Rusty's Secret

18. Arachniphobia

"What is this movie even about?" Bingo asks her sister. "It's about these group of kids that go on a camping trip, and apparently, there's a killer the forest with them and ye puts venomous spiders into their tents to bite them or something" Bluey explains while staring at the TV screen. "H-He puts sp-spiders in their tents...?" Jack asks anxiously. "Jack, it's ok...it's not real" Rusty comforts him. Jack buries his head in the couch cushion. "It's alright, Jack," Bluey says nicley. Jack removes his head from the cushion. "See, look, there's no spiders" Bluey says. Jack feels relieved.

A half hour into the movie, Bingo and Lila have both fallen into a very deep sleep. "This movie is getting interesting" Mackenzie thinks out loud. "If you say so" Digger scoffs, rolling his eyes. "I think this is the part!" Bluey shouts, pointing at the screen.

The scary murderer places a small black widow spider into one of the kids' camping tents. Jack takes one good look at the TV and buries his head in Rusty's chest. Rusty's face turns red. "Jack, we can turn off the movie if you want" Bluey suggests. "Yeah, we don't have to watch it" Indy says calmly. "N-No I-I'm fine..." Jack stutters, his head still buried in Rusty's fur. Dusty was watching the movie peacefully until she looked over at Rusty. She had a moment of realization. His red face, His nervous expression. She quickly stands up and yanks Rusty into Bluey's kitchen.

"You like Jack, don't you!" Dusty shouts at him. "Oh....uh...I-I...." Rusty says nervously. "Well...I.....I.....I don't know....I might like him...." Rusty confesses, blushing like crazy. "So that's why you've been acting weird around him!" Dusty yells. "P-Please don't tell anyone...." Rusty begs. "Don't worry, I won't, your secrets safe with me, probably" Dusty teases.
 
Mackenzie notices that Rusty has been gone a while. "Hey, Jack, wanna go find out what Rusty's up to?" Mackenzie requests. "Uh...Yeah...O-Ok..." Jack follows. They walk into the kitchen to see Rusty and Dusty arguing. "What's going on in here?" Mackenzie asks, staring at them nothing. Rusty imeaditly goes into panic mode by the sight of Jack. His face turns red. Jack looks at him and starts blushing, too. "Stop arguing and come watch the movie!" Mackenzie demands. "Sorry..." Rusty apologizes.

As they sit back down on the couch, another spider appears on screen. Jack grabs Rusty's hand to calm himself. "I-It's okay, Jack Rusty says calmly as he starts to blush again

The movie eventually ends, Jack feels relieved. It's almost time to head home. Jack is packing up his candy until he hears a small noise. He looks behind him as his ears perk up. He sees nothing. He shrugs and continues to pack up his stuff. He hears the same noise again. He looks back, still nothing. He looks to his left and to his right, nothing. He hears the noise again and looks up at the ceiling. "HOLY FUCK" Jack let's out a blood curtailing scream, there is a giant huntsman spider crawling around on the ceiling. Rusty and Indy hear him and quickly run into the living room to see if he's okay.

"Jack, what's wrong!?" Rusty shouts, panting from running. "L-Look...T-There....S-Sp-" Jack points to the ceiling. "Holy shit...." Indy whispers. "BLUEY COME QUICKLY!" Rusty screams across her house. Bluey sprints into the living room. She looks where Rusty is pointing.

"DAD! SPIDER!" She screams. Bandit rushes in the room and stares upward. "Shit, that's a big one....Chilli! I need a cup and a newspaper!" He yells, keeping his eyes on the eight-legged beast.

Chili runs in the room with the items he requested. Bandit grabs the items from her hands and turns back to the ceiling, but the spider is missing. He inhales. "Okay...no one panic, but I don't see the spider anymore..." Bandit announces to everyone. Jack freezes up. "Y-You don't see it....?" Jack whispers. Jacks entire body was shaking violently. "Jack, it's gonna be alright. Huntsman aren't venomous right, Mr. Heeler?" Rusty asks as he grabs Jack's hand and leads him to the couch. Bandit looks at him. "Uh...No....No they aren't...." He lies, trying not to scare Jack even more.

He looks around the room for it, but it's nowhere to be seen. "D-Dad....I think I found it..." Bluey says shakily as she points at the spider crawling under the couch. "W-Where is it...?" Jack asks anxiously. "Uh...It's underneath the couch you're sitting on..." Bluey answered. Jack swiftly hops off the couch along with Rusty.

Bandit lifts up and pushes the couch across the room. The huntsman was resting under it. "Alright, you got this, Bandit" He whispers to himself. He lays down the newspaper on the floor next to it. The huntsman slowly makes its way onto it. "Aha!" Bandit slams the cup down and traps the spider. The spider quickly looks for a way to escape the glass chamber but gives up. "I'm the best spider catcher in queensland!" Bandit shouts victoriously. Jack lets out a huge sigh of relief.

Bandit opens up the front door and relases the spider outside. "Thank goodness..." Jack says quietly. Everyone is finished packing up, and it's time to go home. "Bye Bluey!" Rusty shouts as he walks out of the house as he walks towards his mum's car is parked in front of it. Rusty, Dusty, and Digger hop into the car to drive home. "You won't believe what happened!" Rusty shouts to his mum. "Hm, I'm sure I won't" She laughs.