Chapter 3
"Nick?" Jane called. No answer.
"Nick?" she called again. Panic came over Jane as she searched the supermarket for her little boy. Her heart beat faster with every step she took. Then out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a little boy with blonde hair fly by.
"Nick!!" she called.
"Mommy! You found me!" Nick squealed with laughter. Jane laughed despite the circumstances.
"Don't you ever scare me like that again!" she said, hugging him, " you had me soo scared!" she continued.
"He had me scared too, " a stranger said from behind her. Jane turned around and saw a familiar face.
"Jenny?" Jane asked.
"Omigosh!! Jane!" the woman exclaimed. Jenny and Jane were good friends in high school, but lost touch when Jenny went to college.
"How have you been?" Jane asked.
"Great! Couldn't be better. Are these your kids?" Jenny asked.
"Yup, all three of them."
"What's their names?"
"Well, this is Leslie, the baby of the family, this is BJ, and this, right here, is Nick," Jane said, tousling his hair. Jane looked down at the little girl clinging to Jenny's hand.
"And what's your name?" Jane asked her, bending down to her level.
"Caitlin," the girl said shyly. The two women talked for a few minutes, before deciding to meet up for dinner on that Friday night to catch up on some old times. Jane gave Jenny the directions to the nursing home and said good-bye. She had had so many good times with Jenny back in highschool.
' Those were the days,' Jane said to herself.
"Who was that woman, Mommy?" Nick asked on the way home.
"That's an old friend, honey. Will you play with Caitlin when she comes over on Friday night, Nick?"
"Ewww, no way. Girls have cooties." Nick said, crossing his arms and looking out the window.
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In the blink of an eye, the week had come and gone and before they knew it, it was Friday. Jane ran around the house, trying frantically to take care of some last minute things while Nick and BJ watched TV. Leslie was sound asleep in her room when the doorbell rang.
"Nick, could you answer that?" Jane called. Nick got off the couch and opened the door. There stood Caitlin and Jenny.
"Mommy! It's for you!!" Nick screamed from the doorway.
"Thanks, Nick," Jane said, coming down the stairs. They walked into the house.
"Caitlin? Why don't you go watch some TV with Nick and BJ, OK?" Jenny asked her daughter. Caitlin stood still for a moment, and then walked into the living room and saw that her favorite show was on. Sesame Street.
"Hi! I'm BJ!" a 3 yr. old BJ said, plopping down on the couch right next to her. She had a huge grin plasted on her face. Caitlin waved. Nick continued watching the screen without saying a word.
"I love Sesame Street," BJ continued.
By 15 minutes, BJ had talked herself to sleep.
"Do you like Cops & Robbers?" Caitlin asked Nick after a long period of silence.
"Yea!" Nick exclaimed, his face lighting up.
"Me too! I'm a robber!" Caitlin called.
"Hey! No fair! I'm a robber!" Nick whined.
"Fine, I'll be a cop," Caitlin said as they ran into the backyard.
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