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Chapter 28: Cookies and ghost stories
Crystal/Akina's POV
"The food was pretty good" I said after dinner had finished and we were walking back to the cabin.
"The teacher said that lights out is at 10pm" Tala said.
"So what do you want to do until then?" Rei asked.
"I have a craving for cookies" I spoke up.
"Are you serious Crystal? We just had dinner" Kai exclaimed.
"So? I want cookies" I responded.
"Are you always hungry?" Mariah questioned.
"Sometimes" I answered after a moment of thought.
When we got back to the cabin, I dug through the cupboards for the ingredients and began baking while the others watched t.v. I soon finished and the others drifted into the kitchen, drawn by the smell of the cookies baking.
"Mmm, something smells good" Rei said as he peeked in the oven.
"I didn't know you could cook" Tala remarked as he made a move to open up the oven.
"Oi" I said and slapped his hand away. "No touching. They're not ready yet"
"Aww" he said making a face. "When are they going to be ready?"
"In" I checked the clock. "10 minutes"
"Oh okay then. You cab be sure we'll be back then" Rei said warningly before he and Tala left.
Exactly ten minutes later, Tala, Rei and Mariah came back into the kitchen.
"You said they'd be ready now" Tala reminded me.
"Yes, I know. They're ready" I said and took the tray out of the oven.
"Yay!" Mariah said happily.
"I wouldn't eat them just yet" I warned her as her hand hovered over the tray.
"Why not?" she asked pausing.
"They'll burn your tongue" I answered.
Just then, Kai entered the kitchen and made a beeline for the cookies. Before anybody could say a word, his arm shot out and scooped up a cookie.
"Umm, Kai?" I said.
"Hmm, what?" he asked as he shoved the cookie into his mouth. For a moment his face froze before he dived for the water jug.
"Yeah, they just came out of the oven" I continued.
"Why didn't you tell me before?" he accused me.
"Because you didn't give me a chance" I replied.
"My taste buds are burnt. I won't be able to taste anything for a few days" he moaned.
"Serves you right" Mariah said.
"Shut up" he muttered before going into the bedroom.
"Can we eat them yet?" Rei asked for the tenth time five minutes later.
"Yeah, but just hang on a sec. You all go ahead into the bedroom. I'll serve them up with milk" I responded to him as I rooted through the fridge for the milk and they all left the kitchen.
I found a tray in a cupboard under the oven and lifted the cookies onto a plate before filling five glasses with milk and setting them on the tray as well.
Balancing the load carefully, I walked towards the bedroom and pushed the door open with my foot.
"About time" Tala said as he stood up to help me set the load down onto the bedside table.
"Aren't you going to have a cookie Kai?" I teased him after everybody had grabbed one.
"No" he responded sitting on his bed.
"Aww why not? Don't you trust my cooking?" I asked him picking up a glass of milk. "At least have a glass of milk then"
"Thanks" he muttered as accepted the glass.
"Cookie?" I offered him.
"I don't see the point. I probably won't be able to taste it" he grumbled but took one anyway.
"So what do you want to do till light out?" Rei asked everybody when the food was finished.
"Let's tell ghost stories" Tala suggested.
"Please can we not?" Mariah asked.
"Why not?" I questioned.
"You're not afraid, are you Mariah?" Tala said.
"Of course not" she replied tossing her hair over her shoulder definitely.
"Well then, I'm sure you won't mind if we begin" Kai said.
"Everybody get comfortable." Tala instructed. "I'll go first"
Rei and Mariah curled up together on the rug next to Kai's double bed and Tala sat next to Mariah. I was sitting on the bed so I shifted over until I was close to Kai who was now leaning against the wall behind his bed.
"Can't you sit in your own bed?" he grumbled with a scowl.
"Nope. You should feel honored that I want to sit next to you" I replied as I pulled the blanket up to cover my knees.
Kai's POV
"If everybody's ready I'll begin then" Tala said clearing his throat. "This is a story I heard a few years ago. There was a once a girl who moved into a new town. When she began at her new school she was asked out by the football captain"
Rolling my eyes I leaned against the wall, ignoring Crystal who was wriggling apparently as bored as I was. I tuned out for a while and focused on the growing terrified expression on Mariah's face.
"The darkness cloaked the figure coming up from behind her," Tala said and Mariah bit her lip, her eyes flicking to the window.
"An arm holding a butcher's knife was slowly raised up behind her when she didn't turn around" Tala continued and Mariah's eyes widened as she sat upright and her hand tightened around Rei's.
Oh yeah, any second now....
"And then the knife slashed through the air with a whoosh" Tala said softly, then "BOO!" he cried out giving Mariah a light push. She jumped half a meter into the air before leaping in Rei's arms and burying her head in his chest.
"REI!" she wailed. "Don't let him get me! I don't want to die!"
"Shhh, Mariah, its okay. Nobody's going to get you. It was Tala" Rei assured her patting her soothingly on the back.
"Huh?" she replied confused looking up into his face.
"Tala that wasn't very nice" Crystal told him with a smile tugging at the corner of her lips.
"Sorry Mariah. I just couldn't help myself" Tala apologized with a sheepish grin.
"Well next time help yourself" Mariah snapped as she turned to face him and slapped him on the shoulder.
"Hey" Tala complained rubbing the spot where Mariah's slap had landed.
"Man, that what you should've expected" I told him. "Don't be a wuss. It can't have hurt that much"
"Would you like me to slap you to see how much it would hurt you Kai?" Mariah asked me.
"No it's okay" I replied.
"Lights out" a voice called out after we heard a knock on the door.
"Well, good night people" Tala said before exiting the room.
"I better not get nightmares. If I do I'll kick Tala's ass" Mariah grumbled she and Rei stood up.
"Don't worry Mariah. If you do I'm sure Rei would comfort you in the middle of the night" Crystal commented cheekily.
"Crystal" Rei said warningly.
"What? It's true isn't it? You'd comfort your girlfriend right?" she responded.
"Goodnight" he stated before leading Mariah out of the room.
"Pretty amusing huh?" she remarked.
"Yeah" I agreed. "Umm, aren't you going to go sleep in your bed?" I asked her when she made no move to get out of my bed.
"Huh? Oh right" she said before getting out and snuggling up in her own bed.
"Night Kai-kun" she said as she reached under her blankets to retrieve Fuzzi Wuzzi. "Sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite"
"Whatever" I mumbled before turning off the light.
Crystal/Akina's POV
I blinked in the morning sunlight and rubbed my eyes. Need more sleep I thought absently.
So what'd you think? Remember to review okay? Thanks to ones from the previous chapter. I apologize once again for the short chappie. I promise that the next one is really long.
Chapter 28: Cookies and ghost stories
Crystal/Akina's POV
"The food was pretty good" I said after dinner had finished and we were walking back to the cabin.
"The teacher said that lights out is at 10pm" Tala said.
"So what do you want to do until then?" Rei asked.
"I have a craving for cookies" I spoke up.
"Are you serious Crystal? We just had dinner" Kai exclaimed.
"So? I want cookies" I responded.
"Are you always hungry?" Mariah questioned.
"Sometimes" I answered after a moment of thought.
When we got back to the cabin, I dug through the cupboards for the ingredients and began baking while the others watched t.v. I soon finished and the others drifted into the kitchen, drawn by the smell of the cookies baking.
"Mmm, something smells good" Rei said as he peeked in the oven.
"I didn't know you could cook" Tala remarked as he made a move to open up the oven.
"Oi" I said and slapped his hand away. "No touching. They're not ready yet"
"Aww" he said making a face. "When are they going to be ready?"
"In" I checked the clock. "10 minutes"
"Oh okay then. You cab be sure we'll be back then" Rei said warningly before he and Tala left.
Exactly ten minutes later, Tala, Rei and Mariah came back into the kitchen.
"You said they'd be ready now" Tala reminded me.
"Yes, I know. They're ready" I said and took the tray out of the oven.
"Yay!" Mariah said happily.
"I wouldn't eat them just yet" I warned her as her hand hovered over the tray.
"Why not?" she asked pausing.
"They'll burn your tongue" I answered.
Just then, Kai entered the kitchen and made a beeline for the cookies. Before anybody could say a word, his arm shot out and scooped up a cookie.
"Umm, Kai?" I said.
"Hmm, what?" he asked as he shoved the cookie into his mouth. For a moment his face froze before he dived for the water jug.
"Yeah, they just came out of the oven" I continued.
"Why didn't you tell me before?" he accused me.
"Because you didn't give me a chance" I replied.
"My taste buds are burnt. I won't be able to taste anything for a few days" he moaned.
"Serves you right" Mariah said.
"Shut up" he muttered before going into the bedroom.
"Can we eat them yet?" Rei asked for the tenth time five minutes later.
"Yeah, but just hang on a sec. You all go ahead into the bedroom. I'll serve them up with milk" I responded to him as I rooted through the fridge for the milk and they all left the kitchen.
I found a tray in a cupboard under the oven and lifted the cookies onto a plate before filling five glasses with milk and setting them on the tray as well.
Balancing the load carefully, I walked towards the bedroom and pushed the door open with my foot.
"About time" Tala said as he stood up to help me set the load down onto the bedside table.
"Aren't you going to have a cookie Kai?" I teased him after everybody had grabbed one.
"No" he responded sitting on his bed.
"Aww why not? Don't you trust my cooking?" I asked him picking up a glass of milk. "At least have a glass of milk then"
"Thanks" he muttered as accepted the glass.
"Cookie?" I offered him.
"I don't see the point. I probably won't be able to taste it" he grumbled but took one anyway.
"So what do you want to do till light out?" Rei asked everybody when the food was finished.
"Let's tell ghost stories" Tala suggested.
"Please can we not?" Mariah asked.
"Why not?" I questioned.
"You're not afraid, are you Mariah?" Tala said.
"Of course not" she replied tossing her hair over her shoulder definitely.
"Well then, I'm sure you won't mind if we begin" Kai said.
"Everybody get comfortable." Tala instructed. "I'll go first"
Rei and Mariah curled up together on the rug next to Kai's double bed and Tala sat next to Mariah. I was sitting on the bed so I shifted over until I was close to Kai who was now leaning against the wall behind his bed.
"Can't you sit in your own bed?" he grumbled with a scowl.
"Nope. You should feel honored that I want to sit next to you" I replied as I pulled the blanket up to cover my knees.
Kai's POV
"If everybody's ready I'll begin then" Tala said clearing his throat. "This is a story I heard a few years ago. There was a once a girl who moved into a new town. When she began at her new school she was asked out by the football captain"
Rolling my eyes I leaned against the wall, ignoring Crystal who was wriggling apparently as bored as I was. I tuned out for a while and focused on the growing terrified expression on Mariah's face.
"The darkness cloaked the figure coming up from behind her," Tala said and Mariah bit her lip, her eyes flicking to the window.
"An arm holding a butcher's knife was slowly raised up behind her when she didn't turn around" Tala continued and Mariah's eyes widened as she sat upright and her hand tightened around Rei's.
Oh yeah, any second now....
"And then the knife slashed through the air with a whoosh" Tala said softly, then "BOO!" he cried out giving Mariah a light push. She jumped half a meter into the air before leaping in Rei's arms and burying her head in his chest.
"REI!" she wailed. "Don't let him get me! I don't want to die!"
"Shhh, Mariah, its okay. Nobody's going to get you. It was Tala" Rei assured her patting her soothingly on the back.
"Huh?" she replied confused looking up into his face.
"Tala that wasn't very nice" Crystal told him with a smile tugging at the corner of her lips.
"Sorry Mariah. I just couldn't help myself" Tala apologized with a sheepish grin.
"Well next time help yourself" Mariah snapped as she turned to face him and slapped him on the shoulder.
"Hey" Tala complained rubbing the spot where Mariah's slap had landed.
"Man, that what you should've expected" I told him. "Don't be a wuss. It can't have hurt that much"
"Would you like me to slap you to see how much it would hurt you Kai?" Mariah asked me.
"No it's okay" I replied.
"Lights out" a voice called out after we heard a knock on the door.
"Well, good night people" Tala said before exiting the room.
"I better not get nightmares. If I do I'll kick Tala's ass" Mariah grumbled she and Rei stood up.
"Don't worry Mariah. If you do I'm sure Rei would comfort you in the middle of the night" Crystal commented cheekily.
"Crystal" Rei said warningly.
"What? It's true isn't it? You'd comfort your girlfriend right?" she responded.
"Goodnight" he stated before leading Mariah out of the room.
"Pretty amusing huh?" she remarked.
"Yeah" I agreed. "Umm, aren't you going to go sleep in your bed?" I asked her when she made no move to get out of my bed.
"Huh? Oh right" she said before getting out and snuggling up in her own bed.
"Night Kai-kun" she said as she reached under her blankets to retrieve Fuzzi Wuzzi. "Sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite"
"Whatever" I mumbled before turning off the light.
Crystal/Akina's POV
I blinked in the morning sunlight and rubbed my eyes. Need more sleep I thought absently.
So what'd you think? Remember to review okay? Thanks to ones from the previous chapter. I apologize once again for the short chappie. I promise that the next one is really long.