Lost Cause Diaries #5: The Oreo Incident
CHAPTER 1: "NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP…"
While her relationship with Linus was volatile at best, Lucy's relationship with baby brother Rerun, for the most part, was always warm. While she would lay the same idol threats on him as she would Linus, she still cared enough about Rerun to make sure he was alright and actually got along better with him than she did with Linus. When he was first born, at first she was disappointed that she had yet another little brother. But as it turned out, he was different from Linus. He didn't carry a blanket around wherever HE went, nor did he believe in the Great Pumpkin like his older brother did. Also Rerun had a more solid ego that he could deal with Lucy whenever she threatened him. And for that Lucy had a bit more respect for him and even tried to take him under her wing.
But by the time she and Linus were in 10th grade, all had changed. Rerun was now as big of a target for Lucy's growing rage as Linus was, and with him being the youngest, he was the most vulnerable. And Lucy was getting much worse with her crabbiness and angry demeanor that Linus had started taking up weight-lifting. When friends ask if he was trying out for the football team or wrestling team, he'd tell them no, that it was for protection against an ever-growing angry sister who was prone to violence. And it didn't help matters that their parents would not intervene. Their father Larry tried a few times, but their mother Lacey would always say to let the siblings work out their issues. But it wasn't working. Lucy was stubborn, and always a ticking timebomb waiting to go off daily. Plus Lucy's weight gain while slowing her down, also somehow strengthen her already strong arms. Those big arms of her had power underneath them.
Well one day after school, Linus and Rerun were innocently watching TV, minding their own business. Lucy then stormed in with rage in her eyes. Linus thought to himself, "The fat banshee is on the tirade again."
"Which one of you bitches ate the last Oreo?!" she yelled.
"What are you talking about, Lucy?" asked Linus.
"The last fucking Oreo that was in the cookie jar!" Lucy ranted, red in the face. "Now I need to know who do I kill for eating the last Oreo?!"
"Um, I did, Lucy," said Rerun. "Had I known you wanted it, I would have saved it for you. Honest."
"Don't you dare lay a hand on him, Lucy!" warned Linus. "Mom will buy some more Oreos. Just ask her when she goes shopping next time."
"Shut the fuck up, turd-boy!" screamed Lucy.
"Bitch," Linus muttered under his breath.
"This is between me and the brat," she said to Linus. Turning back to Rerun, she snarled, "Now what are you going to do to remedy this? Hmm?"
"I-I can buy some m-m-more Oreos when I get my allowance," Rerun said, now scared.
"And what else?" Lucy said.
"Are you fucking kidding?!" exclaimed Linus. "He just said he'd buy another pack of Oreos when he could! What else do you want?!"
"Oh I don't know, MAYBE A FUCKING APOLOGY FOR EATING THE LAST GODDAMN OREO!" yelled Lucy.
"I am so sorry, Lucy," said Rerun, on the verge of tears. "I will never eat the last Oreo that you may want ever again. And if there is a last Oreo, I'll ask if anyone else wants it first!"
"Well, any other person would say that's a good plan," Lucy said, eerily calm. "And any other person would forgive you, Rerun. But, sadly for you, I'm not that compassionate." And without warning, she started pummeling Rerun with her fists, even causing blood to come out of his nose.
"MOM, DAD!" Linus screamed. "GET IN HERE! LUCY'S GONNA KILL RERUN!"
It took both Linus and Larry to pull Lucy off of him. She was still growling and grunting to get to her baby brother, who was now unconscious.
"LACE!" shouted Larry to his wife. "CALL 9-1-1! NOW!" And Lacey called the emergency explaining what had happened. The ambulance came and took a beaten and broken Rerun to the Emergency room with the family in tow, except for Lucy, who was arrested and taken to the police station.
NEXT CHAPTER: WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
