STORY OF A GIRL
Nayru: You wanted more, you asked for more, SO HERE IT IS MOOOOOORE! I decided to do both The Masked Bandit and Cliff's Birthday at once. HAVE FUN!
Chapter 15: The Masked Bandit! No Need For Cake!
"Cliff, honey, have you seen my brooch?" Rae called from the bedroom.
"Which one?"
"The blue one!"
"It's exactly where you left it, dear." Cliff called from the kitchen. "It should be on the bathroom dresser."
"Well, it's NOT!" She called back. Cliff put down his newspaper.
"Are you sure?" He bounced up the stairs. "I swear I saw you take it off in there." Cliff skidded into their bedroom, where Rae was brushing her hair out. He paused to watch her. He liked watching her brushing her hair; it was pretty long, falling delicately to her waist, making it impossible to brush. She ran her brush through her hair, forcing it through the bottom. He couldn't help but lean against the door, sighing deeply. She was so beautiful, and he knew it. He had no intention of denying his lovely wife of four months that she was the most beautiful thing he'd ever laid eyes on. But now, she was pouting, which slightly defiled her beauty. "Uh... I'll go look."
"Oh, you goofball." Rei hugged him around the waist. "It's your birthday! I'll go look." Smiling, she waltzed out of the room. "A lot of stuff's gone missing over the past few days... like... my TV remote, that sandwich, a few forks, your present..."
"What?!"
"Oops, did I say 'present'?" She giggled. "There's no present." Cliff frowned, thinking for a minute.
"Hmm, if you say so." He slowly smirked. "Well... I'll go look for my pres- er, your brooch. For now... can I braid it?" He smiled cutely, begging to get his fingers through her hair.
"Sure thing, sweets." She sat down, and he happily began to braid her hair. She grinned, as he tightened the knots. "So, guess what?"
"What?" He replied, reaching for a hair tie.
"Andrew left the results of my tests yesterday in the mailbox. Nice of him, to deliver."
"Anything important?"
"Nothing huge, actually, just showed that the EPT proved right, and the baby's completely fine." Rae grinned proudly.
"Always good." Cliff smiled happily, thinking of what was coming in the months ahead. Rae was going to be the mother of his child in only six months. Neither had planned it, and neither cared. What mattered to them was that they were happily married, with only the occasional... okay, nightly... arguments over their pillows; Cliff had a fetish for stealing her fluffier pillow and hiding it, leaving her with his flat pillow, and then going right to sleep. Usually, she'd yell at him to find it, he'd grumble that he was trying to sleep, and eventually, she'd force him to get it back. They'd never say their marriage was perfect; Cliff was immature, and Rae was too excitable. They didn't care; they loved each other.
"Of course it's good. Now, I gotta know, when are we going to get started on the baby's room?"
"Uhm, I'm gonna go find your brooch now!" He grabbed his shoes and dashed out of the room.
"Clifford!"
"Bye honey!" Cliff dashed towards Karen's house. He banged on the door.
"Kai, open up!"
"KAI, GET OUT! AND GO FIND MY BRA, DAMMIT!"
"Yeargh!" Kai got kicked right past Cliff. Karen stood in the door, scowling.
"THAT WAS MY LAST CLEAN ONE! NOW GO FIND WHERE YOU HID IT!" Kai panted nervously, as she slammed the door huffily.
"Lemme guess... it's gone and you have NO idea where it is." Cliff giggled.
"Right! She didn't put it away, tossed it next to the window, and in the morning, it was gone!"
"Funny. Rae left her favorite brooch on her dresser, and it's gone."
"That's not all." Harris walked up. "A book, a set of potholders, and a folder of crime reports."
"A recipe book, and a pie, pan and all!" Andrew exclaimed. "And three boxes of gloves. Gone."
"Not to mention a packet of seeds, four plates, and a paintbrush." Gray growled. "Someone's been pilfering our stuff!"
"Then we have to go find it, before our beloved ones decide it's our faults." Cliff rolled his eyes.
"Guy's, lets check out the crime scenes." The gentlemen nodded, and each ran off to each other's houses.
Cliff discovered fresh pawprints in the snow outside Kai's bedroom window; some sort of small animal had been there. There were no other clues. He sighed, getting off the roof. Gray only found pawprints outside Andrew's kitchen window. Harris examined Gray's house, only finding pawprints as well. Kai examined Harris' house, and still only found pawprints. Andrew examined around Cliff's house, still the only interesting thing being pawprints. Putting it simply; none of them had any clues. They rendevouzed in the center of the field.
"Nothing. None of us have anything."
"Wait." Cliff cut in. "We all found pawprints. Maybe they're the clues we need?"
"Maybe..." Andrew looked around, and noticed a trail of the pawprints. "Let's follow those. Maybe they'll lead us to our bandit." The five boys ran along the trail into the woods. They followed it for nearly half an hour into the forest.
"Here's where the trail ends." Kai stopped in front of a big tree with a hole in it. They looked into the hole.
"Aw, look! A raccoon family!" Andrew gasped.
"With our stuff being used as a nest." Cliff pointed out. "We found our masked bandit."
"Well... what can we do?" Harris wondered. "They need it."
"I know." Cliff grinned. "Let's go grab some old sheets."
An hour and a half later, the five boys returned to the tree with a bunch of old sheets. As each man took out their belongings, they'd carefully replace it with a sheet. Finally, the raccoons had a proper nest, and the guys had all their things back; and Cliff had a box. There was a note attached to it.
"This was the best place for me to hide your present, because I know you'd never interrupt a family. The raccoons didn't mind at all, though. I worked hard to pick this out for you. I love you, enjoy your present! ~ Rae" Cliff read out loud, smiling. He looked at the gold-foil-wrapped box. Slowly, he opened it. A small whistle fell out. He read the note attached to it. "Animal call. Emits a sound that will call birds and animals." He grinned. "My wife can read me like a book."
"Or maybe she knows you love animals." Kai laughed. "Happy birthday, dude!"
"Happy birthday, Cliff!" Five voices chorused. The five turned around to see their wives and fiancees. Rae grinned. She was holding a cake with twenty-three candles. He grinned. Karen set up two portable picnic tables. Elli put up benches.
"Of course we had to get creative." Elli giggled, setting plates and forks. Rae set the cake down.
"Come on, it's lunchtime already, let's eat!" Mary smiled happily, and the group sat and began to eat the cake.
"Was the whole masked bandit thing a setup?" Gray asked Popuri.
"Truthfully? Yes." She giggled. "We actually found the nest a week ago, after some crops went missing, and specifically set certain items in places they could steal it from. They stole it for us, so we sent you after it." The girls giggled.
"Nice, girls." Cliff laughed. "Let's eat!"
The entire group sat, and chorused, "Happy birthday to you..."
Rae, Karen, Kai, Andrew, and Popuri split off with "You live in a zoo..."
"Happy birthday to you..." The rest sang.
"You look like a monkey..." Rae, Karen, Andrew, Popuri, and Kai sang.
"Happy birthday dear Clifford... Happy birthday to you!"
"And you smell like one too!"
"And many moooooore!" Rae finished. The group laughed, and ate the cake. All in all, Cliff recieved a hawk leash from Gray and Popuri, a new set of belts from Andrew and Elli, a new pair of work boots from Ann and Rick, and an acoustic guitar from Rae, Karen, and Kai. Cliff was more than happy with his presents; glomping onto each person in turn and asphixiating them until he moved onto the next person. Rae hadn't seem him smile that much since their wedding day.
Late that night, Cliff, Karen, and Kai were sitting on the roof with cups of hot cocoa.
"What a day." Cliff grinned.
"It was fun, wasn't it?" Karen looked at him.
"Yeah, definitely." Cliff nodded.
"So, what do we do next time?"
"Well... we could check out the haunted house down by the harbor." Cliff suggested.
"Oh, and that chicken we're getting... what are we going to do with that?" Karen asked.
"And what about Dix? I've seen her with that dog at the ranch." Kai added.
"Well, that sounds good. Let's let the reviewers decide, eh?" Cliff nodded.
"Sounds good to me!" Karen nodded.
"Right, so... we'll see you next time on Story of a Girl!" Cliff laughed.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Nayru: Sorry about the long wait; I was busy with some other projects.
Xiao: Your choices are!
1) The Haunted House 2) Chicken Caper 3) Dix and the Wolf
Nayru: See you soon!
Nayru: You wanted more, you asked for more, SO HERE IT IS MOOOOOORE! I decided to do both The Masked Bandit and Cliff's Birthday at once. HAVE FUN!
Chapter 15: The Masked Bandit! No Need For Cake!
"Cliff, honey, have you seen my brooch?" Rae called from the bedroom.
"Which one?"
"The blue one!"
"It's exactly where you left it, dear." Cliff called from the kitchen. "It should be on the bathroom dresser."
"Well, it's NOT!" She called back. Cliff put down his newspaper.
"Are you sure?" He bounced up the stairs. "I swear I saw you take it off in there." Cliff skidded into their bedroom, where Rae was brushing her hair out. He paused to watch her. He liked watching her brushing her hair; it was pretty long, falling delicately to her waist, making it impossible to brush. She ran her brush through her hair, forcing it through the bottom. He couldn't help but lean against the door, sighing deeply. She was so beautiful, and he knew it. He had no intention of denying his lovely wife of four months that she was the most beautiful thing he'd ever laid eyes on. But now, she was pouting, which slightly defiled her beauty. "Uh... I'll go look."
"Oh, you goofball." Rei hugged him around the waist. "It's your birthday! I'll go look." Smiling, she waltzed out of the room. "A lot of stuff's gone missing over the past few days... like... my TV remote, that sandwich, a few forks, your present..."
"What?!"
"Oops, did I say 'present'?" She giggled. "There's no present." Cliff frowned, thinking for a minute.
"Hmm, if you say so." He slowly smirked. "Well... I'll go look for my pres- er, your brooch. For now... can I braid it?" He smiled cutely, begging to get his fingers through her hair.
"Sure thing, sweets." She sat down, and he happily began to braid her hair. She grinned, as he tightened the knots. "So, guess what?"
"What?" He replied, reaching for a hair tie.
"Andrew left the results of my tests yesterday in the mailbox. Nice of him, to deliver."
"Anything important?"
"Nothing huge, actually, just showed that the EPT proved right, and the baby's completely fine." Rae grinned proudly.
"Always good." Cliff smiled happily, thinking of what was coming in the months ahead. Rae was going to be the mother of his child in only six months. Neither had planned it, and neither cared. What mattered to them was that they were happily married, with only the occasional... okay, nightly... arguments over their pillows; Cliff had a fetish for stealing her fluffier pillow and hiding it, leaving her with his flat pillow, and then going right to sleep. Usually, she'd yell at him to find it, he'd grumble that he was trying to sleep, and eventually, she'd force him to get it back. They'd never say their marriage was perfect; Cliff was immature, and Rae was too excitable. They didn't care; they loved each other.
"Of course it's good. Now, I gotta know, when are we going to get started on the baby's room?"
"Uhm, I'm gonna go find your brooch now!" He grabbed his shoes and dashed out of the room.
"Clifford!"
"Bye honey!" Cliff dashed towards Karen's house. He banged on the door.
"Kai, open up!"
"KAI, GET OUT! AND GO FIND MY BRA, DAMMIT!"
"Yeargh!" Kai got kicked right past Cliff. Karen stood in the door, scowling.
"THAT WAS MY LAST CLEAN ONE! NOW GO FIND WHERE YOU HID IT!" Kai panted nervously, as she slammed the door huffily.
"Lemme guess... it's gone and you have NO idea where it is." Cliff giggled.
"Right! She didn't put it away, tossed it next to the window, and in the morning, it was gone!"
"Funny. Rae left her favorite brooch on her dresser, and it's gone."
"That's not all." Harris walked up. "A book, a set of potholders, and a folder of crime reports."
"A recipe book, and a pie, pan and all!" Andrew exclaimed. "And three boxes of gloves. Gone."
"Not to mention a packet of seeds, four plates, and a paintbrush." Gray growled. "Someone's been pilfering our stuff!"
"Then we have to go find it, before our beloved ones decide it's our faults." Cliff rolled his eyes.
"Guy's, lets check out the crime scenes." The gentlemen nodded, and each ran off to each other's houses.
Cliff discovered fresh pawprints in the snow outside Kai's bedroom window; some sort of small animal had been there. There were no other clues. He sighed, getting off the roof. Gray only found pawprints outside Andrew's kitchen window. Harris examined Gray's house, only finding pawprints as well. Kai examined Harris' house, and still only found pawprints. Andrew examined around Cliff's house, still the only interesting thing being pawprints. Putting it simply; none of them had any clues. They rendevouzed in the center of the field.
"Nothing. None of us have anything."
"Wait." Cliff cut in. "We all found pawprints. Maybe they're the clues we need?"
"Maybe..." Andrew looked around, and noticed a trail of the pawprints. "Let's follow those. Maybe they'll lead us to our bandit." The five boys ran along the trail into the woods. They followed it for nearly half an hour into the forest.
"Here's where the trail ends." Kai stopped in front of a big tree with a hole in it. They looked into the hole.
"Aw, look! A raccoon family!" Andrew gasped.
"With our stuff being used as a nest." Cliff pointed out. "We found our masked bandit."
"Well... what can we do?" Harris wondered. "They need it."
"I know." Cliff grinned. "Let's go grab some old sheets."
An hour and a half later, the five boys returned to the tree with a bunch of old sheets. As each man took out their belongings, they'd carefully replace it with a sheet. Finally, the raccoons had a proper nest, and the guys had all their things back; and Cliff had a box. There was a note attached to it.
"This was the best place for me to hide your present, because I know you'd never interrupt a family. The raccoons didn't mind at all, though. I worked hard to pick this out for you. I love you, enjoy your present! ~ Rae" Cliff read out loud, smiling. He looked at the gold-foil-wrapped box. Slowly, he opened it. A small whistle fell out. He read the note attached to it. "Animal call. Emits a sound that will call birds and animals." He grinned. "My wife can read me like a book."
"Or maybe she knows you love animals." Kai laughed. "Happy birthday, dude!"
"Happy birthday, Cliff!" Five voices chorused. The five turned around to see their wives and fiancees. Rae grinned. She was holding a cake with twenty-three candles. He grinned. Karen set up two portable picnic tables. Elli put up benches.
"Of course we had to get creative." Elli giggled, setting plates and forks. Rae set the cake down.
"Come on, it's lunchtime already, let's eat!" Mary smiled happily, and the group sat and began to eat the cake.
"Was the whole masked bandit thing a setup?" Gray asked Popuri.
"Truthfully? Yes." She giggled. "We actually found the nest a week ago, after some crops went missing, and specifically set certain items in places they could steal it from. They stole it for us, so we sent you after it." The girls giggled.
"Nice, girls." Cliff laughed. "Let's eat!"
The entire group sat, and chorused, "Happy birthday to you..."
Rae, Karen, Kai, Andrew, and Popuri split off with "You live in a zoo..."
"Happy birthday to you..." The rest sang.
"You look like a monkey..." Rae, Karen, Andrew, Popuri, and Kai sang.
"Happy birthday dear Clifford... Happy birthday to you!"
"And you smell like one too!"
"And many moooooore!" Rae finished. The group laughed, and ate the cake. All in all, Cliff recieved a hawk leash from Gray and Popuri, a new set of belts from Andrew and Elli, a new pair of work boots from Ann and Rick, and an acoustic guitar from Rae, Karen, and Kai. Cliff was more than happy with his presents; glomping onto each person in turn and asphixiating them until he moved onto the next person. Rae hadn't seem him smile that much since their wedding day.
Late that night, Cliff, Karen, and Kai were sitting on the roof with cups of hot cocoa.
"What a day." Cliff grinned.
"It was fun, wasn't it?" Karen looked at him.
"Yeah, definitely." Cliff nodded.
"So, what do we do next time?"
"Well... we could check out the haunted house down by the harbor." Cliff suggested.
"Oh, and that chicken we're getting... what are we going to do with that?" Karen asked.
"And what about Dix? I've seen her with that dog at the ranch." Kai added.
"Well, that sounds good. Let's let the reviewers decide, eh?" Cliff nodded.
"Sounds good to me!" Karen nodded.
"Right, so... we'll see you next time on Story of a Girl!" Cliff laughed.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Nayru: Sorry about the long wait; I was busy with some other projects.
Xiao: Your choices are!
1) The Haunted House 2) Chicken Caper 3) Dix and the Wolf
Nayru: See you soon!