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stared
at Astrid and finally said “for real? Spread is what you laugh at,
is that the kind of person you want to become?” Waverly could
barely keep a straight face and Astrid started cracking up. “What
in the word is so funny?” Astrid’s mother said as she stood in the
doorway with crackers and cheese and fruit all beautifully arranged
on a special plate used for just such an occasion. “We are just
being stupid” Astrid said grabbing a handful of berries. “My…what a
special talent you girls have” her mother said winking and she bent
to kiss Astrid on the forehead. “My tiny, special girls” she said
laughing. “Thanks for the food, now get out of my room old woman”
Astrid said smiling as she hugged her mom back. Waverly just
stared, her mother had no sense of humor what so ever, and she
would be vacuuming the whole house if she spoke to her mother in
such a manner. She did envy Astrid’s family. That was for sure. “I
wish my mom was that cool and awesome” she said to Astrid after her
mom had left. “I have one question for you my dearest…and please
don’t take offense…” “What question would that be, my dear?”
Waverly asked. “Well darling, Astrid began…how in the world did you
know that Kate’s dog would be in the cemetery?
     

Chapter 11
     
    Astrid awoke to a very bright light. Her
mother was taking down the curtains in her room. “What are you
doing Madre?” She asked in a sleepy voice. Her mother still loved
the sound of Astrid’s morning voice; it meant that a part of her
baby was still in that body somewhere. “Taking down the window
treatments and measuring, I want to get started on the
redecorating; I’ll go ahead and assume you want black curtains for
your crypt.” Astrid hadn’t thought about that but black seemed
legit. Her mother took down the lighting fixture as well. “What are
your feelings on damask?” Astrid still didn’t know. “I’m not quite
clear on the whole damask concept maybe you can show me at the
fabric store, I know how you so desperately love swatches.” Her
mother winked at her. “Cute. And yes, I do love a good swatch, now
get dressed and ready and we’ll go to the home improvement store
and get started on this room of yours.” Astrid got dressed and was
pulling her hair up into a messy bun when her father yelled up the
stairs to her. “Gimme a sec dad, I’ll be right down.” Her father
yelled up again for her to come downstairs, so she went over to the
top of the stairs. “I’ll be down in one second father…where’s the
fire?” She smiled, and her father smiled and yelled back to her.
“In the front yard my love.” He said pointing towards the front
door. Puzzled, Astrid ran down the stairs and peeked out the window
by the front door. What she saw made her heart race. She called
Waverly and said “get over here FAST “and hung up the phone.
“Daddy, what do I do?” She asked. “Oh don’t ask me, this is your
summer job, I’m quite sure you’ll figure it out, but I suppose step
one would be going outside.” Astrid gulped as she slid on her flip
flops and opened the front door. She couldn’t believe all the
people in the front yard, there must be fifty of them…ok, well
maybe not that many, but a lot for sure. Just then, Waverly rode up
on her bike and was weaving her way through the people standing
around in the yard. “Wave, what the H do we do with all these
people?” Astrid said mid panic-attack. “Relax.” Waverly said as she
tied her hair up on top of her head. “The first thing we do is
raise the price.” Waverly grabbed the deck of cards and gave half
the deck to Astrid. “You go read on that side of the porch and I’ll
read on this side, it’ll be faster and we can make more money that
way…we don’t anyone leaving because they had to wait too long.”
This seemed like a good and bad idea to Astrid. “Waverly, may I
remind you of one teensy problem? We still have no idea what we’re
doing.”