Page 62 of Yearn
Butter melted into a little lake on the first pancake.
Next, he set a bowl of berries between the kids like he’d known exactly where to put it.
Somewhere in between our all eating together and chatting about more super hero matches, I noticed that Dominic had put up a Post-it on the fridge with reminders about school project dates and field trip sign-ups. It was all there in his neat block letters with checkboxes beside times.
Wow. I forgot about those things with everything going on.
J tapped my arm. “Are you okay, Mommy?”
“I’m perfect.” I looked at my kids and then put my view on Dominic who sat across from me eating his pancakes. “You allare so sweet and thoughtful. I don’t know what I would do without you three.”
“You hear that?” Dominic winked at the kids. “We’re officially sweet.”
“Like syrup,” Oliver confirmed, licking his lip. “Sticky sweet.”
Dominic set down his fork. “Alright, you two. Wanna hear a doctor joke?”
Oliver’s eyes lit up. “Yeah!”
J grinned. “It’s going to be so corny.”
I frowned at J. “Be nice. I’m sure the joke will be good.”
J chuckled. “It won’t, Mommy. Trust me.”
“Well I think it will be awesome.” I pointed to Dominic. “Let’s hear it.”
Dominic leaned forward and lowered his voice. “Why was the doctor always calm?”
The kids blinked at him.
I shrugged.
“Because he had a lot of patients.”
Oliver laughed.
I chuckled.
Smirking, J shook his head. “See, Mommy.”
I wagged a finger. “In all fairness, it was so bad. . .it was funny.”
“Whoa. I see I have a tough audience.” Dominic raised his hand. “I’ve got another.”
J covered his face. “Oh no. Not another one.”
Oliver widened his eyes.
Dominic crossed his arms over his chest. “What did the doctor say to the dog?”
We all shrugged.
“You’re looking a little ruff today.”
Chuckling, I shook my head. “Alright. I’m going to have to ask you to stop because this is getting close to child abuse.”
All three of them broke out laughing. J threw his head back, Oliver slapped the table, syrup smeared on his fingers, and Dominic’s grin stretched wide.
