“Awww, my wittle man is being such a good boy. I knew I must have just misheard him. Yes, I did.” Sara said in an infantile voice as she ruffled Jordan’s hair before standing fully upright and leaning against the kitchen counter as she absentmindedly toyed with her hair.
Sara then walked over to the fridge and grabbed two bottles of water tossing one to Ellie before unscrewing her bottle top. Jordan watched her tilt the bottle up as she took a large drink making a 1/4 of the bottle disappear in an instant. It was frightening the amount of liquid she consumed. It seemed like a small pool’s worth of water
“I just knew Ellie that my little man wouldn’t be talking back to me like that. So let me sweep up here quickly then we can start on Math or are you wanting to do English first?” Sara said as her eyes darted to Jordan briefly before returning to Ellie.
“Ugh, I want to do neither,” Ellie said taking a drink of the cold water before pulling out her English and Math books. “I guess Math,” Ellie said with a sigh as she opened up her Math book.
Jordan watched Sara pull out a broom from the kitchen closet. She methodically swept the floor in a pattern that left very little if any dust that Jordan could see. He was actually a bit surprised at how effective of a job she was doing. As Jordan remembered all the half-assed cleaning jobs he did for his parents.
“Mom, expects the job to be done right the first time. If not done right she’ll do it and well let’s just say you don’t want her to do it.” Sara said looking over at Jordan before sweeping the collected dirt and debris into the dustpan.
“Right,” Jordan nodded. Understanding what he has seen from Tiffany so far she seems to run a tight ship. He just hated that he was now stuck on the lowest deck of that ship.
“I brought you some clothes. You shouldn’t get your uniform dirty. Plus you will probably get hot with all the moving around.” Sara said sweetly as she sat down at the kitchen counter dangling a pair of what looked like capris pants over Jordan’s head before dropping them down onto his chest.
“Seriously you’re going to make me do this?” Jordan said as he started taking off his shoes and socks in front of the giant teens. As Jordan started changing Tiffany walked back into the kitchen as Jordan had just removed his pants. He looked up at her oppressive gaze that wilted his body like a flower. While Ellie and Sara spoke in unison greeting Sara’s mother as she walked back into the kitchen.
“What’s wrong with him?” Tiffany asked looking at Sara and Ellie.
“He’s a little bit depressed about the whole situation,” Ellie said
“Yes, well we see this at the hospital from time to time. Acceptance takes time. I’m sure he will understand that things could be much worse than being your little pet.
“Mooom, he doesn’t like the P word,” Sara said
“Jordan, pets aren’t bad things. You may just think of a pet as a domesticated being kept for companionship and enjoyment. But, when I was a young girl I had a pet dog called Chip. He started out as more of my Dad’s dog than my dog. But, as I grew he became more and more attached to me, and me to him. Even today, some of my fondest memories are of Chip and the adventures we would go on. They seem silly now, but I wouldn’t trade those cherished moments. While Chip was my pet. He was also my family, my friend, my protector, and so much more. He got to see me at my lowest and my highest completely unfiltered. I understand that this wasn’t the path you probably thought your life would go on. But, Chip was more important to me than most people.” Tiffany said as a look of sadness briefly crossed her face before disappearing.
“But being a pet isn’t necessarily a bad thing and just because you’re a pet doesn’t mean you aren’t a person. But I’m sorry, you won’t ever be a person like you used to be and you’re going to have to accept that. More importantly, you need to find the new you in what and who you are now. As you can’t change what has happened, but you can change who you are because of what happened.” Tiffany said. “Enough of all that now. I’ll be in the study. Let me know when you’re ready to go to work. I will give you two a ride.” Tiffany said before heading out of the kitchen.
Enjoy the full-sized version of any picture in the Smallara gallery.
Related Images:
