Two Girls in West Egg

Chapter 8:Spies and Bedtime Stories

It was now the next day and I was dreading when the afternoon came. Gatsby was constantly walking around looking nervous. As this was happening, me and Karmen just sat and stared, not really knowing what to do.

Karmen and I already came to the agreement that the whole time during the tour we would just sit and chill by the pool in the back. The pool that Gatsby fell backwards in when he was shot. Eerie.

But, we would also frequently check up on them discreetly, to see what they were doing. Like the awesome spies we are.

Afternoon came, yay. There was a knock on the door to which the butler opened it.

Daisy slowly made her way inside as she stared at everything awestruck. She soon saw us.

"Oh, I didn't know you two would be here." she says. I slighty smirk.

"We live here." I reply. She has a look of shock on her face, but it quickly disappears.

"Oh, how.........lovely." she finally replies. I fake a smile. Is somebody jelly?

Before anything else is said, Gatsby walks out with a smile on his face.

"Daisy." he says as he walks over to her. He takes her hands in his own. "How great it is to see you."

She smiled coyly. Wow.

"Who could say no to you, Gatsby?" she replies. Gatsby smiles.

"Shall we start the tour?" he asks. Daisy grins. "Oh, yes please!"

And with that, Gatsby lead her away by her hand and down the hall. She gave one last glance back to us. Then, she turned and disappeared down the massive hallway with Gatsby.

Karmen turned to me. "I don't like her." she tells me. Just before I can reply, another voice interjects.

"Neither do I." Karmen and I turn our heads to see the butler with a certain look on his face. I couldn't hide my grin.

"Really?" I ask. He nods. "She doesn't know what she wants, and frankly, I don't think she truly loves him. Maybe she once did, but not any more. She's too much of a burden and distraction to Mr.Gatsby and has been for years."

Karmen screams out, "YES!" I laugh then turn back to the butler.

The butler smiles. "But, ever sice you two came along, he seems.........different."

After saying that, the butler walks away still smiling.

I turn to Karmen. "Even the butler ships you with Gatsby."

She smiles. "Oh, shut up." she says while laughing.

I laugh along with her. We both stand and make our way to the pool in the back.

We dip our feet in and just enjoy the silence. Suddenly, we hear laughter. Karmen and I simultaneously look at each other.

"Time to be a cool spy!" I say as I get up and crawl on my belly to the door. Lol.

I give one last look to Karmen. She gives me a thumbs up. I smile then crawl away.

As I finally get to the hallway, I begin to sing the batman theme song. But, instead of saying batman I say Kelsey.

"Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-KELSEY!!!!" I sing out. I run down lots of different hallways until I finally get closer to the laughter.

I slowly peer into a large roon to see Gatsby and Daisy talking and laughing. I shrug, whatever. At least the butler ships Gatsby and my best friend instead of her.

I was about to turn and leave all cool and spy like, when I heard something that sparked my interest.

"So," Daisy began, "do those two girls really live with you here?"

I smirk. Gatsby soon replies. "Yes, they do. They're quite alot of fun actually." Aw, Gatsby thinks were fun.

I see Daisy give him a look. Like a amused are you kidding me? look. Still, she doesn't say anything and just replies with, "Oh." After that they change topics.

I quickly back away and crawl on my belly back the way I came. Soon, I make it back to the pool.

"Karmen!" I say and she turns. "Hey! What happened!?" she asks me excitedly.

I fill her in and she smirks at me. "Yeah, we are alot of fun." she says.

"For realz." I say back.
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A little while later, Daisy finally leaves. After she leaves, me and Karmen go back inside and for the rest of the day we pretty much chill and talk about Daisy to the butler. Just cuz.

Once night came, Karmen and I walked down to the library and sat on a couch together. We began to talk about random things when suddenly the door opened. It was Gatsby. He smiled at us.

"There my two darlings are." he says. We both smile as he descends down the stairs. He sits on a couch across from us. From there, we just sat, talked, and obviously, laughed.

Suddenly, I got a idea.

"Gatsby," I say with a smile, "can you read us a story?"

Karmen smiles and nods.

Gatsby laughs then smiles. "Of course, darlings." He then gets up and goes to a book case. He pulls a book off the shelf.

"This is one of my favorites." he says.

He begins the story, but I wasn't really paying attention to it. I don't think Karmen was either. I was too busy soaking in this great moment.

The story goes on and all three of us sit there, together. Like we should be.
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The butler be shippin'. ;)

~kelso~