"Batty listen to me, you are way too old for Jeffrey. I mean, no, you and Jeffrey are not going to work." Skye said with her face twisted up. They were going to see Jeffrey in Arundel in three days and Batty was convinced that she was going to marry Jeffrey. Actually, she had thought of this for about 2 years. Which meant to Skye, two years of constant nagging how hopeful Batty was of getting him. Skye knew the truth, she was about 12 now. So was Jeffrey. And Batty was about, 6. Skye had had her own fair share of boy problems. As in, Pearson. And a little bit of Jeffrey. But very little of Jeffrey. Maine, she thought as she argued withBatty for the 7th time this week. Usually Batty's obsession wasn't as bad, but since the trip was only two days away, the Plague of Jeffrey affected Batty ultimately. And the only cure was Skye's yelling.
"Skye, please stop yelling, I'm writing Sabrina Starr Rescues a Dolphin." Jane said as she scribbled out something in her blue notebook. This was the last straw for Skye. Between Batty and Jane, she was catching the Mad Cow Disease.
"Ahhhhh," she screamed, looking up the ceiling and banging her fist on a nearby table. Just then, Rosalind walked into the room. She looked peacefully calm, even if three of the Penderwick sisters were yelling and screaming at each other. When they saw Rosalind, the girls stopped.
"Skye, you're second in command. You shouldn't yell at Jane, or let alone Batty. C'mon Batty dear, let's go upstairs," Rosalind said as Skye glared at Batty who stuck her tongue out mischievously. Jane followed after them staring at Skye. Great, I'm so lucky, Skye thought as she slumped onto the couch. Suddenly the phone rang. It was Jeffrey calling from his boarding school.
"Hey Jeffrey," she said glumly.
"Hey Skye. You seem down today. So what's up?"
"I'm getting Mad Cow Disease because Batty wants to marry you," she said smiling slightly. It's good to a friend, even if it's Jeffrey.
"Um, Batty wants to what," Jeffrey said, sounding awfully confused. He was unsure of what Skye just said. He was sitting in a practice room at his school and then played a few bars of Bach's Concerto in G. He had Skye on speaker phone.
"Batty wants to marry you," she screamed into the phone. Then she heard some classical music floating from the phone. "Hey, are you playing the piano?"
"Um yeah. It's Bach's Concerto in G. But I'm sure that you already know the piece," he said laughing. Then he stopped playing and said mock- seriously, "So, Batty wants to marry me?"
"Yeah, I've been going crazy. I honestly wish you were here." She said face-palming herself. Why did I just say that! I only meant that he could be here so Batty could stop... But Jeffrey had already heard.
"Skye, what did you just say?" He said awe-stuck. He stopped playing and put his ear to the phone, listening intently.
"No- no - no- no! I din't mean it like that," she said but Jeffrey had already hung up.