Chapter 6- Is this ever going to end?
"Time to get up! Why?" She asked.
"Look at the clouds." He said, pulling her to her feet. "It's going to rain soon. We need to find somewhere to sleep, or make somewhere to sleep."
"Why can't we just sleep in the rain?" she asked, catching up to him.
"You don't sleep in the rain."
"No silly, you don't, you make love in the rain." She said, kissing him.
"Are you sure that you haven't contracted some island fever or something?"
"Andrew, I'm fine. It's just that this is probably one of the only times that we're ever going to get to be wild or spontaneous, or…"
"I understand. But come on, there's real big storm rolling in."
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"Okay, I am not going to school in that." Zoe said as she came down the stairs and pointed out the window.
"What's the big deal?"
"It's pouring. That's the big deal." Thunder struck.
"Do you want me to drive you?" Tessa asked, glancing at the ominous sky.
Suddenly the lights began to flicker. Then they went off with a 'bang!' Soon excessively loud shrieks of horror could be heard coming from the smallest inhabitants of the house. Tessa and Zoe ran up the flight of stairs to the twin's room. Dim light shone through the windows and made it possible for them to still see. This was not the case in the twins room. Zoe drew the curtains, and their screaming stopped. Tessa took the three kids in her arms.
"What is it guys?"
"It was dark." Olivia said.
"Where are the lights?"
"Well Michael, they are gone."
"Are they afraid of the storm too?"
"Yes, the lights are afraid of the storm too."
Just then they heard thunder again. Then all of a sudden they heard a crash and Tessa recognized this sound as the sound of breaking glass.
"Guys, stay here." She said as she headed for the door. Tessa made her way down the front stairs, and there, in the living room she saw it. There was a giant tree limb sticking through the front window and it was now raining inside. She had no idea what to do. She couldn't leave it like this, but who would she call to fix something like this? Tessa sneezed. A feeling of horror rushed over her. She was sick now too! She wanted nothing more than to scream bloody murder, but instead she proceeded to call a repairman.
Four hours later the tree was gone and the window was boarded up. Tessa was surprised at how many other things in the house had changed. Zoe was on the phone with one of her friends, and thus had locked herself in their room. Tessa had the absolute worst headache ever! She headed upstairs to check on the kids when all of a sudden she heard crying coming from the top of the stairs. When she got upstairs Sophie ran up to her sister and wrapped her arms around her legs. She was sobbing. Tessa picked her sister up.
"What's wrong?" She asked, making an attempt to dry her tears.
"I want my Mommy and Daddy." She sobbed.
"Do you want to play?"
"No, I want my Mommy."
"Hey," an idea suddenly came into Tessa's head. "Why don't you and I start Mommy's dress?"
"Okay, but I still miss them."
"Do you feel any better?"
"A lot. Sniffles are gone."
"Good honey, where are the twins?" She asked, taking her sister's hand as they went to the twin's room.
"What are you doing?" She demanded once they saw the twins jumping on their beds.
"Jumping Tessa!"
"Yeah, we're better!"
"Well stop!"
"No!"
"We're not gonna!"
"Yes, yes you are." She said as she got on the bed and proceeded to jump with them, she scooped them up in her arms and climbed off the bed.
"Let me go!" Michael said.
"Stop Tessa!" Olivia managed to free herself from Tessa's grasp.
"Fine." She said, releasing her hold on Michael. "Just please don't jump on the beds. Here, why don't you play Candy Land?" She pulled the game off of a nearby shelf. The twins exchanged bored glances.
"Okay." Olivia nodded in agreement. Her brother nodded. Tessa didn't quite believe them, but she ventured downstairs anyway, her little sister behind her.
As soon as they reached the kitchen Tessa brought a roll of Christmas paper out of the closet.
"What are we wrapping?" Sophie asked, sitting in one of the kitchen chairs.
"Nothing." She laid out the wrapping paper and pulled her drawing book out of her bag along with her pencil, eraser and ruler. "We're making Mommy's dress."
"Oh."
"What are you doing?"
"Making the pattern silly, after all, you can't make a dress without a pattern." She sneezed into her arm.
"Bless you."
"Thank you."
"Ahh…" they heard Olivia scream from upstairs.
"Stay right here." Tessa told her sister and then ran back up to the twin's room.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"Nothing." The twins said, acting very sweet and innocent.
"Oh come on guys. You're not that sweet and innocent, what happened."
Apparently Tessa had appealed to Olivia's honesty.
"We were jumping again Tessa."
"And Livy fell off the bed."
"Guys, you could have gotten hurt. Please stop, like I asked you before."
"Okay where were we?" Tessa asked as she came down the stairs.
"We were drawing the pattern."
"Oh yes." She said.
"Ahhhhh………" Olivia screamed much louder this time and she heard a loud bang, and then a crash and finally a thud. Was it ever going to end!
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