Steve visits Melanie in the morning
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 31
by
copier
· original author:
jurto2
* BING BONG *
Steve waited patiently after ringing the doorbell at Melanie's house on a warm Saturday morning. Jacqueline, her mom, answered the door. "Oh, hello again, Steve," she smiled, "Since you're here, I assume that means the sleepover is over?"
Steve nodded curtly. "Well, come in and sit down," she said, inviting him in to sit at the kitchen table. "Melanie? You have a visitor," she called across the house. "Okay, give me a minute" Mel yelled back.
Melanie emerged wearing shorts and a t-shirt on top of a two-piece swimsuit, seemingly ready to go out and take advantage of the weather at the local pool with her siblings. She froze and the blood left her already pale face when she saw Steve sitting at the kitchen table. She gave him a little wave, remembering that the shrink ray was tracked. Surely, Steve knew that not only had it been used once last night, but twice.
"Have a seat, sweetie," Jackie said, pulling out her chair for her, before sitting down in her own seat.
Melanie felt like a dead man walking as she made her way to her chair and sat, forcing a smile at Nicole's dad.
"How are you doing, Melanie?" Steve asked, followed by a tiny, "okay," from Mel.
"That's good," Steve said with a smile, trying to put Nicole's friend at ease.
"And, so uh, how's Nicole?" Steve dropped the question as plainly as possible.
Melanie pauses before replying,
Steve waited patiently after ringing the doorbell at Melanie's house on a warm Saturday morning. Jacqueline, her mom, answered the door. "Oh, hello again, Steve," she smiled, "Since you're here, I assume that means the sleepover is over?"
Steve nodded curtly. "Well, come in and sit down," she said, inviting him in to sit at the kitchen table. "Melanie? You have a visitor," she called across the house. "Okay, give me a minute" Mel yelled back.
Melanie emerged wearing shorts and a t-shirt on top of a two-piece swimsuit, seemingly ready to go out and take advantage of the weather at the local pool with her siblings. She froze and the blood left her already pale face when she saw Steve sitting at the kitchen table. She gave him a little wave, remembering that the shrink ray was tracked. Surely, Steve knew that not only had it been used once last night, but twice.
"Have a seat, sweetie," Jackie said, pulling out her chair for her, before sitting down in her own seat.
Melanie felt like a dead man walking as she made her way to her chair and sat, forcing a smile at Nicole's dad.
"How are you doing, Melanie?" Steve asked, followed by a tiny, "okay," from Mel.
"That's good," Steve said with a smile, trying to put Nicole's friend at ease.
"And, so uh, how's Nicole?" Steve dropped the question as plainly as possible.
Melanie pauses before replying,
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