The Descendants Series Vol. 1

Chapter 6

“I remember that, too,” Will said.  “I told my mom I wanted a twin so that we could both break our arms at the same time also.”  He laughed again.  “She told me I was crazy.”

“You are crazy,” I laughed.  “Why would you wish that?”

“I agree,” Remy said, and he shrugged.  “Hey, Will, do you remember pajama day in second grade?”

I started laughing as I glanced over at him.  “Oh, yeah,” I said.  “Didn’t you start crying because all of the little boys were making fun of you for wearing your Power Ranger pajamas instead of Batman or Superman ones?”

“Hey, those were my favorite ones,” he said, grinning.  “You know, I still have those.”

“Really?” I asked, grinning.

“Yep,” he said, nodding.  “You’re never supposed to get rid of your favorite pair of PJs.  It’s just like keeping a bear or blanket from when you were little.  I could probably still wear them now.  They’d just be really tight.”

That had me laughing again.

“Okay, now it’s my turn,” Will said.  “Do you remember in sixth grade when you two thought that one of our class lizards needed more exercise because it was just a little bit too fat, so you let it loose in the classroom?”

“I remember,” Remy said.  “I thought it was a genius idea, even though it wasn’t fat, just pregnant.”

“And it took forty-five minutes to find it in the cabinets.  The bad thing was, we got a week of detention and had to clean out the stupid thing’s cage,” I said.

“That was disgusting,” Remy said, shuddering at the memory.

“What about your sweet sixteen?” Will said, another smile on his face.

“Where our dad thought it would be funny to have you pop out of the cake?  Yeah, that was great…Not!” I said.

“You had to think that was a little bit funny,” he said.

“Yeah,” Remy said.  “And when we went to blow out the candles, you jumped out, scaring the crap out of us.”

“And since everyone was taking videos, it was on the internet the next day and our screams were very easily heard,” I said.

“I do have to admit, I tasted really good after that,” Will said.

“You were covered in frosting,” I said.  The image of him, covered in frosting, made me laugh. 

“It wasn’t just frosting.  It was really good frosting,” he said.

“We don’t know what it tasted like,” Remy said.  “We didn’t get to try it, since you were covered in it.”

I remembered our sweet sixteen, and how I was thinking it had to be the best sweet sixteen ever.  When Will had popped out of the cake, I thought I was going to faint.  I almost did, due to the fact that a totally gorgeous guy had jumped out of my cake.  I mean, wouldn’t anyone?

I yawned and felt my muscles relax as I lay back onto the ground.  I looked up through the leaves of the trees above me and looked for the stars.  Finally, after a few minutes of searching, I found them, twinkling in the night sky above me.  Somewhere, I didn’t know where, though, my parents were looking at the same sky, probably wondering where we were or even if we were still alive.  I wanted to send a message in the stars to them, just telling them we were okay, but I knew I wouldn’t be able to do it. 

I closed my eyes, a slight smile on my face, and hoped that we would somehow find a way out of this endless forest.