Tonight was the night. Huey had spent the rest of last February planning, training, practicing- all for the first night of March. Although the snow fell late last month, it didn't last long, and now, there wasn't a flake of snow to be found.
Huey sighed. 'I'm actually going to do it.' He felt a bit of disbelief at himself, a lot of determination, and slight confusion. 'Does it have to be for her?' Sometimes, Huey wished he didn't stick so closely to his doctrines; would've saved him a lot of trouble.
Tap.
. . .
Tap.
. . .
THUNK!
'What was that?!' Jazmine quickly sat up in bed with her eyes were wide from fear. She had just started falling asleep by replaying with her parents' reassuring words over and over in her head: Monsters don't exist, not in the light, not in the dark.
THUNK!
Jazmine gave a startled gasp as her head spun to the window at the speed of light. Ever so slowly, while praying to Santa Clause for protection, she approached the window. She closed her eyes as she neared the window, not wanting to see what monster was out there, but she had to know: did monsters really not exist? If they did, she'd have to tell her misinformed parents immediately, before they got eaten!
She had reached the window, but was too terrified to move or even open her eyes. Whatever was outside could see her now, and was probably plotting how to get to and devour her. Although she needed to open her eyes, her growing thoughts and overactive imagination kept her paralyzed.
Thunk.
Jazmine's eyes shot open as she squealed with her mouth closed '. . . Oh, it's Huey . . . Huey?!'
Yes indeed, stood Huey with a somewhat bored and annoyed look on his face, or was he just tired? Jazmine couldn't really tell. Huey rolled his eyes, and Jazmine could practically hear him think 'finally.' Well how was she supposed to know– Huey bent over and picked up a sign. It said, 'Jazmine come out.'
Was Huey asking her to sneak out? Well, he couldn't call her, since neither of them had phones, and it wouldn't be wrong if it was Huey's idea, right? Well . . . Huey had come up with some pretty crazy ideas in the past, but he wouldn't drag her into any of them. He's not an irresponsible hooligan that Tom was so against, and he wouldn't get her into any trouble. In fact, if they were to come across any trouble, like say, monsters, Jazmine was over 100% positive Huey would protect her.
Having made her decision, Jazmine tip-toed down the stairs. She felt a certain rush of excitement while she did, a rush of excitement and maybe a few flutters.