Friendly Hearts - Chapter 6
This is just about as uneventful as the last chapter, but as always they have a blast, and yet some very serious moments...
**Peter's House**
"Arms up." Peter tells me.
I'm sitting on his couch with the bottom of my shirt in my mouth, watching him pour something out of a bottle on a washcloth. I cross my arms over my head and let them rest there.
"Ouch!" I yell when he slaps the cloth on my stomach. I double over and put my hands on my stomach, over his hand.
"Your fault." He says, pushing me back up. "Have I told you how stupid that move was yet? Arms up."
"About eight times so far." I say putting my shirt back in my mouth.
"This time you really did almost give me a heart attack. I thought he really got you with that knife."
"Nah, I'm too fast for him." I mumble around my shirt.
"I'm serious," He puts his hands on the sides of my face and makes me look him in the eyes. "Don't ever do anything like that again. Promise?"
I did promise. What else was I supposed to do? He finished patching me up and walked me home. Apparently Andy told him I went out of the back door. She told him to come find me and tell me she was going home. Spence must still be with that girl and I don't know where their father is. I don't really want to ask either.
"Is your mom home?" Peter asks when we get in front of my house.
"I think so."
"Don't do anything stupid." He tells me, and leaves.
Damn, just... No. This was one of the worst nights of my life.
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**A Few Weeks Later - Lunch**
Winter is officially here, I'm a huge fan of winter. It's December already and Christmas will be in a few weeks, I'm not that pumped for Christmas. My mom left and won't be back until after new year. I decided not to tell the others this little fact, because they'd freak out. That idea though ran into a snag.
"I can't believe my parents aren't going to be home for Christmas or new year!" Andy Yells. "Can I stay with you?" She asks me. I could lie, but the truth won't hurt.
"I'm on my own too, she left this morning, but you can still stay if you want."
"Are you kidding!? That will be even more fun!" The guys are just looking at us.
"What are you guys doing for Christmas?" I ask.
We're going to our moms." Spence says. "Can we come over for New Year?"
"Yeah!" I say. "We'll stay up, until midnight and then we can watch the ball drop."
"Are you going to miss us girls?" Spence says while batting his eyelashes at us.
"Ha! Totally." Andy says almost as sarcastically as she can.
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**December 23rd**
"We're back early!" Spence yells when he busts into my front door that morning.
"And we brought gifts!" Peter says coming in right behind him.
"Spence! Peter!" Me and Andy yell at the same time, it's been three weeks since we've seen them and ran up for a big group hug.
"Why are you back so early!?" Andy yells, still very happy.
"We got bored and had our Christmas early because mom wanted to take all of us up to my aunts, we bailed on that idea though. Yuck" Spence Answers.
"Well we're happy to help. Are you going home or are you just going to stay here until New Year."
They both hold up their filled bags in answer and we all decide to go back to the park for some winter fun.
The park in the winter is nice... Except that you can't hide in trees or do much with the play sets, but there is a lot of things that you can do. Things like: Snow angels, snowmen, and of course, you can never forget...
"Snowball fight!" Spence yells when he nails Peter in the side of the head. Some of the snow sticks to Peter's hat, but he hardly flinches. He just scooped up some snow and returned fire.
Things went like that for a while. Spence and I were on one team and Andy and Peter were on the other. We won! Spence and I bombarded them with snowballs. I mean, how could we lose? I'm fast and Spence is huge. We are an unbeatable team of pure fury... In the good way.
"It so cold." Andy says between shivers.
"You'll be fine." Spence tells her while we walk home. Well, most of us are walking. Spencer is carrying Andy because her feet got all wet, and she says she doesn't like the cold water squishing in her toes.
"Yeah, you should be the happiest right now." Peter tells her.
"I'm happy." She says with a huge smile.
"Hey guys." Spence says.
"What?" We all ask."
"We should get some ice cream."
"No!" We all yell in unison.
"Shhhh." Spence tells us. "You'll wake up the whole neighborhood."
After that we all just decided to go home, curl up on the couch with some warm blankets, hot chocolate, and ice cream.
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It's been so long that I've written that I've probably lost some old fans, and for that I'm sorry. I have the next chapter and the one after that done, but I think I might wait for this to get some people before posting that. Plus! The next chapter is the big one, the one where everything really starts to change. That's why this one is so short.
"Arms up." Peter tells me.
I'm sitting on his couch with the bottom of my shirt in my mouth, watching him pour something out of a bottle on a washcloth. I cross my arms over my head and let them rest there.
"Ouch!" I yell when he slaps the cloth on my stomach. I double over and put my hands on my stomach, over his hand.
"Your fault." He says, pushing me back up. "Have I told you how stupid that move was yet? Arms up."
"About eight times so far." I say putting my shirt back in my mouth.
"This time you really did almost give me a heart attack. I thought he really got you with that knife."
"Nah, I'm too fast for him." I mumble around my shirt.
"I'm serious," He puts his hands on the sides of my face and makes me look him in the eyes. "Don't ever do anything like that again. Promise?"
I did promise. What else was I supposed to do? He finished patching me up and walked me home. Apparently Andy told him I went out of the back door. She told him to come find me and tell me she was going home. Spence must still be with that girl and I don't know where their father is. I don't really want to ask either.
"Is your mom home?" Peter asks when we get in front of my house.
"I think so."
"Don't do anything stupid." He tells me, and leaves.
Damn, just... No. This was one of the worst nights of my life.
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**A Few Weeks Later - Lunch**
Winter is officially here, I'm a huge fan of winter. It's December already and Christmas will be in a few weeks, I'm not that pumped for Christmas. My mom left and won't be back until after new year. I decided not to tell the others this little fact, because they'd freak out. That idea though ran into a snag.
"I can't believe my parents aren't going to be home for Christmas or new year!" Andy Yells. "Can I stay with you?" She asks me. I could lie, but the truth won't hurt.
"I'm on my own too, she left this morning, but you can still stay if you want."
"Are you kidding!? That will be even more fun!" The guys are just looking at us.
"What are you guys doing for Christmas?" I ask.
We're going to our moms." Spence says. "Can we come over for New Year?"
"Yeah!" I say. "We'll stay up, until midnight and then we can watch the ball drop."
"Are you going to miss us girls?" Spence says while batting his eyelashes at us.
"Ha! Totally." Andy says almost as sarcastically as she can.
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**December 23rd**
"We're back early!" Spence yells when he busts into my front door that morning.
"And we brought gifts!" Peter says coming in right behind him.
"Spence! Peter!" Me and Andy yell at the same time, it's been three weeks since we've seen them and ran up for a big group hug.
"Why are you back so early!?" Andy yells, still very happy.
"We got bored and had our Christmas early because mom wanted to take all of us up to my aunts, we bailed on that idea though. Yuck" Spence Answers.
"Well we're happy to help. Are you going home or are you just going to stay here until New Year."
They both hold up their filled bags in answer and we all decide to go back to the park for some winter fun.
The park in the winter is nice... Except that you can't hide in trees or do much with the play sets, but there is a lot of things that you can do. Things like: Snow angels, snowmen, and of course, you can never forget...
"Snowball fight!" Spence yells when he nails Peter in the side of the head. Some of the snow sticks to Peter's hat, but he hardly flinches. He just scooped up some snow and returned fire.
Things went like that for a while. Spence and I were on one team and Andy and Peter were on the other. We won! Spence and I bombarded them with snowballs. I mean, how could we lose? I'm fast and Spence is huge. We are an unbeatable team of pure fury... In the good way.
"It so cold." Andy says between shivers.
"You'll be fine." Spence tells her while we walk home. Well, most of us are walking. Spencer is carrying Andy because her feet got all wet, and she says she doesn't like the cold water squishing in her toes.
"Yeah, you should be the happiest right now." Peter tells her.
"I'm happy." She says with a huge smile.
"Hey guys." Spence says.
"What?" We all ask."
"We should get some ice cream."
"No!" We all yell in unison.
"Shhhh." Spence tells us. "You'll wake up the whole neighborhood."
After that we all just decided to go home, curl up on the couch with some warm blankets, hot chocolate, and ice cream.
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It's been so long that I've written that I've probably lost some old fans, and for that I'm sorry. I have the next chapter and the one after that done, but I think I might wait for this to get some people before posting that. Plus! The next chapter is the big one, the one where everything really starts to change. That's why this one is so short.
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