Chapter 1

Isadora

Mom said that I need to get out of the house more. I told her I was never at the house because I spent most of my time across the street with Violet and Klaus. She said that didn't count. Then I told her that when I wasn't across the street, I was at Mae's. She said that didn't count either. I asked her what she did and she said she didn't know. Moms are weird. I don't think I need to "get out more" but that's what she says so...

BTW she's not my real mom. She and her husband adopted us. You are probably wondering what they have done to steal our fortune and the answer is nothing. they're the first decent guardians we've had. Hector was great and all but he was too scared. I think he just wasn't ready to take care of kids.

Anyway, her best friend, Cambria, lives across the street. She and her husband adopted the Baudelaires. And Mae lives a few houses down on this side of the street.

So today Mae came over. I was sitting on my bed and she was at my desk doing something that involved glue, paper, and lots and lots of glitter. "I finished," she says handing me a card. It has a rainbow on the front and when you opened it up there was a pop up unicorn on a sparkly rainbow.

"Who are you going to give it to?" she asked me.

"I don't know. It's not really that close to anyone's birthday."

"You should write a love poem in it and give it to Klaus."

Ever since we met she has been very intent on the idea of Klaus and I. I don't like him, I swear.

"For the millionth time, I don't like him."

"It's obviously true love," she said all dreamy like. You might think that she was in love with him. But she's not. She likes Duncan and it's really funny. Also I'm pretty sure Duncan likes her back, but I'm not telling her because she'll have a panic attack and have to be rushed to the hospital.

I shut the laptop I was using to look at memes of my friends and me. More than half of them weren't true, but they were still funny.

"Didn't you say you had basketball practice at three."

"Yeah, so? I'll leave soon."

"Mae, it's like two thirty-five."

"Yeah I guess I should probably leave now. Bye."

"Bye."

I walked with her to the front door. I didn't really have any thing to do so I decided to take Mom's advice and get out more by walking across the street to see if Klaus is home.

"Were leaving now!" mom yelled to anyone in the house who cared. She and dad were going out with Mr. and Mrs. Haynes and a couple other friends.

"Kay, Bye!" I yelled back.

"Isadora doesn't yell inside. I'm standing right here.

"But you-" I decided it was better to stop talking. I sighed and opened the door.

I walked across the street very slowly because I knew mom would take forever to leave and I wanted to help her out by telling her what she forgot. Knowing mom she would probably still forget something and have to run back inside. Unfortunately,  I made it across the street before she made it out the door.

Mrs. Haynes opened the door before I could. "Oh, hi Isadora!" she said as if I didn't practically live at her house. "Klaus is upstairs in his room. I'm still hoping you guys will get together one of the days."

Did I mention Mae is not the only one intent on the idea of Klaus and I?

As soon as she shut the door I raced up the stairs. I knocked on his slightly ajar door. That kind of opened it more so I shut my eyes just in case.

"Come in," he said.

He was lying face down with his face in a book.

"Hey Isadora."

"Hi."

"Wanna go outside?"

"Sure."

"I bet I can run faster than you," he said when we were outside. We had tried many times to determine this. We had yet to make it to the end of a race.

"Oh really? And how do you know?"

"Race you to the tree."

"Fine," I said standing up. I started running.

"Hey! I never said go!" he said running after me

"If you're faster, then I should get a head start."

"Fine."

Suddenly I was on the ground. He had tripped me.

"Hey! That's not allowed."

"You never established rules. Besides you got a head start." he momentarily paused to look at my lying on the ground. I took the opportunity to grab his ankle and pull him down with me.

"Hey!"

"You knew it was going to happen. You shouldn't have just stood there staring at me."

"I did not know that you were going to do that. I'm not a fortune teller."

"Klaus, I have known you for how long now? How can you have not figured it out by now?"

"I don't know. I don't think about these things."

"Well, you should. You're supposed to be my best friend, which means knowing that I do these things."

"I thought Violet was you're best friend."

"She is too, but... I don't know, she's always off with Quigley or someone from school and I always end up hanging out with you instead."

"Ugh, tell me about it. If I have to hear her say 'Quigley' one more time, I will throw up."

"Ugh, same."

"So, what do you want to do?"

"It's kind of nice just lying here in that grass looking up at the clouds."

"Ok. Write and poetry lately?"

"Hmm. Not really." I haven't felt motivated enough lately. "Wanna come over and watch a movie tonight. Quigley's out with Violet and Duncan's babysitting."

"Sure as long as I get to pick this time."

"Or, we watch two movies. Then we can both pick. And it's not like our parents will actually be home by 10."

"Yeah," he said. "But that means I'm making you watch something super awful."

"Noooo." I shoved him.

"I'm kidding, Iz. I wouldn't actually do that to you," he said shoving me back.

We lay peacefully in the grass for a few minutes before we heard a large crash, coming from inside my house.

I hope you guys liked the new and improved first chapter.

Thank you for reading!

Stay gold, my loves.

-Addie