Six Hours

     Mera went back walked out of her mothers room and into the little kitchen. She jumped up on the kitchen counter and opened the top cabinet. She reached as far back as possible and felt around for her secret stash. "Yes," she whispered to herself as she pulled down a box of cookies. Mera's mother began knocking on something. Mera jumped off the counter and hurried to see what her mother needed. When she walked into the room her mother was holding up her board.


     "What cookie are you talking about. We don't have any cookies," Mera told her. Her mother flipped the board back towards herself and wrote something down then showed it to her lying daughter. "Of course I'd never lie to you mommy," she said with a wicked smile on her face. Her mother put down the board and raised her hands motioning for a hug. Mera slid the box into her waist band and gave her mom a hug. When she leant in for the hug her mother got hold of the box and stole the cookies. "Crap Lily's going to kill me."


     Her mother tore the box open and grabbed a cookie and shoved it in her mouth. Mera just stood there and watched as her mother stuffed her face with cookies. Eventually her sugar monitor started beeping and Mera had to pry the box away from her. "You know for someone that's so sick you have quit a grip young lady," Mera said. This caused her mother to start giggling and she loosen her grip on the box. Mera yanked the box back. She looked in the box and all she found was five cookies and a tooth. Mera didn't say anything she quickly left the room and put the tooth in the trash.


     "Mom," she said reentering the room. "You put a hurt on that box. Lily really is going to kill me this time," Mera looked at her mom. Her mom was holding a needle. "It hasn't been six hours yet mom," she told her. Then her mother shook her head and point to a box labeled penicillin. "What's this going to do?" she asked. Then her mother pointed a her sugar monitor. "Are you sure?" she asked. Her mother shook her head yes. "Okay," Mera took the needle. "You better not get me in trouble," she said as she administered the medicine.
     Eventually her mother dozed off and Mera finished off the box of cookies. She took the empty box outback and tossed it in a tin trash can. She then walked over to a little bench and grabbed a box of matches. She stroke one and tossed it in the tin. But nothing happened. So she went back over to the bench and got some lighter fluid and added it in. She stroke another match, and tossed it in. There was a quick burst of flames then it quickly died down.
    "MERA WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" Lily yelled from the other side of the fence.
    "Sorry, Mera's not hear right now please leave a message after the beep," she yelled while she looked around for the lid to the trash can.
     BANG! BANG! BANG!
     "Holy shit let me in," Lily yelled. Mera ran tot he door and opened it. Both of the girls scattered into the house and locked the door behind them.
     "Are you okay," Mera asked her sister.
     "Yeah," Lily smiled holding up a little box.
     "What's that?" Mera asked.Lily pushed the button and a loud bang noise came from the box. "I'm telling mom."