"Can you hear what their saying?"
"No, not yet ..." Annie turned away with a look of despair on her face.
"Katie, just tell me what their saying!"
"Annie, I can't hear them," Katie explained to her rather short friend. She put her ear more towards the middle of the wall.
"Oh, just let me do it!" Annie said as she pushed Katie back to her side of the room landing on their third roommate, Ciara. Ciara pushed Katie off the bed allowing Katie to make a rather loud 'THUMP'.
"Watch where you shove your friends Annie!" Ciara shouted. Annie rolled her eyes and put her ear up to the center of the wall right above the yellow lamp. She leaned in closer to get a clearer depiction of what the boys in the room next to them were saying.
"This'll be a fun trip," Ciara grumbled while staring at Annie, who at this point was so determined to figure out what was being said on the other side. She had thrown her whole body against the wall.
Their entire 8th grade class had gone on a trip to Williamsburg, Virginia. After a long day of walking and riding a bus for six hours, you better believe the class was tired, or so the teachers thought. The teenagers and Katie went back to their assigned rooms, Amelia, Anna, Sarah, and Nerys in one, Michael, Jasanvir, and PK in another, Katie, Ciara, and Annie in the room we are discussing now, and Paul, Sean, and Collin in the room Annie was so desperate to listen into. Annie continued to press against the wall hoping to hear the slightest audible or muffled noise that would allow their gossip session to start.
In the other room ...
"Do you think Annie and Katie are trying to eavesdrop on us?" Paul said pressing himself against the wall.
"No dip, Sherlock," Sean said in a sarcastic tone, "I thought they were watching Adventure Time."
"Shut up, Sean!" Paul shouted. Collin turned off the television and walked over towards the wall. He flicked Paul's back, startling him.
"Well, maybe you could listen better, now that the TV's off," Collin said informing Paul.
Paul took out his music box that he had gotten from the gift shop they went to earlier. He stared at Collin who softly shook his head yes. Paul knew what to do. He pressed the music box against the wall and began twirling the handle allowing a soft tune to vibrate through the wall.
In Annie's room ...
"Oh my god, do you hear that?" Annie screamed as she jumped back from the wall. One by one, Katie and Ciara put their ears against the wall hearing the music box play ever so softly.
"What the heck is that?" Ciara asked.
"A music box?" Katie assumed.
"Wait!" Annie paused, "if we can hear that, then they can hear us."
A creepy smirk, or grin, or both (too creepy to tell) shot across Annie's face as she leaned back to the wall to hear more, only this time, there wasn't any music coming through, just voices.
In Paul's room ...
"Let's face it! They can't hear us," Paul announced sadly, "and to think, SHE would've heard me."
"Who's this SHE person, Paul?" Collin questioned.
"Is Paully Wally in Wuv?" Sean teased.
"Yeah," Paul responded, "I am in love. I'm in love with Annie."