Ten Years Later
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Puck's Strange Behavior
Sabrina walked into the kitchen to the sight of Granny, Mr. Canis, and Veronica making Granny's famous pancakes. She sat down next to Red who was pouring syrup on her stack of flapjacks. Sabrina cringed.
It wasn't the pancakes that were unusual in Granny's recipe, it was the syrup. The syrup was hot, bubbling, pink liquid that Sabrina didn't have the courage to ask about. Instead, she decided to stick with plain butter.
Uncle Jake entered the kitchen, "Ah," he said breathing in the air, "Nothing beats Mom's cooking in the morning," He took a seat next to Henry and started eating.
Puck entered the room. "Hey, old lady, I need to talk to you."
"Breakfast first Puck," Granny said smiling.
"Yeah," Veronica added, "How many do you want? A dozen?"
"I'm not hungry," Puck said seriously.
Forks and knives clanked onto plates. Seven jaws dropped. The entire kitchen was silent. Nobody could believe what they heard! Puck was always hungry! The silence ended when the pancake Mr. Canis was cooking burst into flames. Veronica turned off the stove and ran for a fire extinguisher.
"Since when are you ever not hungry?" Sabrina asked. Saying what everyone had on their mind.
Puck rolled his eyes. "Can I just speak to you?" he asked Granny Relda again.
Sabrina saw Puck and Granny leave. She had to say that Puck had been acting strangely for the past two months. Sabrina hadn't even noticed it until the day that she found out about Puck's job. Puck's job: those were two words that Sabrina had never thought she would have to use in a sentence together. It all started about a week after Daphne left for college.
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Flashback
Sabrina decided to take a walk in the woods one day to clear her head. Well, and also because, she was bored. There really wasn't much to do. There hadn't been a case in a while, and she hadn't seen Puck around during the day.
She went a little deeper and came to a large stream. Sabrina had lived in the house for many years, but she had never seen this stream. It was pretty large. Then, something caught her eye. In the stream was Puck! He was sticking his sword back and forth in the water. On the bank was a large pile of fish.
"Puck," She called, "What are you doing?"
Puck looked surprised at first, but then he kept sticking his sword in the water. "What does it look like I'm doing?" he said, "I'm fishing,"
"Fishing?" she said astonished, "Doesn't fishing usually involve a pole?"
He looked up for a brief moment. "I don't have the patience for that sort of fishing," he explained.
"So, why are you fishing?" she asked. As long as she knew Puck, he claimed to be allergic to hard work.
"Someone's paying me money," he said sticking his sword out with a fish on it.
Sabrina couldn't believe it! Puck had basically told her that she had a job. "Um…how many fish have you caught?" she asked.
"About fifty, but I'll have at least a hundred by the end of the day,"
"Wow! So who's paying you?"
"Nobody you know," Puck said, "Now, no offense, but I can't work while you're distracting me,"
"Oh, right,"
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Sabrina had been truly annoyed by Puck's last comment. Who cared if Puck didn't want her around? Certainly not her! If Puck wanted to be alone, then so be it!
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Granny Relda sat across from Puck. "Now, what is it that you wanted to talk to me about?"
Puck sighed. "Mrs. Grimm," he started, "Would you allow me to borrow some money?"
Granny was startled. Puck wanted money? Also, he had called her Mrs. Grimm. He had only called her old lady as far as she could remember. He must really want something.
"Do you need something," she asked, "New clothes perhaps?"
Puck cringed at the idea. "Um... maybe you should hear how much money I'm asking for before you're so eager to loan it?" he suggested.
It was a good idea. Granny remembered how Puck had asked Sabrina for seven million dollars for saving her from a Jabberwocky. "Well then, how much money do you need to borrow?"
"Two hundred dollars"
This was less than seven million dollars, but still, "Two hundred dollars is a lot of money. What is so important that you're planning to buy?" Granny asked.
Puck blushed. He leaned in close and whispered in her ear. A goofy smile formed on Granny's face. "Why of course I'll loan you the money," she said smiling.
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Puck walked back to the living room where Sabrina and Red were watching TV. He looked around until he saw Uncle Jake in a corner reading from one of the fairytale books. Puck walked over, and Jake raised his head.
"Yes?" Uncle Jake said.
"Can you take me to town?" Puck asked.
Red lifted her head, "Can we go to?" she asked, "We're bored." Sabrina thought for a second. A trip to town might be something to liven up her life a little.
"No!" Puck yelled, "I mean, maybe later,"
"Why not?" Sabrina asked suspiciously.
Granny Relda came into the room. "Don't worry, Sabrina. You and Red can go with me to the library. Scarecrow says that he has a problem with something eating his books."
Sabrina shook her head. Puck was up to something. She didn't know what it was, but if it turned out to be a prank against her, then she would kick his but all the way to Timbuktu.
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Sabrina, Red and Granny hid behind a bookcase. Suddenly, they heard a scuffling and tapping noise. The three of them peered over the edge of the bookcase. In front of them were mice the size of Mr. Seven. There were three of them munching on the paper in the books.
"Uh… Granny," she whispered, "Who are they?"
"Look at the canes," her grandmother whispered back.
On the floor by the mice were three canes. Not just any canes, though. These were canes for the blind. The Three Blind Mice! Sabrina almost hit her head for not realizing it earlier.
"On three," Granny whispered, "One………..Two…………….THREE!"
The there of them charged the giant mice. Sabrina and Granny Relda got two of them with no problem, but red was hanging on to the third like it was a rodeo bull.
"Get off of me!" it squeaked.
"Boys! I am very ashamed of you!" Granny scolded the mice.
"Relda?! the mice squeaked and morphed into three small men.
"What are you doing in our bedroom?" one of the mice asked.
"Your bedroom?!" Granny exclaimed, "This is the library, Kevin."
"What!" the mouse said.
"I don't think she's kidding, Kevin," one of his brother's said feeling the bookshelves.
Kevin did the same. "Oh my!" the mouse man cried.
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It turned out that the mice had been sleepwalking the past few days. They had been taking off in the night or whenever they took a nap, they would walk to the library and nibble on the books. It turns out that mice like to eat paper. Who knew?
Sabrina was sitting outside in the front yard in an old lawn chair. It was a nice warm night. The rest of the family was all their, too. Well, everyone, but Puck. Sabrina didn't know where he was. Sabrina tried to concentrate on the sky. The stars were very beautiful that night.
Finally, though, she couldn't take it any longer.
"Uh…Granny? Where's Puck?" she asked.
Granny Relda turned her head from the porch. "He's in his room. He'll be down soon," she said with a strange smile in her face.
Just then, the door opened. Out came Puck. Only, it wasn't Puck. It wasn't the Puck that Sabrina knew. For one thing, he was clean. Sabrina had never seen Puck this clean since the first time he went to school with her. No, he was even cleaner; if that was possible.
The other thing that surprised Sabrina was that Puck was wearing a suit. It looked kind of familiar, but she didn't know why. Until, Henry looked at the boy and exclaimed.
"Is he wearing my suit?!!"
"Henry….shhhhhhhhhh," Veronica whispered.
Puck walked slowly to Sabrina. Then he did something that made Sabrina's heart beat twice as fast.
Puck got down on one knee.
He pulled out a stack of note cards and started reading very slowly, "Sabrina, we have known each other a long time. Smile-oh," he looked up, smiled, and looked down at the note cards again.
"What are you doing?" Sabrina asked.
"Uh… isn't this how it's usually done?" Puck said confused.
"Well, yeah, but," Sabrina stuttered, "It's just not you! I want to hear this the way that you would do it"
Puck gave one of his famous grins. The he fished into his pocket producing a small velvet box. Puck flew into the air and threw the box to Sabrina.
Puck crossed his arms, "Okay, Sabrina," Puck yelled, "will you marry me or not?"
Sabrina opened the box just in case it was a prank. Inside, there was a ring with a simple golden band and a small diamond. Sabrina instantly loved it.
"Yes," she said.
"I'm sorry, I can't hear you with all the wind up here," Puck said cupping his ear.
"Yes you can," Sabrina said.
"You're right, but I want to here it louder," Puck said smiling.
"Don't press your luck, fairy boy,"
"Okay," Puck said flying down. He scooped Sabrina up and they kissed.
"So, was this the reason you got that job?" Sabrina asked.
"Yeah," he grumbled, "I hated it, though. In the end, all the fish in the stream were gone, so I had to ask your grandma for a little bit of money."
Sabrina smiled at the old woman, "Thank you, Granny,"
It was Red's suggestion to call Daphne that caused everyone to go inside. Veronica trailed behind the rest talking about how much Sabrina had grown up. Henry chased Puck around, trying to get him to return the suit that he stole. Sabrina, well, she and Puck never broke eye contact from each other as Puck flew just out of Henry's reach. They were lost in their own little world.