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It was the second time her parents took her to an afternoon mass. Not that she minded, though.
On the pew in front of them, another family of three sat; a mother, and her two sons.
The younger son was all hyper and giddy, it was impossible not to avert attention to him.
The little girl kept looking at him.
At some instances, the boy would glance at the back, and they would stare at each other. It was the girl who will always look away first.
At the priest's homily, the girl won't listen that much because she couldn't understand anything. All she could do was to behave so as to not get scolded at home.
A little later, the boy who looks her age in front of her took his green water bottle and drank from it.
He looked at her, and she looked back.
She was also holding her pink water bottle, and got a sudden urge to drink from it. She poked her father and he opened the bottle for her.
She stared at the water inside for a few seconds, and looked at the boy again.
Said boy drank again from his bottle. He put the bottle close to his face and nodded at the girl, urging her more.
Finally, she drank water. While she was drinking, the boy drank along with her, finishing his first for there aren't much left.
At that, the boy smiled at her. The girl reciprocated the action,
And blushed.
The boy obviously took notice of this, and giggled a little.
His mother looked at him and put her index finger to her lips, shushing him. The boy finally looked back front.
- S K I P -
The mass was almost over.
Bored, the boy thought of annoying his older brother. He started by slapping the side of his brother's thigh lightly.
His brother wasn't fazed from it.
Wanting attention and reaction from him, the younger boy took his green water bottle yet again, and used it to hit his brother's buttcheek.
He continued doing so. Still no reaction.
Then, an idea came to his mind.
He positioned the bottle in between his brother's buttcheeks,
And striked.
"Stop it, Michael." His brother growled lowly. Unfazed, the boy poked again.
Fed up, the older brother snatched the boy's hand and took the bottle away from him.
"Shhh!" Their mother glared at them.
The girl from behind them saw everything, and was giggling the whole time.
