Lost In The Snow

Chapter 2 <~>

"It will be cold now! We were going to wait but it has been an hour!" scolded mum.
"Yeah Sienna!" the twins smirked in unison. Mum smiled at them and carried on eating. She liked them more than me. You could tell. She didn't say but I'm not stupid! Whereas it was the other way around with dad and they knew it. I sat opposite Jenny. She kicked me. I wasn't a grass so I didn't tell- revenge is better.
"Owww! Sienna kicked me!" Jenny shouted faking tears.
"Oh Sienna! I have about had it with you! Get upstairs!" mum screamed. Dad opened his mouth to speak but with mum you can't argue... Me and dad wolfed up our dinner and got up.
"Where do you think your going Stuart?" asked mum.
"Upstairs Julia!" dad replied rudely. We ran upstairs, shut the door and burst into giggles. Dad brought up his laptop so we could look more at Austria. We looked at the hotel: a little lodge resort on a huge mountain. That was all Austria really was: beautiful, white, massive mountains and hills. I loved it!
"When can we go daddy?" I asked excitedly.
"Hmm. Well. I asked your mother and she said next week,"
"So, which day?" I asked.
"Oh Cici! Your so excitable! We're going on Friday!"
"Woohoo! It's Wednesday today!"
"Well done!" dad said sarcastically.
"Let's book it!" I smiled.
"Ok!" we were really close because there are 5 of us and only 10 seats left- in first class. We may be farmers that live in Kansas but we do have some class!
"Do Penny and Jenny know yet?"
"No..." I screamed and started to do a silly dance. I had never been told first before! As we search the web for Austria images I thought about mum. Mums full name is Juliette but everyone calls her Julie. She is half French and was born in Paris. She and dad met at school. Dad and a few of his friends were chosen to go on a school field trip- to Paris. When there he fell in love with a waitress called Juliette Von Doe, mum to us. Now she's married, it's Mr Stuart and Mrs Julie Chasing. Mum has a blonde/grey bob, is 47 and always tries to look nice. Dad on the other hand, has black/brown hair, is also 47 and doesn't care about appearance. Then there's the twins. They both have jet black waist length hair and dark, mysterious, grey hair. Mum makes a powerful enemy so I always try to stay in her good books- I'm not today though, clearly!
"Mouse!" mum screamed petrified.
"Our chance to get on her good side Sienna!" dad winked. We both belted down the stairs to find the rodent. The twins were watching our old TV whilst mum was stood on a chair. Typical! Then right before our eyes was a big, fat, brown mouse! I was scared but, whilst dad was getting a trap, I ran to the fridge to get some cheese I forgot to throw away earlier.
"Eww!" I shouted heaving at the smell. With the help of dad the mouse was killed and thrown out of the window.
"Won't the chickens eat it?" I asked, puzzled at where he had thrown it.
"Maybe," Penny said looking at Jenny.
"Probably," she replied looking back.
"Hopefully," she said again standing up.
"Surely!" Penny smiled. They bowed and walked out keeping a straight face well.
"What have they been watching on TV, Julie baby?" dad asked. They both laughed. They may be old but they still had a love life... That evening when we were playing cards, dad made an announcement.
"Tomorrow we must pack our bags and visit Toby," he said.
"Why?" Penny demanded.
"Well. On Friday, at 7:00pm a plane leaves to Austria-"
"To where?" Jenny asked puzzled.
"Austria, now hush Jen!" whispered mum. Jenny blushed and moved next to her sister.
"We're on that plane..." the twins' jaws' dropped.
"It's for 3 weeks..." Even I didn't know that!
"Miranda and Toby need to look after the farm," mum continued.
"And guess what! He told me first!" I smirked.
"Sienna Laura Chasing! Get to bed!" mum shouted.
"Night night!" the twins smirked.
"Bed!" dad shouted to them. I was looking forward to tomorrow...