It was only 8 seconds after the person banged on the door, and it swung open. New light lit up the downstairs, so it was even brighter than before. Standing in the doorway up the stairs was… Jacob? Yes, they were certain. It was Jacob.
Jacob looked down the stairs, once he saw the owner of the basement he started to say what he needed. "Eno-" He opened his mouth only to stop himself In his own words. "Why is the new girl down there with you?" Then he whispered so quietly that Enoch and I could almost not hear him at all. "Why are you holding hands?" He was so puzzled.
Enoch got a real hot temper, I could see nothing but rage as I turned to look at his face. But he refused to let go of my hand, like if he let go I would be gone forever. Enoch was now staring up at Jacob.
In my mind, I was secretly thinking, 'Oo a boy showdown is about to begin. Brace yourself Minx, because you are in for a ride. Buckle up! Warning, you have been dragged to the middle of the situation, and you are currently stuck.' It was like being on a roller coaster and the ride slowly stops, only for long enough time for your curiosity to take over. As you peek over the edge, and you're always like, 'what have I gotten myself into? Have I done wrong…?' Ugh, my sins.
Anyway, back to reality. Enoch said, "We're friends, and we were talking. Why can't you mind your own business? And I didn't say 'Come in' did I? No. Now what is it that you want?" Enoch made Jacob look completely wrong, when all he did was open the door and wonder. But I was on Enoch's side for this one.
Jacob, not feeling so much pride as before, was no longer confused. "Miss Peregrine told me to tell you that dinner's ready. I decided to tell you before I told everyone else outside. But Horace and Millard are waiting."
Enoch's expression didn't change. "Couldn't you have just told us that before? We will be up in a minute." My head kept moving swiftly from speaker to speaker.
"Okay." And with that, he closed the door.
Enoch grumbled. "Why did he have to bang on the door?" He said, still looking up at it. Obviously hiding his embarrassment. He took his clay men out of his pockets and put them in a large open cardboard box beside us.
I put my hand on his shoulder, trying to reassure him. "It's not that bad. Don't get too worked up over it. But I'm gonna put it to you nice and clear, Jacobs a butt head."
"Your right." Then still holding hands, he turned off the light and we ran up the stairs. We walked outside the basement and I closed the door behind us. We went hand in hand until we saw Bronwyn too going in the same direction we were going, the dining room. As fast as he could, he let go of me before Bronwyn could notice a single thing. She walked past us as if we were brick walls. Relieved, he walked with me to the dining room, side by side.
When we got through the large doorway, I saw that Miss Peregrine was at the head of the table. Sitting down at the big table was, a floating hat (Millard), Bronwyn, and Horace.
Miss Peregrine looked at me and said, "Everyone has a seat they have to sit in everyday. I added a new seat to the table, so you may sit wherever you like Miss Addams. But choose wisely." I started to really like being called Miss Addams.
Enoch ignored her and sat in his seat. I sat next to Bronwyn, because I was more comfortable with girls sometimes. I wanted to take a mini break from Enoch. But I was directly across from him.
Slowly, over time everybody was at the table in the next 3 minutes. Emma and Jacob came in first, then Olive and Claire. Last but not least Hugh came in alone, seeming happier than before. I guessed I woke him up from his nap, but I don't know. He had sunglasses on, who could tell? Hugh was next to Enoch, then Millard, Horace, and Olive. Across from Olive was Emma, then Jacob, Claire, Bronwyn, Me. Bronwyn got up from her chair to help Olive be belted down. Sometimes those heavy shoes just didn't look like enough to keep her on the ground. Poor Olive.
Miss Peregrine got up from her chair to say something. "Children, I would like to welcome a new visitor that will be joining us today. Everyone welcome Minx Addams, I'm sure you've all met her. Minx Addams, would you like to tell us a little about yourself before we begin with dinner?" All eyes smacked to me. I had everybody's full attention now. Miss Peregrine sat back down. I got a little embarrassed. I don't know if I should be here. Do I really belong here? Wait, I do. Because everything happens for a reason. At least I think so…
"Umm… Yes. I am 14 years old. I love science and reading. I can be really quiet sometimes. I'm independent. I love the whole mystical topic. One of the things I love to listen to is the Coraline 1 hour soundtrack on YouTube. My favorite movie is Krampus." I didn't talk about my birthday being today. Meeting all of these characters and having powers of my own sounded like the best gift I couldn't ask for. Soon, I realized my mistake pointing out my favorite movie.
No one minded by what I said, but Jacob. He looked completely Horrified. "Krampus?! That's a horror movie."
"We do not make fun of others likes Mr. Portman." Miss Peregrine sounding a little annoyed.
"But it's about an evil Santa, named Krampus. A kid gets dragged up a chimney on a chain by a ginger bread cookie. Another kid gets eaten by a jack in the box. And the whole family's house was invaded by huge, bulky, evil, Elves. All of the family dies, at the end they wake up inside a snow globe."
Enoch turned to Jacob looking pleased with himself. "Sounds like an interesting movie to me."
Jacob looked offended.
"Enough. Now you may eat." Miss Peregrine was talking as if their fighting was normal.
In all the drama, I didn't Even notice the big plates in the middle of the table. Each seat had a napkin, a plate, silverware, and a glass of water. On the big plates on the table, there was chicken, mashed potatoes, vegetables, pasta, and juice/ tea packets. Everybody used their manners and made turns.
I grabbed a tea packet to put in my water, and a little bit of everything. Me and Bronwyn talked a lot while we were eating.
"So Minx, how are you liking it here?"
"It's great, almost like a dream."
"A dream? I like the way you think."
"Well it's not everyday where you see cute little pieces of clay bumping into each other and walking around."
"It is here."
We both giggled to ourselves. Enoch stole a look at me while I wasn't looking.
"I like your shoes Minx, especially how each are topped with a little bow."
"Really? Thanks. I like your dress, I don't have a lot of casual dresses."
"Awe, it's nothing. I'm not exactly the preppiest girl with the pink and frilly dresses with make-up." Said Bronwyn.
"Neither am I. I hate to stand out, usually when it comes to clothes. It gets embarrassing sometimes."
"Right!"
"I have to go back home tonight Bronwyn. But i'll see you tomorrow morning." I forced a weak smile, sad my dream was coming to an end.
"Why don't you have a sleepover with me tonight, I have a bedroom to myself. I wouldn't mind."
"Sure. I'd love to Bronwyn."
And our conversation went on like that, soon we were quick friends. Bronwyn asked Miss Peregrine if I could stay overnight in her room, and Miss Peregrine didn't have an issue with it. All she said was, "Make sure your in bed by midnight. and if you're not, be quiet."
When I was almost done with my dinner, I took a big sip of my tea. Then I dabbed my face with a napkin, then placed it on my plate. Me and Bronwyn finished around the same time. We walked over to the kitchen together and put our dishes in the sink. I threw away my napkin. There was a trash can underneath the sink.
Then she said, "Come on, i'll show you my room."
So I followed her up the stairs and into her room. I went into the room behind her, closing the door behind me. Her room had a clock, pictures of muscular women on the walls, and a big window. Her walls painted a nice peach.
She seemed to have an extra bed for me. It had covers, and a pillow. Almost as if it was waiting for me. Both the beds were an equal inviting comfy. But boring brown and white. The bed she sat in, was closest to the door. The window was between the two beds. When we got into her room, I read the clock beside the door. It was now 6:30, so me and her just talked and talked.
I lost all track of time. And when I tried to look up at the clock, it was too dark to read.
"I gotta get dressed into my pajamas. I will be back in a minute Bronwyn, I promise."
"Me too, see you in approximately 5 to 10 minutes."
"Alright." I got up and walked over to a blank wall. I closed my eyes, and concentrated on my energy. I pictured in my mind the inside closet of my room. I slowly lifted my right arm up, I pointed my hand to the wall. Then snapped my fingers twice. "BA-BAM". A lightning bolt that sounded like the beginning of a thunderstorm came out of my hand. It hit the wall and swirled until it formed my purple portal. It was about the size of me, like a circular doorway.
Bronwyn stared back at me through the dark bedroom. "Cool trick you got there." Then she moved to turn on her lamp.
I turned my head back to the portal. "Thanks." I wasn't afraid this time, so I just jumped in.
A half second later, I was in my room again. Standing in my closet. I left the portal open, walked out of my closet, and closed my closet door.
The 2 cats were still in my room. They looked at me as if I was a walking tree covered in fairies, and painted tye-dye. So I opened my bedroom door for them to get out. First, they suspiciously walked around me, as if I would hurt them. They both ran out the door like cheetahs. I could hear them running down the hall and downstairs. But then they bumped into each other, and one of them fell all the way downstairs. Clumsy cats. I closed my door.
I went over to my dresser and got out the same pajamas I wore the night before. It just came out of the wash last night. I changed my bra and underwear, and slipped on the pajamas.
It was almost like toe pajamas, but instead it was cut above my knees. So it was shorts. It was 7 inches above my knees. It was my cute skull bunny one. I zipped the zipper that went up along my back. It was mostly black, and a little bit of pink and white. It was black all over, with a pink circle belly. It had a hood that had bunny ears. The bunny ears were black, the insides pink. Under the bunny ears was half a white skull face. I pulled the hood over my head. The bunny outfit had a big black tail. It also covered my arms and hands. So I had 2 big black cute bunny paws with white palms.
I looked into my bedroom mirror and fix my pretty hair. My digital alarm clock read 8:00 I slipped on my nightmare before Christmas slippers. Then I went out of my room to the bathroom to brush my teeth. I always scrub every inch of my mouth. Once my mouth was all clean I unzipped my bunny pajamas and used the toilet. I washed my hands. Once I rezipped the outfit, I went back to my room and closed the door.
Something nudged my foot. I looked down. "Why is Enochs clay man here? Cute thing must have followed me. I will return you, little guy. Let's go." I set him standing on my paw. I simply opened my closet door and walked back through the portal. It had been 6 minutes.
When I returned to Bronwyn's room the purple portal disappeared right after I was out.
"There you are Minx. Cute pajamas." She was wearing a simple blue nightgown.
"Thanks. Hey look." I walked over to Bronwyn and showed her the clay man sitting on my paw. "He must have slipped under your door and followed me."
Bronwyn looked confused. "Huh, weird…"
"I was going to return it to Enoch, which bedroom is his?" I said while still looking at the clay man.
"3rd bedroom door around the corner in the boys hallway." She said with a smirk.
"What?"
Her smirk faded as she turned away. "Nothing."
I shrugged it off. "Ok." I left her room and closed the door partial way, just in case I forgot which room hers was. The light from her room showed into the hallway, like a trickle of glow. I walked down the hallway, not too fast. Just a walk. I put my hand along the wall, so I knew where I was going. Then I was in the boys hallway. One of the rooms were open. I squinted in the dark. There was a small window in the corner of the room, not much light was shown. But the moon's dim ray bounced off the room's ground. It was tiled. 'Just the bathroom.' I thought to myself. The small clay man was wiggling in my paw, it almost fell off. I had a mini heart attack. I was terrified of breaking it, so I put my paw on the ground. It climbed off my hand. All the sudden the tiny cay creature thought it knew where it was going. So I followed it. Funny to say, it was running. But it's legs were so tiny compared to my legs. I ended up walking behind it. It stopped at a door, then started to get down to climb under the door. I quickly took my slipper off, and pushed it with my foot. My paws were big, it would be a little hard to pick it up easily. It was frantic, I tried to get it to stop, it was like a hot potato in my paws. Soon it gave up. So I finally was able to knock on Enochs door in front of me. I stopped though, and gathered my courage for 10 seconds. All I wanted to do, was give Enoch his homemade creature, and it was almost like an adventure. I slipped my slipper back on my right foot. Then I knocked on the door. It was a soft knock, but just loud enough for him to hear.
"Come in." I heard Enoch say from inside the room.
I turned the knob then pushed the door open. Then I closed the door behind me. I didn't know if me and him were gonna talk a while, and I didn't want others to hear us. He was sitting up at the edge of his bed. The room was lit up by his 2016 lamp, when he saw me he put down his phone.
I walked up to Enoch, and held up my paw in front of him. "I saw this little guy following me. I wanted to return it to you."
He took the clay man from my paw. "Thanks. These things are so stupid, I hope it didn't bother you." Then his eyes glanced up and down my outfit. My stomach got hot, my neck sweaty.
I urged myself to answer him. "No, not at all. But it was a little surprising. Goodnight Enoch. See you tomorrow?" I said with a smile. Just a little flirty.
"But isn't it a little early to be going to bed? It's only around 8:00."
"It is a little…" I said trailing off. "But I'm having a sleepover with Bronwyn you see…" I had a small sense he was trying to keep me there. I was getting desperate, I didn't know what to do.
Then we heard heavy footsteps walking in the hallway.
Enoch was still staring up at my face. "Shhh it's Miss Peregrine. She can't find out you're in the boys hallway at night." Then he walked across the room to put his clay man in another open box.
Once the walking stopped I walked across the room to leave, but then Enoch held my arm to stop me. "Wait until you hear the door creak open and close."
I obeyed him. And we stood in an awkward silence. He wouldn't let go of my arm. Then we heard it, 'Creeeeek.' A couple seconds later, 'Slam.'
He let go of my arm. "Goodnight Minx, I will see you tomorrow."
"Goodnight." And then I walked out his door and into the dark halls. He closed the door behind me.
I slowly walked in the hall and around the corner. I saw the small trickle of light, I quickened my pace. I entered the room and Bronwyn was standing in front of the doorway. She moved out of my way. I went into the room.
She closed the door and turned to me. "That took longer than I expected. What happened?"
"I gave him his clay man. He didn't want me to be caught by Miss Peregrine in the boys hallway, so I waited until she was in her office." I know I just made that sound simple, Bronwyn won't suspect a thing… heeheehee.
Enoch checked me out too! My heart won't stop fluttering. It's like a beautiful butterfly you can't catch. I can't catch this one, so I can't calm down! Don't fangirl Minx! Do not fangirl! But he was so cute… And-and his face when he saw my outfit…
Bronwyn saw me while I was in a daze. She poked my side. "Did he like your pajamas?" My face flushed red. I didn't know how to answer her. "You don't have to answer me if you don't want to." she walked over to her bed.
My red face failing to stay red any longer, I walked over to my bed. Me and Bronwyn talked all night. At 12:30am I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer. Neither of us knew who fell asleep first. I don't even know if I pulled the bed covers over me before I fell asleep. What just happened, was my most favorite day in my life so far. I made a new friend, enemy, crush, and even an acquaintance! I thought those were just things that happened on the first day of school! Not the best day ever! I had sweet dreams I didn't mind not remembering.
* AUTHORS NOTE:* Should there be another sleepover with all of the peculiar girls AND Minx? Should they play "truth or dare" while their sleepover takes place in the library? (Obviously they'd have their sleeping bags) Write a review on what you think should happen in the next chapter. PLEASE WRITE REVEIWS. I wanna know everything you think about on my writing. I steal nobody's ideas without asking.