We Belong: Chapter 6

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GRANDMA AND GRANDPA’S

(Jesse)

Grandma and Grandpa’s house is the best place ever, even though they don’t have any electronics like I-Pads or laptops.  Just an old-fashioned phone and a Kindle to read books on.  Grandma Rowan doesn’t read books on it, though.  She mostly plays Solitaire.

“Grandpa!  Grandma!” I call, running through the door into their arms.  “I had a dream your house was all full of boxes and we made a fort!”

“Sounds like your boxes from your new house were coming along in your dreams,” Grandma says, taking my face between her hands and kissing my cheeks.  “Oh, I missed you so much!  Come in and have something to eat!”

It’s no use telling Grandma we ate breakfast already.  She slices some apples and calls Connor and Shane in from outside.

“Hey guys!” Connor waves.  He’s six.  Seth thinks he is even more fun to play with than I am.  I don’t mind.  Much.

“Hey, Lexie!  Wanna swing on the swings with me?” Shane asks.  He’s eight.  Shane’s kind of like me, because he doesn’t like baseball and he’s more gentle.  Connor is rough and a very good athlete.  He could probably play on my team with nine year olds.  He’s better than me.

“Sure!”

First, we have to eat our snack, because Grandma says to.  While we’re eating, Grandpa brings us fresh carrots from his garden.

“Darn it!” Lexie says really loudly.  “You should have brought Carrot Breath, Jesse!”

“Shhh,” I say.  I don’t want my cousins to know I sometimes still play with stuffed animals, even though I know they do, too.

“Oh, is that the brown bunny?” Connor asks.  “I like him.”

“He’s reddish and white, actually,” I say.

“Mr. Hopps is brown,” Lexie fills in.

[Image: a light blue bucket and a red shovel in sand]

We finish our snack and go play outside for a long time.  Connor and Seth play in the sandbox.  Lexie and Shane swing, and I hang on the monkey bars at the very end.  Seeing things upside down is the best.  It took me a long time to learn how to do it, but now I can.

It’s the best day.

It’s the first time since we moved that I feel like I’m home.

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Questions for Discussion:

Jesse likes to hang on the monkey bars, Lexie likes to swing and Seth likes to play in the sandbox.  Which of those three things is your favorite?

Jesse feels the most at home at Grandma and Grandpa's.  Where do you feel the most at home?

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