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The Middlest Sister

There are 5 sisters. She's the middlest.

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18. Neither Fish Nor Fowl

November 7, 2020 ~ Nicole Smeltzer ~ Leave a comment
Nicki looks out the window as the girls who bullied her on Halloween pass by.
Nicki sighs.
A lizard snoozes on the welcome mat.
Nicki opens the front door and a lizard scurries away.
The family cat immediately catches the lizard
The cat, Rapunzel, offers the lizard to Nicki. Nicki smiles softly.
Nicki: You're lucky you're a cat, Rapunzel.
Nicki sheds a tear as her cat butts her forehead. "No one ever says you're a weirdo and that you'll never have any friends."
Rapunzel licks Nicki's nose.
Nicki smiles at the cat. "But that's not true, is it?"
Nicki licks the cat back.
Nicki and the cat stare at each other.
Nicki wipes her mouth. "Bleagh!"

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17. Pushing Buttons

November 1, 2020 ~ Nicole Smeltzer ~ Leave a comment

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16. Shealls

October 19, 2020 ~ Nicole Smeltzer ~ 1 Comment

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15. The Hurricane

October 10, 2020October 10, 2020 ~ Nicole Smeltzer ~ 21 Comments

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14. Blanketed

October 4, 2020 ~ Nicole Smeltzer ~ 2 Comments
The sun rises over the house on the morning after Halloween
Nicki sits up in bed, groaning, hiding under her purple blanket.
Still hiding under the blanket, she groans as she pours a bowl of cereal for breakfast. Ashley watches with concern.
Nicki watches TV from under the blanket, still groaning.
At dinner, Nicki sits at the table with her family, still hiding under the blanket and groaning.
Dad: Take the blanket off at the table.
Nicki: NO! Not until we move back home!
Mom: This IS home now. You haven't even given it a chance!
Chrissy: Yeah, Nicki... Give the cockroaches a chance.
A cockroach peeks out from behind a portrait on the wall.
Mom: Palmetto bugs.
Dad yanks the blanket off Nicki's head.
Nicki looks miserable, her hair sticking up with static.
Dad: It'll get better, Nic. I promise.

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13. Halloween

September 26, 2020 ~ Nicole Smeltzer ~ Leave a comment
The girls are in their costumes, ready to trick-or-treat.
Chrissy: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! I am so excited! A girl at school told me our neighborhood has the best candy.
Charlotte: Wew, duyuh no wha a guh ah shuhl tollme?
Chrissy: Huh?
Charlotte removes her plastic vampire teeth.
Charlotte: Do you know what a girl at school told ME?
Ashley: No, what?
Charlotte: Our house is haunted!
The girls look shocked, imitating Ashley's Scream mask.
Chrissy: What exactly did she say?
Charlotte: It's haunted by the ghost of a little boy who lived there a long time ago. The house was vacant for years after he died, but people could sometimes see a shadowy figure looking out the window...
Ashley: How sad!

Chrissy: Oooo, I bet our room used to be his!
Charlotte: Halloween is when it's supposed to be easiest to talk to spirits...

Nicki: Don't be silly. There's no such thing as ghosts.
Some girls: Hey, Nicki, are you ready?
The sisters look shocked again.
Nicki: Yes! I'll be right there!
Nicki: I wasn't sure if they really meant it! ...Um, I'll see you guys later, okay?
Chrissy: What? Since when does she have friends?
Ashley, Chrissy, Charlotte and Tess continue to trick-or-treat.
Charlotte: You know, I don't really feel good... I think I better go home. You guys go on without me.
Chrissy: WHAT?! First Nicki, now you... what is going on tonight!
Chrissy looks suspicious.
Charlotte heads to the house alone.
Charlotte opens the door in the darkened house.
Charlotte steels herself.
Charlotte: Hello? Little ghost? Are you there? Can you hear me?
Charlotte waits.
KNOCK
Charlotte's eyes open wide.
Charlotte: H-h-h-hello?
Loud knocking continues through the hallway.
The knocking seems to be coming from Charlotte and Chrissy's bedroom.
A suspiciously Chrissy-shaped shadow knocks at the window in the bedroom.
Charlotte's hair stands on end.
BAM!
Charlotte: THE GHOST!
Nicki: Oh, sorry  Charlotte. I didn't know you were there!
Charlotte turns on the light. Nicki is covered in raw eggs and toilet paper. "Nicki! Oh, no! What happened?"
Nicki: I don't want to talk about it. I just..."
Nicki screams: I HATE IT HERE! I HATE IT!
Charlotte stares sadly after Nicki as she leaves.
Chrissy throws open the front door shouting BOO!
Charlotte startles.
Chrissy laughs madly.

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12. Greetings from Florida

September 19, 2020 ~ Nicole Smeltzer ~ 2 Comments
Dad and the girls are in a canoe in a swamp.
Dad: Isn't this fun?
Nicki: Daddy, it's hot.
Charlotte: The bugs keep biting me.
Ashley: My arms are tired.
Chrissy: There is a freaking alligator over there!
Alligator
Dad: Can you believe it's October? Wouldn't we doing this in Massachusetts this time of year, would we?
Ashley: My arms are going to fall off.
Nicki: Daddy, I'm getting a sunburn.
Charlotte: It's so itchy!
Chrissy: It's probably going to eat us all for dinner!
Dad: We ought to send a postcard to our friends back in Mass. "Sunny and warm here in Florida! Wish you were here!" Ha! They'd love that!
A mosquito buzzes in Charlotte's ear.
The girls: "Dear friends, Our father has taken us into a swamp. We might die of exposure. We're losing energy and hope. The mosquitoes are sucking us dry. And we're gonna get eaten by a freakin' alligator."
Dad: "Love, you ol' sun-kissed pals!" They'll love it!

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