You know how you can think of a zillion excuses later, but not at the second you need one? Well, that's kind of what happened to me. Seriously, why did I tell the maid exactly what I was doing with her socks? I could have told her I went into her room after Dinah or that I was sleepwalking, or that I was looking for one of my picture books.
But no, I had to stupidly say: "Lorina made me! She said I needed to take revenge on you because you said such mean things about me. These are Lorina's leeches; she made me put them in your socks. I just wanted to sleep!" Why couldn't I just say that I was looking for another blanket in her dresser? It would have worked, too since it was so freezing last night… or this morning, really.
Well for some strange reason, after I said all that, the maid started laughing like an evil witch. I couldn't tell exactly what she was saying between laughs, but I think it was something about kids getting more creative every year. And she said something that sounded like somebody once put eggs in her shoes.
Her laughter scared me. Her laugh, sounded like it wanted me to laugh with her too, but she would turn to anger if I did that. Maybe it was the laugh that made me ask, "Are you going to tell mother and father?"
And surprisingly enough she said "no" in between laughs. I should have just run out of her room after she said that, but instead I had to ask her "why?" Running away would have been a much better opinion.
Her answer to that question was even more surprising. She said that she wouldn't tell mother or father, because she once was a girl like me, and had a sister just like mine. Then she went on this crazy rant about how her sister took away all her suitors, and that Lorina will do the same to me. She also said something about girls like us never marry and that we women warriors should stick together.
What does that even mean? Does the maid even realize that Lorina is much older then me, and will probably be married by next spring or summer? I don't even need to be thinking about suitors for five or six years or more. It's made me start to wonder how old the maid's sister is. And who exactly is the maid's sister?
After the maid's speech was over, she told me that I owe her. Well, I guess its fair because she doesn't plan to tell mother or father about the leeches, but I don't want to owe the maid. I wish I had lied about the reason for me being in her room.
When I asked her what I owed her, she just laughed and told me that she would come up with something later. The later part is really scaring me. When is later? And what will she come up with?
All this thinking about other excuses and later, is really making it hard for me to sleep. I wish I could just forget everything and fall back to sleep. I would love to be back in my universe of bubbles, but all my thoughts are too noisy to let me sleep.
A/N
So, are you on Team Lorina or Team the Maid?
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B/N Guess what! I had chocolate cookies for breakfast. ^_^ (I'm team Lorina by the way… older sisters always know best. I should know.)