I now have a ten-year old brother and 4-year old sister for the next month. The boy’s name is Kevin and the girl’s name is either Marina or Madina, not sure. Anyway, they are both charaters…
Within the first hour of moving into our new home, Kevin seized the opportunity to attack! First, he brought out his prize water gun for me to admire. Then, after shouting “Pistol de Agua!” the game was ON! He first shot me while I was still inside the house, inside my room actually, then, he waited until he knew I was down to play before he shot me again in my face. Obviously, I would never turn down a water fight, so I handed Lauren my camera, so she could capture this lovely bonding moment between me and my new bro. Since I was not prepared for this attack, I grabbed a bucket of water, we would soon find out would be our shower bucket (more on that later) and filled it up with freezing water. Kevin was standing on the roof (see house layout in previous blog for clarification) and I was inside the kitchen. I could see him through the window and he had his eyes on me. I ran outside and tried (in vain) to throw the water on him. It backfired and fell at my feet, splashing the rest of my body a little. Kevin-1 Ashley-0. I ran back inside as he continued to squirt me, as well as the entire inside of the house. Good thing the floor was tile…
Then, Lauren and I decided it would be more productive to take the gun away. Brilliant right. So, while I was trapped in my room, Lauren would give me details on what Kevin was doing. When the moment presented itself, I flung the door open, grabbed the back of Kevin and fought for the gun. It was all a blur but somehow, I managed to wrangle the gun from his hands. I somehow got a little more wet, but I HAD THE WATERGUN! GAME OOOON! Kevin knew he was a dead man so he bolted for the stairs but he wasn’t fast enough. I aimed and shot him first in the back, then the head and finally in his face. (This one was partially on accident) He then, took my weapon of choice (the bucket) and filled it to top. I ran inside the living room (the safe zone) so he could not dump it on me. For a minute, I thought he actually was going to anyway. But he didn’t and I got away. Kevin-1 Ashley-1.
We decided to call a truce because at this point, most of the house was getting wet and we were still fairly dry. I put the gun down to shake Kevin’s hand and he TRIED TO GRAB IT and laughed in my face! Yupp…Kevin is a liar. Since I have not had that much practice with younger brothers, I have to say, I was too naïve to expect this one the first day, the first hour, of meeting each other. Never put anything past a ten-year old boy. So, Lauren had to help me out and end the filming. We finally agreed on a real truce and Kevin decided to show me around the rooftop. Final score, tied at one…
