She couldn't remember ever being so bored. It had begun to rain fiercely outside, and she hated rain with a passion. Because she lived with her aunt and uncle (who were rather elderly), she always had to entertain herself, which didn't prove to be a problem on sunny days. And it wasn't sunny outside at all.
She sighed and blew another bubble in her gum. After popping it with her lips, she shut the curtain in front of her window hastily and flopped down on her bed, which was covered with a black and purple comforter. Snatching the remote to her radio from her nightstand, she rolled over on her back and pressed a button that turned on the radio. Music blared from the large speakers and she cringed while lowering the volume with a simple push of a button. She had forgotten that she had had a friend over who loved loud music.
"Oy!" she groaned, covering her head with a pillow. "Just like me to forget to turn the volume down!"
"Leticia!" her aunt bellowed from downstairs. "What's that noise?"
"Nothing!" Leticia Faye instinctively responded. Her Aunt Marla and Uncle Remus were too old to remember what the noise really was; Leticia had tried over and over again to convince them to move into a home for the elderly, but they always refused and insisted that their "little Letty" still needed them. So she had given the idea up a week or two ago.
"Letty," Uncle Remus's voice echoed, "have you seen my dentures?"
"Don't call me that…" she muttered under her breath before yelling: "They're in the bathroom, right where you left them!"
"Oh, righto."
Leticia made a noise called a "raspberry" and dropped the remote on the floor accidentally. Her radio beeped, then turned itself off. She was relieved; listening to music suddenly didn't appeal to her much.
She rubbed her nose with her wrist and grunted. "Urgh, I'm so bored! I need something to do!"
Her phone rang. Great timing! She thought before picking up the phone and holding it to her ear. "Yellow, talk to me." Her copywrited phone salutation.
"Hi, it's me," rang the gentle female voice from the other end.
Leticia's eyes lit up and she grinned broadly. "Hey, long time no talk!"
"Yeah, I know, sorry."
"'S okay, Serenity." Nothing could crumble her spirits now!
"Listen, have you seen Yugi lately?" Serenity asked, obviously worried.
"Well, uhm, no. Why?"
Serenity was silent for a minute. "Well, Joey, Tristan, and Tea—"
Leticia stood up and began to jump on her bed giddily. "Joey's there? Lemme talk to him for a minute, just a minute, I promise it'll only be a minute!"
She heard Serenity giggle on the other end. "He still remembers last time he talked to you on the phone. I don't think he's—"
"HI JOEY!" Leticia screamed into the receiver. "IT'S ME, LETICIA!"
"Ack! For the love of Pete, don' give me the phone!" Leticia heard Joey holler. Serenity and Leticia both laughed.
"Anyway," said Serenity after the laugher ceased, "Yugi's been gone a long time now and we're beginning to get really worried…Joey especially…and I just thought that you might've seen him, but I guess not."
"Where'd he get off to, anyway?" Leticia asked.
"He said he was going to check on something at the museum…it was supposed to be a quick trip, in and out in five minutes or so…"
"Don't you worry, I'll go find him for you!" Leticia immediately volunteered, happy to have something to do. "I'll be like Sherlock Watson and Holmes, err, Sherlock Holmes and Watson. I'll find him in two shakes of a…something, I don't know. Bye-bye!"
"Bye, and thanks!"
There was a faint click from the other end, signifying that Serenity had hung up. Leticia hung up immediately after, gathered her raincoat and umbrella, and raced down the stairs (and almost falling down them) and out the front door.
"Did you remember to pack clean underwear?" Aunt Marla asked just as Leticia had her hand on the doorknob.
Leticia turned a shade of dark scarlet. "Yes, Auntie," she said. The only way she'd ever get out was if she "lied" to Aunt Marla about ridiculous things that she wouldn't even need. She hoped that when she got old that she'd never be as senile as her aunt and uncle.
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So, did you like Leticia Faye's debut chapter? I had fun writing it, and a big "thanks!" to Ice-Spirit Phoenix (if I didn't quite get Leticia's personality and bedroom style right, tell me!) for lending her to me! Leticia will be appearing as part of the cast now, so let the fun begin! ;)