Saturday-8:10 am
Besides being the last one to go asleep, Dawn woke up first.
She sat up in her bed and looked down on the floor. Natlee, Sadie and Mae all lay in their sleeping bags. They had their eyes closed, and all seemed pretty calm, so Dawn guessed they were asleep. She threw the blanket off herself, and stepped out of bed, careful not to step on Mae. This was why she didn't want her sleeping bag there!
Still careful not to step on anyone, Dawn got to her desk. She looked in the mirror standing in the corner. Her hair was at it's messiest point it had been at in a long time. That had to be fixed. She turned around, and stepped over Sadie. The door was still open from the night, so Dawn just had to walk out into the hall. She turned right, and walked to the bathroom.
In the bathroom mirror her hair looked even worse. In a second she grabbed her hair brush and started brushing it out. Evenly and clean. All of a sudden she got a feeling. She stopped brushing and started using the brush as a microphone.
"Oh, she's sweet but a psycho, a little bit psycho. At night she's screaming-"
She saw the door open in the mirror, and stopped singing. Nicky took a step in. He then seemed to notice Dawn in there, and he turned around on the spot.
"Hey, Nicky what do you want?"
"Nothing!", Nicky shouted from the hallway.
Dawn groaned. Of course Nicky didn't shut the door. Dawn put the brush back onto the sink, and went off to close the door. Looking into the hallway, she saw Ricky and Dicky outside the boys' room.
"Hey, guys!"
Ricky turned his head, annoyed, and Dicky happily waved at her.
"Good Morning, Dawn"
Dawn sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Good morning, Ricky. You two should get dressed. Nicky just went downstairs, and I think he's gonna make us some breakfast soon!"
"Right!"
"Sounds good"
Twenty minutes later the three oldest quads were ready for the day. Or... maybe not for the whole day, but at least for breakfast. They had just put on some quick casual wear and slippers.
They hurried down the stairs and through the living room. Both the door and pass door to the kitchen were closed, so they opened the door and walked in. Nicky stood on the opposite side of the kitchen, preparing something by the sink.
"Good morning, Nicky" Dawn gave Ricky a quick sassy look, before sitting down at the table. Ricky sighed, and sat down.
"What are you making?"
Nicky turned around.
"I've just finished making you sandwiches"
"Did you-", Dicky started, before Nicky cut him off.
"Yes, I did cut off the crusts on your sandwich"
Dicky frowned, confused.
"I was going to ask if you put ham on my sandwich, but I guess that answer works just fine"
He smiled, and sat back. Dawn and Ricky however looked suspicious. Dawn crossed her arms on the table.
"What're you hiding?"
"What makes you think I'm hiding anything?" Nicky sounded nervous. Dawn tilted her head.
"Well, because when you're hiding something you always cut us off in the middle of sentences, by saying things that you think will please us. Like when-"
Nicky interrupted her, without really noticing it.
"No, I don't. And by the way Dawn, I put the crust from our sandwiches onto yours. Oh, I see it now"
Dawn, Ricky and Dicky got out of their chairs.
"You can just tell us what's up, man", Dicky assured.
"That's the thing... I can't" Nicky shook his head.
"Nicky, we have a circle of trust", Ricky reminded him. Nicky looked both relieved, disappointed and nervous at the same time.
"Fine" He sighed. "I...I"
Their five guests walked into the kitchen.
"I am going to make extra chocolate chip muffins for everyone!" Directly after he said it he seemed to regret it. It was clear he made it up on the spot.
Seven of the others immediately looked ecstatic and shocked. Dawn however, was in another type of shock.
"Nicky, that wasn't part of the competition!", she yelled. Nicky hurried over to Dawn, and whisper-hissed.
"I have a trust pact with you, Ricky and Dicky, not everyone else!"
He got back to the sink, picked up a tray of sandwiches, walked over to the table, and put the tray down.
"Enjoy!"
He and the other quads sat down in their chairs, and took their sandwiches off the tray. While the others took a bite into their food, Dicky lifted the top piece of his sandwich. He was checking for ham. When he noticed there was no ham, he happily took a bite into it too.
After breakfast, their friends went upstairs to change. Dawn, Ricky and Dicky had cornered Nicky in the kitchen. They all looked at their youngest sibling with their arms crossed, determined to get the truth out of him.
"So", Dawn started. "Now everyone's gone. Tell us what's going on for real"
Nicky shook his head.
"I can't!"
"You have too" Ricky angrily glanced at Nicky.
"I'm sorry. I won't"
"What happened to our circle of trust?", Dicky asked.
"It's broken right now" A drop of sweat rolled down Nicky's forehead. Dawn rolled her eyes.
"Well, you're the only one who can fix it right now"
"But, I'm not going to! And I know you're just doing this because you're mad about the muffins!"
"I'm not. We're doing this because we care about you, and we don't want you to be unhappy"
Nicky smiled for a second. But only for one second. His smile then disappeared.
"Nice try, I'm still not telling you"
"Dawn told you the truth, we're doing this because we care", Ricky pointed out. Nicky snorted.
"You can't make me tell you. And by the way, I have double the amount of muffins to make now"
He shoved the others out of his way, and started getting things out of the cupboards, leaving the others to still wonder what had happened...