From Inside
Chapter 2
Jessie couldn't stand it any longer - she was going to burst out of her cowgirl boots if she waited another minute! She pouted as thoughts swirled in her head, and searched around Bonnie's room, sitting atop her bed, finally resting her sights on the open closet.
It was past 9:00, and although it was dark in the house, no person was asleep in it. Bonnie and her family had gone after dinner to spend a night at nearby Grandma's, leaving the toys alone to their own house. Both Dolly and Woody had been taken along for the ride, and Jessie knew they wouldn't be back till around noon tomorrow; at least, that's what she'd overheard from Ms. Anderson, who'd explained the overnight stay to Bonnie. In an excited flurry, she had packed her bag, left unwanted clothes in a pile on the floor, and grabbed her selected toys to bring along, all in a matter of minutes.
Hamm waddled in through the lighted bedroom's doorway, pushing along a brightly colored box in front of him.
"Hey, anyone up for a game of late-night Yahtzee? Brought it all the way from the hallway closet." He sounded almost out of breath.
"OOH! I'll play!" Shouted Rex from the opposite side of the room. He ran over to Hamm. "But, uh... Do you mind if I use my mouth to shake the cup? My arms are too, well... Small..."
"No problem, dino."
Buzz and Slinky walked over as well, from beside the bed. Jessie caught sight of the sturdy white and green figure and watched them go over.
"We'll play too, Hamm. Nothing better to do," said Slinky, nodding towards Buzz and himself. "Although, Buzz just may need a wee-bit of coaching, if we all remember last week's game..."
"Now don't push it, Slink!" warned a lighthearted Buzz. The group laughed and sat near the doorway, on Jessie's right.
So Jessie watched the game for a little while, focusing on Buzz's play (his luck still wasn't the best!), and smiled to herself about how Andy's toys were in fact lucky to be with Bonnie, and how they'd come pretty far in their adventures. She even thought about what it was like before she and Bullseye were brought into the family.
'Hmm… probably pretty boring.'
After watching Rex win twice in a row, to all the guys' astonishment, Jessie turned her attentions to what was really eating her up, which was not the new round. Her green eyes brightly scanned the air for methods of getting up that high off the ground, and bringing with her a flashlight, to investigate the closet.
After several long minutes of brainstorming and staring at the closet, a spark went off in her mind: she'd lasso Bonnie's old jump rope onto one of the hooks on the shelves, climb up, then have someone tie the rope end on the ground to the flashlight, finally pulling it up herself.
She laid flat on the bed victoriously. It was the perfect plan.
Ah, now we're getting somewhere. Rex is fun to right dialogue for, since I keep imagining his voice saying it! - AshFang7