A Month of Miami, Not A Month Off

13: Sleepless with the Storm and Sally

A few minutes later, Buddy was in his room dressed and ready for bed. He then heard a knock on the door.

" Buddy open up!"

" Who is it?" Buddy asked.

" It's Sally!" Sally replied.

" Is it Sally Rogers?" Buddy asked again.

" Haha, very funny! Open up or I'm going to my own room!" Sally yelled.

Buddy opens the door and lets Sally in.

" It's freezing over here, do you mind turning the heater up?" Sally asked.

" There is no heater in here," Buddy told her.

" Whatever, let's just get to bed," Sally said getting into bed.

Sally starts to fall asleep, but then ends up not doing so because of something very disturbing to her. Buddy began to gargle really loudly. At first, she didn't mind because she thought he was brushing his teeth. Once the gargling got louder, Sally was fully awake has had it with the gargling.

" Buddy, can you turn down that gargling?" Sally asked and the gargling stops. She sighed in relief and went back to trying to sleep.

Buddy got in the bedroom and his dog began crying.

"Shhh, Sal is right there trying to sleep! You'll wake her up!" Buddy complained to the dog.

" Buddy, tell the dog to shut up and get to sleep!" Sally muttered in her sleep.

" Larry, she can hear you! Wait, I have an idea!" Buddy exclaimed. He brought out his cello and began to play a lullaby. He did it softly because he was trying to be considerate of Sally who has fallen completely asleep by now. 

As Buddy was done, Larry was quiet for a minute. Then, he began to cry again.

" Oh Larry! What am I going to do with you?" Buddy asked.

Buddy pulled out his cello again and continued playing the cello. He played for a while until he messed up and that was where Sally woke up really angry.

" Buddy Sorrell! Do you know what time it is? How many times did I have to ask you to be quiet and get into bed?" She asked angrily.

" It's not me! It's the dog!" Buddy replied.

" I don't care who it is! Just go to sleep!"

Sally started falling asleep again until Buddy tapped her on her shoulder.

" Hey Sal?"

Sally woke up again and turned around to see who was tapping her.

" What do you want now?" She asked.

" Can you turn on the light?" Buddy requested and Sally looked at him like he was crazy.

" Turn on the light? Are you crazy? I can't sleep with the light on!" Sally complained.

" Well, I can't sleep with it off!" Buddy replied.

Sally sighed with frustration and turned on the light.

Larry then climbed the window and left the house without Buddy knowing.

" Thank you, Sal! You're a good friend," Buddy told her getting into bed and falling asleep.

Buddy started falling asleep, but Sally had a hard time going back to sleep.

" Great, now I can't sleep! Thanks a lot, Buddy!" Sally thought.

She got out of bed and went to the kitchen to get a snack. She thought of maybe she got a snack, then she would go back to sleep. Boy, was she wrong!