Libby Sinclair- The Arcadia Oaks Diaries

Snow War- PART II.

-Back in Acacia Street-

The group of 5 ran as fast as they've ever run, faster than any mile run at Phys. Ed at school, faster than any creepy troll they've encountered. When they reached their street, they went right to Jim's house. Jim closed the door shut, locked it well, and closed the blinds on the windows.

"TH-THAT.. was.. IN..TENSE!" He panted, pointing outside, desperately trying to catch his breath. He sat down on the tall stool by the kitchen counter.

"That was EXHAUSTING!" Libby complained, rubbing her sore calves from all the running.

"THEY HATE US, THEY KNOCKED US DOWN!"

"What were you thinking Libby?! 'Penelope Mumbleson?' Who the heck even HAS that LAST NAME?!" Toby exclaimed.

"I thought it would be credible, but.. Well, it backfired.."

"Pshhh..! Yeah, no kidding," Toby remarked sarcastically, slumping down on the couch.

"Guys-Guys! All of that doesn't matter.. What matters is that we got out of there alive, and we didn't get annihilated out there," Saraline steps up.

"Yeah, exactly, we're all here together, and no one got hurt," Jim agreed.

Toby starts "Yeah, and so what if we caused another war between our streets- OH NO! WE CAUSED ANOTHER WAR BETWEEN OUR STREETS!"

"SHHHHHH! QUIET!" The group shushes Toby.

"But.. he's right though.. W-What if.."

"No, that's impossible, we all agreed a long time ago that it wouldn't happen. We all signed on the snow," Jim said, trying to calm everyone down.

"Yeah.. He's right.. Totally right," Libby nods. They exchange looks and go over to the living room window, moving the curtain aside, just enough for them to get a glimpse of their street. And it was like they feared.

Many people from Acacia Street started congregating outside, murmuring starting to form. They quickly went back out and it was true. Apparently, as they stepped out, Toby overheard Shelly Brewer, one of the girls from their street, say that she heard from a source that a fight had broken between some group from Acacia and Cirrus. The news had soon spread like wildfire there, that the Cirrus Street Rebels had struck. When they saw Libby and the four, they didn't look too amused to see them.

"SERIOUSLY?!" Shelly shouts over her oversized pink earmuffs.

"Nice job..!" Another one remarked, followed by sarcastic clapping.

"Way to start our winter.. I bet LAKE here is the one who started all of this.." Another neighbor starts pointing the blame at Jim.

"YEAH! Trying to SABOTAGE our PEACE!" Gwen Dolan hollered angrily, holding up her snow shovel in protest, followed by mixed voices shouting and hollering at the group enraged.

"I KNEW they were all nothing but TROUBLE!" More concerned clamoring from everyone on the street followed.

"GUYS! GUYS! GUYS! HEY! JIM'S NOT AT FAULT FOR THIS, OKAY!?" Libby spoke up to the People.

"YEAH! HE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO STARTED THAT!" Toby shouts, thinking he'd sound cool and intimidating, but.. he did NOT know what HE just SAID.

"Tobes!" Jim turns to him, unamused, pulling his arm.

"Bra-VO!" A heckler booed.

"HEY! WE DIDN'T SAY YOU COULD HECKLE, DID WE?" Saraline gives them a taste of their own medicine.

"HEY! YOU ALL MIGHT AS WELL BE INSIDE- SAVE YOURSELVES THE EMBARRASSMENT!" Derek Miller jeered hastily. The Acacia crew start howling with laughter at it, poking fun at them.