January
15, 2004
Slowly Timmy peaked
around the corner seeing his sister playing by herself. Quietly he walked up to
her quickly he lifted the child off her feet and into the air, spinning her. He
put her back onto the floor,
“Do it again Big
Brother.” Kenni said looking at the older cub. He complied as he swept the
child off her feet only this time he started running with her and telling her
that they were playing their old favorite game, as he placed her sitting onto
the bed, She laughed as hard as she could at all this.
“You fun Big Brother
you play more/” Timmy nodded and started wrestling with her. I had to laugh at
seeing a three year old sitting on top of her eight year old brother and what seemed
like she was winning. I knew that it was just play so I watched to see what was
going to happen next. Timmy gently flipped his sister onto the floor and began
to tickle her, Kenni managed to slip away and attack him from the back. I had
never seen the two play like this before. I was
wondering what was causing them to do it now.
But wasn’t going to stop it from happening either
though.
Timmy jumped up and
started to run around the room, Kenni lunged at her brother and knocking him to
the floor.
“That one hurt a
big, Kenya.” He told her in a bi of a warning tone. She backed up telling she
was sorry. Telling her it was okay he started playing with her again. This was something so unreal I had never seen
anything like it! I was loving it. The two played the
most interesting game that I had ever seen. Later when I was with Timmy alone,
he said that it was a game that their father use to
play with the two of them when he was still alive. I watched as Kenni headed
into Timmy’s bedroom.
“I thought you were suppose to be in bed sweetheart?”
“I was but I want my
Big Brother.” Seeing the look in her eyes I looked to Timmy after he told me
that it was okay I left the two alone.
An hour later I
headed in it see if Timmy wanted me to have Kenni leave or not, to my surprise
she was curled up like a kitten in her bother’s lap sleeping like you wouldn’t
believe. I turned to him,
“She fell asleep as
soon as you left.”
“How did you do
that?”
“She got like that a
lot after our,…”
“It’s alright Son,
you can say it, I know that their your parents”
“After
they died.”
“I see,”
“Yeah, she’s better
at it now though. But I think she’s afraid that now that I’m leaving for
training that she won’t see me again.”
“Now that’s silly,
you’ll be back and if she needs you that bad she can go to you, I already
arranged that part with Ursa.” I explained
to him as I pulled both of my kids into my arms. Cuddling
them close to me for a time. Getting up Timmy spoke,
“You can leave her
here with me tonight. She needs this.” I was surprised on how well this boy new
his little sister.
“Alright.” I told him bidding him a goodnight and leaving
the room.