I'll Meet You There

08

Poppy's POV: (May 2017, Starting with Elton's petting zoo prank)

We'd all gone shopping. Colby insisted I get a cowboy hat, but I adamantly refused. I don't do hats. Instead, I went into an art store and bought some things I was running out of.

I said mostly to myself, "Mmm. I gotta swing by Target. I need to get some things."

"Some things like?" Colby asked.

I turned around and frowned at him. "Personal things. Why are you eavesdropping?"

"Sorry. Like?"

I rolled my eyes. "Girl things."

His cheeks turned red. "Oh. Oh! Um, okay."

"Relax. Makeup things."

I grabbed up what I needed from Target and as we all drove back to the house, I saw a trailer. "Boys? Devyn? Any clue?"

They all shook their heads and several said, "Oh, God."

Thanks to the trailer, and Aaron being stopped by Elton, Aaron had to leave his car outside the gate.

We climbed out and everything seemed far too suspicious for our liking.

"Does it have something to do with this truck?" Aaron asked.

Elton started laughing. "I forgot that was there."

Colby studied Elton's outfit. "Why are you dressed like a cowboy?"

"That's how we dressed in Kansas," Sam said.

"You're dressed like my ancestors."

"Is there a reason you're in overalls and a straw hat?" I wondered.

"And I'm back too," Scotty said, making his presence known.

Colby frowned. "If he's back, I'm scared."

Elton smirked at us. "All I have to say is if you start bleeding through your mouth, something went horribly wrong."

I narrowed my eyes at him, trying to figure out what he had done. Probably the most frustrating thing is that I couldn't read him. He gave nothing away; something he was annoyingly good at.

Corey's eyes widened and he said, "Wait, what if this is just like a disguise, like what if he put the straw and we just open the door..."

"And we just get smacked?" Colby interrupted.

"Another smack cam?" Corey clarified.

My glare deepened. "Elton, there had better not be another smack cam."

In return, his smirk deepened. "Why don't you find out."

Colby directed his attention to Aaron. "Wait. Is he in on this or not?"

Aaron glanced at us. "I'm with you guys."

"He just got back from the stagecoach," Elton said, referencing Scotty. "He didn't change at all."

We walked slightly closer to the front door and Colby said, "There's got to be some kind of animal in here."

Corey frowned. "You said you were... he said... he said he was getting a lion!"

I crossed my arms. "Better a snake than a lion."

Colby glanced at me. "Your Slytherin is showing."

"Good."

"Yeah, so..." Elton began.

Corey interrupted him. "Oh! You got a lion!"

Colby's voice took on a tone of panic. "There's not a lion in there, is there?"