Waking up in your big brother's bed is weird. Jasmine knew this, and as soon as she was awake, she shot out of Axel's bed.
She remembered what had happened last night, but in the light of day, it seemed unlikely that the scream was real.
Was it a dream? That sounded more likely.
"Hey, Axie," she said. "What happened last night, was that real? Or was it just a very realistic dream?"
It was real alright. Axel remembered it well.
But wait a minute, if Axel told his little sister that it was all true, she would go all melodramatic on him again.
Axel knew that the easiest thing to do would be to deny everything.
"Last night? Nothing happened last night."
"Sure?" Jasmine checked. "Huh, must've been a dream."
Axel mentally breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't like lying, but he knew that sometimes in life, it was essential.
Hopefully, nothing bad would come of it. How bad could lying about foxes to your little sister to stop her freaking out be?
"Hey, guys," a voice came from outside the room. "Have you seen Kermit anywhere?"
It was Scooter.
"I can't find him anywhere, or Miss Piggy."
Axel shrugged. "Haven't seen them."
"OK. It's probably nothing. It just seems strange for him to vanish without saying anything."
Scooter turned to go, but he turned back as he thought of something.
"Hey, did you hear that racket last night? Someone was screaming their head off!"
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Jasmine glared at her brother, as soon as Scooter had left.
"A dream? Nice one, bro."
Axel looked guilty. He had been caught.
"Alright, I want some answers. What are you hiding from me?"
"Nothing!" Axel insisted.
"So there was screaming last night?"
"Yeah."
"So why did you lie about it?"
"Because I didn't want you to think that something serious was happening!"
"And was something serious happening?"
"No! Foxes, I told you!"
Jasmine fixed Axel with a dark look. She used to think she could trust him, was that a lie too?