Jessie's POV
I got up and went downstairs. Bertram was already in the kitchen and mixing pancake batter.
"Morning Bertram!" I said as I went over to him.
"Morning Jessie. You ready to ask the kids?" Bertram asked as he poured some pancake batter on the grill.
"I think so. I'll go bring them down to the living room now. I can tell their up because I can hear them banging." I said as I grabbed to bacon from the fridge and handed it to Bertram.
"Good luck!" Bertram said as he started frying the bacon.
I left the kitchen and headed upstairs. I quietly took the woken kids downstairs and sat them on the couch. I sat in front of them, nervously.
"Kids," I said. "I really need to ask you something."
"What's wrong Jessie?" Ravi asked.
"Well, it's really hard to ask." I said, with a hurt look on my face.
"Just ask us. We will be honest and nice about it!" Emma promised me.
The others nodded in agreement.
"Do you guys like Abygail more than me?" I blurted out quickly.
The kids burst out laughing.
"Jessie, we love you! No one could ever replace you. Even your sister." Zuri said as she came and gave me hug.
"Ya Jessie, you know I love you." Luke said coming up to me and making a puckered face.
We did a group hug.
"Aww thanks guys. Now I think it's time I tell you something about my sister." I said as we sat back down.
I told them what I had told Bertram the previous night.
"Wow." the kids said.
"Don't worry. We will always stick by your side Jessie!" Ravi said.
The others agreed.
"Thanks guys. Now how bout some pancakes and bacon?" I said.
"Yay!" the kids cheered.
We got into the kitchen and sat down. Bertram passed out the pancakes and bacon, leaving a pancake and a few strips of bacon for Abygail. We talked and ate. Then we heard Abygail's footsteps and she burst into the kitchen. She gasped.
"Uh!" she said, clearly not impressed that we started breakfast without her.
Bertram said, "There's an extra pancake and some bacon on the pancake cooker over there."
"Thanks." she said with a sarcastic tone. She rolled her eyes as she walked over, grabbed a plate, got her pancake and bacon then stormed out of the kitchen, upstairs and to her room, finishing off her dramatic storm off with a slam of her door.
We started chuckling when she got her breakfast but when she was upstairs, safe from earshot, we burst out laughing. We couldn't help it! I had finally won against my evil sister Abygail.