CB AND NIMMY AND SANNY MADE ME DO IT
wicked laadli trio!!! 😲
drabble: rockmish bargains
originally posted in AT 197A: I think we can just hook it with a bobby pin and give it a good tug...
P: Oh hello! I am not putting a bobby pin in my daughter's mouth!
A: A clean one Fuggy, not one from your hair...we could sterilize it with boiling water, even.
P: Why can't we just take her to the dentist!
A: Because the dentist will laugh us out of her office. It's just a loose tooth Fuggy, it's not a -
P: My baby can't eat, of course it's a big deal!
A: That's not true. Aditi, it's not true, don't listen to your Mumma. You can eat, sweetheart. Actually it will help your tooth come out faster, isn't that what you want?
R: *frowning* Papa I don't want a HOLE in my mouth
A: We explained this to you, there won't be a hole. Your new tooth is already growing.
P: It's not supposed to hurt, though. My baby teeth falling out never hurt, did yours? *glaring*
A: Arre Baba do you think I remember ancient history? And anyway it doesn't hurt, you know our princess na, she's doing this to get more from the tooth fairy. Aditi, just eat the nectarine, you'll be fine.
R: I'll eat it if you blend it.
P: You are torturing our child. I thought you grew out of your torturing ways, but you're still a torturing torturer -
A: Is that Aaru crying in the other room? Maybe he needs you, you better go check.
P: *stares at him suspiciously...but then goes off to check on their toddler son in case he does need her*
A: *closes the door behind P and goes to kneel in front of R* Ok princess, be straight with me. How much do you want before you wiggle out that tooth? I know you've been hanging onto it just to bargain with me.
R: Hmmm. Well I think that MY tooth would be VERY valuable for the tooth fairy. Because I'm the ROCKSTAR's daughter and also I'm ADITI.
A: *sigh* You still want that jungle gym for your lizards don't you?
R: YES. And new paints. I used all of mine on Aaru's legs the other day.
A: You are not allowed to paint your brother anymore. You remember that right?
R: And I want five more lizards too.
A: Two more.
R: Five more.
A: Two more and the jungle gym and the paints. Final offer.
R: At least can we use a chocolate bar? I don't want to eat a nectarine.
A: Just be glad we're not using the bobby pin. Go on, take a bite.
R: *wrinkles her nose and frowns at the fruit her father is holding out to her*
A: Bite it before Mumma comes back or else she'll veto the new lizards.
R: *glares..takes a tiny bite...chews very slowly..takes another bite...*
A: Aditi you're not even trying.
R: *around a mouthful of half-chewed fruit* Four lizards papa.
A: Fine, four lizards. Now, nice big bite this time?
R: *takes a bite...winces...spits out the fruit...and the loose tooth too*
A: *wipes up with his handkerchief* Mission accomplished!
*father and daughter high five*
R: So Papa that means the tooth fairy will bring me four new lizards for EVERY tooth that falls out, right?
A: ...😕
THE END (for now?)
ROCKMISH BARGAINS - not-so-mini epilogue
*A accompanies R as she brushes her teeth, including the brand new gap where her first tooth has fallen out thanks to his help and some stone fruit and a bargain with the tooth fairy*
*A puts R to bed*
*A wanders back to his room*
*A and P do their nightly brushing and flossing routine side by side, because as parents they're trying to have good habits so their kids will do the same*
*A and P settle into bed with minty fresh mouths*
P: So it worked hmm?
A: Of course it worked. It always works when we team up.
P: I hate playing dumb though. One of these days she's going to figure out that I'm not that hysterical.
A: She probably already knows. She's my daughter, remember? She'll use it to her advantage.
P: She's your daughter when she's sneaky, and my daughter when you're annoyed with her.
A: Something like that.
P: Tell me, how is "the tooth fairy" going to slip a lizard habitat and four lizards and paints under Aditi's pillow?
A: The tooth fairy has learned the concept of gift certificates.
P: We are not getting her four lizards for every tooth.
A: No. But next time she's going to insist on a chocolate bar instead of fruit.
P: We'll make up some stories about cavities to scare her.
A: Are you forgetting, she's not scared of anything, except for me shaving.
P: Then we'll scare her with that.
*A & P grin at each other as they plot against their daughter/for her long term oral health*
*A & P remember that they are in bed with minty fresh mouths*
*A & P reward each other with a shared kiss for being excellent parents*
*A & P forget that they are parents and remember that they are a couple*
THE END
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