Ellery practically bounced over to Daddy. They squirmed and giggled the whole time, so it took Daddy longer than it should have to tie the blind fold around my bestie’s eyes.
“Okay, how’s that feel? Can you see anything?”
“It’s great, not too tight, and I can’t see at all. Hide the egg, bestie.”
Daddy walked over to me and held out the egg. “Do you want tohide the egg or do you need Daddy’s help?”
I felt so small and safe with my Daddy and best friend, and I sank deeper into my little headspace, my worries from before fading away. I took the egg from Daddy and raised my arms. “Hewp pwease.”
“Of course, sweetheart.” Daddy picked me up and popped me on his hip as I heard Ellery exclaim. “Aww, you guys are adorable.” My face flushed as I pointed to the changing table over in the far corner. I placed the egg gently on the table so it didn’t make a loud noise.
Daddy quietly walked us back over to Ellery and then placed me on my feet. “Okay, before we start, Ellery, I want you to spin around while you count to ten and then stop.”
Daddy scooped me back into his arms and walked to the far side of the room and sat down in the rocker with me in his lap, my back against his chest so that I could see the whole room.
“One… Two…” Ellery spun in circles as they counted. By the end of their counting, you could barely understand the number because they were giggling so hard, and then all three of us were laughing and cheering Ellery on.
Once I was done laughing and caught my breath, I clapped my hands and yelled, “Go!”
Ellery took a few slow, tentative steps forward, which brought them further away from the egg. “Colder!” They huffed and turned to the left, their arms held slightly in front of them so they didn’t run into anything. Ellery kept slowly walking around and started getting too close to the wall, making me giggle,when Daddy called out. “Wall incoming.” Ellery halted just mere inches from the wall.
“Colder. S’cold like ice.”
Ellery groaned and slowly turned until they were facing the wall with the changing table, then stepped forward. “Warmer!”
Ellery cheered and walked forward to the egg, and every few steps, I shouted in excitement. “Warmer! Warmer!” Ellery’s fingertips brushed the edge of the table, making them stop. “You is on fire!”
Ellery bounced and cheered, their hands fumbling around the changing table, feeling for the egg. Finally, their hands found the egg, and they snatched it up and cheered. “I found it!”
We all cheered as Daddy stood up, propped me on his hip again, and walked over to remove the blindfold from Ellery. “Good job finding the lost dragon egg, Princess Ellie. We are forever in your debt.” Daddy put me down, so I was sitting on the floor and bowed to Ellery. They let out a giggle and curtsied. “You are very welcome, good sir.”
Seeing how much fun Ellery had finding the egg had me eager for my turn. “I go?” Daddy looked down at me and smiled. “Of course, little one, you. Let me get you blind folded.”
Daddy slipped the dark material over my eyes and tied it firmly around my head. “How’s that, sweetie?” Turning my head, I made sure it didn’t slip. I took a few seconds to adjust, not being able to see it seemed scary at first, but I knew Daddy wouldn’t let anything happen to me. “It’s good!”
I heard Daddy whisper something to Ellery, followed byshuffling footsteps. Unable to see, I squealed in surprise when Daddy picked me up. “Okay, little one, ready to spin?” I barely had the chance to nod before Daddy spun us around in circles. I flung my arms around his neck and threw my head back in laughter. “Spin spin. Yay!”
Daddy placed me back on the floor, and I let out a whine. I half expected Daddy to hold me while I pointed, but at the same time, that didn’t seem as fun as walking around as Ellery did. I tried to stand up, but I felt so small and floaty that I couldn’t. My bottom lip jutted out and started to tremble.
Daddy placed his hand on my shoulder, and suddenly I felt his warm breath against my ear. “I want you to have fun, little one. We’ll have plenty of time to snuggle later. I had Ellery place your egg on the floor so you could crawl around. Is that okay?” My whole body relaxed, and the excitement of playing with my friend returned, along with a deep appreciation for my thoughtful Daddy. “Fank you, Dada.”
“Of course, little one, Ellery and I are going to go sit in the corner and make sure you don’t bump into us or anything else.”
“Otay!”
“Anticipation grew as I listened to their footstep retreat to the other side of the room, and then Ellery called out. “Okay… Go!”
Leaning forward, I wobbled slightly as I got on my hands and knees. I felt the floor around me with my hand and slowly made my way forward. After crawling forward a bit, I decided to go left. “Warm!”
Cheering in excitement, I continued forward until I heard Ellery say. “Cold.” I huffed in annoyance and turned right. “Warm!” Isquealed as I kept going.
Right before I felt my fingers brush against wood, Daddy said. “Object ahead. Slow down please.”
“You’re burning up, bestie.”
I carefully felt around me and realized I was touching the wooden railing Daddy had made for my floor bed. I carefully crawled over the railing and plopped down on the bed, but yelped when I felt wood dig into my side. I fumbled around searching for the object and yelled in victory when I felt the egg. “I did it! I did it!”
Seconds later, my blindfold was being removed by Ellery, and they crashed down on top of me. “You did it, bestie! And you looked so cute crawling around in your onesie. I have the most precious bestie ever.” They wrapped their arms around me, the best they could, and buried their face into my neck. “I love you, bestie. Thanks for inviting me. I missed you.”
