Chapter Five
I walked over to Jeremiah.
"Hey, buddy. Elvira really likes you. She asked me to ask you out for her," I said.
"But…what about you? Don't you like me?" he asked.
"Only as a brother. I'm sorry, but I kind of like…someone else," I said.
"Okay. Tell Elvira that I'll try going out with her. Only if she is nice and not so…evil," he said.
"Okay," I said.
I ran back to Elvira and told her the news.
"Oh my God! Thank you so much, Melanie! I owe you big time!" she yelled, excitedly.
Then she hugged me and ran off to find Jeremiah.
Rufus was still standing there alone.
"Well? Why are you still here?" I asked.
"I don't know. I'm bored. Well, I'm going to go work on my…project. See ya later!" he said, running off.
"Bye," I said to myself.
I walked around the cave alone.
I saw Josiah and Elijah hanging out again together.
I considered my options.
I decided to go talk to them.
I walked over to them and said hello.
"Hey, what's up?" asked Elijah.
He tried to act "cool".
"I'm…alright…um…how are you guys?" I asked.
"We're doing fine. Is there any…particular reason you came to us?" asked Josiah.
"No. I'm just bored and Rufus and Elvira left to go off on their own. So did Melathiah," I said.
"Don't call him Melathiah. He gets mad. Either call him "Master" or "Dad"," said Elijah.
"Okay then, I'll keep that in mind," I said.
"So anyways, we were just thinking going to our place around here, Melanie. Would you like to come along?" asked Josiah.
"Um…sure," I answered.
"Sweet!" said Elijah.
I followed them to the big room, which was empty at the moment.
The only thing I noticed was, there were two large…thrones sitting way up high on the rocky walls.
….And the giant pool on the far northwest corner of the room.
Both thrones looked the same but they were both on opposite sides of the large room.
I watched Elijah walk over to his throne and jump way up in the air.
He landed in his throne, and he sat very still.
Josiah did the same.
"Okay, now what do you do?" I asked.
"Nothing. We just sit. There was a time that we sat here without moving for over ten years. No food. No water. No real sleep. We were like stone. All we did was…well…sleep with our eyes open. We were basically, statues," said Josiah.
That sounded creepy.
"Alright then. I guess I shall be going," I said.
Josiah and Elijah both jumped back down.
"Just an example. We're not "hibernating" right now," said Elijah.
"Well then, I suppose we shall be going somewhere else now," said Josiah.
I followed Josiah and Elijah to another part of the cave.
The room was very bright and full of life.
The walls were painted sunset colors and the room was decorated like a beach.
"This is amazing," I gasped.
It really was amazing.
"This is your room. It used to be Elvira's room but she decided to get a new room later on. It's yours now," said Elijah.
"It's wonderful. Thank you guys," I said.
Josiah and Elijah both smiled.
"Let's move on now," said Elijah.
I followed Elijah…where was Josiah?
I looked behind myself and saw him there.
He leaned over and whispered in my ear.
"Don't tell Elijah this but, meet me in the kitchen tomorrow night at seven. Think of it as a date," he said.
My heart fluttered.
"Okay!" I said, excitedly
"Okay what?" asked Elijah.
"Nothing," I said.
He looked at me as if he thought I was acting suspicious.
Which I was.
Now I had something to look forward to: A date!
I just had to tell Elvira about this.
After the hours of Josiah and Elijah making me follow them everywhere, they finally told me good-night and walked back to their…thrones.
What was the point of having thrones in the biggest room, on opposite walls, and fifty feet above ground? Were they crazy?
I decided to skip that last question.
I ran to Elvira's room and knocked three times.
She opened the door.
"Oh, hey! Melanie! How are you?" she asked, inviting me in.
I walked into her pink and black colored room.
"Awesome! You'll never guess what happened!" I yelled.