of ketchup left on her dinner plate and started drawing red whiskers on her face McCoy blinked His mouth was open ready for screaming but no sound came out Bri quickly finished the whiskers and let out a long meow McCoy blinked again hands still fisted mouth still open It could go either way Bri began to sing I’m a little kitty nice and sweet These are my whiskers She pointed to the ketchup on her face these are my feet She waved her hands When I go out hunting mice beware Or you might just get a scare She popped her fingers wide McCoy blinked once more and giggled Yeah Super Babysitter triumphs over Hulk again McCoy had clearly forgotten the unfairness of being denied a second after-dinner cupcake when he really really really really wanted one Bri smoothed her straight black hair and smiled
Again he cried Bri launched into the song again Then she taught it to McCoy who insisted on his own ketchup whiskers They crawled around the house pretending to be kittens until bath time After one bath two games of Candy Land Bri cheated a little to let him win one and three bedtime books she sprayed the closet with Monster Away air freshener with a special label Bri made and turned out the light She headed to the kitchen She knew McCoy would be asking for a drink in a few minutes so she took out a sippy cup Now that he was three sippies were for bedtime water only The rest of the time he drank from big-boy plastic glasses Bri had that fact and other important info on color-coded cards red for emergency numbers orange for house rules yellow for food blue for
bedtime green for likes and dislikes She punched holes in the cards and put them on a binder ring She had one ring for each kid she babysat McCoy called for her right on schedule Once she’d delivered the water she flopped down on the couch She might have to take McCoy to the bathroom once before his parents came home but otherwise he should be good She shot her best friend Lily a text craving gumdrops post candy land brought healthy snacks Boo to h s Lily instantly texted back gdrops are gross cept the black ones wanna watch The Ep Bri thumbed in her answer
at 13 after She pulled up The Fosters on Netflix and selected the season two finale to be known forever as The Ep The one where Callie and Brandon kissed When he looked at her like that When it was so obvious he loved her So obvious even if Brandon didn’t realize it all the time As soon as it was 8 13 she hit the play arrow Bri and Lily had an agreement that they would only watch The Ep together but that watching it at exactly the same time in different locations counted Lily texted as soon as the episode ended i want a brandon love goddess i implore you bring me a Brandon Bri replied right away
