Chapter 47
The time was rolling around 11:30 PM. "Mom said that we should be in bed by 11
o'clock, but she's in bed now. She won't know that we're up." "Be in bed by eleven. Yeah
right. Like that's going to happen. Anyways, it's 11:30," Kristin
said. "What should we do now?" Kate asked. "Let's go outside and play
ditch," Beth suggested. "Ditch? What's ditch?" Taylor questioned.
"It's kinda like hide and go seek in the dark," Beth answered. "Cool,
I'll play," Zac said. "Ok then. Let's go, quick as a train," Kate said
as everyone but Kristin and Beth gave her strange looks. They were
used to her saying that. Isaac quietly opened the screen door so no
one would know they went outside. They all nominated Isaac to be it
first. "Ok, I'll give you 3 seconds," Isaac said as he started
counting. "Hey, wait a minute! I think you should count to at least
60 to let us find a decent place to hide," Taylor complained. "Ok,
fine. I'll count to 60," Isaac agreed. Everyone scrambled to find a
good hiding spot. Taylor, who was counting to himself, heard Isaac
say, "Ready or not, here I come!" After he had only counted up to 40.
Taylor jumped out from behind the garbage cans and yelled, "Hey that
wasn't 60 seconds, that was only 40!" "I found you, now you're it!
That was a pretty dumb move!" "What are you talking about? I shouldn't
be it, you didn't count all the way!" "So what, I would have looked
behind the garbage cans first anyway." "Fine! Everybody come out now!"
Taylor yelled. "Shhh!!!" Everyone hissed. "You're going to wake up
your parents!" Kate whispered. "Sorry," Taylor whispered back. "Ok,
now everyone go hide. I won't cheat on you when I count," Taylor said
as he covered his eyes and started counting at 1.