Tell you what, Jeanie, I’ll lift your grounding. You’ve been on your best behaviour.
But dad, tonight’s my last night of the grounding. Can I have my trampoline back, too?
*sigh* I suppose so…
Thank dad!!
Jeanie was caught sneaking out when she was grounded, and ended up being banned from the trampoline.
She’s such a good little girl, following all the rules, isn’t she?
“Marie, I really don’t think that telling your great aunt the Prue ate your homework is going to grant you an extensions. Mrs Cross is really strict about homework, even when relatives are concerned…”
“Well, Hammond, my only other option is to have you do it for me, but I really don’t want to seem like a burden, so…”
“Ugh, fine, I’ll take it home with me.”
“Thank you!” A silence fell over the two, broken by the distant sounds of town life. Marie tilted her head back, sunning her freckled skin, completely unaware of Hammond’s internal dilemma.
“You know, I really should charge you for all the homework I’m doing for you…”
“Oh ya…? What did you have in mind?”
“Have you got a date for prom?” Marie sat up, cocking her head as she peered at Hammond. He hadn’t said it, but she knew what he was really asking.
“Uh, you’re not asking me to prom, are you? Because Donta and Frederick are both feuding over me and I really don’t think-“
“What?! No! I was just asking. I’m not even going. Ha ha ha…”
“Oh, well, not yet. I have to choose between Donta and Freddy.”
“Freddy, ugh…” Hammond rolled his eyes at Marie’s affectionate nick name. If anyone else had called him Freddy, they would have been hung from the flag pole by their underwear before they could say ‘Patriotic Wedgie’.
“Oh, shut up, Hammond. You’re such an over protective brother!” Marie set her swing in motion, her laughter frolicking upon the wind. Hammond wince at her words, holding back an uproarious display of how he felt, when he was saved by the beeping of his watch alarm.
“It’s 5, Marie. I need to get home to my sister before mum goes to work.”
“Yeah, okay. You coming to the picnic tomorrow? Dad’s trying to convince Andie to come down for the weekend, but she’s stressing about exams.”
“Uh, probably not. I need to go to work, the bills ar epiling up.”
“Alrighty, see you Monday then. Bye!” Marie rose from her swing, picked up her backpack and walked towards her bike. Hammond wave as she rode off.
“Bye, Marie. I love you.”
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