The Dirty Game
Chapter 5/Part 1
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Both Natalie and I were teary eyed messes when my phone buzzed. I checked it and I had a call from Mike.
"Hey!" I said.
"Hi, what's up?"
"Hanging out with Natalie," he sighed loudly, "What are you doing?" I asked.
"Trying to figure out when we have time off of work at the same time."
"Oh, for the date!"
Natalie looked at me curiously. I mouthed Mike's name and she nodded and smiled.
"Yes, for the date. How does June 4th work for you?" He asked.
"June 4th..." I thought to myself for a minute, "Nothing going on, it'll work!"
"I'll pick you up around 7, okay?"
"Kay, sounds good! I'll see you then since we don't work at the same time anytime soon. Bye Kennedy."
"Bye Mike." I hung up the phone and smiled at Natalie.
"Tell me who, when, where, and all the deets." She smiled excitedly.
"Mike Craig. Not sure where, but June 4th around 7. He asked me this morning."
"OH MY GOD. Mike is...Gorgeous. And the most popular guy in the school district. Okay, sorry, he's yours." Natalie said.
"He's not mine. It's for the bet." I looked down, ashamed.
"Ken," Natalie touched my arm, "You don't really have to do that."
"Yes I do. I'll look pathetic if I don't."
There was a banging at the door. I walked to it and looked out the window. It was Elizabeth.
"Natalie," I whispered, "Should I let Liz in?"
"No, don't!" She whispered back.
My phone buzzed.
Elizabeth
Let me in. I know you're home. And I know Natalie is with you. DO NOT FORGET THE DEAL.
"Sh/t, Nat, she knows I'm home." I said.
"No, she's just trying to make you answer, she does that with everyone. Just walk away slowly."
We walked back to the living room, avoiding windows along the way.
"Anyway, back to our conversation. You really don't have to do that deal. It was stupid, we were intoxicated, no deals matter than." Natalie continued trying to talk me out of the deal we had made.
"No, I always stick to deals, whether intoxicated or not." I said.
"Well, what about like STD's? Or pregnancy?" She asked.
"Well, protection. Problems solved." I replied. "Are you getting hungry?"
It's was 6:30, and the kids would be waking up soon.
"Yeah, a little. Want to make supper for the chitlens?"
We walked to the kitchen to make supper.
"Yeah, let's get on that. mac n cheese, with hot dogs!" I said while pulling out each item.
We heated the water on the stove and waited for it to boil before putting the noodles in.
"Kennedy," Mark came into the kitchen rubbing his eyes, "Ken, I'm hungry."
"Yeah, I know bud." I picked him up and set him down on the counter.
"Well, are you making supper?"
"Yep, mac n cheese with hot dogs. Sound good?" I looked at him and smiled.
"Yeah, good. I'm going to go wake Andrew up." He climbed off the counter and ran to the living room.
When Nat and I were finished making supper we went to go wake up everyone. Stephen and Kaylie were in their high chairs, Andrew and Mark were in their booster seats. I dished up food for Mark, Andrew, Stephen, Natalie, and I and grabbed baby food for Kaylie. I set everything down on the spots.
"Kay guys, dig in." All the little boys dug their fingers into the food and their faces were cheesy in seconds. Kaylie was taking her time eating her baby food with her fingers.
Sent
Hey, Caroline, where are you? Suppers done, you should get home and eat, it's pretty dang good! Get home soon Carebear.
Caroline
I would get home! But we got into some trouble at the mall and now we're running from the mall cops. It's fun really. Be home when I can.
Sent
Really? Mall cops? Home. Now.
Caroline
Okay, whatever. I'll be home in 10.
Sent
I better hear the front door open and close in 10 minutes or less.