Rock-a-Bye Witch Part 4
"Zelda?" Willard called as he came in the front door. He had tried ringing the bell but no one had answered. "Zelda?"
Just then the sound of Willard's voice woke Marissa up and she started to scream. In the kitchen, Hilda immediately woke up with a groan. "Not again," she muttered as she stood and staggered towards the living room. Just then she spotted Willard and stopped. "No way am I rescuing Willard Kraft from that nightmare child," she chuckled as she headed upstairs. She was going to hide in the Other Realm until both annoyances were gone.
'What is that?' Willard thought as he stepped into the living room looking for the the source of the noise. He spotted a bassinet by the couch and curiously walked over to it. As soon as Marissa saw Willard peering down at her, she stopped crying and stared up at him with eyes full of wonder and curiousity.
"Where did you come from?" Willard whispered as he stared at the baby for a moment before reaching into the bassinet and carefully picking the baby up. He held her gingerly as if he was afraid that she might bite or call him a loser like most of the students that he knew did. Marissa cooed with delight at the sight of the vice-principal though and reached up with a tiny hand to grab at his moustache.
Meanwhile, upstairs, Zelda came out of her bedroom and spotted Hilda heading for the linen closet.
"Where do you think you're going? I thought I asked you to watch Marissa for me!" Zelda said as she stormed over and caught her sister before she could escape.
"Zelda, give me a break! I'm tired!" Hilda moaned as her sister grabbed her and started to drag her downstairs
"Hilda, I'm tired too but we have a responsibility to Marissa. We can't just neglect that responsibility because we're a little tired!"
"A little tired? I'm about to die here and you were the one that volunteered to take that baby on, not me!" Hilda cried. She couldn't wait until Zelda saw that the baby had ran her boyfriend off. She deserved it!
Just then they reached the foot of the stairs and Hilda stopped suddenly in shock at the sight in front of her. Willard Kraft was sitting on their couch cuddling the baby and making funny faces at her. What was even worse was the fact that the baby seemed to be loving it.
"She was supposed to run him off and she can't even do that right. Stupid baby," Hilda grumbled under her breath as her sister released her and hurried over to her boyfriend.
"Willard, hello." Zelda said, "I see you've met our little houseguest."
"Oh, yes. Where did this little angel come from, Zuzu?" Willard said as he cooed at the baby while Hilda made gagging noises in the background.
"This is Marissa. I'm watching her for one of my cousin Susie's friends. Isn't she the sweetest thing?"
"The sweetest thing? That child is sweet like Attila the Hun was sweet!" Hilda muttered as she turned and started upstairs. She couldn't stand to watch this. "If anyone needs me, I'll be in my room recovering from the last three days with that little monster!"