The Boxcar Children Gone Wrong!
A/N: I'm back, I finally felt like updating, plus I'm pretty bored. But I still love you! Thanks to my three reviewers, this chapter is for yis (that's you, pluralized!!!)!
Chapter Two: Break-In at the Bakery!
Benny Alden drooled. No, literally, he was drooling. It was getting all over the window, and it kept blocking his view, whereupon he would vigorously wipe it away with his sleeve. What he was staring at was the delicious cakes and pastries in the bakery shop window.
"Hey, Jessie?" He asked, slurping back a load of saliva.
"What is it, Fatso?" Jessie replied cruelly.
"Huh?"
"What, Benny?" Jessie was also staring in the window of the bakery, though not at the cakes. Behind the counter, in full view of the children, was the cashbox.
"Can I have a cake to eat? Or maybe ten… yeah. Can I have ten cakes to eat?"
"Absolutely not. You're fat enough as it is, and plus all the sugar will give you a weak bladder, like it always does."
"Huh?"
"No, it'll spoil your dinner," Jessie sighed in disgust.
"Oh. Darn."
Henry, the leader of the children, (according to himself… there was a certain dark-haired girl who would beg to differ,) viewed the bakery with two eyes, not at all a difficult thing for him, considering he HAD two eyes, then turned around to his siblings. "Okay," he said, "Here's the plan… In the morning, I am going to go to the store, and get a job. Then, with the money I make, we can buy an apartment in town, and get some food. We will keep living until I turn eighteen, and then I will adopt all of you." Henry beamed with excitement at his genius plan.
Jessie scowled in disgust. "Yeah, good idea, nimrod, too bad it can't work!"
"IT CAN WORK, IT CAN, I CAME UP WITH IT!" Henry roared, red flashing before his eyes.
"Henry, Henry, calm down, calm down!" Violet put an arm on her older brother's shoulder.
Slowly, Henry calmed. He jerked his shoulder a little bit, giving Violet the signal to get off him. Violet pulled away, looking a bit crushed. "And… would you like to tell me why my genius plan won't work?" he asked, breathing heavily.
"Because you can't get a job."
"I CAN GET A JOB IF I WANT TO!" Henry hollered again.
"No, you can't."
"CAN TOO!"
"Cannot."
"TELL ME HOW I CAN'T, THEN!"
"You can't get a worker's permit. Mother and Father are both deceased."
"SO WHAT, I'LL- oh. Oh. Uh… okay… do you have a better plan?"
"As a matter of fact, yes, I do."
"What's that?"
"We break in."
Henry paused for a moment, thinking about this. Then, he realized what was being said.
"WHAT?!"
"I said, we break in."
"Wh…. No! NO! I absolutely refuse to let you break into this bakery!!"
"What about the one across the street, then? We'll starve if you don't let me…"
"No, absolutely not! That is just wrong, Jessie!!!"
"Oh, who am I kidding, like I care. Move aside." She shoved him out of her way, and grabbed a barrette from her hair. In a few short moments, she had the door open, and was inside, rooting around in the cash box. She also grabbed a loaf of bread. Benny followed her inside, completely ignorant to the seriousness of the crime they were committing.
"Jessie, I want cake," he said, bumbling over to the counter.
"No, Benny," Jessie snapped. "And be quiet!"
"But I want cake!" Benny whined.
"No! Shush!"
"I WANT CAKE NOW!!!" Benny hollered before bursting into tears.
"SHUT UP, BENNY, OR YOU'LL WAKE UP THE BAKER AND HIS WIFE, AND THEN WE'LL BE IN TROUBLE, AND YOU'LL NEVER GET A PIECE OF CAKE AGAIN, MUCH LESS FOOD!!!" Jessie screamed at him, waking the baker and his wife.
Both were round, cruel people, not very bright, but smart enough to figure out when their source of income was being stolen from. The both of them barreled down the stairs, just in time to see Jessie run from the door, dragging Benny (her accomplice who would surely turn her over to the police if caught,) behind her.
The baker and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Barlington, gave chase, but neither were big on running sports, so they were soon left behind in the dust. The last they saw of the thieves were the four children running, Jessie easily ahead, Violet behind, struggling to keep up, and Henry, with the heavy Benny on his shoulders, lagging behind.
"Yea-haw!!!" exclaimed Benny, excited by their adventures, plus the fact that he wasn't the one doing all the running.
A/N: Yeah, so… thanks to all my reviewers… This was fun to write… hehe… And don't worry, there'll be more with Violet later… I know she doesn't have a big part now, but trust me… it's gonna only get worse from here on in… Please give any constructive criticism you may have…