Chapter 14:
After hours of banging on Jared's door and swearing to break it if he didn't open it, the girls were successful in trying to get him out of his room.
"What was the argument about, anyways?" Jared asked, referring to Fiona's fight with Timmy.
The trio was seated on their usual sitting place- the couch near the TV.
"Well, he was telling me to come over to his friend's house to check out his band's practice and stuff, but I refused and that just sort of escalated into this huge fight about how I'm never there for him."
"Well it wouldn't have killed you to go."
"We had that stupid project-"
"DAMN! We forgot about it..AGAIN."
"How many days do we have left?" Rachel asked.
It was a relief for Fiona to see Rachel talking again. She beamed at her affectionately.
"Just two. Just two fucking days!" Jared yelled.
"Then let's start."
"NOW" Rachel added when Jared hunched his shoulders as he if he were already tired.
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After five straight hours of working on the project, they were only successful in completing half of it.
"All of this was so much easier in Percy Jackson." Jared said, yawning.
"It wasn't even correct. Perseus is the son of Zeus, not Posei-"Fiona was saying, when she was interrupted by the ringing of a doorbell.
"Go get it, smarty pants." Jared said.
"No, I'm too lazy. You go."
"Well, I'm lazy too. So you go."
The two kept arguing about who should go get the door, while the person outside kept ringing the bell. Since Rachel was too tired to get up too, she announced:
"Whoever does not get the door is a monkey."
That made both of the siblings stand up and race to the door. They kept pulling each other by their collars and pushing them back to get to the door first.
Kids, Rachel thought.
It was Fiona who was successful in getting to the door before Jared. She stuck her tongue out at him as she twisted the knob to open it. Jared scrunched up his nose in annoyance at her.
She came back, clutching a mail in her hands.
"It's from mom and dad." She told, raising her eyebrows. Jared scooted to sit beside his sister to check the letter out, a puzzled expression etched on his face.
Fiona jaw dropped as she read the mail silently and Jared's lips stretched into a gaping grin.
"Is that a Jacuzzi?" he asked, pointing to some picture in the mail.
"You bet it is!" Fiona said, squeaking.
"What is it, guys?" Rachel asked, curiously.
The siblings stopped smiling when they looked at Rachel, as a sudden realization dawned on them. A heavy silence settled over the room, thicker than the tension the in the air. Jared shifted uncomfortably in his seat and looked down, trying to avoid Rachel's gaze.
"Well.." Fiona said. You could see it on her face how she was mustering up the courage to say something.
"Well?" Rachel asked, her voice thick with impatience.
"OurparentsarecomingovertotakeustoMiamipermenantllytotheirnewhouse." Fiona said, rushing over with her words so much that she was barely audible.
"What?"
Jared pursed his lips, and then moved to sit beside Rachel.
"Rachel see, our parents are coming home tomorrow."
"So?"
"Well..they might take us with them. To Miami. To their new house. Forever."
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