Blue

Chapter 15: A fluffed pillow and a good book

Ellie fills a bucket with cold water as she takes off her stained white sweater. As the bucket is just a little bit more than half full, she turns off the faucet and puts her sweater in it, along with the rest of her clothes. She looks at the mess that is her clothes as she presses it further down in the bucket, trying to soak everything. She hopes soaking everything with water before washing will help with the stains. After that, let's hope the brownie batter won't stay in her clothes forever! However, if they do, it will be a nice memory. Ellie laughs again at what happened in the kitchen, at their failed attempt to bake something. None of the batter could be saved and it took quite a long time to clean everything. But man, that was hilarious.

A few hours back she learned that she should always ask the entity first if it is solid or not. That's exactly what Ellie forgot when she handed it the brownie batter. She let go of the bowl, thinking Blue had it, and she watched it fall right through, on the ground. The dark batter splattered against the floor, kitchen closets and walls. There was even some on the window! Blue panicked and apologized profusely ("Oh shoot! Oh man, I'm so sorry Ellie, I forgot I had to turn solid! I'll clean it! I promise!") as Ellie died of laughter, sinking to the ground as she gasped for air, which resulted in that she slipped on the batter and landed in the mess, ruining her white sweater and other clothes. She laughed even harder when she couldn't get up from the slippery mess, brownie batter mixed with her tears of joy, which caused her to almost pass out. It's been a while since she'd laughed so hard.

Wiping away a little tear that formed from her laughter, Ellie puts the bucket on the ground and puts a towel on the edge of the sink. She then turns on the shower and waits as she feels for the water to be the right temperature. Man, she can't wait to get in the shower to get the dried brownie batter out of her hair and face. Before she enters the shower however, when it is finally the right temperature, Ellie quickly looks back to make sure if the bathroom door is closed. Blue said it'd leave her alone to shower, but who knows? It might get bored again and burst inside the bathroom, looking for attention as it totally forgets that she's taking a shower... and thus naked. Because that's most definitely something the oblivious and dumb (but sweet) entity would do. After quickly tip toeing towards the door for a double and triple check, she's finally convinced and turns around towards the shower again, carefully sprinting her way to minimalize the waste of hot water she just caused. Just to be sure, she puts her right hand in the warm water streams, checking if the temperature is still perfect. When it is, she steps in the shower, releasing a content sigh as she's greeted by the comfortable warmth of the water. The small streams relax her shoulders even more than before, now that the weight of her guilt is gone. They're going to fix her problem. She'll face her nightmare and Blue will be with her to help her. It's taken ten years, but it will finally be fixed. Ellie lets out a sigh of relief. She raises her left hand and looks at it. It's blue, bruised and sore, but it doesn't hurt as much as it did before. Maybe it already healed a bit, maybe it was Blue's soothing cold, or maybe it is simply because of the pain killers she's taken. Either way, she's happy the pain's pretty much gone and nothing's broken or seriously damaged. It'll only be painful for a few more days, which is annoying, but doable.

'Today was a good day,' Ellie decides. Sure, there were many scary and stupid things; stupid Whiney Folks with her lecture and her threats, which make Ellie wonder what will happen to her once the principal reads the mail about her 'bad behaviour'. The poor principal probably gets at least two 'bad behaviour' mails a day from Folks, so maybe he won't even look at it? 'Only time will tell, I suppose.'

And the nightmare in the bus was absolutely terrible. She's never had a nightmare in the bus before, that makes it even stranger and scarier to her. And when she punched the stop button with her left hand... dear lord, how much that hurt.