Part 2: Chapter 5

Monday night, Lydia was lying down in her bed. Haley came into the room and sat on the bed.

"How was school today?" Haley asked.

"Horrible," Lydia replied. "People kept singing The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers to me."

"High school students can be really mean," Haley said. "Let me tell you something. One time when I was your age, your Aunt Taylor dyed my hair purple while I was asleep."

"Why would she do that?" Lydia asked.

"She's evil," Haley replied. "People kept calling me Barney."

"That's awful," Lydia said.

"I learned to just ignore them," Haley said.

"It's so hard to ignore them Mom," Lydia said.

"I know," Haley said. "But it'll get better."

"Thanks Mom," Lydia said.

"Now your father and I are leaving to go to Rosemary's dinner party," Haley said. "Remember to call us if you need anything."

"I will," Lydia said. "I hope you have fun."

"Thanks," Haley said.

Haley kissed her daughter on the forehead.

"Mom," Lydia said. "Please don't do that."

"See you later," Haley said giving her daughter another kiss on the forehead.

After Haley and Nathan left, Lydia walked downstairs to get a drink of water. Once downstairs, she noticed Keith sitting on the couch.

"Keith," Lydia said. "Why aren't you in bed?"

"I had a scary dream," Keith said.

Lydia sat down beside her little brother.

"What happened?" Lydia asked.

"I dreamt that I was alone in the woods at night," Keith said. "And then a whole bunch of Tiggers came and attacked me!"

Keith began to laugh.

"If you don't get to bed!" Lydia shouted.

Keith got up and ran upstairs to his room. Lydia sighed and turned on the TV. As she sat on the couch, there was a knock on the door.

"Who is it?" Lydia asked.

"It's your boyfriend," Jonathan said.

"I can't have company after 9:00," Lydia said.

"It's only 8:30," Jonathan said.

"Come in," Lydia said.

Jonathan walked in through the door. Lydia got up and they embraced tightly and shared a kiss.

"My parents went to a dinner party and Keith is upstairs sleeping," Lydia said. "If we do this, we have to do this now."

"Okay," Jonathan said.

Jonathan and Lydia began to kiss. They continued to kiss as they sat on the couch. Keith came downstairs.

"Lydia?" Keith asked.

Lydia and Jonathan stopped kissing and looked at Keith.

"I thought you said he was sleeping," Jonathan said.

"I had that bad dream about the Tiggers again," Keith laughed.

"Get to bed!" Lydia shouted.