i set ender down and get on my knees so i'm at his level.

"hey, endy, why don't you get your toys from the guest room?"

"oh yay!" he smiles and starts to run off.

when ender is out of earshot i look at ashley, "when did he start saying uncle?"

"he can say mommy now too."

"what about momma?"

"he does mommy, daddy, and uncle."

"oh my god. he's two.. and can talk.. normal?"

"he'll be three soon."

"in july."

"that's soon!"

 i roll my eyes, "you'll be twenty one soon."

"in a few days."

"where'd all the time go?"

"i don't know, actually."

she puts her hands on her hips.

ender comes running back to us with transformer figures and a barbie.

"mommy! mommy!"

ashley sits on the floor next to me and looks at her son.

"what endy, honey?"

"will you be the barbie?"

"of course, baby."

"uncle tyler will you be the transformer?"

"of course, endy," i smile and take the toy from him.

he runs back to the back bedroom as fast as he can.

"you have barbies and transformers too?"

"yeah, remember you bought them? said he liked both."

"oh yeah," ashley smiles, "watch this."

ender comes back with two more barbies and a barbie car.

"hey endy?"

"yes mommy?" he replies sitting on the floor in front of us.

"which is cooler, transformers or barbies?"

"barbies are cooler than transformers."

ashley nudged me, "i'm cooler than you."

my transformer kicks their barbie, "i'm cooler."

"ender! your uncle attacked me."

ender puts on the most serious face i can imagine him making and tackles me to the ground.

"you dare attack mommy!"

i start to laugh.

"i save mommy."

ashley laughs next to me, "get him, baby!"

"you're no help!" i whisper to ashley as ender has me 'pinned' down.

i flip to my back and ender sits on my stomach, his hands on my chest.

"uncle tyler?" ender asks while ashley is still off to the side, dying.

"yes endy?"

"did i win?"

"yes you did."

a/n: kids are adorable.

hi how are you?