This post also has a little nudity.
- 1987 -
Song: Chad Lawson – There's something up there.
With Isaac away at the Military Boarding School, Natalie finds time for some more potty training for Aaron. Next to a stinking pile of dirty clothes, of course. Natalie always likes to have a little cash reserve just in case, so though she would technically afford both a washing machine and a tumble drier, she still finds it best not to make that investment. Besides, she would probably need to expand the bathroom to make space for them, and that she can't afford at the moment. So it looks like she will need to continue to go to the laundromat for some time, still.
Aaron and Billy gets to go with her whenever she has to do laundry, it saves her the expense of hiring a baby sitter.
She always uses the back entrance when entering the laundromat, that's where the cheapest washing machines are.
Well, the laundromat isn't such a bad place.. it looks quite cosy in fact. And it has toys. Perfect for Natalie, which is in no rush to fully grow up anytime soon...
After coming home from the laundromat with fresh clean clothes, she thought it was time for a little more personal hygiene as well.
..ok, she did not react with anger to the sink prank, like I expected. She just went on with her sponge cleaning business as if it was nothing... (Natalie has the inappropriate trait.) Well, she had already sent him to boarding school, so I guess it was no use getting mad when he is away.
She managed to finish the job of potty training Aaron just shortly after he turned four years old. Now you've just got a little less then two years to teach him how to talk, and most things should be ok. Kind of..
The next day, after she had put Aaron to sleep and was playing with toys on the floor as usual, she got a phone call from Isaac. This time, it wasn't a positive one.
Natalie: Hi, Isaac. How is it going? Did you learn anything more interesting?
Isaac: Mom... *sob* ... I want to go home..
Natalie: Oh, sweetie.. is everything ok?
Isaac: No, mom.. my arm hurts from always having to salute all the officers all the time...
Natalie: Oh.. well, that's not so bad, is it? But if you really don't like it..
Isaac: I hate it here, mom! I want to go home!
Natalie: Ok, ok.. I.. I'll make a phone call to Lieutenant Harsch and have him send you home, ok?
Isaac: Thanks, mom... love you...
Natalie: Love you too, sweetie..
Natalie had never used those words before. They just fell out of her. She felt strange after this phone call. Was this love that she felt? She thought so, and it felt kind of good. Something blissfull in a way, but scary at the same time... This uncomfortably pleasant thing that welled up in her, made her feel a little uneasy. Somewhere in there was still this frightened little girl.... that wanted to hide or run away. That's what the little girl wanted the most. She was uncomfortable in feeling and expressing love, because she felt that nobody had ever loved her.
Isaac's report card from Fort Sterck Military school:
Traits acquired: None.
Traits lost: None.
Skills learned: Logic.
And so Isaac was heading back home. I don't know where Fort Sterck military school is located, but it must be somewhere deep in the woods...
It took a pretty long time for him to get down to the road leading into town. And when he was almost there, he saw someone standing by the roadside.. who is that? Pale greenish-grey skin, black hair and torn clothes..
Whoever that was, he, she, or it got away just before he could make it there. He was hoping the taxi would catch up to whoever it was, but the taxi driver just wouldn't drive any faster.
By the time they reached town, he had lost sight of whoever it was. Presumably, the person.. or creature, had been driving straight ahead on the main road, whereas the taxi driver, of course, took a left turn to drive him home.
Isaac: Mom, mom! I saw someone weird by the road when I came down from the forest. A person with grey skin, and torn green clothes. I have never seen someone like that before!
Natalie:Hmm, that could have been a witch. I haven't seen her myself, but there are rumours that one lives in the forest!
Natalie: They say she can set people on fire just by looking at them!
Natalie: And then, if she does that, only a genie can save you.. if one is nearby, of course!
Isaac: Wooow, is that really true mom?
Natalie: It sure is! So be careful about the forest. You never know what's in there...
Meanwhile, young Aaron was getting lonely and craving for his mother's love. Don't go there again, Natalie!
Yeah, who knows? The ghost might just come back. Please, take care of your sons... I'm sure you remember... there may be more things than just witches in that forest!
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