Spencer dropped Ty’s baby bag on the couch. Ashley held him in her arms while Spencer laid out a mat on the floor. 

Spencer: "We’d better hurry, he said meet him at the Parlor at 12."

Ashley played with her son’s little tuft of hair. He giggled and hugged her neck.

Ashley: "I missed you so much little man."

Spencer smiled. She walked over to Ashley and held out her arms.

Spencer: "Come on, you can play with him when you get back."

Ashley made a pouty face.

Ashley: "Noooo. I like him. Just a little longer?"

She ruffled his hair again and he giggled even louder.

Ashley: "Yeah. You like me too don’t you? You want me to stay."

Spencer: "Come on Ash. Just for a couple hours. Ky’s going to take care of him."

Ashley breathed a heavy sigh and handed Ty over to Spencer, who got down on the floor and propped him up on his back pillow. Kyla came into the room with a plate of noodles in hand.

Ashley: "Kyla, come on noodes again?"

Kyla: "Well I buy in bulk now so i gotta eat 50 of these before they go bad."

Spencer: "…Noodles don’t go bad."

Kyla: "In my world they do."

Spencer got off of the floor and grabbed her purse from the couch.

Spencer: "Alright Ky. We’ll be back by 2. Can you handle that?"

Kyla was already on the floor, next to her nephew flipping through the channels.

Kyla: "Got it Spence. My nephew is perfectly okay. Right Ty?"

Ty sucked on his fist and looked his aunt in the eyes.

Ky: "Yes. Look of Love right there."

Spencer: "THanks so much."

Ashley: "Yeah. Thank you, alright. We’ll be back."

Kyla: "Okay, okay. Go so I can fill your child’s head with sensless violence."

Spencer and Ashley finished saying their good-byes and left. Now it was just Ky and Ty.

Kyla: "So. How’ve ya been?"

Ty: "…"

Kyla: "Yep. Me too. Let’s see what’s on t.v."

She picked up the remote and began flipping through the channels.

Kyla: "blood, no…gore, no…violence!…no to much of that…Gay…maybe?"

She looked over at Ty.

Kyla: "How you feel bout South of Nowhere?"

Ty: "….."

Kyla: "Yeah Ashley’s already enough gay in our life huh? Okay. Guess it’s Spongebob then."

T.V: "If I were to die right now…In some sort of fiery explosion due to the carelessness of a friend. Well, that’d just be okay."

Kyla: "Geez. Spongebob’s pretty deep huh Ty?"

She looked over at him. He wasn’t there.

Kyla: "Oh shit! TY?! Crap!"

She got up and ran around the living room. Under the couch, chairs, cushions.

Kyla: "No! TY! Come on boy where are-"

Ty: "hahahahhahaha!!"

Kyla’s heaving chest went from panicked to excitement.

Kyla: "O my Goodness!! Ty you can walk!?"

Ty was holding himself up on the arm of the couch and smiling.

Kyla: "Whoa lil dude! Come here."

She stood a good distance away from the couch so he could walk into her arms. He steadied himself and turned around so really slowly. Then he put his tiny feet one in front of the other. Very wobbly, but he kept going until he reached his aunt. Kyla hugged him. They both fell backwards onto the floor laughing and giggling.

Kyla: "Kid, you’re a genius!"

Ty: "hahahahhaha!"