Left Behind

Chapter 10

"Stanley, can you please come over here?" Lukas called out.

"Coming Uncle Lukas," Stanley called back to him.

Stanley put down his quill and got up from his seat. He was in the middle of working on some homework, but he got up and left his room to go see what Lukas wanted. The child headed down the hallway to go to Lukas. He saw that Lukas and Jesse looked like they were ready to head out, and Jack and Nurm were with them.

"We're going to go head out to the doctor for the ultrasound. Since Radar and Nell are visiting Nell's parents, showing them baby Chester, Uncle Jack and Uncle Nurm are going to watch over you, alright?" said Lukas.

"I got it, Uncle Lukas," said Stanley.

He walked up to them and smiled at Jesse.

"Are you excited to know the gender of your new cousin?" Jesse asked him, smiling back.

"I am! I'm excited!" said Stanley.

Jesse giggled and tussled Stanley's hair a bit.

"Hey!" Stanley said, laughing.

"Alright, kiddo. We'll be back in a little while," she told him.

"Bye Auntie Jesse! Bye Uncle Lukas!" said Stanley.

Lukas and Jesse told Stanley, Jack, and Nurm goodbye once more, and finally headed out. Once they were gone, Jack asked Stanley what he wanted to do. Stanley asked if they could do some artwork, which Jack and Nurm were okay with.

The three sat down at the table. Stanley pulled out all sorts of crayons and colored pencils. He began to draw on some paper. Jack and Nurm didn't really draw some things, but they had fun watching Stanley draw.

"So what are you drawing there, Stanley?" asked Jack.

"I'm drawing something for you and Uncle Nurm, Uncle Jack," said Stanley. He quickly covered the paper and said, "You can't see!"

Jack and Nurm chuckled a bit. Since they didn't want to upset Stanley, they decided to try to draw something for the child.

After a little while, Stanley finished his drawing. He tapped Jack and Nurm on their arms and asked them to look up. The duo looked up and saw the picture that Stanley drew for them. Stanley did his best to make a drawing of the stab walker and the villager.

"I drew you both because you're such great uncles!" said Stanley.

Nurm made some villager noises, but since he was smiling, he was most likely thanking Stanley for the artwork and the complement.

"Thanks kiddo. We love it," said Jack.

"So what did you draw Uncle Jack?" asked Stanley.

Jack showed Stanley his drawing. It was a very messy drawing of a horse, and a person that was unfamiliar to Stanley was sitting on it.

"Who is she on that horsie?" asked Stanley.

"That's Sammy. She's an old friend of ours. She always wanted a horse like the one I drew. We never got her one though," said Jack.

"Where is she? Can I meet her? She sounds so nice," said Stanley.

Jack smiled sadly. "I'm afraid you can't. Sammy's... gone..." he said.

"Is she gone like... my mommy and daddy?" asked Stanley.

Nurm gave Jack a worried look, but Jack was still smiling sadly. He was tearing up a bit, but he didn't break down in front of Stanley.