The Perfect Accident

chapter 4 - they will stay with us

when i got home yesterday i was overjoyed when i found out my mom wasn't home. i love my mom don't get me wrong but i don't know what i would have said if she had asked about the cake in my hair. so i quickly had a shower and got dressed into comfy clean clothes and laid down. it was finally the weekend and was planning a nice long Netflix marathon.

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"Quinn Davis you get your butt down here right now!" my mothers shrill cut straight threw my ear buds. i paused halloweentown 3 on my phone and walked downstairs.

"how can i be of your assistance?" i asked yawning

"i have been calling you for the fast five minutes straight young lady why didn't you answer me?" she demanded flicking hot grease from the pan of taco meat at me

"i had a long day so i have just been watching Netflix, sorry" i said grabbing a ice pack from the freezer and applying it to my hot skin

"well i need you to turn the volume down so i won't have to call you so much, now to the point, i know your secret" my mom said. no, she was lying, how could she know? exactly she can't! just play it cool

"what secret?" i asked setting the ice pack in the sink

"you were eating all around the house, i found icing on the floor in the front hall and outside of your room, you know this is how we get mice Quinn" she said sighing sadly

"yes mum I'm sorry i wont do it again" i said biting my lip trying to hide my joy that she was wrong

"good, now stop biting your lip it looks tacky, and fetch me cough drops will you?" she asked going back to the taco's so i smiled and ran to get her her drops.

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after the end of the last halloweentown -i'm a bit of a fan- i fell asleep almost immediately. i was exhausted last night and still am a bit. even though it's almost 1 in the afternoon and i have been up for a good hour already. my parents went out -not without leaving me a list of chores- and i just finished them and i'm sweating like a pig. pulling out my phone i plop myself down onto the couch and get comfy.

ten minutes into gossip girl i was rudely interrupted by police sirens. i shook it off and kept watching.

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"honey we're home!" my mom said

"hi" i said getting up and walking over too her

"did you finish all your chores?" she asked and i rolled my eyes

"yes every one of them" i said

"wow, good for you go relax while i make dinner you deserve it" she said so i ran off to my room

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"carol! get in here now!" my father yelled to my mom and i couldn't help but open my door and peer downstairs too see my mother run into the living room and out of sight. i heard distant chatter of my parents but i couldn't make it over the sound of the television.

"QUINN COME DOWNSTAIRS IMMEDIATELY!" my mothers frantic voice filled the air. i ran downstairs as fast as i could

"Quinn oh god there's been an accident" my father said while my mother sat covering her mouth in shock

"what? what is it?!?" i asked getting very worried

"the Anderson's..." my father started, oh no, oh no what happened god please let them be okay Mrs Anderson is so sweet and Jake, oh man i'm just starting to be okay with being his 'bestie' please tell me there okay i thought. i prayed.

"there house, there was a fire... it's all gone. thank goodness though that they were out, other wise who knows what else could have been lost." my father said while my mother was sitting on the couch shaking