"Pootie! Shut up!"
Pootie always barked whenever Sadie's friend Antoinette, otherwise know as Nettie, came over.
"I'll be right back, Nettie." Sadie picked up the little Chihuahua and locked it in her room.
"Man, Net. My dog is wack." Sadie said once she was back down the stairs. "I know! I can still hear its little bark coming from your room!" Nettie replied. "It's weird that she barks at you so much. Normally Pootie is like, really friendly. It's not like there's anything wrong with you, right?" Sadie questioned.
"Naw, of course not." Nettie answered in a softer tone then usual.
After that they dropped the topic and moved on to other things of more importance.
Since Sadie and Nettie weren't very big chatter boxes, soon boredom overcame them and there more relevant trouble making side would come into action.
"I'm tired of sitting here." Nettie said.
"Ya, same. Wanna head over to the mall?" Sadie suggested.
"Sure. I'll get my brother to drive us over there." Nettie said.
Sadie and Nettie slipped into the back of her brother's dumpy old Volkswagen. "To the mall, my brother dear!" Nettie directed. Sadie gave Nettie a strange look. "I have to be nice to him if I want any more rides" Nettie whispered into Sadie's ear. Sadie nodded to represent her understanding.
"Hey!" Rick said. "I heard that, Nettie! Which now means that Sadie owes me too." And he winked in her direction.
(Rick had the major hots for Sadie, even though she was a year younger then him.)
They soon rolled up in front of the food court.
"Well, here you go. Please step out of the chariot." Rick said sarcastically. Nettie rolled her eyes.
"Oh, and I'll call you around 8 or 9 to pick us up, Rick." Nettie told him. "Aight. I'll be waiting for your call. And it better not be from the county jail!" Rick joked.
It won't be. Sadie thought.
They wouldn't get in too much trouble tonight.
" Wanna grab a bite to eat? We're already in the area." Nettie asked Sadie.
"Sounds good! I'm hungry."
Sadie and Nettie scrounged up 5 bucks each, heading to McDonald's because they knew they could get a cheap meal there.
Sadie took a big bite into her double cheeseburger. Nettie looked at her, looking amazed. Then she said a simple "Wow." Sadie didn't ever understand why Nettie never ate when she was around, and why she seemed so amazed when she bit it to something. No sense at all.
Sadie quickly finished her burger. She was tired of being stared at. "So.... Nettie.... whanna stare at some boys instead of me?"
"Oh, yes. Sorry about that. Ya, boys sound tasty."
What? Sadie thought
They walked around the mall, keeping their eyes open for a decent boy(s).
"Oooo there's some! I think I know them too!" Nettie said, then pointed to the left. A few skater-Goth type boys were heading over to PacSun.
"Who are they?" Sadie questioned.
"Oh, uhm, they're just some guys I used to hang out with. The one I was closest to was Edward. He's the one with the real pale skin and dark hair."
Wow. Sadie thought. Why can't I ever meet anyone like that?
Sadie looked at Edward again. He was so beautiful..... In an almost frightening way.
Hm. That's strange; he looks kind of like Nettie.
Nettie and Edward both had the same pale skin and dark hair. And Nettie did frighten her, as much as she hated to admit it. She frightened Pootie too.
"Hey, Nettie, are you related to Edward or something? You guys look alike." said Sadie.
"Well, no, I mean, kind of. Like, humans are all related to each other somehow, so I guess that Edward and me could be related. Not directly, by any means of course...." and Nettie babbled on about being related and a bunch of other crap.
What the heck? Sadie thought. Did she just refer to herself as not being human?
No, of course not. What else would Nettie even be?
Sadie found herself staring at Edward again, looking for clues.
If she's not human, Edward isn't either.
Sadie mainly used that, though, as an excuse for herself to stare at him longer.
Soon, Sadie was swimming in Edward's eyes unconsciously, but quickly jolted back into reality.
Wow, he just pulls you in. Hm... That's strange.... His eyes are completely black.
Sadie kept looking at him as inconspicuously as she could, looking to see if she could distinguish the pupil in his eye.
Nope. Completely black.
The realization of this scared Sadie.
"Erm, Nettie? I'm going to go walk over to Kohls, my mom wanted me to pick something up for her."
"Oh sure... Wait a sec.... Isn't your mom in Spain?"
"Well, ya, uh, I'm going to send it to her, of course." Sadie quickly lied.
Nettie scrunched her eyebrows together in confusion.
"Right. O.K. then, I'll meet you there, I guess." Nettie replied.
Sadie walked as fast as she could without looking like she was running away from someone. You just had to look like you knew what you were doing.
Sadie sighed with relief as she stepped into Kohls.
O.K., I'm here. Now what?
She didn't really plan that far ahead. She couldn't just ditch Nettie.
After contemplating the options for a few minutes, Sadie decided to just go back to Nettie. Why should she be scared, anyways? She realized. Sadie concluded that she might as well figure out what is going on, even if it were dangerous for some reason. After all, she really didn't have anything going for her in life.
That's right! Sadie remembered. I need to forge my dad's signature on my report card later tonight.
Sadie walked out of Kohls and tricked those security things again.
Look, She said to the security things in her mind to make herself feel less guilty. Just tell the boss of Kohls, or whatever the persons called, to stop making cute shirts, aight?
"Sadie!"
Sadie instinctively put the shirt in her coat pocket, but relaxed when she realized it was just Nettie.
"Oh, you scared me for a second! I didn't realize it was you, Nettie."
"Who else would it be? The cops? Don't think I didn't see that. Seriously, Sadie, you should really leave the whole shoplifting deal to me. You're not the stealthiest person in the neighborhood, you know." Nettie said, in a somewhat scolding tone.
"Yea yea." Sadie said.
Sadie didn't really get how she could be frightened of Nettie when Nettie was always looking out for her.
"So, do you want me to ring up Rick now? It's about 8:30." Nettie asked.
"Sure. But is everything alright with Edward? You got back here faster than I thought." said Sadie.
"Oh. Well, uh, lets talk about that later... It's really not a good time." Nettie stuttered.
Nettie pulled out her phone and dialed Rick's cell phone number.
"Hey, Rick?"
Sadie could hear the whole conversation. Nettie always had her cell phone volume up extra loud.
Rick: Ya, it's me.
Nettie: Hey, were all done here, could we get a ride now?
Rick: Sure. Good timing, I'm right at the restaurant across the street.
Nettie: Why? Were going to the forest tomorrow, you know.
Rick: Well, you know my girlfriends. They're the ones who eat these burgers and crap.
Nettie: Right. So you'll be here soon?
Rick: Give me 5 minutes, I'll meet you outside the food court.
Rick: Oh, and have you hooked me up with Sadie yet?
Nettie: NO! And I am not planning on it anytime soon.
Rick: Fine, fine. I could just eat her up though. I mean, not literally or anything.
Nettie: Haha. Good. I would hope you wouldn't. See you.
*click*
"Alright, Sade, Rick will be outside the food court real soon here, so lets head on over there." Nettie said.
"Uh-hu." murmured Sadie.
What is going on? Rick doesn't eat our food either, but he could eat me up, and him and Nettie are going to the forest for food. What are they?
Sadie was extremely tempted to ask Nettie why they go to the forest and all the other questions about this very odd phone call, but knew she couldn't.
1. They were questions that were uncomfortable to ask, and what Sadie assumed uncomfortable to answer.
2. Sadie didn't want Nettie to figure out she eavesdropped on all her phone calls.
Sadie accidentally gave Nettie a nervous glance.
Nettie returned it with a sly smile.