Plot Submitted by dream. kj Topic-Watermelon Pairing-Cabbie
Thanks for being my first reviewer! It's kind of weird…but like I said I haven't written in forever!
Also, I'm only doing one a day.
Tomorrow- Jade and Andre submitted by fallinginlike
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Well now, old Jake Elliot, he didn't believe in ghosts. Not one bit. Everyone in town knew the log cabin back in the woods was haunted, but Jake just laughed whenever they talked about it. Finally, the blacksmith dared him to spend the night in the haunted log cabin. If he stayed there until dawn, the blacksmith would buy him a whole cartload of watermelons. Jake was delighted. Watermelon was his absolute favorite fruit. He accepted the dare at once, packed some matches and his pipe, and went right over to the log cabin to spend the night.
Jake went into the old log cabin, started a fire, lit his pipe, and settled into a rickety old chair with yesterday's newspaper. As he was reading, he heard a creaking sound. Looking up, he saw that a gnarled little creature with glowing red eyes had taken the seat beside him. It had a long, forked tail, two horns on its head, claws at the ends of its hands, and sharp teeth that poked right through its large lips.
"Ahh!" Cat screamed in fear. The book she and Robbie had to read for their literature project was freaking the bubbly redhead out. Robbie reached his hand out to her and she took it, squeezing tightly. She handed the book to Robbie and he continued reading.
"There ain't nobody here tonight except you and me," the creature said to Jake. It had a voice like the hiss of flames. His heart nearly stopped with fright. He leapt to his feet.
"There ain't going to be nobody here but you in a minute," the man told the gnarled creature. He leapt straight for the nearest exit - which happened to be the window - and hi-tailed it down the lane lickety-split. He ran so fast he overtook two rabbits being chased by a coyote. But it wasn't long before he heard the pounding of little hooves, and the gnarled creature with the red eyes caught up with him.
"You're making pretty good speed for an old man," said the creature to old Jake Elliot.
"Oh, I can run much faster than this," He told it. He took off like a bolt of lightning, leaving the gnarled creature in the dust. As he ran passed the blacksmith he asked what was wrong.
"Never mind about them watermelons," Jake shouted to the blacksmith without breaking his stride.
"Wait…he didn't get the watermelons?" Cat asked, not getting the point of the story. Her lip quivered. She wanted Jake to get watermelon so he could be happy like her. Except for now she wasn't happy. Robbie sighed.
"How about I go cut you up some watermelon?" He questioned hopefully.
"Yay!' Cat giggled, completely forgetting about Jake and the story. Robbie walked to his kitchen and cut two pieces of watermelon for her, and made a fruit salad for himself. He walked back to Cat, who was happily humming Give It Up, the song she and Jade had sung at Karaoke Dokie. He sat down the plates and Cat smiled wide.
"Thank you Robbie!" she exclaimed, and kissed him on the cheek. Robbie blushed as red as her hair. He had been waiting for that for a while now. Cat chuckled and whispered in his ear, "We've got all night," before picking up a piece of watermelon and cuddling into Robbie's side playfully.