"It's almost time," Janet whispered to David in his bedroom. "The Collins are coming over soon."
"Darn it, if only we could postpone it somehow," David said. He thought a bit, and then decided. "Well, it couldn't hurt to try."
"Try what?" Janet asked, somewhat nervous.
"Excuse me, I'm going to go ask my parents if we can stop this play date, at least for today," David said and sprinted out of the room before Janet could respond.
"They're not going to listen, you know," Janet called out, even though she knew David wasn't listening. The ten year old boy took off down the stairs, nearly tripping a few times, then reached the kitchen.
"Mom, dad, could we compromise our play date?" He asked bluntly. Felix and Agatha turned around.
"Why ever would we do that?" Felix asked, confused.
"Look, there's a lot of things happening lately," David replied. "Sam's powers, some other stuff, and this bruise I got on my face. And now Brenda, Bob and Mary are coming over."
"So, it's a play date," Agatha said.
"What if the Collins find out about Sam's powers?" David pointed out. "They are nosy people who can't keep their mouths shut about anything. They'll tell others, and authorities will probably find out, and they'll take Sam away!"
"He can defend himself, I'm sure," Felix said.
"He's still a little kid," David reminded. "He may be able to hold out for a bit, but not forever. They will be able to overpower him."
At that, Felix and Agatha began thinking things over.
"Son, maybe you have a-" Felix began when the door suddenly burst open to reveal Brenda and a very agitated Bob and Mary.
"Hello, Barrets!" Brenda said joyfully. She rushed over and hugged Felix and Agatha, then rushed over and embraced David, who reluctantly hugged her back.
"Your acting won't work on me," David whispered while the two hugged.
"Just go along with it," Brenda whispered back through gritted teeth. The two freed each other and turned to their bewildered parents.
"Well, you two are sure getting along better than before," Agatha said hopefully. "Maybe this play date will turn out much better than before."
"You bet," Brenda said, still keeping her cheerful façade for her parents and David's.
"Look, I know we don't exactly get along that much, but we do this for you kids," Bob said. "So, you could hurry up upstairs and start doing what friends do while we have dinner, 'kay?"
Brenda and David nodded and Brenda dragged David upstairs.
The moment they were upstairs, David freed himself from Brenda's grasp and pushed her into a wall. He hissed, "Whatever you have planned, I won't let you get away with it."
"Mellow down, Davey, I'm not trying to be malevolent, for now," Brenda reassured. David, unconvinced, nevertheless released Brenda. She brushed off her gray shirt and said, "So, where is Little Jane?"
"None of your business," David said. Unfortunately, Janet happened to open the door right at that moment and interrupted the two. David face palmed.
"I see you're here early," Janet whispered. Brenda nodded while David rolled his eyes.
"Let's just get this over with quickly with no problems, right?" Janet said, hoping to avoid conflict. David and Brenda reluctantly nodded as well.
Brenda then pushed past Janet and opened the door to Janet's bedroom. "Where is he?" She whispered to avoid David and Janet hearing her.
"Hey, you're not allowed in my room!" Janet insisted, pushing the door closed. Brenda raised her hands up, mockingly feigning fear, and said, "Oh come on, what's to hide!"
The three then heard Sam sneeze from inside Janet's room. "Who was that?" Brenda asked putting her hands on her hips.
"Uh, that was me," David said, but he knew they were screwed.
Brenda rolled her eyes at him. "David, you are way to old to be coming up with these stupid excuses," She sneered and then kicked the door open.
However, she saw nobody.
"You see, nobody's there," Janet said hopefully. Brenda scrunched up her nose, unconvinced, and then her eyes landed on Janet's bed, which was very messy, with the bed covers in disarray.
"I've never seen your bed look like that, Janet," Brenda inquired, stepping inside. Janet gulped and grabbed Brenda by the collar.
"I'm fixing it later," Janet replied, panicking. Brenda simply brushed Janet off and then lunged at the bed, ripping the covers off. Sure enough, Sam was hiding on the bed, and looked up nervously to see the three kids staring at him.
"Uh, hey Brenda," He whispered nervously. Then, before she could react, he grabbed one of Janet's pillows and smacked Brenda in the face with it. Brenda threw the pillow away, but by then, Sam and Janet had already taken off.
David was about to follow, but Brenda grabbed him and pushed into a chair. Then, using Janet's jump rope, she tied him to the bed.
"Okay, what was…I think his name was Sam doing in here?" She interrogated. Before David could reply, Agatha called out from downstairs, "Hey, what are you kids doing up there?"
"She has me tied to a chair!" David called out.
"We're just playing a game!" Brenda shouted.
"No, don't listen to her!" David panicked.
"Um, if you're just playing a game, I guess it's okay," Agatha said. David groaned.
"Well, using my brilliant mind, I figured that Sam is-" Brenda started. David squeezed his eyes shut, certain Sam's secret had been found out.
"-a mirror person fanatic like me!" Brenda finished. "And he's told you all their secrets!"
David opened his eyes, and his jaw hit the floor. "Are you…kidding me?" He asked in disbelief. "You came to THAT conclusion?"
Brenda nodded triumphantly. "Pretty smart, eh?" She asked.
"…That wasn't even close," David said. "We knew what a mirror person was before we even formally met Sam."
"Well how did you know then?" Brenda asked. However, she shushed David before he could reply.
"Wait a minute, you have dark clothing, and a bunch of mirrors, and your sister has blue eyes," Brenda said.
"What is that supposed to mean?" David asked, confused. "I like Batman, we have no more mirrors than your family, and blue eyes is a fairly common eye color."
"By gosh, I figured it out!" Brenda shouted, ignoring what David had said. "The mirror people are YOU!"
"WHAT?!" David shouted in disbelief. "No, the mirror person is Sam!" He then realized what he just said and silently cursed.
Brenda paused and stared at him. "What did you say?" She asked, shocked.
David gulped. He realized he had a lot of explaining to do when Sam and Janet found out about this.