Olivia smiled when they reached the slide. She looked at the younger girl and laughed when she saw that she was trying to cover up her mouth with her tiny hands which Olivia could clearly see had a pacifier in it.

  "Aw Mal are you hiding your paci? It's okay I still have mine. My mommy and daddy let me have mine. You don't have to hide your paci from me," the older girl told the toddler as she made her feel less insecure about using the pacifier. Making everything Evie had said earlier about pacifiers being for babies go away as Olivia an almost five year old still had her pacifier and was telling her that she can still use hers.

   Mal just smiled as she looked at the older girl. "Weawy? You hab a paci? Bu mommy sa paci fo babies an I no need id," the tiny girl told her older friend as she took out her pacifier and put it back in as she didn't know who to trust. Her mommy told her it was bad and for babies, but her best friend was older than her and she still had her paci and she was telling Mal that she can still have hers.

    The older girl smiled at the cute confused toddler. "Yeah I still have my paci and I'm older than you. You should still be able to have yours. Now let's go down the slide," the older girl told the toddler as she sat down on the slide and placed the toddler in her lap, so they could go down together. The two kids both laughed happily as they went down the slide.

    "That was fun huh Mal. Come on let's go again," the older girl told the happy toddler as she helped her up and to the slide again. While the two little girls played Evie was sitting on a bench trying to watch the two hyper kids who kept getting out of her line of sight. She jumped when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned when she saw it was Carlos and Jay who were taking Dude out for some exercise.

     She just rolled her eyes as she looked at them. "What the heck guys. You scared me. You can't just sneak up on me like that especially in a public place like this. And you made me lose sight of Mal and her friend Olivia," Evie pretty much screamed out at her brothers as she tried to find the two kids who were no longer in her range of sight at all.

     Carlos and Jay just laughed at their sister who was turning into a full out mom. "What, so you're watching another kid now? Man you really are becoming a mom. Do you even hang out with people other than moms anymore?" Jay teased his sister as he thought it was funny how she had gone from a sixteen year old teen who was all boy crazy and obsessed with shopping and fashion to some responsible "adult" "mom" heck Mal even called her mommy now. That had been a big shock for everyone a few weeks ago when they were eating dinner and Mal had just called Evie mommy right there in the dining hall in front of all their friends and partners.

   Carlos and Jay made sure to tease Evie for that one. Especially when they saw the two year old with a pacifier. Evie was miss responsible, but she was letting their two year old sister have a pacifier. They calmed down though when Evie had explained to them the reason and that she was going to take it away soon.

    Evie just rolled her eyes at her older brother. "Oh ha ha. I hang out with other teens all the time, and yes I'm watching another kid, but it's called a play date okay? Kids need to interact with other kids. It's how they make friends and develop social skills. Olivia is the only kid I can get her to play with, so I have to take it. Otherwise Mal could end up being an antisocial kid with no friends," Evie rambled out as she began to worry about Mal and how she interacted with other kids. Mal would be starting pre school in about two years and she was still so clingy to Evie and shy around other kids her age. It worried Evie especially after the bullying incident at daycare. She didn't want her little sister to get bullied in school for not talking to other kids.

Mal prefered to stay with Evie and her friends. She didn't like talking to kids her age which is why it was a pretty big deal that she made friends with Olivia who was still older, but at least they were similar in age.

   Carlos just looked at Evie in confusion when he had seen the two kids run by. "Um Evie I thought you were getting rid of her pacifier," Carlos told the older girl in confusion as he had seen the toddler run by with a purple pacifier in her mouth. Even though Evie had promised she was getting rid of the pacifier.

  Evie just froze as she looked at Carlos. "What are you talking about? I did get rid of it," Evie lied as she was planning on keeping it a secret that she was allowing Mal to keep her pacifier as long as it stayed in the dorm. No one had to know that Mal still had it if she didn't take it anywhere where they could see it.

   Carlos just looked at Evie in surprise as he pointed towards the toddler running around with her friend, but they stopped when a "nice" man with candy approached them with a smile. "Then why does she have a purple pacifier in her mouth? And who is that man that they are talking to?" Carlos asked her as he couldn't believe that Evie was lying to them when they could clearly see the toddler still had the pacifier. And he was confused as to why the kids would be talking to some adult man that he had never seen before.

   Evie just looked where Carlos was pointing and her eyes widened as she realized that the toddler didn't listen to her and that the two innocent and naive little girls were talking to a strange man. "What? Oh my gosh! Mal! Olivia!" Evie screamed out in panic as she ran towards the two naive kids who were talking to the "nice" man who was offering them candy.

   The boys both just looked at each other as they followed after her wanting to see mama bear Evie in action. Evie was a very protective person and you didn't want to mess with her family unless you wanted to get hurt.

    Evie rushed over to the two little girls when she noticed that the two kids were now talking to some strange man that she had never seen before. Evie just grabbed onto the two kids and pulled them away from the man who was looking at her in anger for most likely stopping his attempt at kidnapping the two innocent and naive little girls.

   As soon as she had the two girls away from the man she forced the two kids to look at her. "Why were you talking to that man? You don't know that man, so you don't talk to him," Evie lectured to the two kids trying to get them to understand what they did wrong. The two kids just looked at Evie and then Mal held up a lollipop that the man had given her. "Ni ma wif cawy," the tiny toddler told Evie as she held the candy up to her. Evie just sighed in frustration as she grabbed the candy from the toddler and four year old and threw them in the trash can.

   "No Mal that man was not nice. We don't take candy from people we don't know and we don't talk to people we don't know. That man is a bad man and he is using candy to take you guys away. Stranger danger okay. So no more talking to people you don't know without me giving you permission to talk to them and Olivia the same goes for you. You can only talk to people your mommy and daddy allow you to talk to. Am I clear?" Evie told the two kids as she tried to lecture them on the importance of stranger danger. She wasn't mad at the kids because she knew that she forgot to give that talk to Mal because she didn't think Mal would ever talk to a stranger considering how shy she was and how attached she was to Evie.

   And she wasn't one to judge others for how they dealt with certain topics. She could assume the other girl hadn't been given the stranger talk either. Mal just started to cry as she ran into Evie's arms. "Mommy I sowy. I no wan ba ma ta me. I wan you mommy. I no ta to ba ma no mow," the toddler told Evie as she held onto her afraid of losing her mommy.

   Evie just picked up the toddler and held her to her rocking her back and forth and then turned to the other girl who was just looking at Evie not saying anything. "Are you okay Olivia?" Evie asked the silent little girl who was just staring at the toddler in Evie's arms.

    The young girl nodded her head. "Yeah, but I let you down miss Evie. I told you I would keep Mal safe, but I almost got us kidnapped. I told Mal we shouldn't talk to him, but he had candy and he seemed nice. I'm sorry for letting you down. I'm a bad friend," the almost five year old girl told the teen as she felt like she messed up.

  She was older and she knew better than to trust that man, but Mal was younger and she didn't know any better. Olivia had tried to warn the younger girl, but the younger girl wouldn't listen and claimed the man was nice, so she stayed. Evie just put on a small smile as she looked at the young girl.

"Olivia no sweetie it's okay. You are not a bad friend and it's not your fault that man tried to trick you and it's hard to tell when someone is being nice for real. It's my fault I forgot to warn Mal about the dangers of talking to strangers. Come on let's just go back to the safety of my dorm and you two can just play there where it's safe and no one can get you," Evie told the young girl as she tried to make her feel better. The young girl just smiled as she grabbed onto Evie's hand, so they could go back.

   Just as they were about to go back they heard sarcastic clapping. Evie just turned and rolled her eyes when she saw it was the boys. "Whoo that was amazing really. I mean that was just so good. You really know how to lecture kids," Jay told Evie with his sarcastic voice. Carlos just smiled as he joined in on the teasing. "Yeah it was, but you know I would really like to see how you deal with the whole pacifier thing. Now wouldn't you Jay?" Carlos told the two with a smile.

    Evie just rolled her eyes at her brothers' stupid antics. They thought it was funny to mock and make fun of the way she dealt with kids. "Ugh what are you two still doing here? Were you two there the whole time and you didn't want to help me? Mal is your sister too by the way. You could stop being such jerks and help me especially when you see her talking to strangers. It's not funny you guys. This may not be the Isle, but there are still bad people here they just hide it. And as for the pacifier thing, if you guys think it's so easy then you take it from her because I tried and it didn't work. Now if you will excuse me I need to get back to my dorm," Evie told the boys as she was sick of them mocking the way she chose to parent.

  They didn't understand because they weren't the ones raising a toddler. If they had to watch Mal they wouldn't be mocking her and making fun of her. She just smiled as she got a mischievous idea. "Oh you guys have no clue what it is like having to raise and look after a child. I bet you couldn't even last a day watching her. You would either lose your mind or you would let her get hurt or lost," Evie told the boys knowing that they would never back out of a challenge. They would agree to keep their "manly" pride and she would get the opportunity to get back at them for all their teasing.

   She smiled but immediately changed it to a stern look when the boys fell right into her trap. "Oh yeah we could totally last a day watching Mal. It's not even that hard. All we have to do is sit her in front of the Tv and boom we win. You'll see tomorrow we will watch her all day while you go do whatever and we are going to prove you wrong. We will last the full time and when we do you will have to admit that we are just as responsible as you," Carlos told Evie as he fell into her trap.

   Evie just smiled at the boys. "Okay well then I guess we have a bet. Tomorrow you two will watch her for the full day and if you can't do it then I win and you two will never tease or make fun of the way I parent ever again. And if you somehow win and last the whole day then I will admit that you guys are actually responsible and good big brothers," Evie told the boys as they all shook hands agreeing on the bet.

    Evie just smiled as she walked back to the dorm with the two oblivious young girls. When they reached the dorm Evie put Mal down and released the four year olds hand. She then sighed as she didn't want to do this, but Mal didn't listen to her about the pacifier and she really was trying to get rid of it.

   "Okay Mal now before I let you guys go play I need to talk to you about something. I saw you with your paci at the park. We agreed to keep the paci in the dorm only. Remember pacifiers are for babies and you can only use it in this room. Now why did I see you with your paci at the park when we agreed to leave it in this dorm?" Evie lectured the toddler as she was still upset about Mal not listening to her about the pacifier.

    Mal just pointed to Olivia. "Owibiwa ha hew paci. Se tow me. An paci no fo babies if owibiwa ha hews. Mommy I no wan paci sa hew. Pwease mommy. Paci ma me haby," the tiny girl told Evie with her sad little innocent puppy dog eyes. Evie just sighed as she had no clue how to deal with this.

  How was she supposed to tell Mal that pacifiers were for babies when her older friend still had a pacifier and seemed to be telling her she could still use it. And she couldn't just talk bad about the girl or her parents when the young girl was literally like five feet away playing on the floor with Mal's toys. Evie just sighed as she decided to just drop it for now and pick the conversation back up later when Olivia went home.

  "Okay Mal here is what we will do. You can go play with your friend and I will decide once she goes home what we will do about your paci okay. Now go play with your friend," Evie told the toddler as she sat down on her chair to watch the two kids play. She just sighed as she knew that she shouldn't have suggested going to the park.

  Maybe then Evie wouldn't still be silently freaking out about her sister and her sister's friend almost getting kidnapped. And she had to play it cool since she didn't want to completely freak out the two young girls even though she knows that she is never taking Mal to the park again unless she stays with her the entire time. And now apparently Mal's friend has completely convinced her that she can still use her pacifier even though Evie specifically told her that she couldn't.

   The only good thing about that trip to the park was her bet with Jay and Carlos they were so going to lose and she would be getting pay back as well. She just smiled as she thought about how much the boys were going to go through tomorrow when they watched Mal. Her day dream was interrupted by the tiny toddler who was holding a stuffed dragon up to her. "Mommy pway wif us pwease. You can be da dwagin," the tiny girl told her big sister as she handed her the purple dragon toy that she loved so much.

    Evie just smiled as she looked at the tiny adorable toddler who wanted her to play with them. "Aw of course I'll play with you guys," Evie told the young girl as she grabbed the dragon and sat down by the two little girls joining in their little imaginary game.

  As Evie played with the two kids she couldn't help, but let all her earlier worries and stress melt away. She loved seeing Mal so happy. It was nice seeing the tiny toddler play and have fun with another kid even if that kid completely undid all the work she did with the pacifier. At least Mal was happy to be playing with another kid and she could deal with the other thing later.