Hey everybody! I'm still looking for party game ideas for this story, so if you have one please share, otherwise I'll be forced to use Google or something, and who knows how that could turn out. Also to forewarn you once again I will not be able to update through the weekend, and for the rest of June and into the beginning of July I have some things I have to do, next week will be especially busy, and then I have a two week vacation in mid July that I won't be able to update while I'm on. To sum that up I probably won't be updating as often, but I will still try, it may just be every few days. Sorry if this is inconvenient to anybody, and thanks for your patience.
I Do Not Own Sisters Grimm
Chapter 18
"Robin! If you fall asleep in my class one more time I will be forced to give you a detention," chided Mrs. Cook, the elderly and somewhat strict science teacher at Ferryport High. She was standing above me looking down her nose at my half asleep face. When she was satisfied that I was awake she pushed her glasses up from the tip of her nose and turned sharply, striding back to the front of the room. I hated this class. It was the most boring excuse for a science class that ever existed. I could be in a chemistry class learning some chemical reaction that would make a great prank, but no, I'm stuck here in biology class learning about cells. You can't prank anybody with cells.
"I wish I had your sleeping abilities. I could use them in this class," Seth whispered from beside me. I snickered and received a disapproving look form Mrs. Cook.
"Is something funny, Robin?" she asked with another disapproving look.
"No ma'am," I replied.
"Then get to work on your lab… you too Seth."
We turned to the microscope resting on the desk between us and placed a slide under the lens. Seth had a natural talent for science, he was careful, observant, and he had a good memory. Unfortunately for him none of those qualities helped him face the lack of a challenge in biology. When we worked independently he was always the first to finish the assignment, and when we worked in partners, well let's just say that I'm not about to get in his way.
"So… that girl… the one you were looking for yesterday… did you find her?" He asked as he turned one of the knobs to adjust the focus while he looked into the lens.
"Yeah, we found her. She's been…handled." I replied while I looked around to see if anyone was listening.
"Is your brother going back to the city then?" He was still looking into the microscope when he asked this.
"No, there are some possible…issues with his return."
"The barrier?"
"No, our mother. We have no idea what's going on."
"So what's he going to do?" he asked looking up from the lens.
"He'll stay with us. He's going to come to school with us after break. It'll give us more time to figure something out."
"If you need anything you know you can just ask me, right?"
"Yeah, but I don't want to pull you into my world unless I have to. It can get kind of crazy…and dangerous."
"Still…don't count me out completely," he requested while pushing the microscope in my direction, "Take a look."
I looked through the lens and began to draw what I saw on my paper noticing that Seth had already completed his picture. I switched back and forth between microscope and paper until I was finished, then allowed Seth to take back the microscope. He changed the magnification and began to focus the image again. "I won't," I assured.
"Good. So what happened after we left?"
"We put together the puzzle and figured out where she was. Then we found her. She almost killed Sabrina, but I saved the day. Then we went home. The end." I said quickly.
"So you're her hero now," he teased.
"Saving her butt isn't all that special; it's more of a daily occurrence."
"Then you've always been her hero."
"No, she normally doesn't even say thanks."
"I bet she thinks it. She probably just doesn't want you to say something about her saying thank you." He started to draw once again.
"Henry gave me permission to date her," I blurted.
"Henry Grimm gave you permission to date Sabrina. Did I hear that right?" he said shocked.
"Yep."
"We're talking about the same Henry?"
"Yep."
"Was he… in his right mind?" he questioned.
"Yep."
"Well that's good, right?"
"I don't know what to make of it. I'm even more confused than I was before."
"So make some sense of it, Robin, and do it before he changes his mind," he exclaimed.
"That's just the thing, when we were talking…he seemed sure of himself. He won't change his mind unless I do something to cross the line."
Mrs. Cook walked by our table and Seth pushed the microscope back to me. I looked at the magnified image and started to draw what I saw. Mrs. Cook gave me an approving nod and left us alone again. When I finished my less than attractive drawing Seth handed me his paper so that I could write down the answers to the questions at the end. I copied them down quickly then got up to do my part in our partnership; turning in our papers.
"Then go for it," Seth told me when I got back.
"I…I always get nervous," I said lowering my voice.
"I don't believe that for a second," he asserted.
"Believe it. Take yesterday for example. We're sitting in the nurse's room, all alone, really close. I could've kissed her… I should've kissed her."
"Don't beat yourself up too much. It'll happen when it's meant to happen."
"Can we not talk about this anymore?" I asked.
"Sure. So tell me about the girl that you were after yesterday."
"Well, she's supposed to be my fiancé."
"I don't think I want to go there," he interrupted. "What about Brad's party?"
"What about it?"
"Bad topic I guess, I mean it'll be fun when we're at it, but until then it's not much of a topic."
"Agreed."
"I do believe we're back to Sabrina," he commented.
"Or we could talk about Anna."
"Or not."
"Oh, so we're allowed to talk about my love life but not yours?"
"There's not much to talk about. We went to the dance, and nothing's really happened since."
"But you want something to happen," I put in.
"I've wanted something to happen since the 8th grade."
"You have to make a move; you've got to take control of your own life. Fate's not going to do it for you."
"That sounded suspiciously like something a motivational speaker would say." He said. We both burst out laughing earning glares from Mrs. Cook and some of the other students. We both knew that the very idea of me as a motivational speaker was ridiculous. The bell rang while we were in the middle of our laughing fit and we received several odd looks as we left the classroom. We stopped at Seth's locker and he pulled it open. "But seriously, you should take your own advice," he continued, "Maybe start by being nicer." He put his biology book in his locker and took out another book.
"Hey Robin. You ready to walk home?" Sabrina had come out of nowhere.
"Yeah, let's go. See you later Seth."
"Remember what I told you Robin," he called after me.
Thanks for reading everyone. Again if anyone has any ideas for things to do at Brad's party please share. I'll probably not be able to update until next week, but I'm kind of on a writing spree so I may hand write some chapters this weekend then type them and have a few chapters to upload on Monday. Please review.
