Author's Note: I combined Reese and Sam's chapters this time 'cause they were both a little short…I've got one or two more chappies to put up for this update, too.

Disclaimer: "Ugh. I can't see, Flow."

Chapter Twenty-Seven Part One – Reese

a.k.a. Ceiling Fans and Veggie Tales

When night fell, Jake and Marco went home and Tobias was joined by Ax. I was kinda disappointed Marco had gone…Not because I liked him…Because I didn't…But it was fun to flirt. Even though I didn't like him. Plus, he was kinda cute. Even I will admit that. But now all I had was Bird-Boy and the alien guy. Neither of which I could flirt with. Bird-Boy because he was sort of taken, even if he didn't know it yet, and I don't really do cross-species flirting. And Ax….well, again. The cross-species thing. No.

Plus, Ax had spent most of the night discussing some techno-science-whatever with Danny. No, I had understood a word of it. And Tobias and Sam had been talking, too. For the life of me, I can't remember what, though.

Now, it was late. As far as I could tell, Danny was asleep over in his chair. Ax had lain down like I've seen some of Sammie's horses do and was sleeping, too…I think. The eyes on his face were closed, but the ones on his antennae-things were still open. It was sort of creepy. Tobias was somewhere outside of the shed, probably in a tree, and Sammie's hawk friend, Skysong, had gone off to hunt or do some other bird-type thing.

I had been sleeping, but I had woken up due to Sammie. Being the night-owl that she is, she was not sleeping. In fact, she had recently starting singing to herself. Quietly, granted, but as I was the closest person to her, it didn't help. Neither did the song she was singing.

The part I remember went something like this: "Oh I wish I was a ceiling fan, a ceiling fan. Oh, I wish I was a ceiling fan, to spin around all daaayyy…"

I think there were more verses, but that's the only part I could make out. I gritted my teeth and tried to ignore her, deciding very firmly that I was going to annoy her similarly when she was sleeping in the morning. Stupid Sammie.

Finally, though, I had had enough.

"Gah!" I shouted. "Will you shut up all ready?"

Ax's eyes snapped open, focused on me, then rolled and closed again. Danny jerked awake, blinked around sleepily, then glared at me.

"What was that for?" He asked.

"I refuse to listen to one more verse of 'I Wish I Was a Ceiling Fan.'" I replied, annoyed.

I'm not a cheerful person in the middle of the night with no sleep.

Danny looked at me like I was insane, then closed his eyes.

Sammie offered me a sheepish grin. "Sorry. Didn't think you could hear that."

"Well, I could. Now shut it." I ordered her, then closed my eyes in an attempt to get to sleep.

For awhile, it seemed like it was working. Just as I was about to drift off, though, I heard humming. And, lo and behold, it was to the same annoying tune as "I Wish I Was a Ceiling Fan." I stayed still for a moment, hoping it would go away, then cracked one eye open and glared at my cousin.

She caught my stare and grinned. "Oh. Sorry."

"I'm making you pay for this tomorrow." I told her.

"I'll stop now. Really." She offered.

"You know that sleep thing?" Danny asked us from his corner, annoyance in his voice. "Your eyes are closed, sometimes there's snoring…?"

"What a good idea. If only it would work." I said, glaring at Sammie again.

She fell silent, so I closed my eyes again. But now I couldn't seem to get to sleep, dangit. It seemed like hours before I finally drifted off

Chapter Twenty-Seven Part Two– Sam

No matter what Reese says, I so did not keep her up all night. Is it my fault she had this freakish way of hearing all the songs I was singing to amuse myself? Noooo. Of course not. Besides, what else was there to do? Everyone else was sleeping and I can't sleep until late at night. And since there was no books or computers or TV….All I had was singing.

Of course, Reese didn't take it that way. That's why I woke up at seven in the morning with Reese singing Veggie Tale songs at the top of her lungs. Fortunately, I had gone to sleep around three and I can survive on four hours. As long as I don't have to do anything too difficult. Like listening to Reese's singing.

"You are my cheeseburger, my lovely cheeseburger, I'll wa-ayt for you-ooo-ooo." Reese sang.

"Oh, Lord, make it stop." I muttered.

"Why? Why with the singing?" Danny asked.

Please tell me someone isn't singing Veggie Tales. Tobias called as he swooped into the shed and perched on my chair.

Ax, who had been holding the door open, shook his head and trotted out. Probably going out to graze.

"I wish I could, Tobias. I really, really, really wish I could." I replied.

"Make her stop…Peck her eyes out…" Danny pleaded.

Reese had moved on to another Veggie Tales song. "Well, now, you are in trouble! Your time card is erect!" She sang cheerfully.

"Do you even know what that word means?" Danny demanded.

"Well, yeah, but isn't there another meaning for it?" Reese asked, pausing in her singing.

There was a long pause as we all stared at her. Finally, Tobias replied, Nooo….

Reese blinked. "Oh. Well, maybe it's something else, then. Oh, well." Then she started singing again, some song about a baby water buffalo. More Veggie Tales.

And who was singing about ceiling fans last night? Tobias asked, looking around.

"Oh. Well, uh, that was me. What, did everyone hear me?" I asked.

Silence.

"Oh, shut up. I couldn't sleep." I muttered.

"And, of course, we can't sleep now, because Reese is having the time of her life over there." Danny commented.

"Everybody has a baby kangaroo, yours is pink and mine is blue." Reese sang from her corner.

"That song lies…I don't.," he said with a pause. "Have a baby kangaroo. Blue, pink, or otherwise."

Won't someone please make it stop? Tobias asked. Where's Marco? He was supposed to be here by now.

"Doesn't Marco have school today? It is a Thursday." I said.

He's ditching. Rachel had a test today, Cassie was in danger of failing her French class, and Jake can't miss another day of English. So he got stuck faking sick. Fortunately, his dad's working late today. Tobias replied.

Reese paused in her singing. "He is bringing food, right? I'm starving."

"Yes, food would be a good thing." Danny agreed.

"You know, I could just ask some squirrels to bring us some of the edible berries or roots out there." I offered.

Reese and Danny stared at me.

"No," Danny stated simply.

Marco chose that moment to walk in with a backpack tossed over his shoulder and several bags of fast food. "Anyone hungry?"

"You stick with your berries, Sammie." Danny told me. "We'll take the McDonald's."

"Tell me you brought me a cheeseburger, Marco, and I'll love you forever." Reese said.

Marco looked at me. "Berries?"

"Well, it was a suggestion. But I've got a better one: french fries?" I asked.

Marco came over to loosen our ropes so we could eat. Tobias flew off my chair and morphed Hork-Bajir, probably in case we tried to escape. As I picked through my bag, Ax trotted back in. I found a cheeseburger and pulled it out, then held it up.

"Who wants it?" I asked.

Reese and Danny both said something to the effect of "me!" I rolled my eyes, then made a little attempt at tossing it. Seeing as my hands were still tied down, though, it ended up just sort of flopping a few feet. It did land right next to where Marco was sitting, though.

He grinned and picked it up. "Thanks, Sam."

Reese frowned. "You did that on purpose." She said, sticking her tongue out at me.

Danny didn't seem too heartbroken, though, and went on munching on his fries.

I cheerfully brought mine out and started eating them.

What, don't like cheeseburgers? Tobias asked.

I shook my head. "Naw. I'm just a vegetarian."

Marco shook his head at me. "Never understood how anyone could not look at a nice, juicy hamburger and think 'yum.'"

I laughed. "Yeah, a lot of people think that. Right, Reese?"

"Hey, cous, as long as you don't try and make me eat your tofu, we've got no quarrels." Reese replied.

The rest of the day went on pretty much like that. If you ignore the fact that Danny, Reese, and I were tied to chairs, it was as if we were just a group of friends hanging out. Marco's backpack turned out to contain sandwiches and sodas, so we ate lunch around one. Jake and Cassie came by around four, and Marco went home to make sure he was lying in bed when his dad arrived.

Rachel came about the time we were eating dinner, which was more sandwiches, and Jake and Cassie left. Reese fell asleep some time after we ate, while I talked to Tobias some more and Danny talked with Rachel. Tobias went out to hunt, and Ax looked like he was resting, so I decided to get some sleep, too. Who knows how much I'd get that night.