Taking Chances (WILL EDIT LATER)

Chapter Three.

While Taron and Mikey were out of the house, Pickles had decided to take a nap but he had a hard time with it due to a pesky fly that kept buzzing in his ear. He tried to ignore it but the more that he did, the more it got on his nerves. So finally having enough of it, Pickles stretched and did a little pouncing practice.

By the time that he'd caught the fly, he had trashed the house with cat litter and if that wasn't enough, Pickles had even tipped over his water and kibble as well. Being a kitten though, he wasn't phased at all. He went and found himself a hiding spot and fell asleep.

Meanwhile, Taron had made the decision to go and do some grocery shopping after dropping his son off at nursery.

Taron took his time and picked out a few fun treats to put in Mikey's lunches for school. Just as he reached for the Haribo Starmix, his phone rang. He quickly threw the bag in the shopping trolley before answering the call, completely unaware that there was someone behind him waiting for him to move.

"Hello." He said as he looked over the items on his shopping list.

"Have I called at a bad time?" Tina asked from the other end.

"Not at all. I'm just doing the shopping." He replied.

Tina smiled.

"Right, I'll make this quick then. I was wondering if you and the kid wanted to come over tomorrow afternoon." Tina questioned.

"Sounds good but please don't go out of your way to make anything. Mikey doesn't really eat after nursery as he's usually tired from all the activity." Taron explained.

"Ok. I promise that I won't make anything extravagant. Just tea and biscuits." Tina said and Taron hummed in response.

They talked for a few more minutes before Tina let her son go and continue his shopping.

On his way out of the sweet isle, he smiled at the woman that had been behind him but she seemed to ignore him, making Taron internally roll his eyes.

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Back at the nursery school, Mikey was busy playing with the train set he always played with when a girl he'd never seen before walked up to him.

"Can I play too?" She asked shyly.

Mikey kept his eye on his toy but spoke anyway.

"You play with the green one. It's bigger." He said as he handed the girl the green train he'd just been playing with.

"Thank you." She said as she sat down and started playing trains with him.

"You're welcome." Mikey replied as he reached for another train that wasn't being used.

While they were playing, another girl walked up to them and started picking on the girl.

The little boy stopped what he was doing and looked up.

"You're mean." He said a-matter-of-factly.

"Yeah." Jasmine agreed with her new friend.

Ivy snatched Jasmine's train and started playing with it.

"Hey, give it back." Jasmine whined as she tried to take it.

Ivy held the toy to her chest as tightly as she could so that Jasmine couldn't grab it.

Jasmine started crying when Ivy refused to give her the train.

Mikey got angry and moved toward Ivy and snatched it back, handing it over to a tearful Jasmine.

"Hey." Ivy whined as her lower lip wobbled.

"You took it first." Mikey said.

Ivy glared at him and went for Jasmine again.