What Little Sisters Are Good For

Written by GoDSpiT

Danny Bartle hated the tuxedo that he had to wear; it represented something that he didn't like. The seven year old boy's hair was slicked back and nicely gelled to keep it in place all day long and he didn't like that either. Danny stood close to the end of the bridal train, before his mom and after all of the groomsmen and bridesmaids. Next to him stood a girl of about four named Helen who was a friend of his mom's daughter. Danny had never met Helen before, and doubted that he would ever see her again, not that it mattered. On a pillow he carried two rings, one for his mom and one for the guy she was marrying, a man named Ben whom Danny really didn't like. Ben had come in and taken his mommy from him and that was plain and simply the way that Danny saw it!

He looked back at his mom, she was a very pretty woman, somewhere in her late twenties she had given birth to Danny when she was just nineteen and still in college. Danny had never met his dad and probably never would. A year ago his mom had met Ben and the two had started dating. Danny had thought Ben was cool at first but then his mom had started to be at home less and less and he kept having babysitters who were old enough to be his grandma. So Danny had come to hate Ben and everything that Ben stood for. He didn't want his mom to marry Ben and had even told her so, but she had told him that he was acting like a baby. She said she loved Ben and that they were going to spend the rest of their lives together and that Ben was his new dad and he would grow to like him.

The music started and his mom bent down looking at him. She straightened the tie on his tux and said, "now Danny, be a good boy and walk down that aisle like you were taught. Don't get ahead of Helen and be sure that she doesn't fall behind okay?" Danny nodded and his mom stood again turning him around and said, "Let's go." The bridesmaids and groomsmen were all out and Danny followed them with Helen close behind him. The two of them walked out side by side. Helen dropped rose petals as was the custom and Danny walked with the rings. They separated at the head of the church with him standing beside the men and the girl beside the women. Then the music changed to the wedding march and his mom came out walking up to where Ben stood.

Danny stood there as the vows were exchanged and then brought the rings when they were asked for as he was supposed to do. Then his mom and Ben were pronounced husband and wife. They kissed to seal it and Danny watched wondering why his mom was doing this whole getting married thing. He wanted his mom for himself not for others! He knew he was being childish but it was hard being an only child at the age of seven who was used to having his mom all to himself. IT really was and no one really understood that at all! The wedding ended and everyone walked back down the aisle. He got into a car with his Aunt Silvia who drove him to the reception. At the reception Danny danced with Helen because his mom made him and then at the dance before the last he danced with his mom who as they danced said, "You'll be good for your Aunt Silvia while we're gone for the next week right Danny?" He nodded agreeing that he would and his mom took that at face value. In truth Danny would be good for his Aunt Silvia, she was fun and liked to take him to places and play games with him.

That was how the week passed, it was summer vacation so Danny was home every day and his Aunt Silvia took him to the swimming pool almost every day. The week came to an end and his mom and step-dad returned from their vacation. A few weeks later as Danny was starting school again his mom one morning said, "I have to tell you something Danny, you're going to be a big brother." Danny was really going to have to start sharing his mom now. Nearly nine months later Danny's little sister Ashlyn was born. His life changed forever ......(cont)

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This story is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.


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