I woke up to the sounds of birds chirping and waves crashing and the sunlight streaming in my room because I didn't close my curtains the night before. Some would love to wake up like this every morning and I enjoyed it at first, still do really, but it's routine now. Also 5 times out of 7 it meant I was time for me to go to school. And today was one of those times but thankfully the last for two days. I mentally broke out into some of Hi's best dance moves.
I was doing a mental sprinkler when suddenly all the air from my lungs wooshed out and a pink slug attacked my nose.
"Thanks for that Dog Breath," I say ruffling his huge ears,"But how about you get off me so i can go to school, eh?"
Face lick. Adorable.
I went through my morning routine, clean, brush, dress, eat and then I'm out the door walking towards the dock where I can already see Ben and Shelton waiting for Mr. Blue to take us to school. I can see them chatting, both looking out over the greenery whilst they talk, a gentle wind whipping both my hair and Ben's. Not so much Shelton as it's not really long enough, not like Ben's hair.
Ben.
Whoa there Tory, just focus in putting one foot in front of the other, I think to myself and as I get closer I begin to wonder where Hi is, the boat should be here soon and it's not as if there would be another one in five minutes.
"Where's Hi?" I inquired as I drew near, looking behind me to see if I could see him in the distance.
"He's probably just… err… running late, you know how he is," Shelton said, with a small chuckle though it sounded kind of forced so my bullshit sensors were on high alert.
"Okay… well if he takes any longer he'll hav-"
"BOOOOOOOOOO!" screamed Hi as he jumped out from behind the bush, making me scream in a pitch I thought only Shelton can produce when he sees a spider.
"You scared the shit out of me!" I informed my startled companions while playfully -okay maybe not that playfully- punching Hi in the shoulder.
"Why must thou bruise thy tender skin?" Hi says in his best Shakespearian accent.
"You're so annoying" I say then turning to Hi and Ben, "And you two, you don't look particular shocked?" I say, raising an eyebrow. They don't bother reply but instead the three idiots just start laughing their heads off and that's how I knew that it was going to be a while before they stop teasing me about this but soon ideas on how to get them back start coming to mind.
"Oh shit, guys," I hear Hi announce as they all suddenly go quiet,"She's got her thinking-of-an-evil-plan-to-get-us-back-for-making-her-scream-like-a-baby-face on," he finishes, slowly backing away while a smirk spreads across my face.
"Well we'll be ready for whatever the tide brings in," confirms Ben with a not so confident Shelton at his side.
"I have no idea what you're talking about," I say as a smile splits my face, "Let's just go to school."
"That we can do, but are you sure you're up to it? There are a lot of bushes at school and I know it could bring back scary memories," he replies with a wink.
"Oh shut up."
There we wait for about thirty seconds until Mr. Blue arrives and takes us to school all the while me thinking of ways to get Hiram back, and Ben and Shelton for that matter.