Fly higher than the stars

Chapter 23-Dollhouse Trouble

Patricia invites Carrie and Jacquai at the house this afternoon after they change their wet clothes into their normal clothes at their respective houses.

"No peaking Jacquai," Patricia said to Carrie's sister because she wants to keep it as a secret.

Jacquai and her sister covers her eyes until her friend ask her to open their eyes.

"Okay," Patricia said happily, "You may open your eyes now."

Carrie and Jacquai remove their hands from their eyes and they see a miniature dollhouse in-front of them.

"Is that your thing that you are trying to surprise us?" Carrie said happily.

"Yes," Patricia replied happily, "You see that my mother build this dollhouse when she was just a little kid."

"Oh, I see..." Jacquai replied back, "The dollhouse was your mother's."

"Yes. But, my mother died when I was just at age 7."

"You mean your mother died?"

"Yes. She got a cancer at the neck and got herself a surgery."

"Then, what happens after that surgery?"

"She has 8 more days to stay before she passes away on the exact day."

"Oh... I see..."

"So what's inside the house anyway?" Carrie said questioning.

"Here, have a look." She turns the dollhouse around to have a her and her sister a look.

"Wow!" She exclaimed happily, "The inside looks quiet great than the other hand."

"Yeah!" Her sister exclaimed with joy, "The inside is beautiful than my actual dollhouse."

"You mean that you have a dollhouse too?" Patricia exclaimed.

"Yes, I used to have a dollhouse a long time ago. I bought it at the shop and from scratch."

"Okay. I see..."

"So do you want to take the dollhouse at the backyard so that we can play together?"

"Sure." She takes the dollhouse at the backyard while her sisters takes the dolls at the shelves to play the dollhouse.

Carrie and Jacquai waved good-bye to her one night because the sister's father will be upset if they don't arrive home on time. Patricia heads to the dining room with her father to join him in eating dinner.

While she is asleep on the night. The storm came causing the house to destroyed and torn into pieces because she left the house at the backyard while she is waving good-bye to the sisters at the front door.

The next morning. Patricia woke up in the morning heading downstairs to eat breakfast.

"Patricia," Her father said after he sees a wreckage small house while he is looking at the view in the backyard, "Your dollhouse has been ruined during the storm."

"What?" She stands up on her chair before heading to the backyard to take a look at it, "Oh no!" She exclaimed after she sees her mother's dollhouse destroyed.

She opens the backyard's door before rushing at the broken dollhouse.

"Well..." Her father walks up in-front of her, "That's one of your mother's dollhouse."

"I know." She replied.

"So what are you going to do with your ruined dollhouse?"

"I'm going to fix." She heads back to her room to fix her mother's dollhouse.

"What?!" Her father exclaimed, "Patricia, that one's not possible. How are you going to fix it?" He holds his daughter off

"You'll see..." She let go of him and head back to the room determined.

At the room, Patricia is staring at the dollhouse to think of a way to fix it. Carrie and her sister head to her house knocking at the door. Her father takes a peak on the small glass door like a coined shaped symbol.

"Patricia," He calls his daughter, "It's your two favorite friends."

"Not now." She yells at her father just to make him hear it.

"Patricia, tell me what's going on?"

"Look, I'm a bit busy right now."

"I think," Carrie said in conscious, "We'll have a look at her."

"Yeah," Jacquai heads in too, "Me too."

Carrie and her sister head to Patricia's room to see what's going on. When she open the door. She and her sister see her staring at the wrecked dollhouse.

"Woah!" Carrie exclaimed, "What happened to your dollhouse?"

"The dollhouse is been destroyed during the storm last night." Patricia replied.

"What? You mean you left that after we play with it at the backyard?"

"Exactly."

"Patricia, you shouldn't do that."

"Yeah! I forgot when you guys are about to leave."

"Okay, I see..."

"So what are you going to do with your mother's dollhouse?" Jacquai said questioning.

"I'll try my best to fix it." Patricia replied.

"Your going to fix it?"

"As I said, yes."

"Okay, if that's the case. I'll help you."

"Yeah!" Her sister volunteers her in helping how to fix it, "I'm with you sister."

"Okay. Then, let's head to Ice's house to look for the materials that we need to repair the broken house." Patricia said happily.

At Ice's house. Ice accepts Patricia's request then, for the first step. He types in the Internet on how to repair the dollhouse. The instructions said that they need pieces of foam and several glue to do that.

After several time of hardwork. They managed to finish the house and they all have fun playing with it.

"Thanks for helping us out, Ice." Patricia said happily.

"Your welcome, Patricia," Ice replied happily.

"Without you we cannot finish the damage house properly."

"Yeah. No problem."

"Okay, so good luck on playing with your cute little dollhouse." He turns to his computer to continue his work.

"This isn't a little dollhouse." She said to him angrily then, she continue to play with it anyway.