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MY BROTHER'S FACE WAS QUITE HILARIOUS. HE jumped a good 2 feet, then fell on his, ahem, derriere. [Oh, yes you did. Don't deny it.]
The face belonged to yet another teenager with pink hair.
This girl's hair looked…natural. The color was much more vibrant than Fawns'. Her hair poofed up everywhere. She looked like she was ready to explode with excitement.
"Heyheyheyheyheyheyheyhey! I'm Pandra Palma Pamina Pepita Panphila and I want to PAAARTAAAY!" She blasted in my poor brother's ear, making him jump again.
"Hey! I've never seen YOU before!" she yelled. "You seem nice! You can call me PPPPP! As in party party party party PARTY!"
She was obviously on either crack or candy.
Most probably the latter, she was so jacked up.
"Good for you," I congratulated. "Now over here and be quiet for five minutes." I figured even she could handle that.
How wrong I was.
She boinged over and plopped down next to me. And, horror beyond horrors, started chattering about cupcakes. I groaned. Carter grimaced at me and headed out the door. Pandra Palma Pamina Pecky Puh-puh-puh something or other continued to blab on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and-
"Hey! HowdoyouknowRuthDiane?'Causeifsheknowssomeone,Ineedtoknowthem,'causeifIdon't,it'llbelikewhenI metTwilight,'causewhenImetTwilight,shewasall-" here she inhaled deeply. "-AndIwasall-"again she breathed in heavily.
"andsoIroundedupallthepeopleIknew,whichisalotofpeople,andthrewasurprisepartyinherhonour,complet ewithtabascosauceoncupcakes!" she concluded brightly.
O.K.
She continued to talk and talk and talk and I really need to stop doing this, but it's as accurate as I can get to what she was doing. Carter came back and leaned against the doorway frame to listen.
"Um, can we get down to business?" I asked. "I'm getting, I don't know, bored?"
Ruth Diane and Twilight nodded in unison.
"Here's what's going on…"