Inferno Part 2

~106~ From Crazy To Quiet

Ellie's POV

It's been a week, and Sasha and Mason have settled into their house. They LOVE it.

To our surprise and delight, Josie and Dylan come over here a lot.

Taylor and I are in the kitchen, smooching, when Dylan walks in.

"Am I interrupting something?" He asks, uncomfortable.

"Yup" Taylor says, going in for another kiss.

I chuckle and swat Taylor's arm playfully.

"What's up, Bud?"

"Do you have anything sweet?" He asks, going into the pantry.

"Ellie is sweet" Taylor smirks.

"Not what I'm looking for, Taylor."

Taylor laughs and goes into the freezer.

"Ellie weaseled her way into convincing me to buy this damn Dairy Queen ice cream cake. I've been eating so much, I'm gettin' fluffy. Want a piece?"

"Ah, yeah!" He says, getting a plate out of the cupboard.

"I swear you guys have the best junk" he says, grabbing a Dr. Pepper.

"It's because Ellie is a child, and doesn't know how an adult is supposed to eat."

"You're being awful nasty. I only wanted the small ice cream cake. You bought the one that would feed a million people."

"I never said that I wasn't a child too" Taylor snorts.

Suddenly we hear the door slam open.

"Dad, stop" Izzy yells.

"No. You're dead. Stealing Woody" he says over his shoulder.

We both just look at Izzy.

She shakes her head angrily. "Can't you do something?" She whines.

"Er, no" I say, looking at Taylor.

"This isn't fair. Dylan, tell them I didn't do anything." She whines.

Dylan licks frosting off of his finger.

"Izzy, I have no idea what you're talking about."

Wes comes down, holding Woody.

"Dad, please just stop for a minute and listen. Katie is lying."

Katie?

"Listen to her Wes" Taylor says sternly. We were going to stay out of it. Obviously since Katie's name just came up, we're suddenly very curious.

Wes sighs and puts the paddle down on the table.

"Did you go to Josie's after school?" He asks

"Yes"

"Did you go in Katie's yard?"

"Yes"

"Did she invite you in her yard?"

"No"

"Did you break her expensive crystal bird bath?"

Izzy sighs. "Yes"

Wes picks the paddle back up. "Then I don't see what you could tell me that would get you out of a paddling."

"Dad. I went into her yard because my homework flew into the yard when a gust of wind blew. I tripped over the hose she left out and fell into the bird bath. She said I intentionally kicked it and it fell over. That was a lie. It was an accident."