“Aww, Rox! Can’t I have just a little bit of ice cream?”

“NO!! You’ve had your fill! And besides, I need all the comfort food I can get!”

“But I said I was sorry, I didn’t mean to get us stuck in the middle of the ocean.”

“I don’t care! It’s taking all my freewill to stop myself from having a heart attack! And no offense, but you’re not helping!”

“Look on the -BZT!!- bright side Miss Summers. You’ll get to concur your fear of -BZT!!- water.”

“YOU’RE NOT HELPING EITHER!”

The teenager sat in the corner of the room, rocking back and forth and holding onto an ice cream container for dear life. Maya and Butler were watching her carefully. They had decided to have a truce until this whole mess was over with, or until Roxanne stopped acting insane...

...er, more insane.

“Its okay,” Roxanne said to herself after shoving the last spoonful of ice cream into her mouth. “Its okay, the current will take us back to the shore. The current will take us back to the shore. The current will take us back to the shore!”

“Um, actually Miss Summers -BZT!!- the tide won’t take us back towards the shore until nightfall.” Butler said matter-o-factly. “And that’s if it happens at all, which is really unlikely.”

“SHUT UP FLOATING MARSHMELLOW!!” Roxanne screamed, throwing the empty ice cream container at him.

Butler floated out of the way easily. “I think you made her worse.” Maya told him.

“You think I don’t already -BZT!!- know that!” Butler snapped. “She’s obviously gone into panic and -BZT!!- is now starting to hallucinate. We’ll have to snap her out of it somehow.”

Maya snapped her fingers in front of Roxanne’s face. “It didn’t work.”

Butler sighed. “Well try something else!” he yelled. “Maybe you should -BZT!!- slap her or something?”

“I can’t do that!” Maya gasped. “I’m pretty sure Roxanne wouldn’t like it.”

“-BZT!!- Not to be rude Miss Maya but I don’t care!” Butler snapped angrily, sick of being stuck on a boat with these teenagers. “Now move aside -BZT!!- I’ll take care of it.”

Maya obeyed and went over to stand behind the floating eyeball while a robotic, glove-like hand came out from behind him. “Excuse me Miss Summers -BZT!!- Hopefully you won’t remember this when you get back what little sanity you have left again.”

SMACK!!

“OUCH!! BUTLER!! What the heck was that for?!” Roxanne demanded, finally coming back to her senses. She then licked her lips and a look of disgust crossed her face. “Have I been eating ice cream?”

Both Maya and Butler nodded.

“Oh crap. I’ll be back in a second,” she said before running out of the room and back onto the deck. Heaving noises could be heard for a few minutes then Roxanne screamed something about ‘evil water’ and came running back in and hid under the dining table.

“Told you she’d be back to normal,” Butler said to Maya, he then turned to Roxanne and peeked at her under the table. “You do know that -BZT!!- that there is a restroom in here right?”

“Shut your face Butler before I throw up on you too!” Roxanne snapped, crawling out from under the table. “And besides, I don’t think that my dad would appreciate it if I puked in his boat.”

Maya rushed over to her friend’s side. “Rox! Thank goodness you’re not speaking gibberish any more!” she said happily, helping Rox up from the ground. “I don’t think it would be a good idea to eat any more ice cream.”

“You can say that again,” Roxanne agreed. She sighed sadly. “I’m just scared, that’s all.”

“Why?” Maya asked cautiously. “I know its not my business, but why you’re so scared of the water.”

Roxanne sighed again. “Well I guess I should tell you, after all I’d rather talk to you rather than another psychiatrist,” she joked, laughing a little bit. “But! It will probably be extremely boring.”

Maya just sat in one of the closest chairs. “I’m listening,” she said cheerfully.
Now Butler sighed. “Well it’s about bloody time.” he said in relief. “How many chapters has it been already?”

“Stop breaking the fourth wall!” Roxanne ordered, pointing and accusing finger at him. She then sat on another chair and rested her feet on the table, not caring that she was scuffing up the nice wood.

Maya just stared at them. She had no idea what they we’re talking about so she thought it were best to ignore them. “So Rox, what happened?”

“Well,” Roxanne started, “It all started when I was 5. My family and I used to live in England and every summer we’d go to Scotland, it was our traditional holiday.”

“So you went to Scotland to play golf?” Maya asked, not quite sure what that had do to with a fear of water.

“Well that was one of the reasons,” Roxanne answered. “But it was mostly because my dad had a weird obsession with trying to find the Loch Ness monster.”
“What?” Maya asked. “Isn’t that a myth?

“Hey! Where’d you think I got my insanity from?” Roxanne asked back. “Every one of my dad’s ancestors was obsessed with the Loch Ness monster. The rumour is that my dad’s grandfather was kicked out of Scotland because he raved on about Nessie so much. He then moved to England and met a woman who was kicked out of France because she was always complaining about the snails. I myself think it’s a stupid rumour and whoever made it up is an idiot.”

“Yeah it is,” Maya agreed. “Who made it up?”

“I did!” Roxanne said proudly. “Enough about that! I better start getting on with the story before this chapter gets to long.”

“-BZT!!- Now who’s breaking the fourth wall?” Butler asked mockingly.

“Shut up ya bucket of nuts and bolts!” Roxanne snapped, shaking her fist at him.
Maya still had no idea what they were talking about so she ignored them again. “What happened in Scotland Rox?”

“Ahem! Well as I was saying, this all happened in Loch Ness, Scotland,” Roxanne explained. “It was the usual family trip and I was getting ready to go on the boat that would take us out on the Loch...”


*FLASHBACK TIME*


“Roxanne! It’s almost time to get on the boat!” Maria called as she was about to leave the hotel room.

“Comin’!” the little girl called back. She smiled cheekily as she came rushing in, stomping in her big rain boots that clashed horribly with the cute pink jumpsuit she was wearing. “I’m ready!”

“Sweetie, are you sure you want to wear that?” the nanny asked, trying not to laugh at the young girls clothes. “It might get cold.”

Roxanne then frowned. “But Caitlin said I had to wear it,” she argued. “I didn’t want to but she said it made me look cute. I think it sucks!”

“Roxanne! What have I told you about using foul language?” Maria asked, crossing her arms like a responsible parent, trying to teach her child how to behave properly.

The little girl shuffled her feet and looked down shamefully. “To not too,” she said sadly. “I’m sorry Maria.”

The nanny smiled sweetly and knelled down to give Roxanne a hug. “It’s alright, just don’t do it again,” she said happily. “Come on, we better hurry or we’ll keep your dad waiting.”

The two stopped in their tracks as a blonde nine-year-old girl ran up to them. She was wearing a light blue jumpsuit that seemed to match the one that Roxanne was wearing. “Hi Maria! Hi sis!”

“Hey Caitlin,” Roxanne grumbled, glaring at her older sister for making them wear matching outfits.

“Oh hello sweetie, why aren’t you on the boat?” Maria asked. “We’re going to explore the Loch any minute.”

“Well I just came to tell you some totally cool news!” Caitlin said excitedly. “My mum’s coming with us! Cool huh?!”

“What?!” Roxanne yelled, her eyes starting to look panicked. “But she can’t be here! This is are special holiday! Not hers!”

“Don’t be so selfish Roxy! Life’s not all about you, ya know!” Caitlin snapped and then happily skipped away.


*FLASHBACK INTERMISSION*


“Wait!” Maya said, interrupting Roxanne’s awesome story telling skills. “Your sisters mum?! So you and your sister are only like half-sisters?”

Roxanne sighed. “Yeah, before my dad met my mum he was married to a woman by the name of Delilah Oxford,” she explained. “She wasn’t exactly the nicest person around and bugged him a lot. A few years after she had my big sister he finally got the courage to divorce her. When she found out that dad got together with another woman and had a kid, aka me, she was furious and now spends her time annoying the crap out of me and the rest of my family.”

“Wow, she sounds like a real jerk,” Maya agreed. “But if she and your dad are divorced why is she still hanging around?”

“Beats me,” Roxanne shrugged. “But I think that it’s because she wants to get back with my dad because he’s rich and stuff. Plus I think she really hates me.”

“What makes you say that?” Maya asked.

“I will tell you later,” Roxanne answered. “In the next chapter!”

“You’re doing it again!” Butler yelled angrily. “How come you’re allowed to -BZT!!- break the fourth wall and I’m not?!”

“Because I’m more awesome than you!” the teenager snapped.

Maya just stared at them as they both argued. Maybe it was best to ignore them again.