This choice: No, and she goes straight to dinner • Go Back...Chapter #6No, and she goes straight to dinner by: Tisch   Time passed, Jack waiting all the while. He knew that his sister took her time in the bathroom, but this seemed to take more time than what Izzy was accustomed of doing. After what Jack could only assume as a half an hour passed, he decided he may be able to get out of the sock drawer and make his escape. Jack crept out of the sock he had crawled into and reached for the walls of the drawer. It was incredibly dark in here, he was barely able to see a foot in front of him. But, using the walls as a guide, Jack poked his way around and pounded on the walls, hoping to hear and/or feel a slightly hollow area behind one of the four corners, which would indicate the front of the drawer. After taking a few moments to get around, Jack finally was able to do so successfully.
"Sweet!" he thought aloud. But now Jack had to try and open the drawer from the inside at his small stature. He knew he was limited on time. Granted, dinner normally took a half hour to forty five minutes to get through, but still. In this dark box, keeping track of time was extremely difficult. Thinking he could possibly cllmb up the front of the box to the tiny slit separating the drawer itself and Izzy's closet wall, Jack jumped and clawed. It was no use. Climbing at a ninety degree angle without any sort of leverage was going to go nowhere. But, as he fell onto one of Izzy's socks, an idea popped into Jack's mind.
He grabbed the nearest sock and thrust it upwards, hoping part of the sock would catch the edge. For the first few tries, it was useless. However, On perhaps the eighth or ninth try, Jack managed to snag the edge of the slit and hauled himself up the sock. From there, Jack stuck his arm into the barely open area and managed to create a larger gap. As he created a larger and larger gap, Jack was able to just push open the drawer enough to fit his body through. Now having successfully created a large enough gap, Jack exited the drawer and was standing on Izzy's furniture. Without any time to waste Jack booked it across the structure and found himself near the end of Izzy's bed.
"Okay, you can do this. Don't overthink this, dude," Jack reassured himself. The jump from the stand to Izzy's bed seemed like a pretty significant distance, but it was possible. Getting a running start, Jack leaped off. The thrill of the fall was exhilerating for him, but at the same time, quite terrifying. Jack screamed, but the view of Izzy's bedsheets grew nearer and nearer, and her bed post further and further behind him. With a soft plop, Jack landed on the bed, safe and sound. "Holy crap," he sighed, "Not going to lie, that was pretty cool". Taking a moment to breathe, Jack stayed put. He began contemplating what he should do next, not knowing how much longer the family would be eating.
After thinking for a moment, what does Jack decide to do?   indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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