Chapter 2:
Unwanted Events
Even though right now it's the morning, I should tell you what happened yesterday: when I got home with the Slappy doll, mom saw him and got freaked out by it. She also wondered why someone gave me a very detailed looking doll for free, but she said nothing more of it. As for Lindsey, she tried to stay as far away from Slappy as possible, but it was pretty hard for her to do since she lives in the same house as the doll.
When I was going to sleep that night, I put the Slappy doll by the corner of the dresser - which is across my bed- and I changed into my pj's. I than got into bed and started to fall asleep, but just before I fell asleep, I heard... um... "faint" laughter from somewhere, but not exactly sure where. I didn't care to much about it, so I just went to sleep.
Right now, I'm sitting at the table with the Slappy doll sitting next to me; trying to hide him from Lindsey. Why am I hiding him? I'm trying to scare Lindsey when she comes to the table to eat breakfast. You can't really see Slappy unless you move the boxes of cereal away from his face... which Lindsey will do to get something to eat.
(If you're wondering, the rooms in our house go like this: downstairs is my room, my older brother's room, a bathroom, the laundry room and the living room. the next level has the front door and a small hallway to the garage. The top level has the kitchen, Lindsey's room, my parents room, the bathroom, the family room, and right next to the kitchen is where you get out onto our yard and the patio.)
When Lindsey finally came into the Kitchen, I tried to act normal as possible. She knew that something was up.
Lindsey: (suspicious) Why do you look like that? What did you do?
Me: (acting weird) I didn't do anything...
Lindsey: (getting angry) Yes you did! You look funny!
Me: (sarcastic) I always look funny...
Lindsey: (getting angry) Not that kind of funny! I mean you "did something," kind of funny!
Me: (lying) I didn't do anything, I swear...
Lindsey squinted her eyes in suspicion as she sat across from me. I tried so hard not to laugh as she reached across the table to grab a cereal box. When she picked it up, she shrieked as she noticed Slappy hiding behind the other cereal boxes.
I started laughing when she gave me a dirty look.
Lindsey: (angry) That's not funny! Quit scaring me with that!
Me: (trying to stop laughing) You should of seen your face when you saw him! Ha ha ha! I LOVE scaring you with this doll! It's so much fun!
Lindsey: (angry) I'm gonna tell mom if you don't quit it!
Me: Alright, alright, I'll stop now...
We didn't really say much more to each other over breakfast, and Lindsey ate her cereal really fast; probably because she wanted to get away from me and Slappy as fast as she could.
When she got up from the table to take her bowl to the sink, she suddenly yelled out in pain as she passed by Slappy.
Lindsey: (in pain) Owe! Why did you do that for?!
Me: (don't care) Do what?
Lindsey: (angry) You made that dummy kick me!
Lindsey put her bowl to the floor and rubbed her leg. The spot where she said the doll kicked her was all red.
Me: I didn't make him kick you, Linds...
Lindsey: (angry) Yes you did, and you told me you would stop this now!
Me: (annoyed) I didn't do anything!
Lindsey: (sarcastic) I'm sure you did, you liar!
Lindsey picked up her bowl and made her way to the sink again. As soon as she left the kitchen, I looked at Slappy suspiciously; his face was turned away from me. I than went back to eating my cereal.
When I was down with it, I put the bowl in the sink, I picked up Slappy and went downstairs to my bedroom. I put him in the same spot I did last night, and than I went into my dresser to get my clothes that I was going to wear after I took a shower.
With the outfit I was going to wear today, I went back upstairs to go take a shower.
When I was done taking a shower, I changed into my cool looking outfit and went out of the bathroom. I was about to go into my bedroom to play a game on my system, but than Lindsey suddenly started screaming and ran downstairs to my room.
I saw her stand in the doorway looking very shocked and angry.
Lindsey: (very mad) Joey, how could you! HOW COULD YOU?!
Me: (annoyed) How could I what?
Lindsey: (very mad) As if you didn't know, you MEANIE!!
Lindsey grabbed my hand and practically dragged me upstairs to her bedroom. As soon as we reached her doorway, I gasped. Most of Lindsey's dolls were torn to shreds or in pieces all over her floor and partially on her bed. The bad thing was, they were her favorite and expensive dolls.
I looked at Lindsey shockingly.
Me: (annoyed) I didn't do it, Linds! I swear I would never do something like that!
Lindsey: (very mad) They were my favorite dolls Joey! My FAVORITE! I can't believe you!
Me: (convincing) I didn't do it Lindsey! You have to believe me!
Lindsey: (angry) If you didn't do it, than who did?!
I was silent after she said that, because I wouldn't know who else could of done it: my older brother was at work, my dad is still out of state with his job, and mom was out in the backyard planting flowers.
I looked at the bedroom to Lindsey again.
Me: (slowly/ quietly) I didn't do it... I didn't...
A couple of tears ran down Lindsey's face as she ran out into the backyard to tell mom what I did, but I DIDN'T do.
Soon afterwards, mom came storming into the kitchen and than to the hallway - where Lindsey's room is - where I was and yelled at me for what I DIDN'T do! She told me that I'll have to give up my allowance for three months and do a whole week of chores! No fair! She added that I start the chores tomorrow; the day that my uncle and my cousin Kyle come to visit. I was hoping to play videogames all day with her, but it seems that I won't!
When mom went back out to the yard to plant more flowers, I slowly walked into Lindsey's room to pick up the mess, which mom told me to clean.
As I threw some doll heads into the garbage bag I had, Lindsey walked in and put her hands on her hips.
Lindsey: (angry) This is what you get for destroying my dolls!
Me: (annoyed) But I didn't do it!
Lindsey: (annoyed) Quit lying Joey!
Than she left the room. The time it took for me to clean up all the mess was about over an hour! I thought I would never be done cleaning up the place!
I went downstairs to the next floor, and opened the front door to go outside to take out the trash. The trash cans were far away from the house next to the driveway. I put the trash in and made my way back to the house. As I went inside and down the stairs, I saw Slappy sitting on the lounge chair in the living room, starring at me oddly. I starred at him oddly, too, because I wondered how he got there in the first place.
Me: (to myself) Did mom put him there? Lindsey?
I shrugged and headed to my room. When I opened the door and went inside, I nearly just wanted to scream at what I saw: The posters and artwork of my anime characters were all scribbled with red and black markers and crayons! I slowly walked up to my largest poster and looked at it more carefully. In the corner of the poster was small words that I could barely make out. It read, "My slaves forever."
I ran out of my room and to the foot of the stairs and started yelling for mom and Lindsey.
Me: (calling up/ yelling) MOM!! LINDSEY!!
Lindsey was the first to come downstairs, but seconds afterwards, mom came running down with dirt on her hands from planting flowers. I told her what happened to my room and that Lindsey must have done it to get revenge on me.
Lindsey: (angry/ to me) I didn't do it! Why are you pining this on me?!
Me: (very mad) Because you're trying to get revenge on what I DIDN'T DO to your dolls!
Lindsey: (angry) I wasn't even near your room! I was upstairs coloring!
Me: (sarcastic) Yeah right...
Mom yelled at us to stop arguing, than she sent Lindsey and me to clean up the mess in my room. Mom went up stairs and brought a bucket of soapy water and some sponges for us to clean up the posters and the walls (some parts of the wall got crayoned and markered, too.)
As Lindsey started scrubbing my large poster, she squinted her eyes at the writing in the corner of it.
Lindsey: (reading/ confused) "My slaves forever?" Who wrote that?
Me: (annoyed/ sarcastic) As if you didn't know...
Lindsey: No, I don't know.
Me: It was YOU, you dork!
Lindsey: (angry) I didn't write this! Why would I write something like that?!
Me: Because you hate me!
Lindsey: (calmly/ slowly) I don't hate you, Joey... can we just stop arguing now?
Me: ... Yeah...
Than me and Lindsey started to scrub the walls and posters silently, until I broke the silence again.
Me: What's dad going to give mom for their anniversary?
Lindsey: A ring. It's really pretty; dad showed me two weeks ago.
Me: That's cool.
Lindsey: (slowly) Yeah... it is pretty cool...
When we were done scrubbing, we threw the sponges into the bucket and made our way out of my bedroom. Before we went upstairs, Lindsey looked at the lounge chair with Slappy sitting there and squealed a little.
Lindsey: (worried) When did he get there?
Me: (confused) When? Didn't you put him there?
Lindsey: I told you, I was upstairs the whole time. Maybe mom put him there...
Me: (slowly/ quietly) Maybe...
I also noticed that Slappy's expression changed again. This time he was smiling evilly.
Lindsey: (a little scared) His expression changed again...
Me: Maybe it's supposed to do that... you know. Maybe his expressions change over time or something.
We starred at him for a couple more seconds before we started going upstairs to take care of the cleaning supplies.
When we got done putting the supplies away, Lindsey grabbed my arm roughly.
Lindsey: I just thought of something.
Me: What? And don't touch my arm; you have cooties!
Lindsey: (sarcastic) Ha, ha... very funny. I just noticed that ever since you brought home that doll, bad things have happened.
Me: (sarcastic) Lindsey, are you trying to say that a doll has caused all of this?
Lindsey: (nervously) I don't know... I guess... all I know is, that doll is bad news!
Me: Listen, Linds: That Slappy doll on Goosebumps isn't real. There are people called, "puppeteers" who control and move dolls around like Slappy. That's how he moved around on those episodes that were on TV. Things like that don't happen in real life, so quit getting suspicious of him. Remember: dolls and monsters AREN'T real.
Lindsey let out a small sigh and headed towards her bedroom to try to play with the dolls that weren't torn apart. I made my way back downstairs and grabbed the Slappy doll on the lounge chair and went into my room; I put him in the same spot as usual.
I laid on my back on the bed and starred at the ceiling. I started to think about all that's happened today, with Slappy kicking my sister, the torn dolls, my ruined artwork and posters...
Me: (to myself) Today can't get any worse...
I suddenly found myself tired, and than I closed my eyes to take a nap.
When I woke up later on in the afternoon, I found the Slappy doll looking at me funny - or oddly. I sat up in bed and stretched my body. I than got up and left my room to go upstairs. As I got to the top of the stairs, I looked at the family room and my jaw nearly fell out of mouth: I saw that a lamp was broken into tiny pieces all over the room, and the newspapers that were lying on a table across from a couch were torn to bits all over the place.
Lindsey must of heard me come upstairs, because she left her room and walked over to me.
Lindsey: Wow, so you finally woke up from your --
She finally noticed the destroyed family room, and her jaw nearly fell out too!
Lindsey: (shocked/ slowly) Joey... what happened?...
Me: (shocked) I don't know. I came up here to get something to eat, and... I saw this...
Lindsey: (slowly) What's going on here?...
Me: Where's mom?
Lindsey: She went out to the store to pick up more milk. She'll be back any minute.
Me: That's not good! She's gonna think we made this mess!
Lindsey: (looking at me oddly) WE? You mean YOU made the mess!
Me: (annoyed) Will you quit that! I didn't do it! YOU must have done it, and now you're trying to get me in trouble again!
Lindsey: (angry) You're such a liar, Joey! You need to quit trying to get me in trouble!
I was about to say something else to Lindsey, but suddenly mom walked into the house and heard us arguing. She ran upstairs and gasped at what she saw.
She looked at us angrily, and than she yelled at us for what we've done (but didn't do.) Mom than tolled us to clean up the mess and after that she would discuss our punishments (like I don't have enough already.)
As mom went downstairs to get the milk, I walked into the kitchen and got some small brushes and a garbage bag. I gave a brush to Lindsey, and soon we were cleaning up the mess.
Me: (whispering to Lindsey) You need to quit doing this, Lindsey.
Lindsey: Me?! It was you!
Me: (sarcastic) I'm getting tired of this...
We said nothing more to each other as we cleaned up the mess. When we were done, we went into our rooms and basically stayed in there for the rest of the night, because we didn't want to get into more trouble.
Me and Lindsey did come up for dinner, but that was about it. At dinner, though, mom discussed our punishment; and it is to give up allowance for FIVE months, and have a WHOLE MONTH worth of chores! NO FAIR!
When it was close to bed time, I changed into my pj's and rested on my bed. I turned my head to look at Slappy, and saw that his expression changed AGAIN! This time he looked normal.
As I got tired, I covered up under the covers and I slowly fell asleep. Just before I fell asleep though, I heard that strange, faint laughter again... very weird...