owns one more time, I may be forced to stick this sword up her ass,” he said while flashing his plastic sword.
I started laughing hard. “Well, shiver me timbers! I have to admit, I secretly nicknamed her ‘Bitch Face’ the moment I saw her with you.”
“Nice. I do like your dirty mouth,” he said.
“If it makes you feel any better, matey, I’m kind of thrilled you don’t have a girlfriend or wife, for that matter.”
“Well, shiver me timbers. Is that so?”
“Aye, aye, Captain, ‘tis so.”
“I do believe that this pirate just set his sights on a new booty to claim,” he said in his best pirate voice.
“Yo ho ho! Scally wag. I hear she’ll make ya walk the plank to get to the booty, though!”
Bitch Face Blondie came bouncing out of the store and announced to everyone in ear shot on Main Street, “I have no clue what all the fuss is about this little hole in the wall. It’s just a glorified thrift shop.”
Okay, I’m going to kick her ass now! I'm not too proud to kick a girl in her biscuit, and that's exactly what Miss Bitch Face deserves. I also wasn’t above throwing down in a green tutu on Main Street. I knew I had Lacey for back up, and between the two of us, this bitch would be dog food by morning.
Before I had the chance to beat the ever loving tar out of Erica, Cree started to defend The Shop. Erica let out a blood curdling screech when Cree was trying to tastefully apologize for her behavior.
“Oh. My. God. It's Devon: Governor Reed's son! Devon! Devon!” she hollered. She turned to Cree and whispered in his ear and then shot off like lightning diarrhea.
“Looks like I have just been officially ditched. Ladies, would you like to join Annie and I at the bonfire down at the lake?"
“As long as that bitch won't be joining us,” Lacey said.
I elbowed her in the ribs and nodded towards Annie, who was snapping on her new jewelry set.
***
We spread out on a blanket by the river with our chili dogs and caramel apples. The food was absolutely amazing. Poor Annie was dying to check out her candy, but Cree insisted on making her eat three bites of her dinner before candy. Lacey and I joined Annie’s team, convincing Cree that it was inhumane to make little princesses eat dinner on Halloween night. The girls won the war!
Cree made a big deal about surveying Annie’s loot before she dug into it. I was on to his game; I watched him sneak all of the Snickers bars out of the bucket. Oh, he was a sneaky little pirate! We watched the bonfire’s orange flames dance on the water, and laughed watching Annie devour her candy. The fire’s smoky perfume filled the autumn air. There was a large tent and dance floor with country music blaring from it, and all sorts of local vendors selling food around the lake.
Cree’s sister Willow joined us, along with his best friend Greyson. Willow was a short spunky little thing. You could definitely tell that she was related to Cree with her brown hair and blue eyes. She was reveling in the afterglow of burning her brother by setting him up on a miserable date.
“Seriously, Willow, do you just live to torture me? There was no way in hell you would think I would like something like her.”
“Oh, Cree, sometimes you are just too easy to mess with.”
“You are truly evil, Willow. You better sleep with one eye open.”
“Hey! I’m going to take Annie over to the scavenger hunt!”
Just like that, Willow and Annie bounded off to the scavenger hunt. Lacey and Greyson went in search of more food. Lacey was dying for a strawberry cream funnel cake. So here we were again, the pirate and Buzz.
“Gotta love sisters.”
“I wouldn’t know, I don’t have any siblings.”
“Count your lucky starts for that, Milly!”
“It was pretty lonely growing up with just my Poppy.”
“Poppy?”
“Yeah, my grandpa.”
“I see. Uh, Milly, I really like you…”
Cree grabbed my hand, shook his head and started to lead me to the dance floor. I
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