Goosebumps: Double-Trouble (Snappy x Reader) {COMPLETE}

Chapter 7

Dad didn't move. Maybe he thought he was still asleep and dreaming the whole scene. He squinted hard at me. "What on earth" he muttered finally. Then he lowered his eyes to the floor and stepped back in surprise. I saw what he was staring at. The two dummies. They were tangled up, in a lifeless heap on the floor against the wall. Dad pushed one in the back with his bare foot. It flopped limply against the floor.

"Do you see?" Luke cried, pointing a trembling finger at me in the glass case. "Dad you see what they did to (Y/n)? You believe us now right?" Kelly asks. Dad rubbed his beard with both hands. "Kelly, get serious," he said. "Did you really think you three, could fool me with this trick?" Kelly's mouth dropped open. "Huh? Trick?" Dad poked the dummy again with his toe. "You really want me to believe that these dummies put (Y/n) in the case? Look at them, Luke and Kelly. They're not alive. They don't move on their own."

 "But, Dad"...."If you wanted to fool me," Dad said, "why didn't you at least stand the dummies up? Why did you toss them in a heap on the floor?" He scowled. "Now, let's get your older sister out of there before she suffocates. Where's the key?" Dad asks. Kelly blinked. "I don't know. Slappy threw it across the room." Kelly states. "Stop it, Kelly!" Dad screamed. Dad is such a quiet guy, it's always a shock when he raises his voice. Kelly actually jumped. "No more dummy talk," Dad said. "Find the key." Kelly scrambled down the row of display cases. 

He sighs as Luke dropped to his knees and began searching the floor. Dad stepped up to the case and peered in at me. "Are you okay?" he asked. "This was a really stupid thing to do. I expect this from Luke and Kelly, but really (Y/n)? Why did you have to play along with them?" He asks, He shook his head. "You three are supposed to be smart. Why on earth did you decide to play these stupid dummy games?"...They're not games, I thought. 

"Found it!" Kelly shouted from across the attic. She came running over with the key in her hand. A few seconds later, I was out of the glass case, legs trembling, drenched in sweat, breathing hard, my chest moving in and out like an accordion. Dad put a hand on my shoulder. "Promise me you'll never pull a stupid stunt like this again." Dad says. "It wasn't a stunt!" I state. Kelly's jaw clenched. She only did that when she was furiously angry. "Dad, you have got to believe us." Luke adds. 

Kelly grabbed the GoPro camera and shoved it into his hands. "Check this out. It's all on video. Watch it, Dad. Then it's your turn to apologize to (Y/n), Luke, and me." Dad fumbled the camera between his hands. Then he raised it close and studied the screen. Squinting hard, he pressed a button. Then another. He raised his eyes to Kelly. "It's blank. There's nothing here." Kelly let out a cry of disgust and slapped her forehead. "Luke " she shouted. "Did you forget to press the RECORD button?" She was right. Luke never pressed it.

Dad tucked the camera into his bathrobe pocket. "You promised there wouldn't be one more dummy incident," Dad said. "Remember? You, your sister, and your brother promised, Kelly." Dad states "But, Dad"... "So... I have no choice. You three are off the movie. You have to break it to your friend Jamal. You're not going to the set. You're not going to be in the film." Dad states. I sigh. 

A few minutes later, I climbed into bed. Even though it was a warm night, I pulled the covers up to my chin. My body was still shaking, and my brain was whirring with angry and frightening thoughts.. Thoughts about the two dummies and their plan to ruin Dad. Thoughts about how Dad might never trust Kelly, Luke, and me again. He said we were acting stupid. And now we can't be in the movie.