2. Chapter 2 Margot
Chapter two
I cry and cry, but Mommy isn’t here. I ran so fast playing with Ledger, but I tripped on the stairs, and my knee hurts so bad. Where is my mommy?
“Hey, Princess. What’s wrong?”
I look up, and my Jack is here, kneeling in front of me and looking concerned. He’s not Mommy, but I love him too, so maybe he can fix boo-boos.
“I hurt my knee,” I cry. I’ve had ouchies before, but this hurts, and it’s red, and I just want my mommy. “Mommy!” I scream, crying as loud as I can and hoping she hears me.
“Hey, hey now, it’s okay, Margot,” Jack says, rubbing my back and wiping my tears. “Your mom is in her office, but I think a bandage and a sticker will fix you right up. You’ve got a little scrape, but you’re such a big girl. You’ll be chasing Ledger and me again in no time.”
“Do you promise?” I cry, a little lighter now that I know I can have a sticker. “Can I have a pink sticker?”
“You can have whatever you want, Princess. If we don’t have pink stickers, I’ll find you one, I promise. Okay? Just don’t cry. You know I can’t stand to see my girl cry.”
Jack looks like he’s serious about the pink sticker, so I decide to be a big girl and let him carry me into the kitchen. He rubs a cloth over my knee, and it hurts, but before I can think about it too much, Jackie asks me a question.
“Hey, Princess, do you know what a cow’s favorite dance move is?”
I sniffle and shake my head.
“A milk shake!”
Giggling with Jackie, I realize my knee feels all better, and I have a pink bandage. He puts the same one on his hand so we match.
“Now, you have to pinky promise not to tell your mom, but I have a surprise for you.” Jack winks, and I giggle, watching him pull my favorite chocolate out of his pocket.
“You aren’t supposed to have these before dinner, so this is a very serious pinky promise, Margot.
I could get in trouble. And you have to eat all your dinner tonight. ”
I nod and give him a big hug. “I promise I’ll eat the most dinner ever, and Mommy will never know. Thanks, Jackie!”
“You’re welcome, Princess.”
Jack and I share my chocolate. He laughs, wiping my mouth off with a washcloth when I get it all over my lips and face.
Then we’re racing off again to find Ledger.
Earlier, I was running to hide while he and Jack chased me, but now Jack says it’s time for us to be on a team and chase my brother.
I can’t tell Ledger, he says, but I’m a better chaser than him, and I’m Jack’s favorite to play with.
Ledger sometimes doesn’t want to play with me, and Henry is old and boring.
But Jack never gets mad at me when we play, and he brings me chocolate and stickers and gives the best hugs.
I asked Mommy where Jack’s mommy and daddy and sister and brothers are.
She said he doesn’t have any, and we’re Jack’s family.
But Jack is too cool to be one of my brothers.
He’s better. I’m a princess, and he’s my Prince Charming.
As long as he’s here, I’ll have someone who wants to play with me and share chocolate and fix my ouchies.
As long as Jack is here, I’ll be a happy girl.