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Chapter Three: Boredom

Seth was bored.

He had already finished nearly everything on his daily routine, which generally included:

-Eating breakfast (dur)

-Going for a swim (or having Hugo repeatedly throw him into the pool – even better)

-Running through the woods while still sopping wet (squelch, squelch)

-Eating lunch while still wet and dirty (lots of protests)

-Taking a shower (parents insist)

-Watching the newly fixed Mendigo and Hugo pitch a baseball back and forth (hmm… who will win?)

-Spying on the fairies (dangerous because if they caught him, there would be consequences)

-Lying on the grass and looking at the sky (hey, everyone needs some quiet time)

-Dinner (belch.)

The last item on the list was still a few hours away. Seth sat on his bed in the attic bouncing a rubber band ball on the wall and catching it. He glanced over at Kendra, who was sprawled out on her bed, furiously scribbling away in a blank notebook. Man, that girl hardly left the house anymore, unless it had something to do with Bracken and the Fairy Queen. Seth missed the ball and it rolled towards Kendra. "What are you doing?" Seth inquired.

"I just thought I would record all the things that we did ever since we got here. You know, like what Patton did," Kendra said absent-mindedly, tapping a pencil to her lips.

"Why is it taking you so long? All you have been doing since we got back is write! No wonder Bracken thinks you're so boring."

Kendra turned to scowl at Seth. "For your information, we had a fair share of adventures here, and they all take a long time to document. I've already finished our first visit to Fablehaven. See?" She held up another notebook, the leather binding green. The one she was currently writing in was blue. "But…" Kendra bit her lip. "Does Bracken really think I'm boring?"

Seth smirked. "All I'm saying is that you should really spend less time cooped up in here."

Kendra sat up. "You know what? I think you're right." She closed the notebook. "Do you want to go swim with me? I haven't been down to the pool in forever."

"Nah, it's alright. Done that already." Seth sighed, boredom taking over once again. Suddenly he remembered something.

"Kendra!"

Kendra stopped, her towel slung over her shoulder and sunblock in one hand. "Yeah?"

"I was just wondering… would you like to go to a party?"

Kendra frowned. "What do you mean?"

Seth spoke in a rush. "Well, the satyrs invited me and you to a party in the woods and the hamadryads will be there and so will the fairies and Verl was asking if you could go with him and there will be music and dancing and lots and lots of… food." Seth inwardly groaned. He shouldn't have mentioned Verl! Now she would never go.

Kendra stood there, a thoughtful expression on her face. "A party? Hmm… seems fun. Count me in." She started down the stairs.

"But it could so much - wait." What was going on? "You'll actually go with… Verl?"

"Yeah." Kendra's voice seemed farther away as she progressed down the stairs. "I mean, just as friends, of course."

"Right." Seth sank back down onto his bed. That was really weird. Kendra was always uncomfortable when Verl was mentioned. Who wouldn't be? No one exactly knew what kind of things were going on in that satyr's head. But still… Seth shook his head. This could only mean one thing – things were rough between Kendra and Bracken. Oh well. Seth shrugged. It worked to his advantage.

"Don't forget to tell Grandpa!" Kendra called out from downstairs.

Seth gasped. Oh, shoot.

So much for a boring day.