Chapter Thirteen; The Baby-Sitter

Ryan was home now, but had to lay in bed the entire day! Just like Lucy. His mom brought him a nice cold breakfast for breakfast in bed. A cup of orange juice, cold oatmeal, and a cold egg. “Yuck,” he mumbled. He chewed in tiny bites, and only enjoyed the orange juice. He had to wear a special hat that held ice in the top to keep him cooled down.

He watched T.V., played with legos, and had ice pops the entire day. He had gotten bored and was really cold, so he took off the hat and cuddled up in his warm blankets and he dozed off.

Lucy had just woken up and decided to get out of bed, she picked up her phone and called Ryan. The phone rang but no one answered. She became worried again, she kept calling and calling but no one answered. Ryan’s volume and ringer where off, so he couldn’t hear anything.

Lucy got out of bed and went into the kitchen. It was a monday, so both of her parents had gone to work. Lucy was old enough to stay home by herself until the babysitter came. She cooked herself breakfast a meal consisting of only pizza. Her parents weren’t there so she made the rules.

After the pizza she got dressed and brushed her teeth and hair. “5 minutes until the babysitter comes,” she said gloomily. She hated the babysitter. The babysitter would make her do things that only she wanted to do.

She then heard a beep in the driveway, the babysitter. Lucy didn’t want to go through this today, so she thought of a plan. Lucy opened her window, and hopped out. The door opened, and she ran away.

Lucy headed straight toward Ryan’s house without stopping. She didn’t think, she just kept running. A car came behind her with a distance in between them. Lucy jumped in a bush, and hid. The car stopped at the bush and opened the door, it was the babysitter.

Lucy grabbed a pile of mud behind her, and threw the mud at her face, “Come back here you insensitive BRAT!” she screamed. Lucy ran faster than she has ever ran, she saw Ryan’s house in the distance and started to run faster.

The car turned on on drove toward her, she saw another car coming from the other road. Lucy slowed down, she had an idea, the other car was coming closer and closer. When both cars were only a few feet apart, Lucy sped up rapid speed, while the two cars crashed behind her. She smelled smoke and fire, she walked to Ryan’s house and knocked on the door.

His mother opened the door, “Hello Lucy, are you ok?” “No, I was walking down the road when two cars almost crashed into me.” she answered. “Oh my goodness!” Are you hurt? Are they hurt?” Lucy pointed to the crash and the mother went running. Lucy went upstairs to Ryan’s room to say hello. When she peered into the door, he was sleeping with a box of legos and the T.V. still on.

She turned off the T.V. and gazed at Ryan, he mumbled something while he slept and turned over. Lucy went downstairs and out the door to go home. She walked passed the car wreck and back to her house. She sighed, “A day without the babysitter,” she went into the kitchen to cook something to eat. She grabbed a box of graham crackers, a chocolate bar, and a bag of marshmallows.

She assembled 15 s’mores and popped them into the microwave. In a few seconds, she had made 15 s’mores and went to the living room to chow down. She turned on a T.V. show, and began to eat the sweet treats. She was halfway free when she heard a knock on the door.

She peered through the peephole and saw a man with orange clothes on, “Must be a sanitary worker.” She thought. She opened the door and the man looked down and held something behind his back. “Is your name Lucy?” he asked in a grumbly voice. “Yes?” She answered.

The then pulled the thing from behind his back, it was a gun! Lucy tried to push the door closed but the man held it open. The man pointed the gun at her face, and shot. “Bye Bye Lucy,” he said as he walked away.

The mother heard the loud noise and rushed to the scene. Lucy was lying on the ground lifeless with the wound through the side of her head. The murder!