CHAPTER EIGHTChantelle: My garden is so nice! I already have a tomato plant, lettuce plant, apple tree and a grape bush.
Katie: They’ve barely even sprouted yet!
Chantelle: I only planted them yesterday!
LaterKatie: It’s my Prom Night! I’m going to be woozy for a week!
Hank: More like troublemaking for a week.
Katie: Dad! I’m 16, not 6!
Hank: 6 year olds don’t go to proms…!
Katie: I – Oops the limo’s here. Bye!
*Runs out door*Carter: Ooh, sweet! A white limo. We should hire this when we get
married.
Katie: We’ve only been going steady for, like, one and a half weeks!
At the PromKatie: Aren’t you coming, baby? They’re playing your favourite, Miley Cyrus!!
Carter: Katie, I told you to keep that a secret…
The next morningChantelle: Hi sweety! Did you have fun at the Prom?
Katie: Yes! I got voted Prom Queen.
Chantelle: Awesome! I knew spending §3000 on a dress would come in
handy!
Katie: That much?
Chantelle: Yeah. Anyway, may I take a photograph of your prom photograph?
Katie: Oh sorry, they used to use Polaroids to capture the photographs, but the school wants to modernise everything…now they use digital cameras. The camera people are developing it as we speak.
Chantelle: A shame really. Well, here’s a photo of Katie’s crown.
Tomorrow morningKatie: PLEASE take me to school in your limo!!
Chantelle: You have asked me this 15 130 576 947 times! YES!!
Katie: Sorry mum!
A few days laterHank: ANOTHER house? Really? This is our fifth one in 17 years!
Chantelle: Perhaps I should bulldoze and order something bigger…
Katie: Mum! This one is fine! Really! BTW, love the fountain.
Chantelle: Thank you dear, it only cost §450.
Kitchen
Living Room
Bedrooms
LaterKatie: Look mum, Mochas flirting with another dog!
Chantelle: Hee hee, let’s hope they make some puppies!
Katie: Mum, that is really gross.
Chantelle: Sorry, but I just love puppies.
Katie: THEY’RE NUZZLING!!! This is a good sign!
Chantelle: Good, gimme some puppy cuteness!
Hank: They haven’t even tried for puppies yet.
Later, at the pondHank: I CAUGHT AN ANGELFISH! Now I’ll go into the graveyard tonight and catch some deathfish to make my beloved wife and daughter immortal.
Later, at the libraryChantelle:
*thinking* Judy Bunch is dying! Oh no, oh no! She was such a good friend to me!Chantelle:
There he is…Death.Chantelle:
I’ve just had a horrible thought! I shall live on, while Hank, and all of my descendant’s spouses, die. And what if Katie has more than one child? They will die too. What have I got myself into?LaterChantelle: OK, on happier terms, Katie’s prom photo came in the mail today. It looks a little funny, perhaps the school had a faulty camera which makes Carter’s leg pass through Katie’s dress?
MeanwhileHank: I caught a deathfish! Hooray! This could be sold for over §200!
TomorrowKatie: It’s my young adult birthday! I am now becoming ‘fully mature’.
Katie: Ick! Get me out of these horrible clothes, quick! Hey, that rhymes!
Chantelle: Makeover time!
Katie: Phew. I think I’ll get rid of these purple tips as an act of maturity. *sniff*
That evening, at the beachCarter: Katie! Your makeover looks hot.
Katie: Thanks Carter. You look absolutely beautiful too *giggle*.
Katie: Oh…Carter…you’re so romantic…
Katie: Carter, I love you so much and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?
Carter: YES! YES!
Carter: I love you Katie Blackburn.
NEXT TIME: Katie's wedding and a holiday!