Chapter thirteen: The not so smooth ninja

"Jasmine! Thank God you're okay! I thought you got lost again or something!", Niki says as she takes off her jacket and walks into the kitchen to pull me in for a hug.

I got lost one time, and they never let me live it down. Okay maybe it was more than once, but you can't really blame me for having an attention span of a carrot and living in my head most of the time. We all know living in our heads is better than facing the reality of life.

"I'm okay Niki. I still can't believe Kean did not tell you guys I was going to be late", I say annoyed at the coconut head of a boy.

"Imagine! And he even joined your search party. What a duffer!", Niki says slapping Kean upside his head as he walks by.

"Ouch! That hurt", Kean says as he rubs his head.

"That was kind of the point", Niki says as she slaps him one more time for good measure, but he passes on a slap to me instead.

"Hey! What was that for?", I whine rubbing my ET shaped head.