RESCUE - Part 2

Chapter 1 - Sold My Soul To The Devil

I opened my eyes, instead of seeing Mouse's head, I was facing a zombie mask, "Jesus mouse you've let yourself go babe" I lifted the mask off, and raised an eyebrow "that was not my idea of a prank....talk to your oldest son" he rolled over and began to heavy breath "right....its on" I got out of bed quietly and grabbed the talcum powder from the bathroom cupboard...

As soon as it had turned 9 in the morning, I stood in Alex's bedroom door, mask in hand, and turned on his light "WHOA!" He fell out of bed with a loud thump, and then continued to scream as soon as I threw the zombie head onto his lap, he got up, ran his fingers through his bed hair and looked at me smirking "it didn't make you Scared did it?" "Not in the slightest" I rolled my eyes as I went to back out the door "how are you not scared of anything! I've tried demon masks, zombie masks, ghosts!" "I'm not scared because I know how to kill everything, things are scared of me" I chuckled as I walked out and walked down stairs where I made myself a coffee and some toast. Which once Alex was dressed happily stole a slice from my plate before grabbing his car keys "where you going?" "Mum...Carrie is having her bandages off today!" "Ohh!!! Yeah! Go go see her" I smiled at him as I bit into a slice of blackberry jammed toast. Summer had come down by the time Alex came back in, covered from head to toe in talcum powder "what the hell happened to you?!" Summer burst into hysterics "I told you I'd get you back" I smiled into my cup of coffee, "talc! I only made you jump and I didn't even manage to do that!" He wiped the talc from his face "you should know by now, your mother will always go big with pranks" mouse came down and stole my other slice of toast, I was now toastless, "I'll get you back..." He looked at me as he blew the talc from his toast "I wouldn't start that war Al-" "no no, let the kid finish" I smiled at mouse as I folded my arms "is this a prank war?....Alex" "yes...it is" he shuffled in his shoes "good...good" I smiled as I went to sit down with a biscuit from the barrel that summer had made and my cup of coffee "why have I got a feeling I've just like, sold my soul to the devil and my ending Is inevitable....?" Mouse patted him on the back "Alex pal, selling your soul would be the better option when it comes to pranks and your mother, trust me, I learnt the hard way" Alex walked upstairs for a shower as I started my ghost whisperer box set.

Mouse came and sat down next to me "are you going to tell him that talc mixed with water turns to gloop?" He looked at me "nope!....are you?" "I probably should...but nope" he grinned as he stole my biscuit "I swear to god one more person steals my food they're gonna die" "Oh coffee!!" Flynn walked in like a zombie, and took my cup from my hands "he's gonna die" "Charlie by the looks of him, I'd say alcohol beat you to it" we both looked at the very tired, teenage boy "late night last night?" "Uh huh" he continued to drink "I know a great cure for a hangover..." He looked at me "it's a greasy pork sandwich served up in a dirty ashtray" "ooooooo I'm gonna throw up" he put my cup down and ran as I laid back in hysterics "is someone on their period?" Both me and summer looked at him "no....as a matter of fact, it isn't, I'm just a sarcastic bitch, sarcasm is my second language" "oh don't we know!" Mouse kissed my nose "oh get a room!" Summer covered her face in embarrassment "that's not a bad idea..." "That. Is disgusting! You two are disgusting" she turned away, I pulled back from mouse "still not found a boyfriend?" Mouse looked at her "no. I'm not having this conversation" she didn't look at him once "oh don't worry! I don't want that conversation....I never want that conversation, boyfriend issues are her department, the only issue I'll have with your boyfriend is when-" "don't say it" she glared at him "is when he takes you out..." I raised my eyebrows as mouse stood up quickly "I'm....I'm going to go check the horses...before work!" "Okay you do that" I kissed him goodbye and snuggled into my pyjamas.

Halfway through the next episode of ghost whisperer summer turned to me "am I ugly?" "What?" "am..I...ugly?!" I looked around "no??" "Oh well you're hardly going to say yes you're my mother you're not gonna call me ugly are ya?!" She suddenly burst "oh trust me...I'd tell ya, and sweetie you're not" "so why can't I get a boyfriend?! I'm 21 for Christ sake!?" I was about to answer her when the doorbell went "COME IN!! IM TOO LAZY TO GET OFF MY ARSE AND ANSWER THE DOOR, IM TRUSTING THAT YOU'RE NOT A BURGLAR!! OR MURDERER" The door creaked open and in walked Thomas, Jared's oldest son "hey Charlie...hey...summer" he smiled at her before looking at the floor, I looked between the both of them, such romance yet they were both ignoring it "okay, so ERMMMM whyyyy are you here? How can we help you?" Thomas looked at me "I was actually wondering is summer wanted to go grab some surf? The waves are supposed to be decent today and I-" "sure I'd love to!" Summer jumped up and ran upstairs, It didn't take long for her to come back in bikini top, Board shorts, hair in messy bun ready for surfing, "have fun" I smiled as I watched them both walk out the door.

I'd spent most of the morning alone, Flynn had gone to his friends, mouse was at work, summer was out and Alex was at the hospital, I just put the dishwasher on when the door openened, alex came rushing over, picked me up off my feet and squeezed me tightly "okay what the hell?" "I never knew you paid for her operation!!" "Yeah, years ago...it was supposed to be a secret" "I don't care, there's someone here who wanted to thank you" he stepped out of the way, and in walked Carrie, she was beautiful, her hair, plaited to the side, the most widest grin on her lips "Mrs Jenkinson..." She croaked as she walked towards me "call me Charlie..." Her eyes, so bright, looked back at me "Charlie....I...thank you doesn't cover what this means to me, you have given me my eyes, given me the ability to see, and I just want to say, for what it's worth....thank you" I pulled her into a hug, a tight one, we both pulled back, both had tears in our eyes "and can I just say, you're even more beautiful than I ever imagined, you're one of those people that's not only beautiful on the outside, but on the inside...I Erm, I bought these for you" she handed over a big bouquet of flowers "we went shopping, the colours in this one, they stood out to me, God that feels weird to say but, the pinks, Blues were all so bright" she smiled again "they're lovely thank you" she nodded at me as she put her sunglasses back on "so what are you two up to now?" "I'm going to take her to the beach, she wants to see the 'fit lifeguards' she's a bit of a fan of Bondi rescue" she nudged his ribs "Alex!" Her laugh filled the air as Alex's smile grew bigger and bigger by the second "well go have fun! Enjoy the fit lifeguards!" "Oh I'm sure i will, bye charlie" she smiled before Alex helped her out the door.

That night, everyone was in bed, mouse had turned off his light, I still had mine on, "Charlie...turn out the light..." "Just a sec" I scribbled more down "why...what are you doing?" "Writing notes!" He spun around and looked at me "notes...on what?" "On what I'm going to prank Alex with next" I looked at mouse grinning until he snatched my pad "hey!" He read down them "Charlie you don't want to kill the boy..." "I wont!" He pointed to the third bullet point "Charlie....he could lose his hand..." "He wouldnt!" I rolled my eyes as I snatched the pad back "yeah okay...just don't kill the kid, scare him, make him pay just don't...kill him" "would I do that?" Mouse looked at me "I'm offended that you'd think I'd do such a thing" "you're offended?" He came closer to me "oh very offended" his face was inches from mine "well....I'll just have to make it up then won't i...." He smirked at me...