Monday, January 1st
The family had gathered in the kitchen for a late morning brunch, after Jessie and Estella returned from Jessie's appointment, and all were bleary-eyed from the previous night's festivities. Estella's flight was at 4:00 that afternoon, and Race had insisted on driving her to the airport. They had made up since their argument on Christmas and had actually begun to become friends again. Jessie would have driven with them, but she and the boys had homework, which they needed to finish, not having had time to complete it earlier in the week.
Jessie had had only a little bit of homework, which she finished within an hour. She now lay on her bed, staring up at the ceiling. She wished that she could have spent more time with her mother throughout the week, and she wondered if her mother would have come to the same decision if Jessie had not been attacked. But she knew the answer to that question. If Jessie and the boys had not been in danger throughout the week, and Jessie had spent her time here with her mother, they would have eventually talked things out and reached the same decision that they did.
Jessie had just closed her eyes allowing herself to doze off, when she heard the door creak. She opened her eyes and glanced over at the door, but she did not see anyone there. "That's strange," she thought to herself. "The windows are all shut, so not even a breeze could have moved the door.
Suddenly an orange object materialized about four feet off of the floor. It was a water pistol, which shot a stream of water at her.
"Hey," she exclaimed, sitting up. "What..." Then she heard laughing. "Jonny?
How..." she began to ask.
"Dr. Barnes gave us a sample of his invisibility potion on Saturday," Jonny's voice came from the direction of the water gun. Then he materialized as suddenly as the water pistol had. "He also gave us the antidote. His partners in California figured it out in time to send it back to him along with the original solution. Dr. Barnes is going to destroy all copies of it, but he gave us a sample as a way of thanking us." He smiled at her surprised look. "Of course, I don't know if I feel like sharing," he said, as he swallowed a tiny amount of the solution and disappeared instantly from view. The water pistol suddenly shot Jessie with water again and made a mad dash for the door.
"Jonny Quest!" Jessie shouted after him angrily and chased him out of the room.
(c) Copyright 2004 Jett Allyson
Song lyrics in Chapter 6, Wednesday, December 27th are from the song, "I'm With You,"
sung by Avril Lavigne.