Nick, Martin, and Chris were at the camper in the junkyard, along with Chris's siblings, Ryland, and Kevin. All of them sported signs of a Kanker kiss-down all across their faces, necks, and arms in the form of lipstick stains and/or hickeys.
"Dio, I hate them so much," Izzy groaned. Bellino nodded in agreement.
"Me too," He said. As did Bellini.
"Me three."
"Me four," Chris grumbled.
"Me five," Nick moaned.
"Me six," Ryland hiccuped.
"Me seven," Quipped Kevin.
"Me eight," A slight smile reached Martin's lips, but not enough to dispel the heavy mood amongst the crowd.
"Why did we even go into those woods?" Bellino asked.
"Yeah, why did we even go into those woods?" Bellini repeated.
"I believe it was my fault," Martin said guiltily.
"Oh, yeah, I remember that day," Kevin drew a gray line across the page to start the flashback.
The kids were very young. Most were around five, Izzy and Ryland were six, and the twins were only two. Nick, Martin, and Chris were already best friends at this point, since their parents had had them on playdates since they were newborns, and two new kids had moved in a month before. The two new kids came over to introduce themselves to the group.
One of the boys was clad in a black jacket with a white T-shirt, blue jeans, and red sneakers. He was about halfway between Martin and Nick in terms of height, and it was easy to see he was made for sports. He approached Martin's younger sister with a hand ready for shaking.
"Hey, guys," He greeted, "Name's Eddward Rockwell."
Sierra shook hand with the athlete.
"Sierra Vincent," She said. The other boy looked slightly younger. He wore a red cap, glasses, and a green shirt. He was small and skinny.
"Greetings, my name is Kevin Anderson," He said. He saw Ryland and blushed slightly trying to hide behind Eddward.
"Our dad's name is Eddward," Martin motioned to him, Ryland, and Sierra.
"Hm. Small world," Eddward chuckled to himself. Ryland worked up the courage to approach Kevin.
"Hi, I'm Ryland," She introduced herself.
"My name is Martin," Martin said.
"Izzy McGee, and my brother Chris, and the twins," Izzy said. She ushered Bellini and Bellino out from their hiding spots.
"Woah, you guys have tails," Eddward noticed.
"Yeah," Chris explained, "Our mom has cat ears and a cat tail. Our Uncle Danny has a special name for us: he calls us nekos."
"I am Nick!" Nick said happily. Martin nodded.
"Yes, this is Nick Hunter," He said.
"So," Eddward kept his eyes on the group as he rustled Kevin's hat, "What're you guys up to today?"
Kevin squirmed away and fixed his hat.
"My friends and I are heading into the woods to search for bugs," Martin explained, "I have a collection."
Kevin's eyes lit up.
"That sounds fun," He said, "Can I join?"
"Why certainly," Martin smiled.
"Sounds lame," Eddward, "Catch you later, twerps."
Sierra spoke up before he turned to leave.
"Hey, Edd!" She called, "Did you want to go down to the park with me?"
"Sure, I guess," Eddward shrugged.
"I can show you around to the other kids in the neighborhood if you want," Sierra volunteered.
As they left Martin's garage, Martin was busy taking inventory of the equipment for his insect expedition. He passed out gloves and boots to everyone. Chris put a boot on his head and a glove around his body.
"Okay! Ready!" He joked. His siblings laughed uncontrollably.
"Set!" Nick announced, having placed a glove on his head. He blew it up with his nose, and both he and the glove went flying.
"Go!" Martin headed for the garage door, "Let us proceed to the forest!"
"And be careful to not go too deep," Ryland said, "Our parents said we're not allowed."
Izzy nodded.
"Yeah. As long as we can see at least one of our houses wherever we go, we're okay," She explained. Kevin followed the group.
"That shouldn't be too difficult," He said.
The group was trekking through the forest, looking for bugs.
"Isn't it magnificent?" Martin led the group down a trail, "All the splendors of nature, displayed in one giant petri dish full of life!"
As they walked, Nick started talking with Kevin.
"I heard these woods are haunted," Nick said.
"Impossible, ghosts don't exist," Kevin shook his head.
"Yeah they do," Chris said.
"One of our neighbors, Victor Sheppard, said he saw two blue-haired girls living back here," Izzy told him.
"I also heard from Jakob 2x4 that there was a blonde girl living here too," Chris added.
"But that's not ghosts," Kevin said, "There's a trailer park not that far, they could just be from there."
"But ghosts still do exist," Izzy said, "We're part cat, we can see them."
Nick looked to Kevin.
"My dad told me that ghosts don't have to look like ghosts to be ghosts," Nick said. Suddenly, there was a loud noise.
"Ssh, did you hear that?" Chris asked, "That's it! This nature stuff is for the birds!"
Izzy looked around.
"Uh, guys? I think we went too far," She said. Chris yelled loudly upon seeing a giant spiderweb. The group rushed to where Chris was, catching sight of the spiderweb stretched between two trees.
"Whoa!" Nick gasped,"Way big!"
"It's a masterpiece of nature!" Martin marveled.
"Looks like my grandmother's hairnet," Izzy said to herself. Kevin looked back the way they came.
"Do you think we should start heading back?" He asked.
"Yeah, let's get going," Chris said, "NICK!"
Nick was stuck to the spiderweb, happily bouncing and laughing. Nick swayed his suspended body in the air.
"Yee-haw! It's sticky!" He chuckled.
"You're disturbing the eco-environment!" Martin worried.
"Get down, you maniac!" Chris shouted to Nick. Suddenly, the group heard laughing and giggling. Nick looked around in search of the source.
"What was that?" He asked.
"Now you've done it," Martin said.
"I suggest-" Kevin began, but was cut off by the sound of chanting. Four voices, one male and three females, started the chanting.
"Four little cuties..."
Four more voices, two females and two males, continued.
"...and four little kittens..."
"...wandering the dark woods..."
"...searching for mittens."
"Along came their angels..."
"...who took them to a tree."
The eight individual voices in the background sounded one by one.
"Now they're-"
"K!"
"I!"
"S!"
"S!"
"I!"
"N!"
"G!"
"Let's get outta here!" Ryland said. The group ran off, the chant repeating over and over.
"HELP ME, GUYS!" Nick cried out to the fleeing group, still stuck to the web, "I don't want the fluids drained from my body!"
"Oh right!" Chris said. He and Martin rushed back to pull Nick from the web. They each grabbed a leg, and Izzy and Ryland grabbed their brothers by the ankles, all four of them pulling to get Nick loose. The other three backtracked to make sure they didn't leave them behind. The web finally snapped after the third or fourth round of chanting. Ryland got to her feet.
"Okay, now let's get outta here," She said. They started running and saw eight pairs of eyes in the trees. As they continued searching for an exit, the chanting started to form a round until the voices formed a dizzying garble. It was five or six run-ins with the eyes before Martin saw light.
"There! A way out!" He announced, "Through the trees!"
The group jumped over a log, landing in a mud puddle on the other side. The group tried to climb out, but the mud made it too slippery. That wasn't their only problem.
"My eyes!" Izzy and Chris had mud in their eyes.
"My glasses!" Martin and Kevin had lost their glasses in the mud. The ones who could see watched as eight silhouettes emerged from the trees and surrounded the mud pit, and a bloodcurdling scream knocked everyone senseless.
The group woke up in a trailer. They were in bath robes and Kevin and Martin's glasses had been set aside.
Standing over them were five girls and three boys, all of them wearing conspicuous smiles on their faces. Two of the girls had blue hair. One was decked in gothic clothes and had a pair of headphones on her head, the other had brighter clothes and a darker shade of blue hair than the other. One was a blonde. She was the only one whose smile was white rather than key-lime yellow, but her front teeth jutted out rather far. One was a redhead. Her curly beehive completely covered her eyes, and she was sporting a Bluetooth in one ear and a blue tooth in her mouth. The last girl, a brunette, was evidently trying not to scratch her nose. The black haired boy had a spiked dog collar around his neck and red lightning streaks running down his face from his eyes. The brunette boy was giving the brunette girl a back rub with one hand. The third was a redhead, and he was standing next to the brunette girl.
"Hey guys, so happy you could drop in!" The redhead girl laughed. Martin and Kevin found their glasses and put them on...before realizing they'd grabbed each other's glasses. The goth girl spoke next.
"Hope you like our parents' robes!" She said. Martin and Kevin switched their glasses back and the eight of them looked at the robes. They each had a nametag with the names Lee, Billy, Marie, Rolf, May, Jonny, Brandon, and Willow.
"How'd we get into these?" Chris looked up to see eight puckering lips approaching. The captives scrambled back, the McGee screaming like cats as they did so, luring laughs and giggles from their captors. The redheaded boy and brown-haired girl, the two smallest ones- about the twins' age- giggled.
"Oh boy, did they wake up yet?" A voice sounded from the other room. The punk boy and the male brunette sat cross-legged on the floor as the others turned to the new voice.
"Go ahead. Yell," The punk boy started.
"No one will hear you," The brunette smiled.
"Hey, isn't that-?" Izzy began.
"Yes, Victor too is impatient to greet them," Another voice said.
"Yeah, come on out, guys!" The blond girl smiled. Ryland saw Victor and Jakob walk up to the assembly.
"I thought those were just ghost stories you guys were telling," She said, shocked.
"What? No!" Jakob laughed, "This is our family!"
"I'm June!" The blond girl smiled, "You guys know my brother!"
"Yeah, and you know our brother," One of the blue-haired girls said, "I'm Mary, that's Martha.
"Lily and my little brother, Phil," The redheaded girl said.
"I'm James," The brown-haired boy said.
"Justin," The back-haired boy said.
"And our lil sister, Lil!" They both said together. Martin took a hard swallow.
"Well, in case Victor and Jakob haven't told you, I'm Martin, and this is my sister Ryland," He said.
"Chris," The boy pointed to himself and then his siblings, "Izzy, Bellini, Bellino."
"Hello, my name is Nick,"Nick greeted.
"And I'm-" Kevin began.
"We know," Martha interrupted, "Kevin."
Victor nodded.
"Do not fret yourselves," He waved the kids off.
"Yeah, they know all about you!" Jakob giggled.
"Well I just moved in not too long ago," Kevin said.
"Yes, the other new boy..." Victor struggled to remember the name.
"Eddward," Jakob provided the name.
"Yes," Victor agreed, "Eddward told Victor of you a fortnight ago, and today told us of your plan to scour the woods for tiny crawlers."
"Hey, ain't Eddward the name of that guy our mom used to like?" Martha asked.
"Yes, that was my father," Martin told her. Chris nodded.
"My dad's name is Eddy," He said.
"Mine's Ed," Nick smiled.
"Hey James, didn't Eddy marry Bella?" Justin asked.
"Yeah, our dad loved her!" James chuckled. Chris decided to change the subject.
"Do you guys know where our clothes are?" He asked. Lily waved a hand to the window.
"They're drying outside," She answered. Mary nodded.
"Yeah, you guys sure were dirty," He said. Justin hopped to his feet.
"We're going to jump into the kitchen real quick," He said. James followed his brother.
"Fix up some homecookin' for you guys," He said. June tossed one last look at the group.
"We'll be right back," She followed the others into the kitchen, "Hey! Wait for me!"
Phil and Lil sat down cross-legged on the floor in front of the robed visitors.
"This is very strange," Martin said. Ryland nodded.
"You don't suppose our parents were trying to keep us away from the trailer park, do you?" She asked.
"Either way, let's go," Kevin said.
"Hold up, hold up," Chris said, "They're making food for us! It would be rude to just leave. So why don't we just hang out, eat for free, and then we can split?"
"Well, alright," Izzy said. She and Ryland sat the twins down in front of Phil and Lil, "Here you go, guys. Make some friends."
Ryland looked around the room.
"Where are we, anyway?" She asked. Chris looked outside the window.
"Hm. Reminds me of a postcard Uncle Danny sent me once," He said thoughtfully. Izzy popped up next to him in the window.
"Oooh, Chris, remember that one time Mommy and Daddy got a trailer?" She said.
"Oh, yeah. I remember that," He said, "Good times."
Nick scanned the walls until he found a...
"TV!" Nick noticed. No one noticed Phil and Lil hugging the twins, who seemed uncomfortable. Nick tried turning on the TV, but there was only static. After a few tries of getting a signal, he gave up, "Meh, it's a rerun. Oh cool, look!" Nick picked up a scuba helmet and put it on, "A space helmet. Take me to your plumber!"
Chris caught sight of him.
"Way sick, Nick! Get it? It rhymes. Sick? Nick?" Chris let off a laugh, "I crack me up."
Kevin and Martin were looking through the bookshelf.
"Interesting," Martin said, "Hub Cap Digest."
Kevin took the book and opened it.
"This book has no print!" He cried in shock. Martin saw that he was right.
"These pages are blank!" Martin gasped.
"Dwawings!" Bellini pointed to the wall.
"Dwawings evewywhewe!" Bellino pointed with his sister.
Indeed, there were eight paper drawings on the wall, each with a boy and a girl and drawn by a different person. Phil and Lil waddled over to two pictures, showing them off proudly. One was of a stick figure with orange curly hair and a stick figure with long blond hair and cat features. The other was of a stick figure with messy brown hair and a stick figure with short blond hair and cat features.
Izzy and Ryland took note of two more pictures. One had a catgirl walking through a flower meadow hand in hand with a brown-haired boy. The other had a boy and a girl riding a two-wheeled vehicle together atop a lightning cloud.
"Wicked ride," Ryland chuckled.
"Is that me?" Martin asked. He was drawn braiding the hair of a blue-haired girl. Another blue-haired girl was depicted playing leapfrog with a ballcap-wearing boy. Next to that was a blonde girl and a chubby boy decked in superhero attire flying over a city. And the last picture had a redheaded beehive girl with a pussycat boy at a wedding.
"AH!" Chris cried, balling up the last picture, "That's not funny!"
Izzy laughed at Chris.
"Scaredy cat," She teased.
"I am not a scaredy cat!" Chris glared, "I just don't wanna get married."
Izzy didn't stop laughing.
"Whatever salts your fish, 'ladies' man'," She said. Justin came into the living room balancing eight cups on a tray.
"Who's up for some nice, cold, delicious powdered milk?" He asked.
"Milky!" The twins clapped. As the guests got a glass from the tray, James walked over to the TV and started browsing Netflix.
"How about a movie?" He scrolled through and picked out a movie, "Fish Bowl 3, a classic."
"And oldie but a goodie," Izzy said, lapping up her milk. One by one, the guests let off puffs of white dust as they sipped the glasses of powdered milk.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Martha was going through the fridge for fixings.
"It's so nice to have them home," She said.
"Hey, I'm doing the fish sticks!" James snapped, grabbing the box.
"And I'm on the squeeze-a-pod!" Justin grabbed the roll.
"HEY! Shut up, we got lunch to make!" Lily laid out ingredients for June, who was at the stove cooking five meat patties. June was standing on her brother's shoulder to reach the stove.
"The way to your love's heart..." June whisked the film off a tub of Ricotta cheese, "...is through their arteries."
She wedged a spatula into the tub and emptied the contents into the frying pan.
"And a little special family sauce..." Mary gave June a bottle of ketchup, "Ketchup!"
The rest of the cousins added their ingredients once the ketchup bath was complete.
"Dinner's ready!" The cousins announced to the waiting group.
The guests levitated toward a platter of five creamy Sloppy Joes and three plates of fish sticks, each taking one and returning to the couch to watch the movie. Izzy and the twins each took a plate of fish sticks.
"They're so dreamy," Justin whispered to James.
"I know, right?" James whispered back.
"Be back in a minute, everyone!" June said as she and her cousins headed upstairs. Lily nodded.
"Yeah, we're gonna go and freshen up," She said. As soon as the cousins were gone, the group on the couch started talking amongst themselves.
"They seem like nice kids, wouldn't you say, Izzy?" Ryland asked.
"I think one of them likes me," Izzy said. Martin strained to pull a leathery piece of meat from his sandwich before talking.
"I suppose they each have a special someone among us," He said.
"Except Victor and Jakob," Chris said. He plucked a small gear from his mouth before continuing to dig in. Nick stuck a straw in his burger.
"So, why do you think our parents didn't want us coming here?" He asked.
"I'm not sure," Kevin said. He didn't seem to be eating his burger, "They seem nice enough. Um, is there anything else to eat? I'm a vegetarian."
Izzy shrugged.
"We can ask when they come back downstairs," She said. Sounds from above drew Ryland's attention.
"I think they're coming down again," She said.
"We're back!" The cousins sung. The girls were all wearing dresses and skirts, while the boys wore the closest thing they would have to a suit. Izzy's ears perked up.
"Wow, that's some wardrobe you guys got there," She told them.
"You like it?" James smiled.
"Dressed real neat from your hats to your feet," Nick said. June giggled at Nick's rhyme.
"Notice anything new, Chris?" Mary asked, but there was no response. Martha whistled as she waved in front of Chris's face.
"The best products that we could buy," Lily said, "Only the best for you."
Kevin looked to Lily.
"Is this all you have here?" He asked her.
"Yeah, how about some more of that powdered milk stuff, huh?" Chris asked, holding out his empty cup. Justin spun his dog collar.
"So, what do you think of our Kanker burger, Diamond?" He asked Ryland.
"Wait, me?" Ryland asked, "Uh, it's ok."
Nick gave a greasy smile.
"It's good! Yum!" He agreed.
"Don't talk with your mouth full!" June scolded. Mary and Martha were busy tucking pillows behind their crushes' heads. James was watching the movie with Izzy, and set his hand on her lap.
"Boi, do not TOUCH me while I am EATING," Izzy said. James tapped his shoe on Izzy's.
"I'll touch you whenever I want, Kitty Cat," He said. Izzy hissed menacingly. James laughed nervously, "I'll, just, um, go over there."
He scooted away. Running to the kitchen, he returned with an unopened veggie dip platter, which he set into Kevin's lap before running upstairs.
"Thank you very much," Kevin said.
"Sure thing," James said. Martin looked to Izzy.
"Are you alright, Izzy?" Martha asked.
"Yeah, I'm ok," Izzy said, "Why?"
"You seemed a little tense about James sitting next to you," Mary said.
"No, I was just eating," Izzy said, "I like food more than people."
Justin gave off a small laugh.
"Pretty big statement there," He said.
"Hey, most of the time it's true," Izzy shrugged. Suddenly, the assembly saw playing cards drifting around the room. Phil and Lil's hands on the table was a sign that they had been trying to shuffle a deck of cards but let the cards go flying. The two laughed, causing the twins to giggle. Chris smiled at the sight.
"Well, that's one way to shuffle a deck of cards," He said. The girls seemed slightly annoyed. Izzy found a Joker in her lap. The face looked very much like James's face. Martin was the first to notice the girls.
"Is there a problem?" He asked them.
"Everything's fine!" They answered together. Izzy got up to look for James.
"Where are you going, Iz?" Ryland asked. The girls stepped in front of the TV.
"Hey hey hey!" Chris waved his hand back and forth, "Out of the way! This is the best part!"
"Out of the way?" Lily repeated.
"We work our butts off for you, and this is how you repay us?" June asked.
"You better start pulling your own weight around here!" Mary snapped.
"Or there'll be trouble!" Martha finished. Chris looked to Justin.
"What's with them?" Chris asked. Justin just shrugged with his hands in his pockets.
"Clean up this mess right now!" Mary pointed at the mess of food. Nick, Martin, and Chris got to their feet in time to hear Lily shouting.
"Hey! Over here!" She pointed at the cards scattered about the living room, "Clean up this mess!"
Nick held up the couch and Chris shoved everything underneath. Justin couldn't help but laugh.
"You call that clean?" He asked. Lily dragged Chris to the laundry.
"Get washing!" She snapped. Mary dragged Martin to the kitchen sink.
"And scrubbing!" She ordered. June dragged Nick to the bathroom.
"Come along, little man!" She said.
Nick was scrubbing the toilet from the inside when June checked on him.
"Make it shine!" She slammed the lid on Nick's head.
While all this was going on, Izzy had found James in the upstairs bedroom.
"Hello?" She said. James had taken off his coat and tie and stopped from undressing himself at the sound of Izzy's voice.
"Hey, doll," He greeted, "How's it going?"
"Why do you call me that?" Izzy asked.
"What, 'doll' or 'kitty cat'?" James patted the spot on the bed next to him.
"Doll," Izzy said, "I get the kitty cat cuz I am one."
"I used to have a Beanie Baby cat doll when I was two," James explained, "My brother Justin would constantly throw it up into trees and then try to get it down, even though I would keep telling him not to. One day, it landed in a bird nest, and when Justin found it, it had been ripped apart by a bird. I really started hating Justin after that. But what I'm saying is that the cat doll I had was the same color as your cat ears and tail. Your cat parts reminded me of the cat doll I used to have, so that's where the 'doll' nickname came from."
"Oh," Izzy said, "I like Beanie Boos."
"Yeah?" James noticed the Joker card in Izzy's hand.
"Oh hey, I think this is yours," Izzy handed him the card. James looked at the card and gave a small laugh.
"Thanks, doll," He said.
Downstairs...
Martin and Kevin were washing dishes. Nick popped out of the sink, breaking the dishes.
"Nick!" Martin cried out.
"You ruined our dishes!" Kevin scolded. Chris came in with a pile of clothes. Nick walked by.
"Headed outside, Chris," He said.
"Slacker," Chris mumbled. Ryland saw the boys on a collision course.
"Martin, look out!" She called out. Chris crashes into Martin, sending the both of them to the floor.
"I'm going to sanitize the living area," Martin said. Ryland could see smoke seeping from Chris's ears.
"Oh sure, I'll clean this," Chris said, stomping the clothes into the sink, "I'LL CLEAN EVERYTHING!"
Lily heard the commotion from the other room.
"That'd better be fighting over me I'm hearing in there!" She yelled. Martin and Kevin were scrubbing the wooden floor.
"Make it shine!" Martha ordered.
"They're such nerds," Justin said, more to himself than anyone else. Nick came back inside, and was quickly called out by Martha and Mary.
"Hey, mud tracker!" Martha said.
"You're tracking mud!" Mary scolded.
"Mud?!" Martin and Kevin cried. Justin looked at Lil.
"We don't like nerds," He said to her, "Nerds bad."
He filled up a bucket with water and tossed it to Martin and Kevin.
"You better not wreck Dad's bucket!" He told them. Nick walked forward, looking at his muddy footprints. This caused him to step in the bucket and slide across the room. Chris jumped out of the way of Nick, tossing his load of laundry to him as he did so.
"Hang these outside!" He instructed.
"Uh, ok ChriIIISSSSS!" Nick cried, crashing into Martin and Kevin, who were scrubbing the floor clean. Lily gave a snarky laugh.
"You should go back to diving for clams," She said.
"That's IT!" Chris yelled, "We're DONE!"
The girls stood there, shocked and hurt.
"Th-This is the th-thanks we get?" June sniveled.
"For all our hard work?" Lily sobbed. The girls ran away, crying. Justin glared at Chris and punched him before following his cousins upstairs. Ryland helped the pussycat to his feet.
"What was that for, Chris?" She asked.
"Girls are crying upstairs," Izzy said, coming down.
"Yeah, Chris scared them upstairs," Ryland explained, "Where's James?"
"He and Justin and Victor and Jakob are comforting the girls," Izzy explained. Martin approached Chris.
"You should go and apologize to them, Chris," Martin told him.
"Us girls have got to get it together," June sniffed. Justin heard the door open.
"Haven't you caused enough trouble, pussycat?" He glared.
"Get outta here!" James snapped.
"And don't come back!" June snapped, slamming the door. Izzy looked to her brother.
"Wait till I tell Mom about this," She said.
"Well, you heard her," Chris said, "Let's get the twins."
Martin looked to Kevin.
"This has been quite educational," He said. Kevin nodded.
"I would say so, yes," He agreed. The group headed downstairs, Izzy and Chris picking up Bellini and Bellino on the way out.
"Hello, freedom!" Ryland threw the front door open. The lot of them screamed, seeing the Kanker cousins standing outside. The girls were wearing cream on their faces with curlers in their hair. The guys had shaving cream all over their faces and sticky gel in their hair. Izzy looked back and forth between the stairs and the door.
"How did you all get here?" She asked. James thumbed over his shoulder.
"Out the bedroom window," He pulled a plush cat from his pocket, "We wanted to make sure you didn't forget Little Izzy."
"Or Chris Junior," Lily held out a Chris doll. Justin produced his own plush.
"What about Little Ryland?" He said. One by one, the rest of the cousins pulled out their own dolls. The McGees screamed like cats before plowing through the cousins.
"RUN FOR IT!" Chris screamed. The rest of the kids followed. Phil and Lil sat in front of the older cousins, waving.
"That's right! Run, you cowards!" Martha called after them.
"Get lost!" Lily shouted.
"And don't trip over your shoelaces!" Justin heckled.
"Look at them run," James laughed.
"Ain't they dreamy?" Mary sighed. June nodded with a smile.
"I think I'm in L-U-V, love!" She said. The cousins laughed evilly.
"Yeah, that's what happened alright," Izzy said.
"Wow, me and Bellino were so young-" Bellini began.
"We don't even remember it," Bellino finished. Chris nodded.
"Of course, if our route back home didn't take us back to the playground, our parents might never have found out about it," He said. Ryland remembered why.
"Oh, yeah, 'cuz Sierra and Eddward were playing soccer there, and they asked us why we were all wearing robes," She added.
"What ever happened to our clothes, though?" Kevin asked.