"Found ya!" May exclaimed, skipping into the meadow where Marie was still reading Mister Shel's book of poems. It was late in the afternoon, the sun was still high enough that Marie could get a couple minutes more of reading.
Lee waltzed into the meadow, after her blond sister. She scanned the area and huffed. "This is where you disappear to? An empty field?"
Marie looked up in surprise. She looked all around and then gasped. "What're you two doing here?! Go away! Go home!"
"No." Lee walked over and sat down in front of Marie. "I think its time- May! Get over here!- for our serious talk."
May plopped down beside Marie. "We gonna be serious, are we?"
The Kankers had one serious talk each year. Apparently, it was time for this year's one.
Lee nodded, her curls bobbing around. "Time to get serious. Ready? One, two, three..."
The usual carefree and mischievous air about the sisters quickly dispersed and was replaced with serious tension that had built up over time.
"Let me just say. May, you've been more annoying than usual!" Lee said, pointing at the girl and then faced Marie. "Calm down, okay? I'm the oldest. You guys should listen to me more! Marie, stop being a flippy bitch. You've been acting completely bipolar. Don't BS me. I'm you sister, I know when somethings up. I think you're sick."
"What?!" Marie's eyes widened. "Am not! I'm perfectly fine."
Lee grabbed the book from Marie. "You're drifting from the Kanker way, Marie! First, you're acting weird with Double D. Second, you're going away more often. Third, you're paying attention in class!"
"Fifth! You're reading!" May had grabbed the book from Lee and waved it around in front of Marie's face.
Marie pouted, clenching her fists. She started to turn red. "There's nothing wrong with me! Give it back!" She lunged at May.
May screamed and the book went tumbling. May got a hand and knee in the face as Marie scrambled to retrieve the book. Marie grabbed the book and hugged it to her chest. She slowly turned and looked at her sisters. "Let me explain..."
Lee crossed her arms, a grimace fixed on her face. "Explain."
"How old are we right now?" Marie questioned. "Like 16 or whatever, right? And we'll either graduate or not. Which do you wanna do, Lee?"
Lee pursed her lips and looked from Marie to May. May was lying on er side, curled up and clutching her face, moaning and groaning.
"No!" Marie snapped. "I'm asking about you, not whether May will or not. Do you want to graduate, Lee?"
Lee shrugged and turned her head, rubbing her chin on her shoulder, nervously. "I guess so..."
"Good, because you're smart! May probably won't graduate. And I wanna try, okay? I wanna try. And I'm going to have to work a lot harder than you do." Marie said.
Sighing, Lee pressed a hand to her forehead. "Alright, alright. Calm down... Okay, I guess I understand where you're coming from, Marie."
Marie cracked a grin. "I knew you would, sis!"
"But you know what that means, right?" Lee looked her sister in the eye. "Limited Ed boy action!"
Marie blinked, surprised. "Ah... Okay..." She sighed. "Actually, that's good. Sockhead would distract me anyway... with his ultimate nerdery."
Lee snorted and slapped Marie's arm. "Love you, sis." Lee hugged Marie before getting up. "Serious talk over." She clapped and brushed the dry grass off of her jeans. "Get up, May! You're getting a bunch of grass in your hair!" She snapped.
May popped up off the ground with a horrified expression. "No!"
"Let's go home." Lee looked over her shoulder at Marie.
"Alright." Marie grabbed her bag and shoved the book inside. "Let's go home." A small crooked smile graced her lips.
A/N: Another chapter! Apologies if it is horribleh... I DID MY BEST! Will Marie really change or no? We'll see~! THANK YOU FOR READING!
