Sabrina, Harvey and I were walking down the street, talking. "So, you two want to go to the movies with me tomorrow? They're showing..." Harvey said before getting interrupted. "Yes!" Sabrina exclaimed.
"Space Blocks from Space." Harvey finished. "That sounds like whoever made it was running out of ideas for titles." I said. "Oh. Sound great." Sabrina said. "I guess since I have nothing better to do, sure." I said, shrugging my shoulders.
"Meet both of you at two then?" Harvey asked. "Deal. See ya." Sabrina said as she left. "Sure." I said before heading off towards my house. At least no one dropping a sudden bomb...hold on, my iPod vibrating. I picked it up to see a call from Sabrina. "Hello?" I asked. "Aaron, Uncle Quigley grounded me." Sabrina said.
"Say what?" I asked. "I know." She said. "But why? You have a movie to watch tomorrow." I said. "Because I forgot to write down a message, Hilda didn't water the plants, Zelda did a experiment that made a mess in the kitchen and Salem called him the Quigster." Sabrina said. "...Wait, he grounded a cat, over a nickname?" I asked dumbfounded.
"Aaron, stay focus!" Sabrina scolded. "I am! I'm just surprised that a cat can be grounded over a nickname." I said. "Aaron, the point is I won't be able to join you and Harvey." Sabrina said. "What? But that so unfair!" I protested. "I know, but Quigley won't listen to me!" Sabrina said.
"Well, if you're not going, then neither am I." I said. "Aaron, you can't. It's not fair to Harvey that I can't come. It'll be worst that you won't because of me." Sabrina said. "But..." I began. "Aaron, please. Do it for me and Harvey." Sabrina said. "*Sighs* Okay. But it won't be fun without you." I said. "I know." Sabrina said sadly. "See you soon?" I asked. "Yeah, maybe." Sabrina said before hanging up.
After I arrived back home, my mom tried to surprise attack me with a ambush. However, I didn't bother caring. "Aaron, are you feeling fine? Usually you jump and scream like a girl at my ambushes." My mom said. "*Sighs* I'm not in the mood right now." I told her as I walked to my room.
"*Gasp* Not in the mood? That never happened since...ever! Jake, I need you to talk to our son! He's not in the mood for my ambushes!" My mom screamed in a panic. "Not in the mood for your ambushes? Aaron, what's wrong?" My dad asked. "*Sighs* Quigley punished Sabrina over something small and now she can't go to the movies tomorrow." I said sadly before telling him the rest of what Sabrina told me.
"Oh, that is something to be sad about." My dad said. "And the thing is, it's completely something anyone forgets all the time. I don't see why Sabrina have to be punished. Hilda and Zelda, I could get because they should know better. But for Sabrina, it's too harsh." I said.
"Well, every household and adults have their own certain rules they want others to follow. I know it seems unfair to you and Sabrina, but maybe Quigley did it so they, mainly Zelda and Hilda, could learn to respect his authority. After all, they think since they're older means they can do whatever they want." My dad said.
"Yeah, you're right. Though I do hate that whole 'just because we're older means we know more' excuse they sometimes say." I said. "Plus, maybe Quigley will see that he's being harsh on Sabrina and change his mind." My dad said. "Yeah." I said, starting to feel a little happy.
"Glad to make you smile again. Now, we got magic to do!" My dad proclaimed, holding a wooden spoon like a staff. "You look ridiculous!" My mom said while laughing, causing me to laugh too. My dad pouted for a moment before laughing as well.
Later that night, I collapse onto my bed, in my sleeping attire, exhausted from both magic training from my dad and physical training from my mom. "I hope that evaluation with Enchantra is soon. I don't know how much more I can take. I even missed out on watching old Hanna-Barbera cartoons on Boomerang." I said into the pillow before falling asleep.
The next morning, I woke up and decided that I need to check up on Sabrina. You know, before I go off with Harvey to the movies. I walked over to the Spellman's house to see their mailbox moving and spit out a blonde woman in gray. Only for it to spit her out and her shoe after the latter tapped her foot impatiently and clear her throat. "I'll figure it out tomorrow." I said before running to the movies.
Just to say it, Harvey and I didn't enjoy it too much. Mainly because Sabrina wasn't there to watch it with us. We both agree to check on Sabrina and see how she's doing the next day, which we both did.
The next week, Sabrina, Harvey and I were walking and talking. "Guess what? I got the new Egg Yolk CD. Scrambled Love." Harvey told us. "They make CDs for eggs? Who knew?" I asked. "I know. So want to come over tonight and listen to it?" Harvey asked us. "Cool, that'd be fun!" Sabrina said.
"What about Quigley?" I asked. "Uh, you sure it's okay with that nanny of yours?" Harvey asked Sabrina at the same time. "Wait, nanny?" I asked. "Oh, forgot to tell you. Quigley left and hired a nanny to take care of me, Hilda and Zelda." Sabrina said.
"Say what? That would explain the weird person at your place last week." I said. "Wait, you came?' Sabrina asked. "Almost, then, uh, something else caught my interest." I lied due to Harvey being with us and he not knowing Sabrina's secret.
"What was it?" Harvey asked. "You're not gonna believe it, but it was a ghost ape." I lied. "A ghost ape?" Harvey asked. "Yeah, and it went into the motherfricking poltergeist bushes." I said. "How come you didn't invite me to see it?" Harvey asked. "Because, uh, it happened randomly." I said, giving Sabrina a wink while Harvey wasn't paying attention.
"Oh, don't worry about her, Harvey. Since a week ago, she's let us do anything. It's great. See you tonight." Sabrina told Harvey as she and I walked through an alley. We both covered our noses as we passed by some trash cans.
We soon were at Sabrina's house, where the nanny was not only doing a 180 of how I saw her the last time, but also wearing a hippie outfit. "Hey there Sabby and friend of Sabby. I'm doing a little Tai Chi. Care to join me?" She asked us. "Oh, hi Rainbow." Sabrina said. "Rainbow?" I asked. "That's what she wants to be called." Sabrina said. "Okay then. Not questioning this." I said.
"Thank you." Sabrina said. "But you owe me a explanation." I said. "Later." Sabrina told me before turning to Rainbow. "Maybe later." Sabrina said. "Oh whatever. Go with the flow." Rainbow said. "Would you mind if I flow over to Harvey's house tonight? Where-" Sabrina began.
"Oh, no problemo. Stay out as late as you want. Hey, you want to borrow my car?" Rainbow asked. "I'm only twelve." Sabrina said. "I'm sure your boyfriend next to you won't mind." Rainbow said as my face turned red. "I'm not her boyfriend! I'm just a boy who's just her friend! And I'm also twelve!" I said as I covered my face with my hat.
"Oh, poo poo. Age is just a concept. You gotta let go, baby. Be free, free, free. And I don't mind if you two started dating." Rainbow said. Sabrina shrug before dragging me out of the door. However, we both saw Salem sitting on a chair, frowning at us.
"What's wrong. Salem?" Sabrina asked. "Yeah, you haven't made any sarcastic comment at me." I said. "Hmm. What's does it look like?" Salem said, opening the bathrobe to show his stomach, which look like someone took drugs and threw up...on Salem. "Dude, come on!" I exclaimed, covering my eyes.
"Looks like Little Miss Flower Child tie-dyed me." Salem said. "Much worse than that." I said. "Oh, are you gonna joke about this?" Salem asked. "Dude, I may clash heads with you most of the times, but that doesn't mean I'm cruel to make fun of you like this." I said. "So, you're not-" Salem began. "No, so don't even think about it." I said just as Hilda walked in with a fish bowl.
"Rainbow, can I have a word with you?" Hilda asked. "I'm always open for sharing." Rainbow said. "Didn't you say you were going to feed my fish?" Hilda asked. "Yes. Oh, oh yeah. He looks a little tired." Rainbow said. "He looks a little dead. What did you feed him?" Hilda asked. "Huh? Well, just what I eat. A thin vegetarian diet: lettuce, a radish, some steamed vegetables." Rainbow said as I covered my mouth.
"He's a piranha. He doesn't eat vegetables. He eats meat." Hilda said. "Oh well. It's not like he's really gone. He's just past on to another plane." Rainbow said. "Well, I liked him on this plane." Hilda said, stomping her foot. We all soon heard Zelda's scream and ran to the basement.
We saw the basement look like something from a sitcom...for hippies. "Rainbow, what did you do to my laboratory?" Zelda asked. "Oh, this place was full of bad karma. I just spruced it up a little." Rainbow said. "You spruced? Who said you could spruce? I never said you could spruce! What did you do with my all chemicals?" Zelda asked.
"Ugh. Chemicals give off such bad vibes. I replaced them with fresh picked flowers. They're much more spiritually evolved." Rainbow said. "You had no right to touch my stuff. That was very...very irresponsible of you." Zelda scolded. "Well, don't be so uptight. I mean, you haven't seen the best part yet. Watch." Rainbow said as she turned the lightswitch off.
A disco ball soon came down and music started playing as Rainbow started dancing. Hilda, Zelda and Sabrina shook their heads while I look away from the embarrassing moment. "I feel bad for you, Sabreeny." I whispered to Sabrina. "Yeah, I started to feel the same." Sabrina said.
Later that evening, I was in my room, watching old Hanna-Barbera cartoons on DVD, which Sabrina gave to me as a holiday gift. For each holiday. Mainly I was watching the ones with animals. You know: Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Peter Potamus, Wally Gator, Loopy De Loop, etc. Though I do watch some of Wacky Races and Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machine. Plus, my parents are on a date right now. Yes, the one my dad promised that will be in Paris.
Anyways, while watching these cartoons, I remember that it's thanks to Sabrina that I gotten into these cartoons six years ago. To say the truth, they actually help me feel more like normal person and less of how...how everyone else in this town I'm suppose to call home views me as. In fact, it's thanks to these cartoons that I decided to use humor as a way to defuse a situation and make everyone laugh.
Well, since my parents won't be home anytime soon, I guess I can use this time to check up on Sabrina. I walked out of my house and walked towards Sabrina's neighborhood. I arrived just to see Harvey ringing the doorbell.
"Hey Harvey." I said as I walked over. "Hey Aaron. Were you invited to come over here as well?" Harvey asked. "No, I just came to see how Sabrina is doing." I said. "Oh. Well, since you're here, want to stay?" Harvey asked. "Well, since I only have Hanna-Barbera animal characters as company right now, sure." I said with a shrug as the door open.
"Come in, come in. So you're Sabrina's little friend, Harvey. And it seems like Sabrina's boyfriend is here again." Rainbow said. "Hi." Harvey said. "I'm not her boyfriend. I'm just her friend." I said to Rainbow. "No need to be modest." Rainbow said. "What is there to be modest about when there is nothing between us except friendship?" I asked.
"Trust me. There is something between a friendship with a boy and a girl, but whatever you say." Rainbow said with a wink. "So, you're the nanny?" Harvey asked as he shake hands with Rainbow. "Nanny. Spirit guide. Muse. I'm not into labels. Call me Rainbow." Rainbow said.
"Uh, Harvey, Aaron, what are you two doing here?" Sabrina asked. "My CD player broke. So I thought we could listen to it over here." Harvey said. "You can't! I mean, it's too-too...I'm ready!" Sabrina said. "Oh, don't be so formal, Sabby. Come on in, Harv." Rainbow said, guiding Harvey inside.
"And you, Aaron?" Sabrina asked as she closed the door behind me. "Just checking up on you." I said. "I'm...not fine." Sabrina said. "Yeah, I can see that. Well, that and I can sense that you're not doing okay." I said as we walked towards the living room. "Well, thanks for checking up on me." Sabrina said. "You're welcome." I said.
"Wow." Harvey said as we saw the room. The couches have stuff on them. "Have a seat." Rainbow told us. "Where?" Harvey asked. "Oh. *Chuckle* Excuse the mess. We're doing some, uh, spring cleaning." Sabrina said. "It isn't spring. *Sniffs* You smell something?" Harvey asked.
"It's, uh, incense." Sabrina said, throwing some stuff. "Smells more like old gym socks." Harvey said. "Uh, gym socks flavored incense." Sabrina said. "You mean scented." I said. "What?" Sabrina asked. "You said flavored incense. You mean scented incense." I said. "Oh yeah. You're right. Anyways, it's the latest thing." Sabrina said.
"So, where's your CD player, Sabby?" Harvey asked. "It's right over...somewhere else. Rainbow, have you seen the CD player?" Sabrina asked. "Oh, I threw that away. All that electromagnetic waves affect with your karmic equilibrium." Rainbow said. "You threw out my CD player?!" Sabrina shouted.
"Relax. I got these cool Tibetan temple bells instead." Rainbow said before ringing one loudly. "There goes my eardrums." I said, covering my ears as Harvey did the same. The fishbowl broke, causing the dead piranha to land in Harvey's hand before Harvey threw it out of the window where Zelda and Hilda screamed. "Who's shooting out eardrums?!" A random person said.
(Me: Wait, you were there? Madi: WHAT! I can barely hear you. Me: *Pulls out a megaphone from Gem* I SAID, WERE YOU THERE THAT DAY?! Madi: MY EARS! Me: Whoops. Uh, Pearl did it, not me! *Puts the megaphone in Pearl's hand and run out of the room* Madi: Someone get me to hospital or else I'll give all of you a hippie.)
"Uh, maybe we can watch a music video or something." Sabrina said before searching through the junk. "Rainbow, where's the VCR? And the T.V.?" Sabrina asked. "Got rid of them. I have to make some room for the Japanese sand garden. Come children. Let's all gather around the sand garden, join hands and get in touch with our inner child." Rainbow said as she sat near the edge of the sand garden.
"Uh, um. I just remember my outer child has to be somewhere." Harvey said as he back away. "And I already have Disney movies and Hanna-Barbera cartoons to help with that, so no thanks." I added. "At least have a glass of six grain soy milk." Rainbow said.
"Um, I think I'm allergic to whatever that is. Gotta go, bye." Harvey said as he ran. "And I don't drink milk because I have a gag reflex." I said as Sabrina bang her head on a bell, causing me to cover my ears. "Jehovah's witnesses are after me again! AHHHH!" The voice screamed before running.
"And all this sound is bothering me, so see ya tomorrow Sabreeny!" I said as I ran. Yeah, not my proudest moment, but I really can't handle all that loud noise. Not only does it bother my head, but it also cause me to not hear everything.
The next morning, I was about to take a shower when I notice something off. And no, it was not the fact that I was only wearing a pair of shorts and a bathrobe. No, it felt like something is watching me. But wha-
"SURPRISE AMBUSH!" My mom screamed out like a banshee, jumping out from the closet where we keep our towels with a battle axe in her hand and red warpaint on her face. I'll admit, I screamed like a girl, but managed to block it with a shield, disarm her of the axe, toss it down the hall, and just for good measure, threw the shield at her face, which hit her.
"Heh. You're getting better." My mom said, wiping the blood off the corner of her mouth. "Can you not do that this early in the day?! I almost had a heart attack!" I exclaimed, holding my chest and therefore, grasping the area where my Gem is at as my heart was beating fast due to the event.
"It's the only way for to prepare for the unexpected. Like Xena and Hercules before you." My mom said. "Yeah, doesn't mean you can scare the living lights out of me!" I defended. "Yes it does. Plus I didn't scare you that bad. You didn't piss your pants like you did the first ten times." My mom said.
"That because you did it when I was seven. That's why I pissed my pants." I said as I grab some towels and walked into the bathroom to take that shower. "No, because you're actually getting used to my ambushes." My mom said. "Mary, leave our son alone so he can take a shower." My dad said. "Fine. You two never let me have my fun." My mom said as she went downstairs as I took the shower with music to listen to.
After the shower, during breakfast, my parents were talking about the good parts of their Paris date while I wrote some thoughts from my head into a journal. I know what you're thinking. What thoughts? Well, just some ideas for stories I want to write. (Beside the true stories you're reading right now) Like some weird dreams I have that would make a great book or book series. At least, the weird dreams I can understand and remember.
Anyways, I noticed something on a newspaper. Further inspection shows Quigley's new business. "Hmm. Well, time to help Sabreeny get her great-uncle back home. Plus, I guess I do owe her for some stuff she helped me with over the years." I muttered to myself before leaving. Of course, my parents were busy talking about their date they didn't notice I left.
I soon arrived outside the address, which taken me all day to get to it was nighttime. Only to be surprised that Sabrina, Zelda and Hilda were also there. And they were surprise to see me. "What are you doing here? I'm/We're here to talk to Quigley." The four of us said.
"I was planning on doing this to surprise you three. Also, to thank Sabrina for her help in making me feel normal sometimes." I said. "Wow. If I didn't know any better, Sabrina, I think Aaron have some feelings for you." Hilda said nudging Sabrina with her elbow while Zelda gave us a wink.
If Hilda and Zelda paid any attention, they would've noticed that Sabrina and I looked down at the ground. Though it's funny since Zelda saw what happened four years ago when I-no, I swore never to talk about that again! "Heh heh. Yeah. Me and Sabrina, being a thing? Never." I said, though felt a bit hollow inside, as the four of us walked inside.
"And this little item is a real find. It's a ice cube tray that makes ice cube shape like little ice cube trays." Quigley said to some people in chairs, who clapped and applauded at that. "Oh, please. Stop. Stop." Quigley said to the people modestly.
"There's something different about him." Sabrina said. "Besides him being Captain Obvious?" I asked. "Yes. He looks so, so..." Sabrina began. "Happy." Zelda finished as Sabrina nodded. "And check out this Kitschy Ware Egg Carton. With its specially cushioned chambers. Your eggs can survive a drop from a ten story building. Guess you'll have to scramble your eggs some other way." Quigley said with a wink as the people laughed.
"It wasn't that funny." Hilda said. "Yeah, that joke was rotten, like eggs." I said, causing Sabrina, Hilda and Zelda to giggle. "I'm here all week, folks." I said. "*Laughs* Well, that about does it. Feel free to look over the Kitschy Ware line. Order forms are over there. Thank you." Quigley said as the people clap one last time.
"Hey, look who's here. And they brought a friend along." Quigley said, waving at us. "Hi Uncle Quigley." Sabrina said as we walked over to him. "How you girls doing?" Quigley asked. "Oh, great, great." Zelda lied. "Couldn't be better." Hilda added to the lie. "How about you, Uncle Quig?" Sabrina asked.
"Me? See for yourself. I think I finally found my true calling with Kitschy Ware. I've never felt so alive! The firm roundness of the fruit bowl, the center of the gelatin mold, the earthy burp of the self-seal lid. But say, I'm doing all the talking. What brings brings you three and Aaron here?" Quigley asked.
"Oh, we were just in the neighborhood." Zelda said. "Yeah. You know, just thought we'd swing by and say howdy." Hilda added. "Oh, drop it. Uncle Quigley, I know we've been really irresponsible lately and I know it's wrong of us to ask, but you wouldn't want to come back home, would you?" Sabrina asked.
"You-you want me back? All of you?" Quigley asked. "Yeah. We really miss you. And your cooking." Hilda said. "And we see what happens when no one does what they're suppose to do." Zelda said. "You're right. If we live together, we all have to accept some responsibility." Sabrina said. "My dad even said that some people have different rules. So, if you punish them, no matter what, even if it's unfair, I'll accept it and move on. Even if it's no fun without Sabrina." I said.
"Girls, Aaron, I-I don't know what-" Quigley began. "Uncle Quig. We kind of need you. Like, real bad." Sabrina said. "Heck, even Salem needs you, and that saying something." I said. "That's all you had to say." Quigley said. "Oh, Uncle Quigley." Sabrina said as she hugged Quigley.
Hilda and Zelda joined in. I was about to leave when Sabrina grab my arm and drag me into the hug too. "You may not be related to us, Aaron. But to us, you're part of the family." Sabrina said, causing both joy and sadness to be near my chest. "So you're saying family doesn't have to be blood related, just the people you care about?" I asked. "Yeah, exactly." Sabrina said.
The five of us were soon leaving the place. "I hope you don't mind if I host the occasional Kitschy Ware party at our house." Quigley said. "Not at all." Zelda said as my iPod vibrated. I checked it to see a text from my parents and twenty missed calls, all wondering where the heck I was.
"By the way, how did the nanny I hired work out?" Quigley asked. "The nanny? Uh, she-" Sabrina began before we heard sirens wailing. We saw Rainbow naked, running, saying free repeatedly. Don't worry, she's covered by her hair. Though I still looked away from the sight. "Hey, wasn't that-forget it. I don't wanna know." Quigley said. "Oh, now I get it. You three use magic, did you?" I asked out loud, causing Sabrina, Zelda and Hilda to groan and face-palm.
However, the four of them soon laugh it off. "Well, see you guys later. My parents are freaking out. So, better get back so they don't panic. Bye, Sabreeny, Zelda, Hilda, and the Quigster." I said before running. "What did he just call me? How did he even know that name?" Quigley asked them.
Let just say when I got home, I got a huge lecture. Mainly about how I shouldn't go off by myself without leaving a note or something. Then my parents started worrying over me, wondering if I gotten any injuries or something. While they did that, I had a dark thought during their lecture.
If they didn't want me to wander off by myself, why leave me without anyone watching over me? And more importantly, since I could sense it coming off them, what secrets are they hiding? Is it connected to why they leave me alone sometimes? And is this why they're so persistent on my training being double, besides Enchantra?