Jacyln donned an old sweater and quickly shut the garage door with a chuckle. Entering the hallway, she took all the empty paint cans sitting near the door and started a joyful skip out the front door and to the garbage can.
"What are you doing with all those paint cans?" a voice said.
"I don't know how to recycle them. And Carter, I thought you hated the cold-" Jaclyn dropped the paint cans onto the ground, realizing the voice wasn't her brother's.
"I am actually quite fond of the cold." said a brown haired teenager, making the 5"6 Jaclyn look small in comparison.
"What'cha paintin' Jackie?" said Misa. Jaclyn started to recall the names of the two girls in front of her. Misa was in 4th grade and Euphemia was in 10th, a grade above Jaclyn.
"Hey-o, just doing some redecorating." she said. "Wanna come inside?"
Jaclyn brought out hot chocolate for her guests and turned up the heater.
"I see you got a sidekick." she said, sitting down at the table.
Euphemia clutched the hot mug. "It's a mutual and temporary partnership," She took a sip. "Have you heard the museum is missing the stagecoach?"
"What a surprise!" Jaclyn smirked.
"You haven't heard?" Misa said.
"Suddenly Carter came through the garage door, covered in black and brown paint. Jacyln burst out laughing, and in her fit she spilled hot chocolate over Euphemia.
Euphemia looked rather unaffected by the turn of events and instead annoyed, a typical look of hers. Jaclyn tried a futile attempt of calming down and fixing the situation.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," she said, fighting back the urge to laugh. "Look, I'll take care of Carter here who decided to change ethnicities. Euphemia, I should have spare clothes on my bed. Put your current clothes in the bathroom and I'll wash them." Jaclyn started laughing again and took Carter by the hand, dragging him outside.
"Wait," said Misa. "How can you clean him out in the front yard!" Jacyln was already out the front door though.
"Probably in some crazy way. She's just like that." Euphemia walked to her room.
"How d'you know where Jackie's room is?"
"We used to be friends in 7th grade". She opened to door to the room.
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The Stolen Stagecoach
Kısa HikayeEuphemia is a bored highschool student with an annoying Elementary-schooler named Misa as a neighbor. When Misa spreads the news about a missing stagecoach in a museum nearby, Euphemia spends the day with her new sidekick to find out what happened. ...
