SKYLAR COULDN'T HELP herself. Currently, she was untying they red bow for the fifth time. The red bow was on top of the multi-colored box. It was a gift and the bow was the most important part. Without it, there was just a plain box with a gift inside. And to sky, that wasn't acceptable. So, once again, she tied it. And, again was she disappointed.
"What the—ma!" Sky yelled. Frustrated, she let go of the bow ties and glared down at the box. Simone hurries up the stairs and down the hall, to her daughters room. She looked in, expecting something to be wrong but found nothing except her annoyed daughter and a failed ribbon tied. She leaned against the wooden frame, and sighed with a smile.
"What's wrong?" Simone asked, but she knew well enough. Sky turned to her with a frown, "I can't tie the ribbon." She gestured to the plain box. "I want it to be perfect. Mari never visits before Christmas and Lucas is about to leave me with Erica."
Sky loved her little sister, but she wasn't very good at being patient. Erica was a 10 year old child who still acted out and threw tantrums when she didn't get her way. Lucas didn't have any patience with Erica so fights ultimately broke out between them more frequently than sky and Erica. Lucas leaving Erica would be the more reasonable thing to do, but sky really wanted to see their cousin and accidentally leave Erica with Lucas.
Simone chuckled, "Mhmm. All you had to do was tie it like a shoelace," she did as she said and it came out perfect. Sky grinned and picked it up as her mother turned to her. "What are you going to do when I'm gone, Hmm? When you can't even tie a ribbon?"
Sky kissed her mother on the cheek and grabbed her jean jacket, "Nothing because you won't be going anywhere!" She flew out of her room, and ran down the stairs. Simone laughed, but stopped once she saw the mess her daughter had made trying to find a ribbon.
"And you better clean this room when you get back!"
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Sky smiled widely at the ice cream clark, "Robin!"
Robin smiled at her slightly. She'd warmed up to sky after a while, but her little sister not so much. Sky spent most of her free time with Steve and robin. She missed Dustin and the only way to not think about him all the time was to hang out with Steve and watch him get teased by robin.
"How about a ice cream cone for my annoying little sister?" Sky asked with a snarky smile.
Erica glared at her, "You better sleep with one eye open."
The friends behind Erica giggled while sky's eyes widened in fake shock. "Ooh, countin' on it."
Erica rolled her eyes and turned back to Robin. "US Butterscotch, please." She smiled sweetly. But Sky could see that it was fake. She leaned in, to whisper to robin, "Feel free to spit in it. And Steve's paying."
Robin nodded. Plastering on a fake smile towards Erica and started on the cones. Sky nodded at Erica, "Go where I can see you or Electra's gonna get you."
Erica handed her friends the ice cream scoops and nodded suspiciously towards her sister. One of her friends muttered, "Who's Electra?"
Erica whispered back quickly, "I think she's a witch."
When they walked away, Robin turned to her, "Electra? Who's that?" Robin furrowed her brows. She couldn't help but feel intrigued. The usually threats to little sisters was either blackmail or some kind of monster like the boogeyman.
