22. Frizzled and Fried

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22. Our Time

December 5, 2020November 21, 2020 ~ Nicole Smeltzer ~ 2 Comments

The cat stalks a cockroach through the hallway as the girls sleep.

Chrissy tiptoes out of her bedroom.

Chrissy pours herself a bowl of cereal. The clock reads 3:27AM.

Chrissy sidles up to the Ashley, who is in the living room eating cereal and watching TV.

Ashley: What are YOU doing here?

Chrissy: I want to watch TV, too.

Ashley: No. You go away. I wake up before everyone else. I get first pick of breakfast cereals. I watch TV alone. This is MY time. Go away!

Chrissy reaches into her pocket angrily.

Chrissy pulls out the note she found earlier. "Hey Ash, are you really talking with Brian? He is soooooooo cute...."

Ashley drops her spoon in shock.

Chrissy reads on. "My mom won't let me date boys yet either. Are you going to--"

Ashley lunges at Chrissy.

Ashley struggles to get the note from Chrissy as Chrissy reads on: "Are you going to go to the dance together? I bet he tries to--|

Chrissy pulls the note away from Ashley.

Chrissy re-pockets the note. "Welcome to Our Time."

Ashley glares at Chrissy as she sits beside her, blissfully eating cereal and watching TV.

20. Lucky Sweater

November 21, 2020 ~ Nicole Smeltzer ~ 2 Comments

Nicki searches frantically through her dresser drawers.

Nicki looks through a dirty laundry basket

Nicki looks in the washing machine

Nicki looks in the dryer

Nicki yells, WHERE IS IT?

Nicki confront Chrissy: WHERE IS IT? I know you took it!

Chrissy: Whoa... what are you talking about?

Nicki: My lucky test-taking sweater! WHERE. IS. IT?!

Chrissy: Sorry, I really wouldn't know.

Nicki: I know you have it! You are always taking my stuff and now I'm going to FAIL! AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

Chrissy smirks as Nicki leaves the room.

Chrissy opens her backpack. "Lucky-testing sweater... how dumb."

Chrissy looks at the vocabulary test she just aced.

Chrissy hugs the lucky sweater,

19. Ghost Bait

November 14, 2020November 7, 2020 ~ Nicole Smeltzer ~ Leave a comment

Charlotte prepares a favorite snack: whipped cream on saltines.

Charlotte carries the tray of crackers to the TV room

Charlotte places the tray in front of the TV

Charlotte puts a cracker on top of the VCR, where she had her last "ghost encounter"

Charlotte watches intently.

Charlotte eats her snack as she watches and waits.

Charlotte: I knw you're here. Just give me a sign.

Charlotte waits and watches.

Charlotte stares at the TV

and sees a ghostly figure out of the corner of her eye

Charlotte screams and covers her eyes

The white curtains billow

Chrissy steps out from behind the curtain and knocks off the snack.

From behind the curtain, Chrissy says "Grooooooooooosssssss...."

Charlotte peeks out from behind her hands.

The saltine crackers is a mess on the floor.

Charlotte screams and runs from the room.

17. Pushing Buttons

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16. Shealls

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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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