Chapter 7
Breaking Free
5:00 p.m.
"What am I doing?" the back of Sabrina's mind said to her. "I don't know," another part of her brain replied.
"This is crazy. And not to mention, pointless. Who cares? Oh, I know. You want him to say it. Admit it. You want him to say it. You're a hopeless romantic," the first part of her brain said.
Her feet were carrying her to a place that she didn't really want to go to. To you-know-who's (No, not Voldemort.) room—the last room on the left.
She entered, but not before the second part of her brain replied to the first part of her brain,"Yeah, right. So not true."
She cautiously grabbed on to the handle, checking for any type of gloop or other disgusting substance. Then she entered. There was no sound. She walked over to the trampoline and got up on it to see if she could see anything. Suddenly, she heard a bunch of screams and a "RUUUUSSSHHHH" and then a rollercoaster full of chimpanzees zoomed not far above her. Puck was in the first seat, standing up and shouting, "WHOO-HOOOOOOOO!"
Sabrina ducked instinctively, but realized it was not going to hurt her. She shook her head and decided to try and get his attention now—so she started to jump.
Puck noticed. He stopped yelling and flew right off the moving machine.
"GET OFF!" he shouted, then added once she had jumped off, "What do you want?"
"I said later."
Puck squinted at her as if to determine if she was either crazy or loony.
Sabrina shifted uncomfortably under his squint. "Yes, I do believe I do know why."
"What does that mean?"
"What we were talking about earlier."
"Yes, I do like you," he said. Sabrina turned ever so slightly pink. Puck noticed and added, "After all, we are getting married."
Sabrina laughed. "The future changes."
Puck frowned. "No, it won't. Not mine."
"What about mine?"
"They're meshed together!" Puck exclaimed.
"Oh, I'm sure," she replied sarcastically. "You and me. Ha! Just a crush."
Puck narrowed his eyes. "Oh, I'm not so sure."
Sabrina stared at him. Her gaze hardened, but then softened just as quickly. "I wish I hadn't said that."
"That's usually my line," Puck said.
Sabrina turned to leave. Puck stood silently until the sound of screaming chimpanzees on a rollercoaster came nearer. That was when she turned around and said, "I didn't mean it."
"What?" Puck shouted as the rollercoaster cruised above his head.
"I SAID I DIDN'T MEAN IT!" she shouted, but just as she did, the rollercoaster was gone and her words echoed loudly.
Her face turned red and his turned pink, but he forced a totally fake laugh. Sabrina smiled a tad and turned to leave once again.
As soon as she opened the door, Puck yelled, "THANKS!"
5:30 p.m.
Daphne, Elvis, Sabrina, Basil, Uncle Jake and his longtime girlfriend Charlotte Anderson of England and of the Anderson Triplets, sat in the living room watching an episode of "Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew." Nancy had just run into the bad guy again. Personally, Sabrina love old TV shows. They seemed more down to earth then the modern ones.
"DINNER!" Granny Relda shouted from the dining room. "Sabrina, Daphne, one of you, go get Puck and Henry."
"You go get them," Daphne said. "Nose goes!"
Of course Daphne won because she caught Sabrina off guard.
"Whatever," Sabrina said, getting up from the couch.
Sabrina climbed the stairs with no particular thought in her brain. She reached Henry and Veronica's room and stuck her head in. Her dad was asleep.
"This is gonna be fun," she thought.
She took a deep breath in and yelled "FIRE!"
Henry jumped up and said, "I didn't do it!" He looked at Sabrina and frowned. "What did you say this time?"
"That's for me to know and for you to find out if you ever decide to listen. Dinner's ready."
"Yeah, I kinda sensed that," he said as he got up and walked past her on his way down.
Sabrina chuckled to herself and continued on to the last room on the left. She walked in without inspecting anything. She stood just by the door and yelled, "Dinner's ready! Come on!"
Two seconds later he was right next to her. "Oh, it's you."
"So? What difference does it make?"
Puck landed and looked around as if he didn't say or hear anything.
Sabrina's shifted awkwardly and then said," Enemies?"
Puck's eyes turned to her. "Enemies."
As soon as Sabrina had dished her food, the doorbell rang. "I'll get it," Sabrina said when nobody budged.
Sabrina pushed through the swinging door that led to the living room and to the front door. She opened it. Tom Keith stood there. *Awkward*
