Little Grandpas Chapter Seven

"Are you kidding me? Of course!" said Ylloh.

SIX MONTHS LATER

Ylloh's wedding dress looked beautiful.  It was all white and lacy. Her hair was pulled back into a long wavy braid and tied with a white ribbon.  She had not put on any makeup, though, because she thought that weddings should be pure.  Too bad the grandpas could not be here now. All of them had made excuses so that they would not have to come.  One of them had said that he was going to a symphony.  Another said that it was his first night on a new job. Then, it hit Dnumde! The grandpas were jealous! And Dnumde didn't blame them. He would hate watching one of them get married.   Well, he would if he hadn't found Ylloh. Dnumde was awoken from his dream by the minister. "Do you, Dnumde, take
Ylloh to be your wife?" Suddenly, Dnumde was not so sure about the wedding after all. He had jumped right ahead to wanting grandchildren, and not realized what had lay ahead of him first. But he knew that  he needed to overcome his fears. So he took a deep breath and replied, "Yes." And the party went on till midnight.

Little Grandpas Chapter 6

So Dnumde continued to get to know Ylloh. A year passed by. Two years. Three years. Still, none of the other grandpas had found love.

Soon it was the night before Easter. Dnumde had planned something special at the Town Hall!  It was an Easter Egg Hunt for adults! He invited all the little grandpas, plus Ylloh.  He filled the  plastic eggs with fancy phone covers,  woolen socks,  Starbucks and iTunes gift cards, and packets of peppermint gum. He even hid a chocolate Cadbury egg with gold wrapping on the bottom side of a tabletop. As he was working, he heartily recalled  the day he woke up to find himself yearning for grandchildren. Three years ago, in this same exact spot, Dnumde Niwri had called on all the old men in town to meet here and talk about granchildren.

The next day, Dnumde made himself a cup of coffee, got in his car, and drove to the town hall. Before he knew it, the Easter Egg Hunt had started. Then Dnumde remembered something. He had prepared an egg more special than the golden egg, though it looked as normal as the plastic ones. In fact, it was a plastic egg. But what made this egg special was that Dnumde had filled it not with gum, socks, gift cards, or phone covers, but a gold ring with a tiny red ruby smack in the center along with a single half sheet of plain white drawing paper that read,   May I have your hand in marriage? 
                                                                                                 Signed, Dnumde Niwri
  Soon, Dnumde saw Ylloh walking past. He thrust the egg into her basket. Soon enough, Ylloh walked over to Dnumde.

 

Little Grandpas Chapter Five

The next day,  Dnumde got up and dressed,  and without hesitation, walked over to the phone. Since he had gotten Ylloh's number, he decided to call her. He invited her over for tea, and while he waited, he did these things- Made meatball casserole,  cinnamon toast, and green tea with mint and honey, set the table, opened the curtains, practiced a warm welcome to embrace Ylloh with, and turned on the news. Before he knew it, Ylloh had arrived. They sat down to eat. Ylloh commented on Dnumde's  cooking until he blushed. Dnumde commented on Ylloh's makeup job until Dnumde thought she had blushed, but wasn't sure because she had applied the unnatural kind of blush. They discussed the topic of the movie they would soon be going to see. Dnumde was surprised to find out that the director of the movie was Ylloh's father, and Dnumde's age. Of course Dnumde knew that Ylloh was much younger than he, but he had never fully realized that he was old enough that he could have been her father. Then, before he realized what he was doing, Dnumde said, "On a scale of one to ten, how did you like the morning?" Ylloh smiled. "Eleven," she said.

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"You might be feeling terrible for more than three months," finished the doctor. "I order you to stay at Laura's house until you feel one hundred percent better. Now, here is some medicine. Take one tablespoon every morning after breakfast. Come see me again in precisely three weeks, same time, same day." Beth made a face. The medicine looked like diarrhea.

The minute Beth walked in the door,  Laura rushed over. "I've been fired from my job!" she wailed. "Apparently I did terrible on that last play.  I called the bank, and they said that I would lose my house  in two weeks!" "Oh, what shall we do?" said Laura and Beth in unison. They had jinxed, but they were both too panicky to say so. "I'll call Rikky," said Beth. "I'm sure she'll let us stay at her house. After all, she is home from vacation." Beth ran upstairs to the phone. Laura held her breath and waited.
About thirty seconds later, Laura heard a shriek.

LIttle Grandpas - Chapter 4

"Of course!" said Dnumde.  And they had a jolly time. They danced the polka and the waltz and the twist. They ate shortbread cookies and miniature sandwiches and strawberries dipped in chocolate. They drank beer and lemonade and wine. They talked like they were old friends. They even made plans to go to the movie theater and see The Adventures of Mr. Plumbottom  in a week.  Soon Dnumde realized that it was eight o' clock and time to go home and watch The Voice. 


Three days later, Dnumde organized another meeting to see if anyone had even started to find love. Nobody had had any luck, so Dnumde told the other men about Ylloh.  They seemed jealous, so Dnumde added, "Of course, I've only known her for one day, so she might not be my true love." But Dnumde was pretty sure she was.

Little Grandpas - Chapter Three

The next day, when Dnumde was out for a walk, he saw a poster. It was of a tall, bony lady with dangly hoop earrings, overdone makeup, and hair dyed bright pink. She looked very much like a Barbie. She was dancing with a man who had a pink mohawk. The poster said,  'Ballroom dancing at 2 p.m. tomorrow night. Sign up now at 7612-534.' "That would be a perfect chance to meet a lady!" said Dnumde to himself.

The next night Dnumde stood on the ballroom floor. There were lots of ladies there. There was a particularly pretty brunette. She was tanned and blue-eyed. But she didn't look very nice. So Dnumde kept looking. All of a sudden, someone tapped Dnumde on the shoulder. Dnumde turned around. It was a lady. She was blonde and very pretty, with skin the color of cream and eyes the color of chocolate. She looked to be in her late thirties. "My name is Ylloh. Would you like to dance?" she said.