Funny

We went to some friends' house to swim and have dinner and then see a movie in the park and it was time to get our stuff together to head to the movie. Ellie and I went upstairs to get our towels and Ellie stopped me from going into the bedroom, saying she was going to get the towels herself. I asked her is she was doing anything she shouldn't be doing and she said, "No, for real life." and started to run off. I called down the hall to her, saying, "Okay, I'm believing you because you said for real life." She stopped, turned around, and ran back to me. She had clearly made a moral choice and was resolute. "Okay," she said. "I'll tell you what we were doing. We were making a fort so I could hide in it when it was time to go home so I wouldn't have to go." As she fessed up to her plans in all earnestness, looking me in the eyes the whole time, her body started to involuntarily move with all the tell-tale signs of having to pee really bad. In 10 seconds, the two halves of her body started doing two different things at once. The upper half was solid and motionless, stoically informing me of the truth, while the lower half twisted and contorted and even threw itself on the ground. It was absolutely everything I could do not to burst out laughing but I finally interrupted her and asked, "Do you have to go to the bathroom?" She practically yelled, "Yes, you go get the towels!" and ran into the bathroom, which we were luckily standing right in front of at the time.