~Linda~
I looked down at my father, as he was starting to jump up, like he was little kid.
My friends Beth and Julia just kept exchanging words back and forth, until the question
finally popped up, by Beth.
“So, Linda what’s so important that you asked us to come here?”
“Well, I sort of need help right now, a lot of help. And I sort of need you girls to
help me. It’s very important that once I show you, that there’s no turning back. I really
need your help more than ever”
“But what is it, though? Are you okay?”
“It has to do with me and my father. We’re sort of stuck in a desperate situation.”
“Linda, please just tell us or show us, the problem? We wouldn’t be here if it
weren’t for you”
“Okay, I’ll show you.”
Just then I took daddy out of my shirt pocket, and covered him with my hands.
“Well, I don’t know how to say this, but my daddy needs as much help and
support, than I do. He shrunk.”
I just revealed my daddy to Julia and Beth, as their eyes open as wide I had when;
I first looked at him, including their jaws as well.
“This can’t be, Julia?”
“Is this really, your…...dad, Linda?
“Yes.”
“Oh my god, what happened to him?”
“He looks kind of cute this way, I wish my daddy was tiny and all?”
Beth looked overjoyed and excited with the fact my dad was small and helpless;
Julia on the other hand feels the opposite, as she was surprised and upset all at once. Julia
really liked my dad a lot. She viewed him as some sort of stepfather, when her dad and
brother died four years ago, in a car accident. He really did all he can to get her back on
her feet. She thanked him for that. But now, it’s all changed now as she looked upon my
father who is shrunk, to a helpless state, where her help is needed for him to survive, let
alone as he needs mine, especially. I wonder what’s going on her mind…
~Julia~
I couldn’t believe my eyes for one second, my best friend’s father…He’s tiny? I
was so like, what was I been smoking? But then I never smoked, I hate drugs and
cigarettes. Mr. Hovel was small and helpless the way I see it. I have no idea what’s going
on Beth’s mind though. She liked things that were small and easily to carry. She probably
had a lot of thoughts of how to use this situation as an advantage. I snapped back, as I
then moved my head to have a closer look at Mr. Hovel, but in an instance he rushed
back to Linda like a little boy hiding behind his mother, before a stranger.
“Mr. Hovel? Is that really you?”
“It’s okay daddy, it’s only Julia.”
He began to turn around, and only stared up at me. It was sort of awkward, but
then I asked Linda.
“Can I hold him Linda?”
“Sure, just be gentle. I don’t want my daddy to get hurt.”
I left my palm down, of which he climbed in; I carefully lift him up to my face
where I got a better look at Mr. Hovel. I smiled as he tried to stand.
“Hi.”
I said, for a second I sounded like a little girl, but quickly he fell down on my
palm.
“Are you okay, Mr. Hovel?”
“Yeah, I’m fine.”
“That’s good. Umm, I’ll leave you down on Linda’s lap.”
I gently placed him down on Linda’s lap. Where he is quickly grabbed by Linda
and is placed back into her shirt pocket. He popped his head out, to see what’s going to
happen now.
“Well girls, now that I showed you my dad, you got to promise me, to never tell a
soul about this. I can’t risk losing my father. He’s my only family left.”
“You can trust us Linda, if you ever need me to baby sit him, just give me a call
okay.”
“Thanks Julia, well should we all go out then.”
“Sure, but can I carry your dad since Julia already hold him.”
“Okay, but only for a while only. Just be careful.”
“I promise that I’ll take extremely care of your dad too when you busy. You can
always count on me also.”
“Thanks girls. Dad says thank you also.”
We were then off to the mall.
~Beth~
Another term, I like to use besides happy is thrilled, I couldn’t believe for one
second at all, that within my hands I’m holding a tiny little man who is none other than
my friend’s father. He was so cute and little, as I carried him out of Linda’s house. Linda
though just kept looking at her father, watching my every move in case I fall or
something like that. I really hope she doesn’t worry that much, I was like being careful
like I was pushing a baby carriage, but soon after walking we got into her car, I carefully
placed the little guy on my lap. I wasn’t trying to do anything to actually hit on my
friend’s father, but he was just so cute down on my lap. Linda was driving since it was
her car, but then she request to her daddy back in to her shirt pocket. I agreed to, but I just
kept staring back at Linda knowing that a little man was inside her pocket, probably
resting or something. I felt another thrill, of a thought I could do with him if Linda left
her father with me.
~Paul~
I had a weird, if not strange feeling around me, when my daughter’s friend, Beth
was holding me. I felt like she was trying to steal me away, like I was some expensive
item in the store. I was thinking of taking another step in precaution, because from what I
ever learned from my mentor when I was a kid is that, a struggle and corruption can only
be caused, by any form of anything, even by the smallest amount. And everyday I feel
that foreshadowing coming closer to me, as it went for the last thirty years of my life.
Could I be something of an object that can corrupt a mind of power? I figured I’m not
really making any sense, it’s all a hoax to what I sense, and yet I can still be considered
blind, if I’m not prepared for anything. I just kept wondering a lot, while I was laying
inside my daughter’s pocket, of random things, even my own past again. I was having
flashbacks here and there. It was really hurting my head, as I then decided to rest inside
Linda’s pocket, as she and her friends decide to go shopping. I just had a lot of curiosity
in my mind, that was just bothering me. But at the same time, it was a call. It was a call to
me, about a warning of my own coming danger. But what could it be? Was I really going
to be in real danger soon?