The broken ones

Emotions

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The next morning, Jenny left early with half of the supplies with her. Edna and Jenny agreed to split the stuffs they bought, so it'll be easier for the both of them to carry.

When she arrived at the hidden room, Neil and Edna were already there.

" You guys are early. " Jenny says as she puts the supplies down on the table that is now clean.

" Needed to get out of home.." Edna says.

" Same here. " Neil says. He went through the stuffs that they bought and was astonished by all the decorations and supplies. " Wow..." he breathes out as he takes out paint brushes out of the bag. " Can we start painting now ? " Neil shrieks in excitement.

" We need to change the light bulb at least. " Edna says.

Jenny nods her head and takes out the light bulb from the bag. She takes it out from its box and studied its instruction carefully. " I'll do it.. I watch my dad once so I'll do it. " She says as she gets up on the table but could barely reach the ceiling.

" Not with that height you can't... " Neil says, bursting out in laughter and so did Edna.

Jenny drops her arms, giving up, and she glares at them. " Then help me... I need you to carry me Neil. " Jenny says.

" If I stand on that table with you... we will break the table honey... " Neil says in his sassy tone.

" I'm serious Neil. Just come up here. " Jenny says in frustration.

Neil climbs up the table and kneels down for Jenny to get on top of him. " Ready ? 1 2 3 "
Neil shakes vigorously, not handling the weight. " Hurry.. " He grunts in pain.

Edna turns the light off just in case and flashes her phone light to Jenny's direction, giving her light to see. Jenny hurriedly takes the old bulb out of the socket and replaces it with the new one, she turns it clockwise until it locks into place. " Okay... done... " Jenny says.

Neil carefully puts Jenny down and collapse on top of the table, gripping his shoulders.
" Why are you so heavy ? " He says.

" Sorry Neil... " Jenny smiles innocently. She hands Edna the old light bulb and got down the table.

" When is Bea and Jack coming ? " Neil asked as he got down the table as well, still gripping his shoulders.

" I called them, they said they're coming late. " Edna says.

" Must be hard having younger siblings to watch out for all the time... " Jenny rolls her eyes, but felt bad for Bea and Jack.

" Let's just start painting and wait for them to come... " Edna tells them. She takes out the bucket of blue and white paint out of the bag she had to carry. Neil excitedly took one of rolling brushes and started painting the right side of the wall.

" White first and then blue Neil... " Edna tells him just to make sure he doesn't make a mistake.

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" You never do anything in this house! You're always on that phone! " Jack's mom yelled from the kitchen. She just got home from work and was already causing a riot.

" What do you mean mom. I washed the dishes and cleaned my room. " He says politely. But anger was starting to boil up inside him.

" Did you do the laundry ? No right ?! " She yells again.

Jack stands there, defeated by all the emotions he was feeling. His mom simply told him to wash the dishes and clean his room, what else does he need to do ? Revise the whole house ?