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Rose followed, curious to see what her little girl was up to.
"Where are they?" Katie grumbled digging through a drawer in her room.
"Where are what?" Rose asked.
"The thingies." Katie held up her hand and made a pinching motion with her fingers.
"Thingies?" Rose chuckled.
"Yeah, you know, the pinchy thingies! You and Uncle have some, too."
Katie passed her on the way out her bedroom door. Rose thought for a second, but she was stumped, so she followed Katie to the kitchen. She rummaged through the junk drawer and it wasn't until Katie went into the laundry room that if finally dawned on Rose what "thingies" Katie was looking for. She blushed thinking about how her and Keith used them in the bedroom. Damn, she missed him.
"Uuuuugh!" Katie yelled and Rose started to hear slamming. Her impatient little girl had apparently hit her limit.
"Hey!" Rose snapped. "Slow down and think."
"They should be here! I had to use them when the dryer broke a few months ago. We had a whole damn bag!"
"Katelyn Rossi!" Rose admonished. "You are not allowed to use that kind of language and you know it."
Katie took a step back and her hands flew to her butt, covering it. "I'm sorry Auntie, it slipped."
"Yeah, well my spoon is going to slip against that bottom of yours. That is unacceptable."
"I don't wanna spankin'." Katie pouted.
"Too bad. When Noah goes to bed tonight, you're getting one. You're lucky he's awake and waiting for you or you'd get one right now."
Katie shuffled her feet. "I'm sorry."
"Mmhmm you're gonna be. Now why don't you call Jeff and see if he knows where they are?"
"That's a good idea." Katie blushed as she tried to get by Rose quickly, knowing a swat to her bottom was possible. Rose caught her arm and pinched her sit spot, hard. "Oww," Katie complained.
"You're so lucky that's all I can give you right now, little girl."
Katie couldn't hold back her eye roll, but luckily, she was in front of Rose. She grabbed her cell phone and video-called her Daddy. She bounced on the balls of her feet as she waited for him to answer.
"Hey, baby."
"Hi Daddy. Where are the thingies?" Katie asked, making the same pinching motion she had to Rose.
"They're in a plastic bag hanging in our closet." Jeff didn't miss a beat which made Katie smile. Her Auntie might understand her on a deep level, but her Daddy spoke her language without a problem.
"Thank you, love you, bye." She tried to hang up but Rose grabbed the phone.
"Hey Jeff, how are things?" she asked conversationally. Katie didn't stay to hear anymore; she had 'thingies' to get and a fort to build.
"Took long enough! Sheesh!" Noah exclaimed when Katie made it back to the front room, clothespins in hand.
"Sorry buddy, I couldn't find what I needed, but watch, this is going to make life so much easier." Katie pulled the sheet over the back of the chair and pinned it.
"You're a genius!" Noah exclaimed.
Rose came into the front room holding Katie's phone. "Daddy would like a word," she said, handing it to her.
"Ugh, you tattled?" Katie groaned, grabbing the phone.
