Am I allowed to update this twice today?

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Mikey and I were walking into the ice cream shop and I gasped in amazement. I hurried over to the big glass where there was so many big tubs of ice cream!

"What flavor, honey?" The lady behind the counter asked.

I looked at the different cards that had flavor names on it.

"I...I don't know," I mumbled. "Mikey, which one tastes good?"

"They pretty much all taste good," Mikey said. "Do you have any allergies?"

I turned to look at him in confusion.

"Allergies? Something that you can't eat," Mikey explained.

"Um, I don't think so," I said.

"Have you had peanuts before?" He asked.

I nodded and he smiled.

"Okay, so you can have anything here," he said.

I looked between two that were both really pretty colors.

"The rainbow one or the pretty blue one?" I asked.

"You can sample them," he said.

He said something to the lady and she grabbed two little baby plastic spoons, grabbing scoops of both kinds. I tasted them both and smiled.

"I want the rainbow one!" I exclaimed.

"Superman it is," the lady said. "Cup or cone?"

"Cone," Mikey answered.

She scooped the rainbow ice cream into a cone and I smiled as she handed it to me. Mikey got ice cream for herself and handed her some money. We walked and I looked around in interest.

"This is called a town square, Gee," Mikey said as he pointed to the big plot of land in the center surround by roads.

"What do you like to do around here?" I asked, holding my ice cream in one hand and Dee in the other.

"We can walk around," Mikey suggested. "I'll show you the town."

I followed him as we walked around the sidewalks, passing some other people. I glanced into a window and stopped short at what I saw. My eyes filled with tears as my lip quivered.

"My Mama has that same dress," I cried, dropping my ice cream. "I miss my Mama!"

I hugged him and he patted my back.

"I want my Mama back," I sobbed.

"I know, Gee," he mumbled.

"Don't wanna be here, I wanna go back home," I cried.

"Hey, what's up?" Someone asked.

I pulled away and looked at Frank, hugging Dee to my chest.

"I-I want my Mama back!" I cried.

Frank looked shocked to see me crying as he looked at his friend.

"Hey, Gee, I wanna show you something cool," he said.

"I don't want it, I want my Mama," I pouted.

"Are you sure?" Frank asked. "It's pretty cool."

"Yeah, it is super cool," his friend, who had very poofy hair, agreed.

I stared at both of them as I sniffled, wiping my eyes. I didn't want to be but I was very interested.

"Fine," I whispered.

Frank smiled, pulling out his phone. He pressed some things, clicking on a white square that had a red rectangle and a white triangle. He typed some things in then clicked on a picture. I jumped in shock as I heard voices coming from the phone. The screen showed moving pictures of a little cartoon looking character. The little cat was talking about birds and I smiled, holding the phone as I watched the moving picture.

"Thanks," I heard Mikey say to Frank.

I giggled as a bird landed on the cat's head and I felt a hand wrap around my shoulders.

"What is this?" I asked.

"It's a cartoon show," Frank said. "You're watching it on an app called YouTube."

I smiled, watching the little screen happily. Frank's arm was still around me and I felt so comfortable.

"I like this," I said.

We sat down on a bench and I sat at the end next to Frank. The others talked while I was watching the phone. I giggled happily but frowned when it stopped.

"Frankie?" I asked, looking at it in confusion.

He pressed a button and put it on full screen as it started again. I smiled as I was watching, giggling happily at the funny parts. My head rested on Frank's shoulder as I watched the moving picture. I tried to think of what this "app" was called again. I remember something about a tube and the colors are red and white.

"What's this on?" I asked. "RedTube?"

Frank burst out laughing while the others snickered.

"No, RedTube is a very different thing, this is YouTube," Frank clarified.

"Oh," I said. "Can I watch RedTube?"

"Maybe--"

"No," Mikey interrupted Frank.

I pouted but continued watching the screen.

"Mikey, do you have YouTube?" I asked.

"I do," he said.

"Good," I muttered.

I watched for a while and they talked. Frank stood up suddenly and I looked at him.

"I've gotta go, buddy," he said.

He held out his hand and I looked between him and the phone. Finally, I handed the phone back to him. His friend followed him as they walked away.

"He's nice," I said.

"Yeah, he is," Mikey agreed.

"Are you his friend?" I asked.

"Well, I wouldn't call us friends but we have talked once or twice," he said.

"I wanna talk to him more," I said.

He stood up, holding out his hand. I smiled and giggled, taking it as we walked back home. Finding my way around was hard. I wasn't used to being in such a big place. Back at my house it was just a bedroom, bathroom, and a bigger room that had a kitchen, a table, and a couch.

"What's that?" I asked, pointing to some things in the air.

"Those are called traffic lights," Mikey said. "The green means to go, yellow means to slow down, and red means stop."

"Why?" I asked.

"So that way people don't get into a car accident," he said.

I nodded my head and we walked home. We got inside and I smiled happily. This place was nice. I missed home so much but my dad and Mikey were both so nice. I was learning new and interesting things everyday, too.

"Wanna watch a movie?" Mikey asked.

"A what?" I replied.

He smiled, taking my hand as he pulled me into the other room. There was a big, flat rectangle thing as he grabbed a remote, pressing a button. The rectangle came to life and I gasped. It had the moving pictures, just like the one on Frank's phone.

"This is a tv," Mikey said.

He went closer, doing things that I couldn't see before the screen changed.

"We can watch Sleeping Beauty, I think you'd like that," he said.

I hugged Dee as he sat beside me. The movie started and I watched in interest. My eyes were glued to the screen and I found myself moving closer.

"Gee, don't sit so close," Mikey said.

I looked back at him and realized I was sitting right in front of the tv. I smiled, looking back and watching the pretty girl with the blonde hair. The movie played until it ended and words moved up the screen with different names.

"Over?" I asked, looking back at Mikey.

He had fallen asleep on the couch and I frowned, walking closer. I grabbed the blanket and laid it over his body gently, something that Mama used to always do to me. I walked around the house, holding onto Dee tight.

There were pretty flowers and pictures all over. Pictures of Mikey on his tenth birthday, pictures of Mikey, dad and some other lady, pictures of my dad and that lady again, Mikey with a boy together on a boat.

I walked a bit, looking at a picture on top of the fireplace. It was of my dad and my Mama, smiling with my dad's arm around her. There was a little baby in her arms, wrapped in a blanket that had 'Gee' stitched into it. My eyes watered as I picked it up, carrying it up to my bedroom. I dug through my suitcase and pulled out the white blanket, little blue flowers on it with 'Gee' still stitched in the corner. I slid my back down the wall, hugging the blanket and photo.

I was sobbing as the door opened. My dad walked in, seeing me as he sat beside me and wrapped an arm around me. He took the photo in my hand, looking down at it sadly.

"I remember this," he said sadly. "Just two weeks before your mom took you away from me."

"I miss her," I cried.

"I know you do," he mumbled.

"I want my Mama back," I whimpered.

I sniffled as he rubbed my back.

"I'm just glad to have you again," he said. "I missed out on your whole life."

"They took my Mama away from me," I mumbled sadly. "Th-they came into my house and it was so scary."

"I'm sure it was," my dad said. "I'm sorry, Gee. I can't even imagine how terrified you must've been."

I sniffled and nodded my head.

"Big, scary men took me away," I muttered.

He nodded his head, running his hand through my hair.

"What do you want for dinner, Gee?" He asked, changing the subject.

"Lasagna," I said.

He bit his lip. "I'm not a very good cook."

"I know how to cook it," I said, wiping my eyes. "I can make it for you."

My dad smiled, patting my back. We stood up and I set my things down on my bed, going down with him to the kitchen.

"And Mikey can help you unpack later, too," he said.

"I don't need to unpack," I said. "I'm gonna go back home soon."

"Gee--"

"My Mama loves me, she wouldn't leave me here," I mumbled.

Mikey came in, rubbing his eyes gently.

"You know, Gee, now that you're here you should probably get a phone so I can keep in touch with you," my dad said. "Tomorrow we can go out and get it."

"Will I be able to watch RedTube on it?" I asked.

My dad stared at me and Mikey snickered.

"YouTube, he means YouTube," Mikey clarified.

"Oh, yes, YouTube, that's right," I said.

"Yes, you can watch YouTube on it," my dad said.

"Good," I muttered, opening some cabinets.

"Gee is making lasagna," my dad told Mikey.

"Something that doesn't come out of a box?" Mikey asked. "Oh, I'm in."

"From a box?" I asked.

"Have you ever had food from a package?" Mikey asked.

"No, my Mama liked to keep everything healthy and homemade," I said.

"Well, you're gonna learn a lot here," Mikey said, helping me to cook.