Noel's POV

What's that?

I don't like that.

Go away.

Oh, what's that?

I don't like even this.

Go away.

I climb out of the drawer when I hear mama's voice. I watch her... I watch her more... then I watch her some more and I don't know why I am watching her? But I know I like watching her.

Then I run straight to her and give her legs a big hug because I love her.

"Awww... thank you," Mama says, but I can't see her from here.

I am hugging her legs, but where is her head?

Where is my mama's head?

I look up to see mama's face, but there is a big ball and I can't see my mama.

I feel like crying... so I cry.

"Mamma..." I cry loudly because I can't see my mama and I want her.

"Noey," Mama calls me so I quieten down a little bit, "Noey, baby stop crying."

Yeah, I am Noey.

I look up again still there is a big ball over my head, but not my mama.

This makes me cry even louder.

"MAMMA..." I hug her legs and cry because I have lost her face.

Where did my mama's face go?

"Noey, baby, leave my legs," She says.

But I tightly hug her legs, because I don't want to leave her.

She holds my arm and pulls my arm away from her which makes me cry even more.

Her hands don't want me to hug her legs.

"Mamama..." I cry and try to hug her legs again, but then I stop crying when mama's face comes back.

I sniffle and I watch her as she sits down funnily, but then she opens her arms and smiles at me.

I happily run into her arms, because I feel so so happy that I have found her face.

"Mamama." I hug her tightly feeling happy and now I will never leave her.

My mama.

My foot touches the ball because of which I was not able to see her face. So I kick it because it made me cry and angry.

"Be gentle with mama." I hear dada say, but I am gentle with my mama so I keep hugging her and I am angry with the ball so keep kicking the ball.

Bad ball. Very bad ball.

"Noel, stop." Mama holds my foot, as she turns me to the side, "Stop kicking my tummy, your brother is already doing a great job in kicking me from inside so I don't need you to kick me from outside."

"And also, mister, your quota of kicking me is already over last year when you evicted the premises." She pat pat her tummy and she walks to the big couch and sits while holding me and now I am sitting on top of the big ball.

I don't remember kicking her? When did I kick her?

I jump on the ball as I try to get closer to her because I want to give her a hug... a very big hug.

"No jumping on the brother." Dada picks me up, which makes me kick my legs because I want to hug mama, "You can jump on him once he is big, but not now because he is under your mama's protection." He laughs, but I don't laugh because I want mama and he separated me from her.

"Nathan, give me back my baby." Mama makes a face and opens her arms.

"I will let you go to your mama, but you have to be gentle with her." Dada looks at me, "No kicking or jumping, right?" He asks, but I turn away from him leaning towards mama.

"Noel, no kicking or jumping." He again repeats, and I feel a little scared because he is not laughing or smiling.

He kisses my head then he gives me back to mama and he goes somewhere.

Quickly, I hug her and hide my face in her chest so scary Dada can't see me.

"Awww... big hug." Mama kisses me and gives me a very big hug, and I start laughing because I love her big hug.

"That's your baby brother inside my tummy." She makes me sit on her side and she points at the big ball, "He says that he loves his big brother a lot."

Who is his big brother?

Because he is my baby brother.

I will tell his big brother that he is my baby brother, so he should go and find his own baby brother.

"He loves you too, Noel." Mama rubs my back when I hide my baby brother from his big brother by wrapping my arms around mama's tummy, "You are the best big brother."

I am his big brother? But mama said he is my baby brother.

Oh, now I get it. If he is my baby brother then I am his big brother.

He is small so he is a baby, and I am big because I am not a baby.

"Look, he is kicking." Mama places my hand on her tummy and he kicks me from mama's tummy.

I pat pat him because he is kicking me which makes me angry.

Then he again kicks me, so I pat pat again.

"He is playing with you." Mama smiles at me and holds my face in her hand.

Playing? But he is kicking me.

Maybe because he is not big like me, so he doesn't know how to play or how to do pat pat. He is a baby, that's why he is hiding in mama's tummy. Mama says he will come out, once he is ready.

But he should come out now, I will take care of him like I take care of my horsey.

Don't worry, baby brother, come out now. Once you will come out I will teach you many things because I am big. I will teach you to make things go away, do pat pat, and splash splash, and also I will teach you to clap, and... and... many more other big things.

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