Firefly Wishes by Susan Gable

Author:Susan Gable [Gable, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-9967992-7-0
Publisher: Infinite Daydreams

Chapter 10

“WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY’RE doing on their date?” Molly asked Cherish, as they both leaned over the baby in the middle of the bed. Molly reached out and tickled his foot.

“Having dinner, I guess. I mean, that’s what they went for.”

Tyler cooed at them, making spit bubbles.

“Eewww, look at that!” Molly wrinkled her nose. “Slobber is dripping down his neck.”

Cherish laughed. “Beats it dripping down your neck, which happens if you’re holding him.” She took a cloth from a nearby bag and wiped him.

Tyler turned his head away and screamed.

Molly’s mouth dropped open. “Wow. He’s pretty loud, isn’t he?”

“Yeah, he sure is.”

The baby made his hands into fists and squished up his face, turning bright red. He grunted.

“Oh, no.” Cherish moved to the doorway. “Mom? Come get dribble-puss. He’s making a present for you.”

A horrible smell drifted from Tyler, who suddenly stopped squirming, relaxed and looked a whole lot happier. “Oh, man!” Molly pinched her nose shut. “How can something so small smell so bad?”

Cherish’s mom came into the room and picked up the baby and the diaper bag. “You get used to it.”

Molly exchanged a glance with her best friend, who also pinched her nose shut and shook her head.

“You do not,” Cherish whispered as her mom left the room with the baby. “That’s the worst part about him.”

Molly let go of her nose and sighed. “I still say you’re lucky. I wish I had a baby brother.” She threw herself down on Cherish’s bed.

“First you need a new mom for that.”

“I know. And that’s probably never going to happen.”

“Don’t be so sure. My mom always said she’d never get married again, but she did.” Cherish picked up a cotton ball from her dresser and dumped some alcohol on it, dabbing at her ears. Her pierced ears.

Something else Cherish had that Molly didn’t stand a prayer of getting. “I wonder how Dad’s doing with Miss Rachel? Is he acting like a dork? Do you think he’ll kiss her?”

“Maybe. I dunno.”

Molly rolled onto her stomach and propped her chin in her palms as she watched Cherish finish caring for her ears. “Do you think they could end up like people in the movies—you know, fall in love and get married?”

“Then you’d have an evil stepmother like Cinderella?”

Molly giggled. Sometimes they joked about Nolan being the big, bad, evil stepfather, but really he was a great guy and Cherish loved him. “No, goof. I mean like we get to be a real family and we all live happily ever after. I’d have a mom to do things with, like makeup and stuff. Dad freaks out if I even want to polish my nails.”

Her wristwatch beeped and Molly rolled off the bed. “Meds time.”

Out in the living room, a phone rang.

“How much you wanna bet that’s my dad, checking up on me?” Molly headed for the door with Cherish behind her.

“No way. I’d lose, for sure.”

“We need to catch more fireflies tonight, Cherish. I need more than a distraction for my dad.

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