Otto laid motionless on his bed staring at the ceiling with a large frown spread across his face, the hours have gone by quickly and yet, he didn't even seem to be tired at all, even if it was dark outside right now. He couldn't help but feel nothing but regret in his heart for what he had said to Sam hours earlier, his guilt was ravaging through him like a plague.
"Dude, I messed up big time," he said to himself as he face palmed his own head. "I sure hope that the squid didn't take what I said too literally." Otto than added with a much larger hint of worry in his voice then he was just feeling moments ago when Reggie first came home covered in garbage.
As he still remembered what Reggie looked like when she returned just 2 hours earlier. His father's words echoed through his mind, "you are not to leave this room until you apologize to both Sam Dullard and your sister, for what you have done!" Otto could feel a tear coming from his eyes, but he quickly tried to fight it off by rubbing them away.
"I think, after what I've done, I should apologize, but which one should I apologize to first?" Otto asked himself as he face palmed his head again, trying to figure out if he should apologize to either Sam or Reggie first. "Dad said I couldn't leave my room, and I don't wanna make him madder then he already is."
Otto then remembered that Raymundo had told him that he wouldn't be allowed to leave his room until he apologized to both Reggie and Sam for what he had done hours earlier, and Otto now knew what he had to do.
With a look of both courage and fear, Otto sat up on his bed and decided to do the right thing, and that was fixing what he had started hours ago. As Otto got off of his bed and walked towards his bedroom door, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, he looked very worried.
"Reggie is so not gonna wanna listen or see me, after the way she lunged at me like that." Otto told himself as a pathetic excuse in order to stop himself from apologizing to his sister, but he instead gathered strength and brushed off the subject.
In a snap Otto opened his bedroom door and made his way straight to Reggie's room not caring what Raymundo says to him if he saw him leaving his room when he wasn't supposed to.
He slowly looked around the house, as he was approaching Reggie's closed door, there was no sign of Raymundo anywhere, he might have either fell asleep, or had to go somewhere in order get more important supplies for the approaching storm, Otto decided to use this to his advantage in order to try and apologize to his sister, without getting into any trouble.
As soon as he was close enough, Otto knocked on Reggie's bed room door in hopes of getting her to either say something behind the door, or answer it, he received no response.
He knocked a second time only to receive the same action of no response. Otto, who was not about to give up so easily, reached a hand out for the door knob only to hear crying from the inside of her room. Otto couldn't believe it, but his older sister was crying, now he knew he messed up badly, and had to go inside.
Otto opened the door to his sister's room only to see her crying on her bed, with her face buried in her pillow. Otto looked saddened as he slowly entered the room, he has never seen Reggie that hurt like this before, and he just had to find away in order to make her feel better, even if that meant him getting womped by her in response, Otto right now couldn't careless what happens to him and finally gathered to courage to say, "R-Reggie, I-"
Reggie in no mood of seeing Otto or even hearing his voice, just screamed angrily "Go away!" while throwing a Pillow at his head. Despite this set back, Otto didn't give up once again, and just sighed sadly, gathering his courage again in an attempt to continue saying what he had to say.
"Reg, I know you don't wanna talk or look at me, but will you at least be willing to listen?" He asked hopping that she may do the noble thing in order to try and hear him out before she can get even angrier, he did everything he could in order to ignore the smell that was rising from her clothes, as she hasn't changed out of them yet.
Reggie just laid motionless on her bed with her head buried now in the Mattress, with both her hands gripping each side, she didn't even acknowledge Otto's question.
"Reggie I'm really sorry for what I said to Sammy this morning, I've been regretting it ever since I said those words, they really haunt me Reg. I am really sorry that you got Womped into a Dumpster, but I really didn't mean for that to happen, I was just so bummed that I got grounded, I didn't know what I was saying."
Reggie, still didn't move or acknowledge her younger brother, "Please Reg, would you at least look at me?" Otto said openly from his heart as he looked directly at Reggie who was still lying on her bed face down on her mattress.
Reggie didn't budge, causing Otto to feel saddened, and helpless. By this time, he figured that he really did go off the edge with Reggie to the point that she would never forgive him again, and had finally just given up trying to apologize. "Its okay I understand, I'll leave." Otto sadly turned to walk back toward's Reggie's bedroom door, but than a voice stopped him before he could advance any farther.
"Otto, you don't get it do you?" Otto turned to see Reggie had risen from her bed and was now sitting down on her bed looking at him. Although It wasn't the response he wanted from her, he was happy to at least see Reggie talking with him.
"You really hurt Sammy, both you and Twister! Look I'm sorry that you got grounded for a week, I really am! But kicking one of our best friends from the group just to get back at me, for trying to stop you from revealing that crazy prank you and Twister did yesterday?!" Otto just walked back towards her and stopped a certain distance before she finished off her sentence. "That is the most coldest thing you've ever done Rocket Boy."
Otto with more confidence than ever spoke out his mind hopping that this will get Reggie to understand and forgive his mistake. "Reggie I really am sorry I was just-" Reggie soon cut her brother off with a look of disproval and said. "Don't apologize to me Otto, apologize to Sam, he's the one you stabbed in the back."
Otto just looked down at the ground, realizing that Reggie was right, and that he did stab Sam in the back, when he told him that he would be nothing more then a squid, and will never be like him and his friends.
Reggie just watched Otto as he began to speak again from his heart, she still had an angry glare on her face, but inside she was starting to cool down a bit, as she listened to her younger brother continue on what he had to say.
"I know I messed up big time, but after I heard what you tried to do, in order to make Sam feel better, and what happened to you while you were trying to stop him, I realized now that I really have become a real jerk and-" Their was a couple seconds of pause in Otto's voice before he finally finished off what he had to say. "And I wanna make things right.",.
Otto than remained silent as Reggie rose from her bed and slowly approached her younger brother, she still had a serious look on her face as she stopped infront of her younger brother with her arms crossed over her chest, glaring directly into his eyes. "Well Otto if your really sorry You'll find Sam and apologize to him for everything you said to him this morning, Now!" She said with a little more calmer tone in her voice.
Otto then twisted his face into a look of determination and nodded yes, he then quickly raced for the door in order to try and find a phone in order to contact Sam with, but soon stopped when he saw Raymundo leaning against the door with a smile on his face, with arms crossed over his chest.
"Dad?!" Otto cried in surprise, and panic. "Dad listen I'm so sorry I left my Room, but I just had to-" Otto was immiedieatly cut off by Raymundo who released his arms from across his chest and instead patted Otto's head.
"Take responsibility and apologize to your sister Rocket Boy?" Raymundo answered with a large smile on his face, which got Otto completely shocked. "You knew?" Otto asked with a look of both confusion and happiness on his face.
"I heard the whole thing Otto and I'm very proud of you, It takes a lot of courage and honesty to do what you just did right now" Raymundo replied crossing his arms once again across his chest, as Reggie walked towards Otto from behind, and placed a hand on his shoulder looking at him with a smile, before turning towards Raymundo.
"Listen Otto, even though your still grounded for sneaking out during your previous punishment, I will let you out easy, if you promise, that you find and apologize to your friend Sam."Raymundo than said with a look of seriousness on his face. "The Storm will be arriving in just 3 more days, so you will have plenty of time in order to think about how you can apologize to him." Otto soon bursted out with happiness and ran quickly hugging Raymundo, which almost got Reggie to cry, as she wiped a tear on her face.
"Don't worry dad, I'll make you proud I promise." Otto said with confidence as he races out of Reggie's room, leaving only her and Raymundo left inside.
"Okay Reg, tomorrow will be a new day, so you and your brother better get some rest for tomorrow." Raymundo insisted as he kissed Reggie on the cheek and wished her a happy dreams before closing the door behind him, and leaving Reggie alone once again in her room.
Reggie just smiled as she picked up the pillow that she had previously thrown at Otto earlier, and placed it back on her bed, she quickly showered in order to get rid of the smelly garbage oder that had been plaguing her for hours. Upon exiting the shower and smelling nice and clean again she than changed into her Pajama's putting her dirty garbage coated smelly clothes into the hamper hoping that they would be clean by Raymundo tomorrow so that she Otto and Twister can try and talk Sam into coming back to the group.
Before she went to bed, Reggie slowly opened up a drawer in her dresser, and pulled out what appeared to look like a folded piece of paper, it looked to be very old as if it was folded about a year ago.
After laying down back on her bed, this time on her back, she unfolded the paper and opened it, giving it a quick kiss before placing it back on the dresser top, turning out the light and falling asleep with a smile on her face.
The picture was shown to be a kids drawing of her and Sam holding hands on a grassy field, while rolling down a hill on their skateboards. The truth on why Reggie had been acting so protective and caring towards Sam, since they've met was finally revealed on this one piece of paper.