The NEWBIE

Chapter 8

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JACK

"YOU DIDN'T TELL ME MR. BANCCUP WAS GOING TO OPEN THE DOOR!" Rapunzel shouted while we ran away from Hiccup's house.

"I didn't!" I panted when we hid behind a car. "I didn't know he... was going to... open it!"

"Well... at least we got... away." Rap said, between breaths. We crouched down, breathing deeply. I peeked behind the car, checking if Mr. Banccup was chasing us. We were lucky to get away that quickly. We just hoped that Mr. Banccup didn't know it was us

"Your revenge, Jack, was a total fail." Rap looked at me with an angry face. "I should have listened to Merida."

"How would I know that Hiccup's dad would open the door? If only I knew, this might be a brilliant revenge."

"Just admit that you failed, Jack." Rap scrunched her nose, finally standing up. I just looked at Rap when she turned her back and walk away.

"I know I failed." I said, catching up with her.

"Wait 'till you see Mr. Banccup's face on movie night." Rap replied.

"What's the point? He didn't see us." I told her. "Did he?"

Rap just shook her head and sashayed her hair at me. "Wait! We can do another one. This time, it's on Elsa!" I tried to catch her attention but she kept on ignoring me. Okay, this is kind of exhausting.

"Er, Jack, I kinda' learned a lesson here. Forgive and forget, they all say. I'm really tired of playing a revenge on that girl." She answered. "And if you're doing another one of those absurd antics of yours, you're going to drop a bucket of paint on someone as wild as Hiccup's dad, again."

"So what am I supposed to do about it? Tell them that we were the ones who placed a bucket of green paint on top of the Banccup's door?"

"I don't know. You were the one who started this." Rap reasoned.

I looked at her, a little outraged by her reply. "What? You can't leave me hanging in midair!"

"Well then, let's just forget about all of this. I'm sure Mr. Banccup didn't see it was us." Rap said, confidently.

At last, Rapunzel said something that can make me calm down, a little. "Yeah, you're right! How would they know it was us when they didn't even see us do it?"

"Whatever, Jack." She said. "Can't wait for movie night." She added, sarcastically.

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HICCUP

It was uncomfortable practicing my lines when Dad had been uncontrollably cursing while Mom was trying to clean him up with a towel at the kitchen. I noticed Elsa glancing at me when she heard another scowl coming from the kitchen. The look on her face made me think that she was having the same thoughts as I did.

"Are there a lot of troublemakers in this neighbourhood?" She finally spoke.

"Not really." I answered, also trying to figure out who played a prank on my Dad. To be honest, even if some of the troublemakers would start throwing TPs at every house in the neighbourhood, no one and not even one would ever play a prank on Dad because they all know he's a little wild at times.

After memorizing some of our lines, the time had come for Elsa to go home. I told her that she shouldn't worry about how to shoot our project because I have all the equipment needed. All she had to do was to do her lines which aren't really going well for her at the moment. Though, it's not going to be a problem because the submission of our CDs is still on Friday.