Gradual Change

Halloween chapter. part 1

First of all, let me apologize for the late update. I know Halloween was four days ago, but I had to do alot of things that needed to be done. This is a special chapter for my loyal readers, I hope you enjoy it.
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It was around 3 pm when Heather pulled in front of Erinna’s school. She still couldn’t believe all they had gone through. Looking back at it, she was happy. Who would expect that her boy would end up being the girliest girl in the world? She was still the fearless and intelligent kid that Heather is proud to call her child.

It was the 29th of October, and Heather had bought a surprise for Erinna. Heather spotted Erinna coming out of the school with her usual group. Stacy, Hazel, Shelby Oliver, and Dakota. Everyone was there. Erinna and Oliver were holding hands; honestly, she thought it was cute. Over the summer, their relationship had grown stronger, and they now seemed inseparable.

George was already home; surprisingly, George was sick at home. Even though he insisted on Heather going to work and not bothering him, he said he could take care of himself. George didn’t win the argument, though, and ended up being in bed while Heather cared for all of his needs.

Entering the car, both Oliver and Erinna took their seats before Erinna leaned in to kiss her mom. “You had swim practice today, right?” Heather asked, feeling Erinna’s dry hair. Erinna’s hair had already grown past her shoulders by a couple of inches. It was just like what Heather had imagined it. Beautiful was a small word to describe how she looked with her long hair.

Erinna, however, still struggled to dry her hair entirely after her swim practice. It surprised Heather that Erinna’s hair was dry. “Yes, why?” Erinna answered simply.
“Your hair is dry,” Heather commented, making Erinna giggle a bit.

“Coach Monica decided that we should blow dry our hair after showering, especially me,” Erinna explained. Coach Monica enjoyed having Erinna on the girls’ swimming team, and she was better than all the girls and the boys. Unfortunately, once Erinna was transferred to the girls’ team, the boys’ team performance had dropped significantly.

Heather nodded with a smile before starting the car. “I know you guys don’t want to go trick or treat anymore, but you still want costumes. For that, we have a surprise for you,” Heather said while Oliver and Erinna looked at each other, not understanding what Heather meant.

Heather headed home and dropped Oliver home first. She then drove home and parked in the garage. They entered the house, and immediately Erinna walked up to George’s room. George was rarely sick, and she was the one with weak immunity, not him. However, when George does gets sick, he’s very ill. George’s door was open, and Erinna caught him doing push-ups on the floor.

“What’re you doing?” Erinna said with her hand on her hips. She didn’t look threatening in her blouse and skirt uniform, but George knew better.

“Nothing, listen, you’re not going to tell mom about this. She had locked the gym so that I can’t work out today,” George admitted standing up quickly. He was allowed to watch TV, play video games, or do anything without performing any physical work.

“I won’t but get back to bed, or I will tell mom,” Erinna threatened. George sighed and got on the bed. Erinna smiled and walked to George’s nightstand, and she took out the dirty glass. “Would you like chicken soup?” Erinna offered.

“Fine, but only if you make it. If mom makes it, it will be too much even for me to finish.”

Erinna just laughed and walked out of the room. She headed straight to the kitchen; Heather was already there baking a cake. She looked at Erinna as she put the dirty cup in the dishwasher, headed straight to the fridge, took out the soup, and started to heat it.