Doing Something Bad

I met Natalie over the summer at my niece Jessica’s soccer game; she was playing forward while Jess was on defense. Our meeting was cordial consisting of Jess introducing us and us chatting for a few minutes about how they played that day, I put her out of my mind the moment they left.

I started seeing more and more of Natalie as the summer went on, not just at the soccer games but also in my neighborhood. I can only assume that her and Jess had become really good friends because she was always over at her house. I guess the part I forgot to mention was that Jess lived down the block from me so I saw her on an almost daily basis.

It was about two weeks ago that I started to realize that Natalie might have a school yard crush on me; I wonder if they even call it that anymore? That’s beside the point I began seeing her more and more, sometimes with Jessica sometimes without. She would also wave and say hi if I was doing something outside, a couple of times she even stopped and we chatted for a few minutes over the fence.

Last week I got a phone call from Sandra my brother’s wife asking if I could watch Jessica at my place since they both had to go out of town early the next day. I told her that it wasn’t a problem and I would be more than happy to help. Nervously she let me in on the other part of it, Jess was supposed to be having a friend sleep over and asked if that would be ok as well. I assured her again that it was not a problem, and jokingly told her that I would make sure I had my ear plugs ready.

About two hours later I heard the doorbell ring and went to open it, I found Jessica standing there holding a pillow and sleeping bag and right behind her was Natalie.

“Thanks Uncle Dave” she said as she tried to give me a hug but the bulky items in her hands prevented it. That’s when Natalie Chimed in “Thanks for letting us crash here tonight” she said

“well come on in Mi Casa, Su Casa” I said exhausting my Spanish.

My place wasn’t that big but I carved out a spot in the living room so that they could unroll their sleeping bags. We all hung out for a little while and ate a pizza that I had ordered. I gave me best fake yawn and told them that I was heading to bed which got a chuckle from both of them.

“we know you’re not going to bed this early” Jessica said

“night girls” I said as I walked toward my bedroom, yes it was true I was not going to bed just yet i just wanted to give them some privacy to be teenage girls, who wants their uncle crashing their slumber party. I settled behind my computer and booted it up and logged into one of my MMO’s. it must have been a few hours later when I got up to go get a drink, I left my door open and silently made my way down the hall to the kitchen attempting to either A not interrupt them or B not wake them up if they were sleeping. At the end of the hall I could see the little night light burning in the living room so I figured they were asleep. Just as I was about to turn into the kitchen I heard Jessica exclaim softly “no way” I stopped and listened for a minute waiting to hear what they were talking about. I know eavesdropping is not good, but I always wondered what girls their age talked about when they thought no one was there, call it an experiment in social development. After a few minutes I was about ready to leave when I heard something that piqued my interest.

“OK …older guy now…and he can’t be a celebrity” Jessica said

I wonder if those guys who study animals felt the same way I did as I waited for them to say something. Finally after a few second Natalie spoke “…uuuhhhmmmm …your uncle Dave” she said quietly “What????” Jessica said her voice rising a little higher in shock. “He’s kinda cute and the way he works with his hands is just ……so…so… I don’t know what but …ooohhh” she said somewhat dreamily. Getting a drink was definitely out of the question after hearing her say that and then running the risk of busted it did not seem like a good idea. I waited for another minute and the conversation turned to music or something. I crept back down the hallway into my room, and as I closed the door gently I let out a sigh of relief. I waited about a half hour before I got up again to go get a drink, this time I made a little noise first warning them that I was coming. I poked my head into the living room before I went into the kitchen, the girls were snuggled up in their sleeping bags facing each other “hey girls, how’s everything going?” I asked

“Pretty good Uncle Dave” Jessica said while Natalie nodded her head in agreement. I got my drink of water and was about to head back to my room when I stopped and poked my head back in the living room. “I got some cookie dough ice cream in the freezer, you girls want some?”

Their response was immediate as they both said yes in unison and practically jumped out of their sleeping bags. four little feet padded into the kitchen as I pulled the container out of the freezer, when I turned around I got the shock of my life Jessica was standing there in a baggy tee shirt and some pajama pants, while Natalie had on a tight tee shirt with some kind of weird design on it and a black pair of those tiny cheer shorts. I put container on the table and went to get bowls and spoons. Tearing into it they filled their bowls almost to the top so much that I was afraid they were both going to have stomachaches tonight. I got the rest of the stuff out, some of that whipped cream in a can, chocolate syrup, sprinkles, pretty much the essentials to make a sundae.

“You gonna have some too?” Jessica asked me with a whipped cream mustache

“Yeah don’t make us eat this alone” Natalie kinda mumbled as she moved the cold ice cream around her mouth.

“Alright, you talked me into it” I said as I made myself a bowl, albeit a smaller one than them

We sat there for a few minutes eating when Jessica picked up the whipped cream and squirted a dollop in her mouth this caused Natalie to motion that she wanted it as well and squirted a mouthful out of the can suddenly it was passed to me, what the hell I thought as I squirted it into my mouth, looking down I saw the girls mouths hanging open as I almost emptied the can.