English Legacy: The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite (Chapter 35)

This here is the place I will be staying.
There isn't a number. You can call the pay phone.
Let it ring a long, long, long, long time.
If I don't pick up, hang up, call back, let it ring some more.
If I don't pick up, pick up... The sidewinder sleeps, sleeps, sleeps in a coil

Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her.

Hello? Anyone awake? Deanna? Elizabeth? Hmm... everyone's asleep.

Hang on, there's a light on in the kitchen...
Score! There's some of Liz's leftover French Toast in here!

Zebulon? What are you doing up this late? Or rather, this early?
Grabbing something to eat. I just got up - I'd been on Toddler Watch after getting home from work at the hospital. What bring You by at five in the morning? Wait! Don't tell me; you're here "to see what the English family has been up to!" Like anyone believes that.

I see my reputation precedes me. Well, since you're awake, might as well spill it.
Not too much out of the ordinary - Elizabeth immediately hit the treadmill to get her figure back after Andrew was born, and Brendan was more than happy to train her for a change. He's made it to a Starter for the Llamas, and they actually won his first game, 17-0.

Pretty soon, it was the kids' birthday... boy, the two of them grew up so fast, it seems. We invited Aunt Latricia and Uncle Christopher over, but oddly, only Aunt Latricia showed up. Little Andrew seemed shocked when he transitioned.

Hmmm... not bad. What about Jessica, your daughter?

I know who she is, Creator-dude. Oh, she blew out her cake right after that.
Aww. She turned out pretty cute. Wait a minute..... did you send her to the mirror?

Nope. That's my little Jessica, box-stock, as it were. Notice how she's got the exact same hair color as her mother?

Yes... that's REALLY odd because...

...Because that isn't Deanna's natural hair color. Or mine, for that matter. What was in that potion Great-Grandma Laurel used to dye Dee's hair?

Beats me.... it didn't seem to have the quite the same effect on Elizabeth - both Cassandra and Andrew inherited Brendan's hair color.
Well, sounds like it was quite an interesting birthday party.

Deadly, you mean. I swear, people are going to start screaming in fear if they get a birthday invitation from us! Remember how Aunt Latricia showed up, but Uncle Chris didn't?

Yeah?
Well, he probably didn't come because he didn't want to watch his wife die!
Oi vay. So, looks like Grimmy made another visit to the homestead? Sometimes I think we should make a room for him in the house. Not a terrible fancy urn she's leaving behind - guess she never got to the top of the Medical track. Looks like you'll be getting a new boss at work.
Looks like it. speaking of Mr. Reaper, apparently he and Kevin are quite acquainted now... he hung around after collecting Aunt Latricia, and was telling Kevin how his job gives him the blues sometimes.

* facepalm * Oh Me, another comedian. Anyway, so what happened next?
Oh, since Latricia's portrait is hanging in the house, Deanna went ahead and buried her in the backyard cemetery. I asked her what was up with the sunflowers, and Dee replied she just planted them because Aunt Latricia's headstone was so plain. She was always loved. Even if Justin turned out Evil, somehow.

Whoops, hold up for a second, the table is floating.
Ghosts again, huh?

Yeah. Turns out whomever, or rather, Whomever, redid the cemetery put the gate back on, so now the ghosts can come back at night.
Straight onto the computer again, still.

Yeah. At least they don't eat anything... occasionally they get something from the coffee maker, but that's about it. Whoops, hear that? Jessica's awake. Time for me to go finish teaching my little girl how to talk. Later, Creator.