Chapter 63

Rebuilding

I needed to relax. All in one day, I had convinced my friend to pretend to be my mom, learned that my brother was gay, and I had rescued Ursa. I was tired, but I couldn't sleep. The day's events kept replaying in my mind.

"Should I play Minecraft?" I asked the Magic 8 Ball.

Most likely.

I turned on my laptop and clicked on the grass block icon. I hadn't been on Minecraft for a while, so the world wasn't particularly exciting. All I had there was a small wooden house. Nobody would believe that this was the world that I used to make Creepers Know What You Did In The Dark. That video really caused all of this trouble. If it wasn't for the video, I wouldn't have known about Barnswell. I hadn't checked YouTube in a while, but I knew people wanted a second video. Even though I loved Minecraft, I didn't have that sort of time.

"Should I make another video?" I asked the Magic 8 Ball.

Outlook not so good.

This world needed some work anyways. I walked inside my virtual house and found a creeper. I pulled out my iron sword and killed the creeper. It exploded, destroying my house. Whatever. I could build another one. I found a forest and started cutting down trees.

Jimmy's voice brought me back to reality. "Hey Isabelle," he said.

"Hi Jimmy."

He looked over my shoulder. "You're playing Minecraft."

"Yes," I said. "Now stop stating the obvious."

"Hey, no need to be rude," Jimmy said.

I paused the game. "Sorry. So what did you want?"

"Nothing. I was just wondering when the variety show was."

"I think March 21st, but I'm not sure," I said. "Ask Candace."

"Who's Candace?"

"Just one of my friends. She's basically in charge of the whole thing. Why do you ask?"

"My friends and I were planning to go. You know, to help out your project and all. We don't usually go to school events, but since it's for Barnswell..."

"That's great!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah, I'll let you get back to your game," Jimmy said as he walked out of the room. I started playing again. Once all of the trees were chopped down, I started building a house. The new house would be slightly larger than the one destroyed by the creeper. I built the floor first, then the walls and finally the ceiling. I was like that house, rebuilding. Ursa came up to me and watched me enter my newly-built house. I still had a long journey ahead of me. I couldn't collapse.