Alvin in the Third Scene 141

Grandmother leaned down and kissed my cheek; which was something totally out of character for her.

“So you approve?” she asked.

I nodded my head even though I hadn’t really seen myself yet. I then contemplated my reflection and combed my hair with my fingers before giving myself a double thumbs-up.

She patted my cheek and said, “You are such a handsome young man.”

I looked into the eyes of her reflection and said, “I get my good looks from my grandmother.”

Boy was I surprised how much she blushed. Seriously, her apple cheeks turned as red as apples.

When I arrived downstairs for breakfast, Joey, Jacquelyn, Mommy Beth, and Daddy Phil were already sitting at the table and nearly done eating. Mommy Beth had apparently only just got back and I was told that Grandfather had left early that morning. It wasn’t unusual for him, but after what had happened this morning I was glad he was gone. You know, Grandfather can be so cool sometimes but the majority of the time he is a first class twit and a half! I’ve probably said that before but it’s worth repeating.

When Jacquelyn and I made eye contact she gave me a meaningful wink and I may have blushed. I also think that I subconsciously reached up and touched my lips where she had kissed me only a short time ago.

I suppose all that crying before had caused me to work up an appetite because I ate three pancakes, two fried eggs, and two pieces of toast with butter and cinnamon-sugar on them. I also drank a tall glass of apple-juice and almost all of my milk before I was full.

Everyone else finished eating long before I did, in spite of this, they all stayed at the table and continued talking as I ate. When I had gulped down the last of my apple juice, Daddy Phil and Mommy Beth informed us that they were taking us somewhere special that day.

It turned out that the secret Joey had been keeping the previous evening while we had been eating our apples and ice cream was that his Mom and dad were taking us to this place called Aquaboggin Water Park.

I was more than a little miffed to find out that all this time, about an hour south of this frozen wasteland known as Lewiston, Maine, there is an indoor water park that’s open year round. It has its very own indoor wave machine were you can surf some pretty awesome waves that reoccur every six and a half minutes.

Excited? Um, maybe just a LOT! The only downside to it was that Joey and I were made to wear swim diapers but at least I was allowed to wear my regular board shorts over them otherwise that would have been a Major-league case of embarrassment! Joey on the other hand, wore his swim diaper and nothing else.

Now, I have seen toddlers before wearing diapers and swim diapers on the beaches of Southern California, but I never really paid much attention to them. I mean, why would I?