Between Boundaries

Chapter 6

When Trevor opened the door, he saw two girls.

One had orange-red hair while the other one had brown-yellow hair.

Both of them had blue eyes.

The one that had brown-yellow hair had glasses while the other one with orange-red hair didn't.

"Are you girls Sierra's friends?" Trevor said as he looked at the two, in question.

Both of them looked at each other and then looked back at the man.

"Yes. I'm Katherine and this is Laney. We're Sierra's friends." The brown-blonde haired girl said as she introduced herself and the orange-red haired girl to Sierra's father.

Trevor smiled.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Katherine and Laney." He said as he was now shaking hands with them.

Katherine and Laney looked at each other before they looked back at him.

"It's a pleasure to meet you too, Mr. Anderson." Both of them said together, at the same time.

Sierra began to walk back over to the couch.

Trevor then looked away from the girls for a moment and looked at the place where Sierra was standing at.

It was empty.

She's probably trying to cool herself down again...He said to himself as he turned back to face the two girls.

"Come on in." Trevor said, with courtesy as he let the two pass through.

When Katherine and Laney came in, they saw a young girl sitting on the couch.

"Sierra!!!" They both said, excitedly.

Sierra looked up from where she was sitting and saw her two best friends.

"Katherine!!! Laney!!!" She said as she instantly got up and ran over to them.

Trevor smiled and watched as Sierra hugged her best friends, being gentle not to scorch them.

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After a while, the three began to get out of the embrace.

"So, girls... Are y'all ready to go to the museum and do some special work?" Sierra asked, taking the lead.

"Ready whenever you are, Sierra." Katherine said as she looked at her.

"Yep." Laney said, in agreement.

Sierra then looked at Trevor, worried.

Trevor noticed the worried look on her face.

"What is it, sweet pea? Did you forget something important upstairs?" He asked, in a whispering voice.

Sierra looked at him and nodded her head yes.

She then looked at Katherine and Laney.

"Girls, I forgot a very important file upstairs. I'll go get it. Be right back." Sierra said as she looked from Katherine and Laney towards the stairs.

"Go ahead, Sierra." Katherine said, with a smile as she looked at Laney.

"We're not going to stop you." Laney said as she also smiled.

Sierra chuckled and went straight upstairs to her bedroom.

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A few minutes later, Sierra came down with two peach colored folders that had evenly counted papers in them.

One was labeled volcanology while the other one was labeled volcano sisters.

Sierra looked at her friends and her father.

"I'm back, girls. Are y'all ready to go to the museum?" She said as she looked at Katherine and Laney.

"Yep. Are you ready, Laney?" Katherine said as she looked from Sierra to the orange-red haired girl.

"Yep. Ready as I'll ever be." Laney said as she looked at Katherine and smiled.

Katherine smiled back and then looked at Trevor.

"Mr. Anderson, after we get done at the museum, do we come back here?" She asked, in wonder.

Just as Trevor was about to speak, Sierra raised her hand.

"Go ahead, sweet pea." He said as he looked at her.

Katherine and Laney looked at her.

"So... What's the plan, Captain Sierra of the U.S.S. Volcanic?" Laney asked, giving Sierra a title.

"Dad told me that once we get done at the museum, we are to report back to the university and then, we go to his classroom. That's the plan, my dear comrads." Sierra said, taking affirmative command.

"Well then..." Katherine began to say.

"Shall we be going?" Laney said, finishing Katherine's sentence.

Sierra nodded her head yes and the group began to leave.

Once Katherine and Laney were outside, Sierra looked back at Trevor.

Trevor hugged her.

"Be careful, sweet pea." He said as she looked up at him, in the embrace.

"I will, Dad. Have fun." Sierra said as the two now stopped hugging.

Trevor smiled at her.

"Okay, sweet pea. I will. You have fun." He said as Sierra was now heading out the front door.

After they left, Trevor went upstairs to get ready to go to the university.

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Sierra, Katherine and Laney were walking to the museum of Earth Science downtown and as they were walking, Sierra began to feel a very strong impulse.

She clutched onto her head and was now a bit behind Katherine and Laney.

Goddang it. Not again... What does Uncle Max want with me this time? Can't he see that I don't want to be bothered right now? Get... Don't start getting heated up, Sierra. There must be something that you can do. But... What? I know! Ignore him for the time being. Sierra said to herself as she began to shake the thought of talking with Uncle Max right now off.

Katherine and Laney were now waiting at the Earth Science museum doors for Sierra.

"So, girls...Are y'all ready to go in?" Sierra asked as she looked at them.

"Yep." Katherine said as she was now looking at Laney.

"Most definitely." Laney said as the three were now beginning to go into the museum.

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Trevor was wearing a blue and white striped plaid long-sleeved shirt, a brown-red striped tie, beige pants and brown shoes.

After he got through brushing his teeth, he was about to leave the bathroom when he began to see something that was wrapped up in a brown paper towel.

What is this? Trevor asked himself as he began to pick up the wrapped up item that was still in the brown paper towel.

He then began to unwrap it.

When he unwrapped it, he saw a hard black rock.

Amazing. The temperature of this rock is cooling right now. I can't believe that someone sent me a sample of a volcanic rock but who? Hmm... Someone who loves volcanology and loves to discover what's in the backyard. Trevor said to himself as he now was beginning to carry the rock in the paper towel downstairs, into the living room.

He found a ziplock bag to put the volcanic rock into it and just as he was about to put the ziplock bag that had the rock in it into his brown school bag, he saw flashbacks of young girl who loved doing volcanology stuff.

Sierra...