The Wounds We Heal

Chapter thirty-eight: Sheets, Lights, And Jokes

Suddenly the blue sheet blew in the wind before it blew onto Alex, covering him completely.

"Ahh! Oof!!" Alex fell over and the sheet landed on top of him. And after a moment he was able to pull it down off his face, with both arms coming down to fold it over.

"Maybe this isn't the toy to be playing outside." He said simply, before sliding back from it to stand up again.

"Huh.. gosh,.. I guess there are a lot of options for hangouts with Chase." Kylie mentioned, beginning to think a little deeper.

"And if you're looking for something to get him to cut loose.. Billy, Jake or even Aaron are great options!" Skyler said. "Now if only the Cason brothers lived here."

"Thank you for the suggestions. I'm sorry my plan didn't work, but at least you guys gave me a better idea," Snowflake replied.

"You're welcome!" Skyler and Kylie smiled together.

Snowflake went to go give Alex a hug, only to slip on the blue sheet.

"Woah!" Snowflake exclaimed as she slid forwards. The blue sheet went flying and landed on both her and Alex.

"Hey!" Alex cried.

"Oops! Sorry!" Snowflake said, once the sheet had landed on them.

She then looked around, but all she could see was blue. The husky fumbled about under the blue sheet.

"You okay, Alex?" Snowflake asked.

"Oof! Yeah, but,.. how do we get out of here." the boy asked.

"Look no further than the chief soldier's stewards." Skyler said, then she and Kylie came forward, grabbed the sheet from both sides, and dragged it off of them. Both Alex and Snowflake seemed dazed and confused as soon as the sheet came off, but it only took a second to realize what had happened.

"Wooph! Thanks Sky.." Alex breathed thankfully.

"Thanks. At least my brother Ned isn't here. He does this stuff all the time!" Snowflake said.

"At least we weren't the ones that did it,.." Skyler said. "But I'd suggest you'd better fold or roll that thing up before something else happens with it."

"Right. So, you think I should go see Jake? I don't want to be rude or leave you here alone. I don't get to spend time with you as often. And I just met Skyler and Kylie," Snowflake retorted sincerely.

"No worries,.. You're good." Skyler said.

"We'll probably be seeing you around anyway." Kylie shrugged.

"Especially now that we know Chase is out of whack again." Skyler finished. Suddenly their pup tags flashed.

"Kylie, Sky!" called a strange voice. "PUP Pals to the tree house!"

"That's our cue.." Skyler said. "Gotta jet! Coming Alex?"

"Right behind you!" Alex nodded. "Let's go!" Then all three took off running.

"I'll see you all later then. Wait, what treehouse?" Snowflake asked, beginning to hastily follow.

"Yeah,.. Any time the PUP Pals call for a rendezvous, we all meet at Alex's tree house. Call it a club house, if you will,.. but that's where we do all our discussing when things of concern come to our attention."

"Something must be happening that Ray has called us in such an urgent manner." Kylie added as they continued running.

"Okay. It was nice spending time with all of you. Bye!" Snowflake said, watching them go.