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Chapter 7
Ella sat up in bed. It was six-thirty A.M. It was raining. Today, we go shopping! She thought flatly. She groaned as she got out of bed and shuffled into the shower. No one else was awake.
After a long shower, she quickly made breakfast, and got some laundry in. I never thought this vacation would be so much work. Then again, I volunteered.
Before long, Ella's cousins had piled into the kitchen. Surprisingly, they were very quiet.
"What happened to you guys? Did aliens abduct my cousins and make clones?"
They looked at her and made faces, hearing her joke. Ishtar in, and looked surprise. "What happened? Is this not the right house I slept at last night?"
Ella laughed. "Good Morning, Ishtar."
"Morning." He smiled. "What's for breakfast?"
"Whatever you want."
"Right." He glanced around, aimlessly. "So what's today's agenda?"
"Mall."
"That's it? I thought you could at least think of something more...more...more...fun."
"Six kids, two sitters, one driver, three guests and an injured person. What is more easier than the mall when it is raining? Please, elaborate!"
"Well, excuse me."
Ishtar grabbed some toast and left the room. Ella sighs, shaking her head and goes toward Gee's room. Surprisingly, she was not crying yet. Ella stepped into the room. Gee was sitting in her crib playing with her toys. Ella smiled, seeing nothing wrong.
"Hi Gee!"
Gee looked up at Ella and giggled. Ella picked her up and carried her into the room. Her cousins had left and were watching TV in the family room.
Elizabeth and Will sat at the table with Robin eating. "Where is everyone? How will we go to the mall?"
"Hermonie is staying home today." Said Robin.
"Jack is sleeping and I have no idea where Ishtar is ." added Elizabeth. "When I tried to wake Jack, I heard something about 'smelly socks and succotash'. What the heck he is dreaming about?"
"Still sleeping?"
Elizabeth nodded.
"Let's see if he's still dreaming when I get through with him." Robin pulled up her sleeves and headed for the other room.
Jack lay sleeping on the couch. Robin poked him. Nothing. Robin poked him again. Then again, and again. No luck. Robin went into the room where the dogs were. She picked up Buttons, the smallest dog, who was a Beagle and had a habit of licking things.
She quickly came back into the other room and put Buttons on the couch Jack was sleeping on. Buttons trotted over to Jack's face and started licking his face. Robin giggled and left the room.
Soon, everyone except Jack and Hermonie were in the car and on their way to the mall. As soon as they step in the mall, Ella's cell goes off.
"Hello?"
"Ella?"
"Yea?"
"Guess who?"
"Mamorumi and Erindi."
"How did you guess?"
"Yea, how did you guess?"
"I was lucky. So, what's up?"
"We decided to cut our vacation short, too. We will be there in a few days."
"Great. See you two soon."
Ella clicked her phone. Robin gave her a look. "Yes, Robin. They are coming in a few days. So it's time to pull out the sleeping bags."
No one said anything. They spent the rest of the day at the mall.
Meanwhile, Jack, who was getting licked to death in his sleep, started waking up. "ROBIN! WAIT 'TILL I'M AWAKE, WOMAN!"
Buttons continued licking Jack's face. "STOP IT!"
Finally Jack opened his eyes not seeing his bonny lass, but a very weird dog, who liked Jack's face. "GET OFF YOU.....YOU.....ARGGGHHHHH!"
Buttons gave him innocent eyes, and then walked off. Jack sat up, wiping his face, trying to get the dog slime off.
Stupid flea bag!
Jack stumbled into the kitchen. No one was there. Jack spotted a note one the table. He picked it up and read it.
Jack/Hermonie,
Ella and I took the kids to the mall. Be back later. Breakfast is on the stove.
-Robin
PS
Will, Elizabeth and Ishtar are with us.
Jack put the not back on the table. He quickly gulped down breakfast. This would be a great time to explore the house. Haven't been in every room.
Making his decision, he started at the girl's room. He slowly opened the door. Jack glanced around. Robin's closet...was...open.
Jack walked into the closet and peered inside. Jack's eyes widened at what he saw.
