Chapter 5: Short episode- Silence is strange when it comes to children
Short 1: Silence is strange when it comes to children.
Gileani walks upstairs, a trench coat with a newly stitched sleeve in hand. She walks to see her husband, Q out of the and peeking around the doorway of their bedroom, looking at the children's room straight ahead. Q didn't know what to do whilst he was at home rather than work, so he decided to keep an eye on the children whilst Gileani was doing the chores around the house.
"What are you doing?" Gileani says as she approaches Q.
"Do you hear anything?" Q says quickly.
"....No?" Gileani says confused.
"Exactly, it's 12 in the afternoon and those kids are being QUIET." Q says suspiciously. "You know that's not possible..."
"Q, they're probably napping..." Gileani says reassuringly. "You know kids and their strange schedules....they wake up early in the morning, play for about an hour, eat food, play some more, then they stop and sit around to listen to us lecture to them about certain things, they eat lunch...then they clock out 30 minutes later...only to be up and full of adrenaline once more."
"But darling....." Q says, still eyeing the door. "kids aren't THIS quiet...from MY experience with those two, kids are loud and rambunctious."
"Can't you just enjoy the blissful silence? Maybe they aren't doing anything..."
"Ugh..." Q sighs. "But....what if they are?"
"I'm SURE it's nothing, besides....all they have is toys back there...and nothing dangerous at all. YOU made sure of that when we set up their room." Gileani says. She then looks at the trenchcoat in her hands. "By the way...Here, I fixed it for you...."
"Oh...thanks hon." Q says as he grabs the trenchcoat out of her hand and puts it on, making sure to tighten the belt on it as well. "I suppose you're right, I need to relax a little...Cameron is a responsible young boy who'll look after his little sister...I guess."
"Don't worry, when I'm here alone with them whilst you're working I sometimes have the same parental paranoia..." Gileani says as she hugs Q's waist. "Wanna help me with the garden? I'm just watering the flowers...."
"Sure..." Q says as he follows Gileani into the backyard.
"It'll take your mind off of your suspicions..."
Q and Gileani make their way to the backyard and gaze at the rows of flowers before them. Gileani lifts up a watering can and walks over to the flowers. She begins pouring water on the flowers as Q watches closely. They both then pause once they hear a thump coming from the window of the kids' room. Q stares in alert at the window before turning around abruptly.
"Oh good grief!" Q said with a sigh. "I'm going to go check on them..."
"Okay darling..." Gileani says as she continues watering the flowers.
Q rushes back inside the house and up the stairs, he scrambles to the door and swings it open.
"Are you two alright?" Q says, only to be surprised by Cameron and Penny shouting "SURPRISE" to him, whilst holding some sort of...hand crafted dolls. The dolls look to be Q and Gileani smiling.
"We made you and Mommy....then I tripped on something, I think it was a shoe or something...but I'm okay!" Penny says as she holds out the dolls to Q.
"We were like SUPER bored, so we made you guys out of things we found on my desk!" Cameron said excitedly. "Penny says she's okay...but I think she bruised her knee a bit..."
Q kneels in front of them and takes the dolls out of Penny's hands. "Aww...thank you...they're really nice."
"See? Told you it was nothing to worry about." Gileani says, having followed Q upstairs. "They're good kids Q, just a bit clumsy..."
Q stands and rubs Penny's head. "Do you feel any pain in your knee, dear?"
"No...not really." Penny says as she pulls up her pant leg, revealing a small bruise.
"Ewww, that's Gnarly!" Cameron says, inciting a giggle from Penny.
"Well, it's not too bad of an injury....might have to sever your leg though..." Q says jokingly.
"W-what?" Penny says with concern in her voice.
"Whoa, we could replace her severed leg with a robot part!" Cameron said as he made robotic noises. "You'd be a cyborg."
Penny then looks at Q with even more concern. "Is that true?"
"Not at all....Cameron and I are joking, honey. All it needs is some ice...and it'll be good as new..." Q says reassuringly, making Gileani laugh out loud.
"You guys crack me up." Gileani says before walking downstairs.
"Come on Penny, let's go put some Ice on that bruise..." Q says.
"Do you have to put Ice on your bandaged arm, daddy?" Penny says as she follows Q out of the bedroom.
"No...cuts need to be treated in a different way than bruises." Q says as the three walk downstairs. Cameron and Penny were happy to make their parents happy, Gileani was happy that Q was able to calm his nerves, and Q was happy that no one was hurt.
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