Kindergarten Couple

The Keep Writing Challenge for today was to write a 200-word (exactly) story using the prompt "prompted." I adapted a true story that came from a conversation between my daughter and her son.

Kindergarten Couple

"How was your day?" I asked my 5-year-old son on the way home from school.

He sounded exasperated, "It was OK, but Maddie and I had to have a SERIOUS talk."

All year Maddie and Eli have been “boyfriend/girlfriend” – a relationship Maddie takes very seriously. My classroom is just down the hall from their kindergarten, and each time I see Maddie in the hallway, she yells, "Hey, Eli's mom! I'm Eli's girlfriend!"

Questions filled my mind now as I waited in the quiet car for Eli to continue. Had his teacher made them sit and talk because they'd interrupted class?  What had happened to warrant a SERIOUS talk?  What IS a serious talk to two 5-year-olds?!

I asked, "Who said you had to have a serious talk."

"Maddie," he replied.

"Really! Why?" I prompted.

"Well, I played with Ryder (a MALE friend of his) on the playground at recess, and she said I have to play with HER the most because she’s my girlfriend. I told her that I still have other friends and I AM going to go play with the boys sometimes!"

“Was that okay with Maddie?”

“She said she’ll still be my girlfriend.”

The training starts early!