Patricia, now with her hair back to the usual color, crept downstairs and into the boys' bathroom. She knew Eddie showered first on Thursdays so she was setting up a bucket to dump on him. She attached a thin string to the water handle and set the bucket so it rested above the showerhead. After making sure it wouldn't fall she headed back upstairs. She laid back down and waited for the morning to come.
Eddie stepped into the shower and slowly turned on the water. Suddenly he heard a click and then a bucket tumbled down on his head. He was covered in spiders. He screamed, jumped out of the shower and tried to brush them off.
Patricia smiled when she heard Eddie's scream knowing he'd found the present she had left for him. She continued to put her school books in her bag and waited for Eddie to come up.
The door to her bedroom was slammed open and in the hallway stood Eddie, dressed in only a towl. He stalked towards her with a death glare on his face.
"You dumped a bucket of spiders on my head." He said plainly.
"No, I don't believe I did. I haven't been anywhere near you all morning." Patricia replied calmly.
"You out the bucket of spiders in the shower so they would fall on my head." He told her.
"Oh, are you afraid of a few little, gummy spider?" Patricia asked in a high pitched voice. She picked up a remaining spider off his shoulder and bit off a couple of the legs.
"I'm not afraid of spiders." He said defensively. "I just don't appreciate having buckets of them dumped on my head while I am in the shower."
"Well I don't appreciate being forced to stand here and stare at you when all you are wearing is a towel." Patricia said and patted his chest. "So if you would scurry downstairs and get dressed I would really be grateful."
She picked up her school bag, walked past Eddie and headed on downstairs. He was left standing there with his mouth agape. Never had a girl been so blunt with him. He liked it.
He went downstairs and finished getting ready for the school day. When he walked into the dining room he watched as Patricia leaned over to Joy, said something, and then the two laughed.
"Are you ever quiet Yacker?" He asked.
"Mind your own business Cockroach. Nobody was even talking to you." She glared at him.
While he was eating breakfast he felt something land on his shoulder. When he looked down at it he saw it was another gummy spider.
"Classy Yacker. Real classy." Eddie said. He picked up the spider and bit the head off of it, then he flicked it back at Patricia.
"Eww… I don't appreciate you throwing your slobber covered candy at me." Patricia said. "Come on Joy, let's go."