“So they expect us to just... what? Roll around.” Emily says to Niko,
“That seems to be what’s implied,” Skylar’s father says, turning his puffy face towards the two teens,
“O-oh, hi... you’re Skylar’s father, right?” Niko asks him,
“Yes, that would be me,” he replies, “and the woman slowly floating around the kitchen is her mother,”
“Can I just take this opportunity to say that your daughter is a bitch... not just for this,” Emily chimes in,
“Hey!” Mia yells, “don’t say bad words...” she says a little quieter and awkwardly as she looks into Emily’s eyes.
“Please don’t swear in front of my daughters!” Skylar’s mother says from above everyone,
“Oh, sorry.” Emily says, however still smirking,
“Is there... any suggestions of how to get us out of this mess?” Niko asks, rationally.
Nobody responds. Everyone’s eyes shift amongst each other, no answers in the air.
“Great,” Niko remarks.
Everybody stands, or sits, or... wobbles... in place, awkwardly.
Then, from the far left, Mia begins to cry.
Emily and Niko look at each other awkwardly again, “didn’t John say he had everything under control?” Niko says quietly to Emily,
“Well... he said ‘trust me’ I think... but I’m having doubts. I mean, we walked in here and it was just a total mess, and he wasn’t even trying to hide it. He handed the damn ring over to-”
“Watch your mouth, young lady!” Skylar’s mother yelled from across the room,
“What?” Emily responded,
“You said the D word, we don’t use that in this house,”
“Huh!? Niko, when did I say dick?”
“Uhh...” Niko said in response,
“How dare you!” Her mother yelled again,
“So you’re one of those mom’s, I get it. I’d bet you’d love to hear about my lesbian sex life, too!” She yelled back,
Niko could see her disgusted and angered facial expression and could just tell where this would end up going. Emily was losing control and getting defensive. This had to have happened at least once a month. But at least this time the situation was unique, very unique.
That’s when he noticed something, amid the firefight, Niko noticed Mia attempting to roll over. Confused, he watched closer. Her eyes were on something, he looked over.
In the living room, on the floor, right next to the coffee table, he saw a notebook and pen.
He squinted his eyes to read the book, written inside, he could only faintly work out two words.
‘I wish’
Niko knew exactly what it was. A pen that could make wishes too. That must've been what had caused everything to happen. But how the hell was he going to get it.
He tried what Mia was doing, he pushed himself forwards, managing to only rock himself a little forward, causing him to wobble like a bobble head.
Then he thought of something, something that didn’t make sense... but maybe it would work. Maybe if this book really did let someone make wishes.
His body suddenly deflated, within seconds, not even much of a transformation, his body returned to normal. He looked down,
“Holy shit, it worked,”
He expected Skylar’s mother to tell him off, but she didn’t. He looked up, she was just looking at him, confused.
“H-how did you do that?” Emily asked,
Niko knew it would work. He quickly walked over to the notebook. He picked it up, the pen with it, and wrote ‘20 seconds ago, I will return back to normal,”
Proud of himself, Niko looked around at the inflated individuals, thinking of what to do next?