The Problem with Players

19. Avery

The problem with staying in Big Bird? It wasn’t exactly weatherproof. A few hours into the night, the roof started to leak over me. I placed a few bowls down to catch the rain, but unfortunately, the speed of the rain was coming faster and faster. “Geez, Willow. How do you live like this?”

I shot her a text message, though she might’ve been flying high in the sky.

Avery

Water is getting all over the place. Any tips?

A few minutes later, she replied from her layover.

Willow

Do a rain dance. It’s romantic.

Never in my life did I realize that my sister and I were more different than at that very moment.

Willow

It’s nature’s kisses.

Avery

Shut up, Willow.

She followed that up with a kissing emoji.

I put my phone away and went to work, trying to patch up the ceiling where the water dripped from. Then I went to the bathroom, and when I tried to flush it, water began to rise in the toilet instead of going down.

“No, no, no,” I barked as it overflowed. I grabbed the towels from the tiny shower and tossed them onto the floor. Just then, my patch on the ceiling came off, and water started rushing in quickly. “Nooo!” I screamed out, trying to grab everything I could of my stuff and Willow’s to avoid too much water damage.

I tossed all the important things into my car, then stuffed the hole in the roof with a sheet, which was getting drenched.

The floor was flooded with no signs of it getting better.

Avery

Really bad flooding. Not sure what to do.

Willow

Maybe take Nathan Pierce up on his offer for the night. Don’t worry about Big Bird. She’ll dry out when I get back home.

The amount of chill my little sister had was enough to give me gray hair. No wonder Daddy was bald.