Chapter 10
Egard's Jug Band Soul
I awoke at noon to a flipped over hammock. My brothers were grinning at me as I rubbed my head. "This is the thanks I get." I asked.
"Sorry but you know the rules, last one up gets the dump." Emmett said laughing. I had been dumped so many times that at one point I had tied myself with strings to the hammock. I had woken with strings digging into my belly. I groaned and they splashed water upon me. I jumped up from the icy bath.
"Beached whale without fail." Christopher said grinning. I groaned again. "Here have a biscuit." He said and handed me a biscuit. I smiled and ate it.
"Can your gift extend to liquids, I want coffee." I told him and he laughed.
"Already brewed a pot just for you." He said and brought out some coffee that was more like black syrup than coffee. I downed the mess it sticking to my throat in great globs. As soon as the caffeine hit my system I was fine with the ordeal of having to swallow the mess. I then took the pot and downed it as well.
"Coffee is really good." I said and hopping on my hammock began to spin in circles. "Look at me I am a bird." I flew right onto the floor. "Ow that hurt I am going to do it again."
"How much did you give him?" Emmett asked.
"Just a bag." Christopher replied.
"A bag yo put a whole bag into one pot?" Emmett asked and laughed. "Well we will have Edgard the amazing flying vampire for a while then." I hit the wall and slid down it I then started to climb the walls. I grabbed onto the celling and hung upside down from the rafters.
"Look at me I am a vampire." I said and opened up my arms falling and knocking my brothers to the ground. I forgot about how quickly caffeine goes through my system and was snoring by the time I hit them. I trapped their hands and feet hitting them strait on. When I awoke with a headache and several bruises they were turning blue from yelling the family cuss words at me. I smiled. "I love you too guys." I got off them and they glared at me. It was dusk I had trapped them all day. "Sorry about that but it's your own fault, remember the sayings we had growing up?"
"Don't give Edgard the express." Christopher said and started to laugh. My stomach took the time to make itself known.
"I am hungry I think I will try that concoction we made last night." I said and went downstairs. Sure enough the blood was still simmering on the stove and I took out a glass and drank it down. Surprisingly it was even better than human. I finished off the mug and wiped my lips with the back of my hand. It was only then that I realized that both my brothers were staring at me.
"Well?"Emmett asked.
"It's great better than human even." I said and licked my hand clean. "It is also very filling." They both tried a cupful.
"You are right this is great." Christopher said.
"I have an idea, why don't we freeze some of this into Popsicles?" I asked spotting the only add on to the house. The cold box had been replaced with a really great refrigerator. I opened it and saw that it was in fact a freezer. It had nothing in it and so I found the ice trays filled them with the mixture and covered the lot up with tin foil and put some tooth picks in as well. I then let it freeze again.
"How did you learn to do that?" Emmett asked me.
"Well Alex loves blood pops, I froze some blood one day when I was full. All I had was an ice cube tray so I used that. They came out as mini Popsicles without any handles." I told them and they both laughed.
"Its sounds like something you would do." Emmett said and I laughed as well.
"Hey why don't we sing some songs?" Christopher asked. "Ma was finally able to get me a guitar." He pulled out an instrument from under the table and started playing a fast jig very like ho down music. I took Emmett's hand and we stomped and clapped and hollered. I then found a water barrol and started to beat on it. Emmett found a jug and blew into it.
"The three brothers jug band is back in town." Christopher said and we all laughed. I hadn't had this much fun in a long time and wished that Alexa was with me. Little did I know how soon my wish would come true.
