Just Kidding by Lani Lynn Vale

Author:Lani Lynn Vale [Vale, Lani Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Keep it up and you’ll be fertilizing my vegetable garden.

-Rowen to Derek

Rowen

“I’m not sure how to do this drop-off thing,” I said to my boss and new friend. “Are you sure I’m qualified to do it?”

Jenny looked over at me with amusement.

“I don’t think anybody knows how to do the school drop-off thing,” she admitted. “Honestly, everybody runs around like chickens with their heads cut off.”

That wasn’t the news I was looking to hear.

“Okay.” I squinted at the four older children staring at me with small smiles on their faces. “Let’s do this.”

Jenny had a court case to get to and Junior, the baby, was home sick with Clancy. Leaving me to take their kids to school.

Sure, I didn’t have to or anything, but I’d volunteered anyway.

I was a nice person like that.

“Let’s do this.” I clapped. “Jenny, keys?”

She tossed her entire purse to me.

I caught it with a grunt, surprised at how heavy it was.

“What do you have in here? Bricks?” I teased.

She looked at me with amusement on her face. “I have five kids. I have everything but the kitchen sink in there.”

She did.

I’d dug past a Lunchable, a full-sized flashlight and a tub of Vaseline before I got to the keys.

Once they were in my hands, I led her four eldest children outside.

When they were all in, I got in myself, and felt like I was in a boat.

“This is big,” I announced.

“It’s a van,” the younger version of Jenny said from her seat beside me. “Not a boat. Exactly like your car. No wider or longer.”

I’d have to agree to disagree. When I was in my car I felt like I could fit anywhere. Sitting here behind this beast, I felt like there was too much space. Like I could host a rave inside of the cab.

“Everybody buckled?” I asked, turning to look at the other three in the back.

Jenny’s twins both nodded. Twin boys that looked exactly like their daddy.

The one in the very back was impatiently waiting with his arms crossed over his chest.

Turning back around, I put the van into reverse and backed out.

“Hey, I can see everything.” I pointed at the backup camera.

“Look at this,” Caley said. Then she pressed a few buttons and I could all of a sudden see everything that was surrounding the car.

“Oh, cool,” I breathed.

“We’re going to be late,” the surly pre-teen muttered.

Realizing that the kid was right, I pulled forward then went farther into the road and started the short drive to school.

“Mom usually takes the back way,” Caley said, pointing. “But if you want, you can go the front way like Dad goes. He swears it’s faster, even though there’s always more traffic this way.”

Since I only knew the one way—the front way—I did what I intended to do and started toward the school. The closer I got to the school zone, the worse the traffic got.

Stopping at the stop sign that was the first obstacle that would lead to the school, I waited. Then waited some more for the car in front of me to pull out.

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