Chapters 3 & 4

Here's Chapter 3
& 4! Enjoy!
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Chapter 3

Somehow they managed to avoid all the little kids until dinner, and then they got mobbed.
“Where were you guys?” asked Katy, a little 5-year old girl. “We couldn’t find you! You’re really good!” Nikki sighed. She remembered always wanting a little sister and a little brother. Most of the little ones got on her nerves a lot, but Katy was so cute! She would miss her and her cute little 4-year-old brother Christopher.
“Humph! You cheated!” growled a competitive little boy named Dennis. “No fair! We were supposed to find you! And I wanted to win!”
“Sorry Dennis, we’re just really good! I bet you’ll win next time though!” comforted Riley.
“Yeah, I bet you will too! Now we have to go eat.” Nikki said as she pushed through the tiny mobbers. “If you want us to play next time, you have to let us eat.”
“Yeah, we do need to eat. My stomach’s growling already!” said Kylie, and all the little kids laughed. “Did you hear that? It sounded like a train!”
“Yeah!” laughed Christopher, and his sister joined in. “Come on Chris, time for you to go to bed.” Katy told him, pulling him away from the crowd.
“Bye-bye!” he called.
“Night!” called Nikki.
“Don’t you just love Christopher and Katy?” asked Riley. “They’re so cute!”
“Yeah,” agreed Nikki. She would miss them when they left.

Chapter 4

All through dinner Mrs. Pinebaum looked at them strangely. It was very quiet, because there were no other kids over the age of 12 there. Riley, Kiley, and Nikki were the oldest since they were 13. They always ate alone, but this time Mrs. Pinebaum joined them. A first. Mrs. Pinebaum tried to make small talk, but to no avail. It was a very uncomfortable dinner. Riley started wishing that she were anywhere else on the planet besides here.
Mrs. Pinebaum finally finished her meal of spaghetti and meatballs, and said “Girls, you have an hour of free T.V. time after you put your little friends to bed. Goodnight.”
Riley, Kiley, and Nikki just sat there. Who was this lady? She had never before trusted them to put the little kids to bed, or let them stay up! And she certainly never ate with them! What was going on?
Riley was the one who finally broke the silence. “Well, let’s put them to bed then.”
“Oh, right. Sorry, I spaced out,” said Nikki.
“Yeah, I did too,” agreed Kylie.
They walked down the hallway to the girl’s room, and when the younger girls saw them they squealed with joy and ran over.
“Tall us a story! Tell us a story!!” the cried.
Riley got them in their beds and began.
“Once upon a time...”
By the time she finished, all the girls were asleep. Nikki, Riley, and Kylie headed down to the T.V. room.
“I can’t believe she let us watch T.V.!” Kylie announced, as they were halfway through their favorite show. “We actually get to watch what we want now!”
“Yeah, but I think she’s doing this to get in our good sides. Should we trust her?” Nikki wondered.