Set seven years into the future, let's all meet and love Thirdy, Charm and Seb Faulkerson.
This book is inspired by a story I wrote on Payb Takes.
I originally posted it as a special monthsary update but the part has gathered a lot of great comment...
"Okay, kids, bedtime." M announces with a smile after an evening of playing in the playroom with Thirdy and Charm.
Seb has fallen asleep in R's arms as they were all playing Zingo.
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"But Mama..." C starts to protest.
"Charm, we need to sleep early to grow up big and strong." RT argues with his sister.
"That's right, Buddy. Very good. Sweetheart, you should listen to Kuya." R adds.
"Okay, Papa." C answers with a pout.
Thirdy and Charm start picking their toys up and putting them in place while M helps them.
"Lagay ko na si Seb sa nursery, Love." R whispers to M as she stoops to get a doll from under a desk.
She gets up and smiles at R. "Okay, Love. I'll see you in Thirdy's room?"
"Yes, Love and then Charm's room and then..." R pauses and looks at M mischievously. "Our room." He whispers seductively and wiggle his eyebrow.
M giggles and pinches his side. "Uy, Mr. Faulkerson! You're still as naughty as you were years ago. Walang pagbabago, maharot ka pa rin."
R grins and kisses the tip of M's nose. "Whenever I'm around you, Love, buhay na buhay ang harot ko."
They both laugh. After another kiss on M's temple, R starts to walk to out of the room.
In her effort to fix the clutter, C grabs as many toys as she can and holds them in her arms. As she is walking to the toy box, one of the stuffed animals drops to the floor. "Stupid!" C exclaims.
R, M and RT all stop abruptly. M pauses from arranging the alphabet blocks. R halts mid-step and turns to look at M. Husband and wife throw each other questioning glances. R wrinkles his eyebrows giving M an almost accusing glare.
M shrugs and mouths, "I don't know." She, admittedly, used to have a very colorful vocabulary but she has since learned to bite her tongue when she got pregnant with Thirdy. This is exactly the sort of situation she tried to avoid.
R steps back into the room and sits beside C.
"Charm! Bad word!" RT reprimands his baby sister.
"Yes. That's a bad word, Charm. Where did you hear that?" M asks, setting a block on the shelf and sitting on the rubberized carpet.
C stares at the floor, a little embarrassed. "I'm sowwy, Mama. The Avengews say it."
It was R's turn to get the accusing look from M. He smiles awkwardly and mouths. "Sorry, Love."
R signals C to move closer to him. "Charm, sweetheart, listen to me. I know we watch all those movies about superheroes but like what I always tell you and Kuya, you don't copy everything we watch. There are bad things that you should not say or do. You understand, right?"
