Visit to the Blueberry Town Rough Draft

Visit to the Blueberry Town.

Carien flung the door to her house open. “Sarah I am home.” She walked inside and stretched her arms. “You are not going to belive the vaction I had to endure.” She threw her new sleek jacket onto the kitchen table. “Talk about a crazy experience. So there I was on a boat sipping some expensive wine.” She walked into the living room. “Sarah?”

Carien scratched at her dark hair. “Just where are you?” She hurried towards the stairwell. “Hello?” She rushed up to the second floor of the house. “You aren’t taking a nap or something are you?”

She flung the guest bed room door. “Got you. Huh?” The room was empty. “Where is she?” Carien took a few steps inside. “And what happened to all of her stuff?” She walked up to the bed as she noticed the piece of paper.

Carien. Sorry but you were out of town and I didn’t know how to reach you. I finnaly was able to get my own place. Isn’t that great? I just hope that the crazy nut jobs at Fredricks Fancy don’t find out about this one and track me down here.

Thank you again for letting me stay with you and I hope we can coutuine our relanohship. When you get back please call me. I hope to hear from you. But again I am sorry for not telling you sooner. I have been trying for so long for this and I just had to jump at this chance.

Love,

Sarah.

Carien set down and sighed. “So she is really gone?” She looked around the empty room. “And I was going to tell her about how I just escaped from Fredricks Fancy after having a severe growth spell. Oh and having to put up with multiple other giant people as well.” She sighed and dropped the letter. “Well I guess I should try and calling her.”

She pulled out her cellphone. “I am guessing she is expecting me.” Carien tapped her foot as the phone rang. “Why isn’t she picking up?”

“Hello this is Sarah Collinsworth. I can’t get to the phone right now. Please leave me a message.”

She narrowed her eyes. “Sarah. I don’t know what is going on but when you get this call me back. Ok. I have been through hell and back only to find out you are not here. I need to see you. Please call me. It’s Carien.”

She hung up. “Well now what?” She turned her head at the sound of the doorbell. “Oh wow. Maybe that is Sarah.” She rushed out of the room. “Maybe she is here to pick up something she forgot. What am I going to say to her? Oh god I need her new address.” She pulled to a stop at the front door and took a deep breath. “Just stay calm.”

Carien slowly opend the door. “Hello Sarah.”

Tess narrowed her eyes.  “Umm what?”

Carien’s cheeks turned red and gulped. “Oh hello Tess. I am sorry. What are you doing here?”

She pushed her way inside. “I have a bit of an offer. A road trip offer.”

Carien crossed her arms. “Tess I just got home from a vacation. I want to spend some time at home.”

“Look I need someone I can trust on this to help me out. I am going to open a dealership in a place that has been having some slight issues lately.”

“What are you talking about?”

Tess pulled out her phone. “Look. This is where Penny wants me to open my shop. BurnsBerry. But there are rourmers that people have been turning into blueberry’s there.”

Carien laughed. “That is absured. People can’t turn into blueberries.”

Tess shook her head and blinked her green eyes. “I mean it. Look at this.” She started a video on her phone.”

***

“Your skin. It is turning blue.”

“Blue!?” She looked at her hands and the creeping violet color that crept up towards her fingertips. “What is going on?”

“You tell me. What kind of prank is this?” He grabbed her by her shirt. “You think this is funny to pull for your first time on live television?”

She pushed him away. “Let go of me. I have enough issues. Look at me. My skin is all blue.” She ran her hands all over her body. “Ugh, and I feel all bubbly all of a sudden. I need to go use the restroom.”

Garry grabbed her arm. “Not until you finish your report.”

Her eyes widened as her entire pupil turned blue.

“You have got to be kidding me. There is something wrong here, and all you are concerned about is your story?”

“Yes, now sit your but down and tell everyone about it. The sooner you do, the sooner you can go and figure out what is making your break out in blue.”

Sandra sighed and turned towards the camera. “Well, umm, there wasn’t too much else to report. So me and my cameraman Henderson arrived on the scene, and we just couldn’t figure out what had. . . Ugh.” She put her hands on the desk. “It feels like my insides are swirling.”

***

Carien blinked her eyes. “What in the world did I just watch?”

Tess pulled her phone away. “It was a news coverage a few weeks ago. One of their casters turned into a giant blueberry right on camera. Look I want someone I know to come with me when I go to this place.”

“Tess. I don’t know.”

She grabbed Carien’s hands. “Please. You just have to stay until I get the building up and going. Possibly until I get a few people hired and I get out of that place. I wouldn’t ask this of anyone I didn’t trust.” She pulled out a wad of cash. “I will pay you if I have to.”

Carien sighed. “Put your cash away. I will help you Tess.”

She hugged Carein. “Oh thank you so very much.” She stepped away and adjusted her suit. “So umm we will be leaving here in just a few miuntes so I guess when you are ready.” Tess turned around and walked out of the room.

Carien shook her head. “Doing the right thing is hard.” She tapped her fingers on the side of the table. “Sarah I hope we can get back together soon.”

“Carien come on. I am wasting gas.”

She grabbed her new jacket and rushed outside. “Ok I am coming.” She made her way open over to the passanger side door and slid inside. “Let’s get this over with.”

“Don’t worry.” Tess waited for her to buckle up. “Are you ready?” Carien gave her a thumbs up. “Great.” She pulled out of the driveway and turned ounto the street. “Here we go.”

***

Carien watched as rows upon rows of pine trees passed along the road. “Just how far away is this town?”

Tess rolled her shoulders. “We should be there in another fifteen miuntes. Don’t worry everything will go alright.”

Carien rised an eyebrow. “I didn’t say I was worried.”

“Well stop worrying than.” She tightened her hands on the wheel. “We don’t need to be worried and all that do we?”

Carien put her hand on Tess’s shoulder. “Hey no one is going to turn into a blueberry ok.”

“Right. We just go, get this car dealership started and get out.” She pointed down the street. “See there is the turn off. We are almost there.”

Carien looked up to see a road sign that read BurnsBerry Township. Swell to know you. “What an odd moto to have for people who have a blueberry problem.”

“You think they are doing this intntiolly? Like growing giant blueberries or something?”

“Tess just calm down.”

“I am sorry. I am just so worried.”

“Look the town is starting to come into view. We are going to look a bit crazy if you are freaking out about blueberries.” Carien gasped. “Oh my.”

Tess slammed on the breaks. “What the hell?” In the middle of the road was a giantagantic blue ball. Mutiple people stood around it scrambling like chickens with their heads cut off while a few others tried to push against the giant blue ball, forcing it off the road. “What is that thing?” Suddenly the sphre moved and Carien could noticed a small head near the top.

“Umm Tess we should just drive on. Let’s go.”

“Is that a person?”

“Tess.”

“We haven’t even gotten into town.”

Carien grabbed onto her arm. “Calm down Tess.”

“We are out of here.”

The car suddenly shot fwoard towards the giant blueberry. “Tess slow down.” The hood of the car slammed into the blueberry, sending it skyward. “Tess!”

She zoomed forward and laughed. “This is just a crazy nightmare. And I will wake up soon. That is right.” She slapped herself on the side of her face. “I am just sleeping.”

“Tess snap out of it before we crash.” Carien pulled at the wheel. “Now.” She slammed on the breakes and forced the vehicle to a halt. Carien then shook Tess. “Get a hold of yourself.”

Tess took deep breaths. “I umm I don’t know what came over me.”

The giant blueberry person landed on the hood of their vehicle and rolled down the street. Tess slowly looked forward before screaming.