The title was supposed to be "One of Three" not "One of Tree" lololol. I'm gonna see if I could fix it.
One week later on Monday night, Lori did something she hadn't done in years. She had a restful nights sleep on a Monday. The next day Lori was especially cheerful and ready for another adventure, and if it was an adventure she wanted, it was an adventure she got.
She and Louis hung out with Peaches all morning. Talking and doing whatever came to mind.
Once the sun made it's way to the middle of the sky they went back to Louis' house for lunch and then planned to meet Peaches back at The Oak Tree.
When they got there they said hello to Louis' mom and went down through the family room and then to the pantry.
Pantries' always freaked Louis out. They were very creepy and weird to him. All the bugs, slugs, and worms crawling all over the place. The shelves with berries on them were fine, just the living things. He was ok with them when there were minimal numbers, but when they had a lot of food, that's when they became creepy.
They both grabbed a couple berries, Louis found a grub and Lori found a worm.
"Mmm." Lori mumbled Picking it up. Louis shivered.
"What? I like worms." Lori questioned.
"Sorry." Louis said, embarrassed at his slightly rude reaction. "I just can't get past the slime, I like grubs better, no slime."
They left the pantry and climbed awkwardly into the family room, where they saw Louis' two brothers.
The two were taller than Louis, and bulkier. The one, Mark, was the one that had almost no brain, Louis had told her, and was the brawn. The other one, Noah, had a brain, but it was pure evil. He had broad shoulders and was a little handsome, of course, not exceeding Louis in Lori's opinion.
"Hey, look! It's mama's little molehog." Mark commented to his brother, standing on Louis' left.
"Well, you would be too, if you were a runt!" Noah said, standing on Louis' right.
Louis didn't look bothered, but Lori could tell that he was by his clenched fists.
"Hey!" Lori yelled. "Don't pick on him just because you two big idiots don't have anything better to do!"
"Oh," Mark said. "Louis, are you gonna let your girlfriend fight for you?"
"Don't push it."Lori said through clenched teeth as she made her hands into fists. The two brothers walked over and stood infront of Lori.
"Why? Whatcha gonna do half-pint."Noah said smiling.
Lori swung her fist at their heads, but they ducked just in time. And then immediately brought them back up and looked at each other horrified.
"But we can't hit girls!" Mark said. They both looked back at Lori who was smiling devilishly. She swung again at Mark and hit home right on the side of his nose.
"Ow!" He squeaked, grabbing his nose and ran out of the room and down into his own.
Noah saw him leave and looked back at Lori. She barred her teeth and glared at him. Now alone, Noah ran into his room..
Louis' mouth dropped open. Lori turned to Louis, closed his mouth, slurped up the worm like spaghetti, and left the burrow.
Louis glanced back at his brothers' rooms and then ran after Lori.
"How did you do that?" Louis asked her. Lori laughed and popped a berry in her mouth.
"Use their weaknesses against them." Lori said, and then realized she was talking with her mouth full, bushed and swallowed the berry. "Sorry. Mark just copies Noah. So I knew if I didn't swing at Noah, Mark wouldn't duck. Like you said, Mark was the brawn, so without Mark, Noah is just words." Lori told him and ate another berry.
"Ok." Louis said, memorizing it. "All Noah is without Mark is words. Seriously though, I've never seen them run so fast in my life!" Louis said excitedly. Lori laughed and they both finished off their berries.
"Come on, we need to go meet Peaches." Lori reminded him. She dove into the ground, tunneling away, and Louis followed her toward The Oak Tree.
I just realized that this chapter is pritty short. well, whatever. you guys are gonna lovethe next chapter. MOHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHA