Chapter 22: Joy To The World
Crying with joy I buried my head in Jack's shoulder as he softly stroked my hair. I couldn't believe this. My brother, my non-believing, kind to puppies-and-small-children brother, had just staked El Creepy. I wish I had a camera. I wish I had a video recorder. I wish the news was here!!!! But alas, I had none of that, so I settled for kissing Jack on the cheek.
"Hey, Fi…don't…don't be like that, okay? I'm only doing what every big brother is supposed to do."
Jack's face was stern, but I could see a tear rolling down his cheek. I grinned, feeling as if everything was okay when I heard an "Oh my God!"
Turning I saw Mom, Carey, Ned, and Irene running up to us. Mom immediately hunched down. I saw she was standing over Annie, who was lying on the ground all bloody.
"What happened to Annie?" asked Carey, glancing at Clu.
Before my brainless boy could answer I cut in, "BEES!!! Rabid killer nasty bees, and…well…Annie's allergic!!"
Mom gasped.
"We have to help her! Irene, call an ambulance, Ned get some wet paper towels."
"Wait…" came Annie's weak voice, "I'll be okay; just…can somebody tell me what happened?"
"Bees," said Jack and I at the same time. Annie stared at us like we had lost our minds and then sat up with Mom's help. Ned, who had run off to get paper towels, came jogging up and handed them to Annie. She began to wipe at her face and arms until she was clean. She was damp, but she was clean.
I felt bad for Annie, but what could I do? We can't undo the past. So I walked over to Annie and put an arm around her shoulders.
"Come on, Annie," I said, "I think you need to lie down."
I led Annie off to the bus, the whole clan behind us. Apparently none of them had seen Jack stake the wench, so Jack said he had just fallen in the dirt several times, and that was why he was so dusty. Carey then asked Clu why he looked so pale.
"I lost massive blood sugar, man," he said, "Luckily; I'll get that back later."
He then hastened his steps and caught up to me. Wrapping his arm around my shoulders he bent over and whispered into my ear, "You are going to give me some sugar, aren't you, Fi?"
Using my free arm I elbowed him in the stomach. Dumb boys. Always thinking about one thing. I'm so glad I'm a girl.
Once we reached the bus and put Annie to bed, I decided that I was going to be nicer to her. It's not her fault all this stuff happens to her. She's just too dumb to know what's going on. Well, there went the being nice idea, right out the window. Good-bye nice thoughts!!! I'll miss you!!!!
Walking through the tiny hallway of the bus I heard Mom and Irene in the "Conference Room" as they liked to call it. I liked to call it the kitchen, or, "the room that actually had a table in it". I walked past them up to the living area of the bus, where Clu and Carey were engaged in a heated game of…something on the Playstation. Jack was reading a book and as I sat down next to him I whispered, "What's going on?"
"I don't know," said Jack, "but they've been at it for quite a while now."
"Oh, bleah," I muttered, and then after thinking for a while I whispered to Jack, "watch this."
He smirked as I crept over to where Clu was playing. I sat next to him and whispered in his ear, "When this game is over, I'm going to absolutely ravish you."
Clu dropped his controller and Carey's little car thing sped across the finish line. Jack burst out laughing. As Carey stood up and began dancing and cheering, Clu turned to me.
"Do you mean it? Are you serious? Now?" he asked; his eyes very large.
"Sorry," I said in between giggles, "I don't ravish losers."
Growling playfully, Clu grabbed me and pulled me onto his lap. As I burst out laughing, I couldn't help but think that everything was going perfectly. I really wish I had a camera.
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Crying with joy I buried my head in Jack's shoulder as he softly stroked my hair. I couldn't believe this. My brother, my non-believing, kind to puppies-and-small-children brother, had just staked El Creepy. I wish I had a camera. I wish I had a video recorder. I wish the news was here!!!! But alas, I had none of that, so I settled for kissing Jack on the cheek.
"Hey, Fi…don't…don't be like that, okay? I'm only doing what every big brother is supposed to do."
Jack's face was stern, but I could see a tear rolling down his cheek. I grinned, feeling as if everything was okay when I heard an "Oh my God!"
Turning I saw Mom, Carey, Ned, and Irene running up to us. Mom immediately hunched down. I saw she was standing over Annie, who was lying on the ground all bloody.
"What happened to Annie?" asked Carey, glancing at Clu.
Before my brainless boy could answer I cut in, "BEES!!! Rabid killer nasty bees, and…well…Annie's allergic!!"
Mom gasped.
"We have to help her! Irene, call an ambulance, Ned get some wet paper towels."
"Wait…" came Annie's weak voice, "I'll be okay; just…can somebody tell me what happened?"
"Bees," said Jack and I at the same time. Annie stared at us like we had lost our minds and then sat up with Mom's help. Ned, who had run off to get paper towels, came jogging up and handed them to Annie. She began to wipe at her face and arms until she was clean. She was damp, but she was clean.
I felt bad for Annie, but what could I do? We can't undo the past. So I walked over to Annie and put an arm around her shoulders.
"Come on, Annie," I said, "I think you need to lie down."
I led Annie off to the bus, the whole clan behind us. Apparently none of them had seen Jack stake the wench, so Jack said he had just fallen in the dirt several times, and that was why he was so dusty. Carey then asked Clu why he looked so pale.
"I lost massive blood sugar, man," he said, "Luckily; I'll get that back later."
He then hastened his steps and caught up to me. Wrapping his arm around my shoulders he bent over and whispered into my ear, "You are going to give me some sugar, aren't you, Fi?"
Using my free arm I elbowed him in the stomach. Dumb boys. Always thinking about one thing. I'm so glad I'm a girl.
Once we reached the bus and put Annie to bed, I decided that I was going to be nicer to her. It's not her fault all this stuff happens to her. She's just too dumb to know what's going on. Well, there went the being nice idea, right out the window. Good-bye nice thoughts!!! I'll miss you!!!!
Walking through the tiny hallway of the bus I heard Mom and Irene in the "Conference Room" as they liked to call it. I liked to call it the kitchen, or, "the room that actually had a table in it". I walked past them up to the living area of the bus, where Clu and Carey were engaged in a heated game of…something on the Playstation. Jack was reading a book and as I sat down next to him I whispered, "What's going on?"
"I don't know," said Jack, "but they've been at it for quite a while now."
"Oh, bleah," I muttered, and then after thinking for a while I whispered to Jack, "watch this."
He smirked as I crept over to where Clu was playing. I sat next to him and whispered in his ear, "When this game is over, I'm going to absolutely ravish you."
Clu dropped his controller and Carey's little car thing sped across the finish line. Jack burst out laughing. As Carey stood up and began dancing and cheering, Clu turned to me.
"Do you mean it? Are you serious? Now?" he asked; his eyes very large.
"Sorry," I said in between giggles, "I don't ravish losers."
Growling playfully, Clu grabbed me and pulled me onto his lap. As I burst out laughing, I couldn't help but think that everything was going perfectly. I really wish I had a camera.
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