In a new house, a young boy whines rather loudly at his mom. “But Mom.., I waaannnnt ooonnnneee!!!!!!” A young woman whom you probably wouldn’t guess to be more than twenty-five replied in a much more calm voice, “No Jacob. It's too expensive.” “But Mom, evryone has one!!!” At that moment a young girl of about eleven years walks down the stairs into the family room and says, “Well you don’t have one, does that make you no one?”
“Shadup Sarah!”
“You first loser!!”
Suddenly, a tall man obviously in his thirties burst through the front door. The sound of the argument calling, he headed toward the family room. Noticing his father, Jacob jumped into his arms and yelled, “Dad..., I WANT ONE!!!!”
“HAHAHA!!! What does he want this time?”
The woman replied, "Some kind of 5LR."
"It's a 3DS MOM!!”
“HAHAHA!!! Is that what the kids are playing with these days? Well, I suppose it shouldn’t be too much of a problem. How much does this new toy cost?”
“It's two-hundred fifty dollars Dear…”
“…Oh…”
The mans face turned more serious as he thought it over when suddenly Sarah yelled,
“You cant be seriously be thinking this over?! Then why cant I have a new phone?!”
The young woman gently interjected, “Because you already have one Dear.”
“Well, Jacob already has a gameboy!!”
“Idz older den me!” Jacob whined.
The man kneeled down and put his hands on his sons shoulders.
‘Hey, do you remember that car crash we were in last week?
“Ovcorse I du....”
“Well, maybe that was God's way of telling us that we should enjoy what we have while we have it.”
The boy thought for a moment and said “Maybe it was God's way of telling us that life is short."
The man chuckled and said, “Very true son, but you're still not getting it.… Maybe for your birthday.”
“But Dad, that’s six mounths away!!!..... Welll… Wat if I…. Wat if I rake duh leves for the next two weeks…den can we get it tomowo?”
The man thought it over and said, “Ok, but its two months away and we only get it after the two months.”
Jacob considered the offer and although he wanted to try for a month, he knew his father would drop the issue completely if he pushed it. “…OK, deal!”
Sarah interjected, “That’s not fair! Why cant I get a new phone then?!”
So the man said, “Well then, lets make a deal… When we get home, you will take the dog for a walk every day for two months and make sure that Jacob rakes the leaves and furthermore, if Jacob does not get his toy, then you wont get your phone, and vise versa.”
The young woman whispered to the man, “But Honey, can we really afford this?!”
“Don’t worry, I’m getting a bonus next month. I'll even get you a new necklace i1f you want!”
“Well, if you say so Dear.... Is that ok with you guys?”
“Yeaaahhhhhh!!”
“I guess....”
At that exact moment, Aunty Judy yelled from the kitchen, “If you want some, come and get it!!”
Mom said, “Well, we better go....”
Dad replied, "Yeah, it was pretty nice of them to let us stay here on our road trip to Disneyland.”
Sarah said, “Yeah, but Uncle Fred keeps ignoring us”
“Well Honey, he’s …a distant person.”
Jacob interrupted “C’mon, lez eat!!”
And so Jacob and his family went to eat dinner and continued to talk about school, work and overall life.
…..
At the dinner table, Aunty Judy was staring at Jacob speaking about a 3DS to his family. She then whispered to uncle Fred, “…Who is Jacob talking to?
“…To his family I suppose.”
“And what’s that supposed to mean?! You know that his family died last week in that awful car crash!!”
Uncle Fred sighed loudly and said, "Look Honey…, it has to have been hard on him. I mean, the kid's barely seven. This is just how he’s… coping....”
“I know, but its so creepy!”
“Look. We agreed to take care of him until what to do with him is sorted out. So for now just… just play along with his…game.”
“But….”
“Look. If he keeps it up, I'll take him to a child psychologists or something, ok?”
”…Ok”
