Chapter 25

"Okay, you win Sasha," Kelly said. "But there better not be any trouble from the boys while I'm gone."
Kelly led Jenn through a room filled with boxes, furniture, and some odd knickknacks. Jenn almost tripped over what looked like a medieval spinning wheel. "Ouch."
"Sorry," her guide apologized. "It's a bit crowded in here. A lot of them have tendency to start projects they never finish."
They walked across a short hallway to a mostly empty room where a group of people were sitting in lotus position while chanting the om. An older woman walked around correcting positions and putting oil on their foreheads.
The woman walked over to them "Kelly, I thought I told you to stay upstairs with the others."
"I know mom, but we have a visitor, and I thought.."
Kelly's mother cut her off with a wave of her hand. "Never mind. Next time it would be better to wait until we've finished with our meditations." She turned around and saw Jenn. "Hello, I didn't realize she brought you down here."
"Maybe I should take her to Fred's office."
"That sounds like a good idea."
Kelly took Jenn through the sanctuary and led her into an office where a short, bald man with more hair in the back than the top (which gave Jenn the impression that his hair was sliding down instead of him going bald) was frantically typing on a computer. "Hi, Fred," Kelly said. "This is.."
"No, no," Fred cut her off. "Let me see, Jessica, no, Daniel, Tiffany?" He struggled to remember her name.
"It's Jenn, and we haven't met before."
"Oh, that's good." Fred looked relieved. "But I'm not very good with names anyway."
"I got sent here by C.E.W.L., but nobody was around, so I just walked in and noticed fire in the kitchen so I put it out." Jenn explained this as if it was something she did everyday.
"Fire! Is everyone okay?"
"Yeah, it was just a small grease fire on the stove."
"Sorry," Kelly sheepishly apologized. "I guess that's my fault. We were hungry so I decided to fry some rice, and I got distracted because Billy wanted the batteries from the smoke detector for his game man, and..."
Fred cut her off, "Well, at least no one was hurt."
"But if I hadn't broken in all of you would have gotten killed!" Jenn was amazed.
"And you came, and nobody was hurt. Remember that our father looks out for us, and he knows all. He must have sent you to save us."
But it was still really irresponsible. Jenn kept this last thought to herself, realizing it would do no good.