Haven Tales

Chapter 34: When Life Gives You Lemons

  "Ah. What a great day" Lena said as she woke up hoping her sisters wouldn't prank her on her way downstairs.
"Hmmmmm........ I wonder if Trina and Staci set any traps for me" she thought to herself.
It turns out that they never set any traps up.
"Hey gurrrrl" Staci said as he greeted her little sister.
"Hey Staci. How come you and Trina never set any traps for me today" Lena asked.
"Eh. We decided not to do that anymore" Trina answered.
"That's a relief" Lena replied.
After pouring herself a bowl of Golden Crisp, she sat down on the couch in the living room and turned on the TV.
"Ah. My favorite part of the day. Breakfast and some good morning television" Lena said as she started eating.
While she was enjoying her breakfast, she saw an ad for the Nintendo Switch.
"Whoa. Now that's a game console I just gotta have" she said.
After Lena finished her cereal, she got dressed and asked Trina what the best way to make money is.
"I really don't know but when I was your age, I made money by selling lemonade" she answered.
"Good idea, sis" Lena replied.
After going to the store to get the necessary components for a stand, everything was set.
"Lemonade! Fifty cents a class" Lena said as she sat at her roadside stand.
Just then, a customer came up to her.
"I'll buy a cup" Jenna said as she paid fifty cents.
"Alright. Here ya go" Lena said as she handed her a cup filled with lemonade.
"Thanks" Jenna said as she took a sip.
"Ah. That is refreshing" she continued.
As Jenna walked away, Lena noticed that her school bully set up a stand right across the street from her.
"Lemonade! Twenty-five cents" she said as she advertised her stand.
"Huh? Bobbi Jo Spatterman set up a stand here too" Lena thought to herself as she noticed that her worst enemy had set up a lemonade stand.
She decided to go over to Bobbi and ask her what the big idea was.
"What's the big idea, Bobbi" she asked.
"I can't help that we both live in the same neighborhood. Now go pack up your stand and get lost" Bobbi answered.
"Heck no. My stand was set up first" Lena replied.
"I don't care. You're not stealing MY customers" Bobbi said as she pushed Lena down.
As she was about to cry, she said nothing and went back to her stand.
"This stinks" she said to herself.
"Hey gurrrl. How's business for ya" Staci asked.
"Not so great. Another girl set up a stand across the street" Lena answered as she wiped the tears from her eyes.
"Let me guess. She pushed you after you confronted her" Staci said.
"Y-yeah" Lena replied.
"Don't worry, gurrrrrrl. Trina and I will confront her for you" Staci said as she back into the house.
After awhile, Lena had made well over five hundred dollars in quarters.
"Whoa. Looks like I'm the victor when it comes to the lemonade business" she said after counting her money.
"We're so proud of you, sweetie" Scott said.
"Thanks for believing in me, dad" Lena said as she gave her father a hug.
"You're welcome" Scott replied.
Once the time was right, Trina and Staci went over to Bobbi's house to confront her.
"Ugh. What do you want" she asked.
"We came to teach you a lesson" Staci answered.
"Oh please. I refuse to believe that" Bobbi replied.
"You don't scare us" Trina said.
"Whatever. Just come in" Bobbi said as she let them in.
"So what's this whole thing about" she continued.
Trina and Staci said nothing and pinned her down.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing" she asked as they pinned her.
Without warning, Staci tickled her nose with a feather several times.
"Achoo! I would like an explanation here" Bobbi said as she sneezed.
"Are you ticklish" Trina asked.
"Like I would really answer that" Bobbi answered.
"Hmmmmm..... With an answer like that, you must be ticklish" Staci replied.
"Okay. That's true. But I'm not saying where" Bobbi said.
After debating on where to start, Trina pulled off her shoes and socks and tickled her bare feet.
"Really? You're going for the feet? That's lame" Bobbi said.
Just then, Staci figured out the next logical tickle spot.
"Well gee if it's not your feet. Then it certainly must not be your stomach" she said as she pulled up Bobbi's shirt.
"You wouldn't dare" she said.
"Oh we would dare" Trina replied.
Without any warning whatsoever, they began tickling Bobbi's stomach causing her to laugh.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! STHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAOP IT" she said as she laughed.
"Hmmmm.... Should we stop, gurrrrrrl" Staci asked.
"Nah. Let's keep on tickling her" Trina answered.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU" Bobbi pleaded.
Trina and Staci stopped for a brief second before resuming the tickling.
"I totally know where we should tickle her next" Staci said as Trina was tickling Bobbi's sides.
"What is it" Trina asked.
"We should tickle her belly button" Staci answered.
"Oh no. Please.......... Have mercy" Bobbi said as the feather got closer to her belly button.
"There is no mercy" Trina said as the feather made contact with Bobbi's belly button.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA NOHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHT THE BEHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHALLY BUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHTTON" she said as she laughed.
Some tickling later, Bobbi ran to her room in fear because she knew what would happen if she ever bullied Lena again. But she eventually forgot about the whole tickling session the next day and returned to her usual bully ways. Meanwhile, Lena had just gotten a Nintendo Switch and a copy of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
"This is so cool" she said as she won her first race.
"It certainly is a step up from the Wii U" Trina added.
"I'll say. It looks even better than the Wii U" Staci replied.
"Wanna know something, Lena" Trina asked.
"What's up" Lena replied.
"We went over to Bobbi's and we discovered that she has a weakness" Trina answered.
"Okay. What is it" Lena asked.
Trina said nothing and whispered it to her little sister.
"Whoa. Bobbi is ticklish? I might use it to my advantage in case she ever bullies me again. Especially when school starts" Lena said to herself as she got another first place victory in the game.