David cursed to himself. How could he have revealed Sam's secret to Brenda so quickly? She'd barely even began interrogating him and he'd already spilled.
Brenda was staring at him, wide-eyed in shock, and repeated, "What did you say?"
David simply shrugged. He realized he couldn't just act like he hadn't said anything because Brenda obviously wouldn't buy it. David decided it was time to come clean.
"Fine, we found out Sam is one of those mirror people you've been trying to track down for years," David confessed. "Janet was telling the truth when she said Sam had rescued her from that dog days ago."
Brenda stifled a giggle. "Oh David, you can't possibly believe me to be that stupid," She said, putting her hands on her hips. "Sam is a weirdo, but he can't possibly be a mirror person. If he was, I'd have found out long ago."
"Well, he is," David snapped, narrowing his eyes. "You're not a senior mirror person-buster, you're a little girl. And you have to manipulate and emotionally torment and even littler girl to gain information so you can even have a change of finding a real mirror person."
Now it was Brenda who narrowed her eyes. "Hey, it's not my fault your sister is terrible at keeping secrets," She snapped. "It didn't even take that much provocation to convince her. And besides, I would've found out Sam was a mirror person sooner or later anyways."
"Well we beat you to the catch," David remarked. "You want to find a mirror person to hog all the glory for yourself, but you failed. Me and Janet found a mirror person quicker than you, and we weren't even trying to find one in the first place."
"Beginner's luck," Brenda insisted.
"No, we're not beginners at catching mirror people no matter how you put it," David said, struggling against his restraints, "But we are naturally superior when it comes to deducing who is a mirror person or not. After all, we've already found another mirror person."
David's eyes widened as he realized he'd revealed another secret.
Before Brenda could respond, David shouted, "I'm not telling you who the second mirror person is, so don't bother trying to get me to spill!"
"Fine then," Brenda said. "But if you excuse me…" She walked past David towards the door.
"Where are you going?!" David shouted, attempting to free himself. "What are you planning to do?"
"I'm going to go find some proof about your little Sam superstition," Brenda said. "Then once I reveal it to the authorities, my family will become famous, and my parents will finally notice me!"
"What do you mean, your parents will finally notice you?" David asked.
"That is one secret I'm not revealing too soon!" Brenda said bluntly and took off out of the room. The moment she was gone, David began to struggle even harder on the ropes to free himself. Eventually, he managed to grab the end of the rope with his free hand and began to slowly untie himself.
"Almost there…got it!" David said triumphantly as he freed himself from the ropes. Getting out of the chair, he said to himself, "Now to go find my sister before Brenda does something stupid!"
Brenda was already downstairs and bolted into the kitchen, where Bob and Mary were, as usual, insulting Felix and Agatha.
"Why did the chicken cross the road?" Mary asked. Felix and Agatha shrugged.
"To shoot Felix!" Bob finished as he and Mary laughed. However, Brenda interrupted them.
"Mom, dad, I need to tell you something about that hobo that lives in the forest," She claimed, tapping her parents on the shoulders.
"Not now, Brenda, we're making witty banter," Bob said, brushing Brenda off.
"But dad, it's important," Brenda insisted, gritting her teeth.
"Tell us later," Mary said, gesturing with her hand. Brenda groaned in frustration and exited the kitchen and abandoned the house.
"Gosh, our daughter can get a little annoying at times," Mary groaned.
"Good thing we managed to set up that play date to get her out of the way for a while," Bob replied. Felix and Agatha, who were listening, blinked a bit.
"Wait, what did you say about setting up the play date?" Felix said, his eye twitching.
"Oh, well, we needed some way to get Brenda occupied so we orchestrated this play date so she could hang out with your kids so we could have some fun," Mary explained cheerfully.
"But you said months ago you wanted your daughter to have friends," Agatha said, folding her arms. "And since David and Janet were her closest acquaintances, it would make sense to have these routine play dates."
"Oh we do, we just wanted it so she couldn't bother us," Bob said.
"So we had to suffer all this time for no reason other than that you thought your daughter was a burden?" Agatha correctly guessed. Bob and Mary shrugged, then nodded.
"Hey, what's with those evil looks on your faces?" Bob asked when he noticed the sinister glare on Felix and Agatha's faces.
The window of the kitchen was smashed open as Bob's body went crashing outside and onto the driveway of the Barret's house. He lay on the house, groaning in pain, feeling a few of his bones were injured. Soon enough, his wife was defenestrated out another window as well.
"And never come back!" Felix and Agatha both shouted at the injured Collins, then left the kitchen in a huff.
Bob and Mary lay on the ground, groaning in pain. "I think…they've officially ended…the play dates." Bob clarified before passing out, along with Mary.
Sam and Janet had taken off into the forest, near the area where Sam's mirror was hidden. They stopped to take breaths after fleeing from the house.
"You know, I feel kind of bad about abandoning your brother like that," Sam said guiltily, as he struggled to regain his breath.
"Trust me, I'm sure he can handle himself," Janet replied unaware of how wrong she was. "David's my older brother, I think he can deal with some brat."
The two kids regained their posture.
"Sam, I noticed that hours ago, you seemed to panic a bit when we mentioned Lizzy," Janet pointed out. "When we talked about her hitting David, and you acted like this happens on a daily basis or something."
Sam suddenly got nervous. "It's…complicated," Was all he got out.
"What do you mean?" Janet asked, intrigued.
"Well, when you have to put up with looking after Bella for so long, it can make someone a bit…temperamental," Sam insisted. "But you don't have to worry about it."
"Sam, we've only known each other for a few days, but I need to know if you're in trouble or something," Janet responded, worried.
"Hey, I can take care of myself," Sam asserted, and conjured a small fireball. "You see?"
Before Janet could respond, a voice called out, saying, "A-HA!"
Sam and Janet spun around to see Brenda holding a camera. Instinctively, Sam threw the fireball away, which burnt a small flower.
"I knew you were a mirror person!" Brenda claimed. "Now I just need some proof!" She aimed the camera at Sam.
Sam, however, reverted into his blonde disguise. "Let's see you get proof when I look normal, miss snarker," He insisted.
Brenda lowered the camera. "Oh, I have a way!" She said. "Janet told me one thing about Mirror People, and I've remembered it!" She advanced towards Sam, but Janet blocked her.
"Don't you dare touch him!" Janet shouted. Brenda pushed Janet out of the way and grabbed Sam by the arm. He initially raised his arm to strike, but Brenda simply said, "You wouldn't dare attack me. I'll just tell on you and you'll be in even bigger trouble!"
Sam, realizing the futility of the situation, was dragged off by Brenda as Janet followed.
The three arrived at a small lake, where Brenda pushed Sam towards the water. "So, you have a living blue reflection, it appears!" Brenda said. "This will prove it!"
She held Sam over the lake, and just as Brenda had predicted, Sam's reflection materialized in the lake. His reflection was crystal blue, and he was wearing a light blue shirt. The moment the reflection in the water noticed what was happening, his face contorted into horror.
Janet gasped, and even Brenda was in shock. However, a smile formed on her face and she pulled out a camera.
"Now I can finally prove this phenomenon!" Brenda said, and aimed the camera at the reflection to take a snapshot.