Chapter 1:
“A little bit more to the right, Darrel,” He moved the pail an itty bit.
We’re conducting our grand unveiling of the Water balloon in a Pail we made out of few genuinely selected and dismantled parts from a Barbie doll I snagged off my sister’s old toy chest. I know, why Barbie, right? We just figured it’d be kind of spooky if we put it inside the water balloons because your childhood friend turned evil and pulled an evil plot against you. Well, we managed to slip the parts past the wormhole openings of the balloons.
Darrel shouted “Right here?” It’s pretty hard to communicate, especially when the door was closed in front of you.
“No my other right!” I said.
Just about a few days ago, Alex, my big pain in the butt sister pulled a prank on me. With the help of herboyfriend, Jeff, they executed a devious plan, and the worst part is, I didn’t even see it coming. They made me some juice, and right after I finished up the beverage, they told me that it’s really pee. I immediately retreated to the bathroom and puked. I forgot to close the door behind me so as soon as I’m finished doing my business, I noticed a shiny black pair of lens pointing towards me. They caught everything on tape and threatened to spill it on the whole campus. They laughed their funny bones out until their sides hurt. And later that dreadful scenario, I found out that I fell for the oldest con in the book, the lemon juice mixed with a little vinegar trick.
Now I’m planning the revenge of the lifetime. I’m using the camcorder that mom and dad gave me for last Christmas. I’ve used this camcorder to record every major stunt Darrel and I did from the previous year. And today, we all shall witness the wrath of my vengeance.
“Quick, Darrel. She’d be here any minute!” I made some minor adjustments in the brass door handle in the front porch, and made sure that everything was on their proper places before she arrived. I hid the camera below the cushion of the living room chair and hit the play button. Darrel and I took our position which is behind the living room couch. My plan’s an absolute success, it’s stupendous and it’s fool- proof.
Moments later, we spotted Alex’s car drive down the block. Good thing Mom and Dad were on a business trip. They’re real estate agents and they can sell houses big time, so their bosses want to promote them or something like that, and that means I’m stuck with Alex until their return. No backing out now, we started the countdown the way the people in NASA does. “T- Minus ten, nine, eight seven, six, five,”
By the time we chanted five, Alex already started to walk up to the porch, fumbled for her keys and stuck it inside the key hole. We resumed counting “Three, two, one” We reached the end of our countdown and she opened the door, we ducked behind the couch and waited for a blood curdling scream. This is one of those moments. And it’s caught on camera.
Alex did not know I’m home this early. Practically, this time of the day, I’m over at Darrel’s house doing whatever I could do without her. But this time, Darrel’s the one who came over to witness the ultimate joke.
Chapter 2:
Alex twisted the door handle and let herself in. She looked around and said; “Twerp! I’m home!”
Darrel and I jumped out from behind the sofa. We’re expecting a bigger splash but none came. We’re absolutely dumbfounded, we looked at each other with the same thinking; “What just happened?”
Alex snapped her fingers to get us back into reality. She looked absolutely annoyed; she thought we tried to scare her by jumping from behind the couch. Let’s face it, I hate being stranded with her and she hates me because of her baby- sitting duty.
