Here's the next chapter. Thanks for reviewing, Animanizany, zackman1996, weirdsib, frumouttamimind, Kibalover1998 and Forestwater. And I've been getting a lot of ideas now. As for why the parents are oblivious – well, they're biased because of the Warners being guests, and the Warners have enough fun with Alex without being annoying enough to get the parents' attention.
It turned out my parents had booked three small rooms in the quite cheap Malibu motel, one for them, one for the boys and one for me and Dot. I didn't say anything this time, since Dot was the least annoying of the bunch. She could be quite sweet sometimes. Well, that's what I thought. It would have been a lot more fun if Dot hadn't kept letting the boys come over all afternoon.
"Why can't you go over to their room and not annoy me?" I complained.
"Because we don't want to leave you out." Dot said.
"You're not leaving me out, you're leaving me alone." I told her. "Well, you're not, but I'd really like you to. Go over to theirs and let me stay alone."
"But our one is nicer!" Dot said in her cutest tone, widening her eyes. "Please please please let them come over?" She was trying to get her cute charms to work on me. She knew that even though she was a preteen now, no one could resist Dot Warner when she was trying to be cute.
"Fine." I muttered, scowling and looking at the floor.
"We promise to do whatever you say, Princess Alexandra." Dot added with a mischievious smile.
"Let that go!" I snarled straight off. "I'm not a princess!" At that moment, there was a knock on the door.
"I'll get it!" Dot yelled and yanked open the door for the boys.
"Excuse me." I said, smiling sweetly. "I'm sorry, boys, but I have to step out for a moment. I'm sure Dot will be able to entertain you."
They let me go, but I think that was because they knew there was no point in going out, since there was nothing to do. In the end, I wandered back, and knocked, having forgotten my key. I immediately heard all three of them yell "I'll get it!" They always acted like they were still on Animaniacs, and it always got to me. I knew that I would be waiting until one of them distracted the other two, most likely Yakko.
I was right. After ten minutes (yes, that's how long it took), Yakko finally opened the door for me. "Hellooo, nurse!" he greeted me (He always says that on the phone, but he and Wakko also say that when they see girls they think are cute).
"Don't flirt." I said flatly. "It gets annoying."
"I never get to get it!" Wakko complained.
"Get over it." I told him, shoving him out of my way oh-so-gently. No, seriously, it wasn't a hard shove. But Wakko acted as if I had pushed him really hard anyway, stumbling and falling.
I locked myself in the bathroom and switched my Ipod on. I listened to the song Misery Loves Company and sang along, unaware that I was going to be labelled with "Misery" the minute I stepped out of the room. No prizes for guessing where the "Company" label was.
"Number one, I am not misery, and two, I do not always love company!" I scowled at all three Warners, tearing the sticker off. "I know I should have expected this, but you three are so. Damn. ANNOYING!"
I got a break that evening, after the boys went back to their room. We got takeaway from an Italian place for dinner, and my parents, at last sensing that I wasn't to blame, told the boys that they should eat in their room, and leave me and Dot by ourselves. They also said we weren't able to go to each other's motel rooms after seven o'clock (overprotectiveness, but it benefited me), so by the time I'd finished, the boys were in their rooms, and Dot kept bugging me to let her give me a makeover.
I gave in and let Dot do my makeup and even my hair! Surprisingly, she did some really nice things with it. I got a kind of sunny girl-next-door look with the makeup, and she put my blonde hair in a high ponytail, which actually looked really good. I looked older, and maybe not hot, but I'm not interested in looking hot. Looking cool was enough, and this makeup definitely made me look cool.
"Can you do my hair and makeup like this tomorrow?" I begged Dot. "I love it!"
Dot smiled sweetly. "Princess Alexandra, you have now got a personal stylist for the summer!"
I didn't correct her, since I didn't want her to go back on what she'd just said. But I found that it didn't always bother me, not that much. Maybe it was Dot, or maybe it was escaping from the boys.
In fact, I'd calmed down enough to have a peaceful night, even though Dot had called me "Princess Alexandra" yet again. It was a good evening. I was able to have fun with a Warner sibling, for the first time since I was a little kid. It was unbelieveable.
Yes, when it was only Dot, I could be in a good mood. The pre-teen was a sweet girl. But I knew that I could never be safe when her brothers were around. And I knew that the coming day would mean I could pretty much never get away from them.
Oh, joy. Road trips are so fun, aren't they?
I'm really sorry about being so slow with the updates, but they'll be staying in Arizona for a bit, so there'll be a bit more action, then, and I'm definitely going to add in a bit of Alex/Yakko at some point.