I should drop off a prompt as well, should I not:
I just did something that I never believed I would end up doing.
“I’m bored .” Tony said to me
“ You’re always bored .” I told him
“ Tommy is having a party at his house, but no girls are allowed, so I’m stuck here with you .” My brother told me as he smacked the side of my head and walked away .
“ Do you want to play Guess Who? “ I asked him
“ Guess who are for babies .”
“ Why can’t I come along to your party ?”
“ Because you’re a girl duh !”
“ Because you’re a girl duh !” I mimicked him
“ What do you want to play then ? “
“ Leave me alone you moron !” Tony said as he slammed the door at my face .
“My name is Arlene !” I said stomping my feet
“ Whatever moron !”
I picked up my iPad and asked “Siri ? What does moron means? “
“ Moron is an informal term, it means a stupid person .” Siri retorted back . I tossed the tablet onto the floor .
Tony and I used to be close - until he entered the 6th grade. When I was a baby , Tony would push me around in my stroller for hours, last year - he lets me play with his legos and blocks and we would play pretend super hero and slide down the stairs on a pillow together.
Sadly, that all changed last month - he’s in the sixth grade now and sixth graders don’t play with 9 years old girl .
Tonight was our parents anniversary , they went out to eat snails at some fancy French restaurant, grown ups are so weird - I never understood why anyone would pay so much to eat snails and drink nail polish remover.
Suddenly ! An idea came across my mind .
I quickly ran down to our basement and grabbed the Ouija board that I heard Tony telling his friends about last week while we were walking to school .
“ Tony! I have a great idea !” I said knocking at his door “ I bet if you brought the Ouija board to the party they’ll let me tag along .” I said
He opened the door to his room and said “ Ok ok you can tag along if you want, happy ?”
We packed our stuff and started walking over to Tommy’s house . When we got there - Tommy opened the door and said “ Hey Tony , hello little Arlene .” He teases me
“ I’m 9 years old !” I said to him
Tommy and Tony laughed - “ Come on let’s climb up to the treehouse in the backyard !”
“ Guess what I found in my dads basement ! “ Tony said to Tommy
“You mean, I found it .” I reminded him
“ Shut up !” Tony said glaring at me
I followed them up to the treehouse - there were 2 other boys up in the treehouse already - Seth who visit my house often some other guy in a red hoodie
“Seth, Felix, this is Tony’s baby sister , she’s tagging along bc she can’t be home alone on her own - she’s only 9 !”
The boys laughed . I glared at them .
“Who wants to play first ?”
“ I will!” I said
“ Who wants to play with Arlene !” Tommy shouted
Nobody said anything .
“ I’ll play with the moron , she’s my sister after all.”
Tony said.
All the boys laughed .
I’m not a stupid person , I thought to myself .
“ Ok guys - it’s 8 now so we only have an hour to play- let’s see first place your hand and fingers into the planchette “ Seth read the direction aloud .
“ Are you real?” I asked the board .
We waited for a while then the planchette started moving ...
“ Whoa did you do that ?” I asked Tony
He looked at me in the eyes and said “ No .”
“ Is my favorite color red ?” Tony asked
The planchette spelled B L U E
The boys moved closer to the board
“ Ask the board something scary !” Felix said
“ Are you a ghost ?” I asked
“ stupid question, call up Bloody Mary !” Tommy said
“ Can you call out Bloody Mary ?” Tony asked
The planchette moved to maybe and pointed to the number 3 .
“ Maybe it wants you to call out her name 3 times “ Seth said .
“ Bloody Mary ...” Tony and I said together slowly “ Bloody Mary...Bloody Mary .....”
“ Im here , you called for me .” I said in an extremely low raspy voice
“Arlene stop playing around .” Tony said
I turned my head to him and locked eyes with him “Tony help !” I said in my normal voice and then I changed my voice back to raspy “ Arlene won’t be here much longer- but do you guys want to play ???” I stood up and my body started shaking “ Get out of me ...I won’t - you summoned - I’m thirsty for blood tonight .” I turned my head to Tommy and smiled “ I heard you guys said no girls allowed in this party ,
I’ll get rid of Arlene...No please don’t ....yes yes ..I’m thirsty for blood .”
“ Tony ask the board to take her away when you can !” I said in a nervous voice “ No my child - we share a body now , my soul is within you .” I said grabbing my head and grinning at Tommy , Seth and Felix .
The boys screamed .
“Tony do something !” Felix stuttered
“ Can you make Bloody Mary to go away !” Seth said to the Ouija board “ I think it wants Tony ! “
“ Tony ask the board to make Bloody Mary go away ! Hurry “ Tommy urges .
“ Can you make Bloody Mary go away!” Tony asked nervously - his face was pale .
“ Never!” I said laughing aloud hysterically and tossed the board at the boys “ Can’t believe you guys really believe that, gotcha !”
Tommy laughed and said “ Good one Arlene - you totally fooled us , especially Tony , you’re pretty neat! I wish I had a sister like you .” And gave me a high five .
“ Hey Tony ! Are you scared ?” I said giggling
“ I’m telling mom.” Tony said
“ She won’t believe you, moron!” I winked at him . I surprise myself sometimes , I just did something that I never believed I would end up doing.