Chapter 14: Somewhat of the Truth

Rikki stood at the door of Ruthie's room. Ruthie was ready to hear the real reason to why her sister was acting the way she did. It was about time to get the real truth.

"Let's sit on your bed, you'll want to be sitting for this," Rikki said guiding her little sister to her bed.

Ruthie sat interested in what her sister was about to say.

"Ruthie, as I said earlier, you can't tell Kim, Elliot, and especially you can't tell mom," Rikki explained. "This could really hurt Emma, Cleo, and I. It would be just bad enough you knowing."

"Why can't I tell Kim and Elliot?"

"Elliot could not handle the secret, and Kim… well Kim's Kim. Let's just not tell her."

Ruthie nodded and waited for the explanation.

Just then, their mom came in. She looked happy, but her look could not be trusted. Ruthie was getting tired of the constant interruptions and wanted her mom to leave as fast as she came.

"So I talked to your dad, and he said he was moving back here. He said something about no work or something like that, but who cares you two won't be moving to England or staying alone," Kit told them.

"That's great. We can stay here," Rikki said.

"In this house?" Ruthie asked.

Kit nodded then added, "I'll be moving just a few streets away."

"So we can still see you?" Ruthie asked.

"Of course, they can't stop me from seeing my two daughters. How's that sound?"

"That sounds great," Rikki said with a smile.

"I'll be moving in two days and your dad will be here tomorrow. That means we need to clean the lab," Kit said.

"What do you mean "we"? It's your lab, but if you want help cleaning it out, could I have the lab in return?" Rikki asked. "Then Ruthie could have the office up stars for herself."

"I guess that would be ok. Now let's go," Kit said taking Ruthie and Rikki down to the lab to clean it out.

Everything had to be gone, unless Rikki wanted it down there. Ruthie was now getting annoyed at this and wanted to just sit down alone with her sister and have her explain everything about her life. Still Rikki was just avoiding the conversation. It was like she was afraid to have her little sister know the truth about her life. Ruthie was not going to let her get past this one. She was going to ask until she had the answer.

Ruthie pulled Rikki into the back room. She closed the door and set down the box she was collecting junk in. Then she faced Rikki with a serious look on her face.

"May I help you?" Rikki asked while she started to go through the stuff around the room.

Ruthie grabbed her sleeve to stop her from walking around. "Just tell me the truth," Ruthie pleaded.

"Fine," Rikki said placing her box down next to Ruthie's. "Emma, Cleo, and I… have these powers." Rikki took a breath and continued, "Emma, as you know, can freeze things. I can burn things, and Cleo can…" Rikki stopped. She'll wonder why she can only move water and create wind. What should I say?

Just then their mom came in and asked, "Are you two done? I just finished the other room."

"Almost, Mom," Ruthie answered picking the box back up and putting more junk in it.

Rikki smiled, liking the extra time to think about what else she was going to say to Ruthie. Kit smiled and left the room closing the door. As soon as she was out, Ruthie put the box back down and looked at Rikki. Rikki looked down at Ruthie still thinking about what she was going to say.

"So…" Ruthie said.

"So… what? Oh Cleo, right. She… creates wind. When we're together we can make a storm."

"How?"

"Well, you know burn, lightning, freeze, snow, wind… wind."

Ruthie nodded to show she understood. "So how'd you get these powers?"

"We're not all that sure." This is kind of true. Rikki thought.

"So one day you woke up and… boom… you had powers. I don't believe that."

Rikki thought for a minute then answered, "Well we think it has something to do with a trip we took, but have not figured out which." Still half true she thought.

Ruthie seemed convinced, at least for the time being. Rikki smiled and went up to her room. She took out her phone and dialed Cleo's number; put her on hold for a secant and three wayed with Emma.

"So what did you tell Ruthie?" Cleo asked.

Rikki explained everything just the way she did with Ruthie. She also told them about her dad and the lab.

"So it's obvious that your dad lifted the Emma banding," Rikki said.

"Better, Kim's grounded, and she it so upset about what happened, she has not even asked about what went on," Cleo said happily.

"Well Elliot is just glad I'm fine. He probably won't remember what happened after soccer starts up again. He is not the one to remember things," Emma told her friends.

"That's good… I guess… sometimes," Cleo said.

"Yeah, it could be pretty bad when it's like setting the table, closing the freezer door or homework. Then I have to remind him," Emma said with a laugh.

"I just hope Ruthie is not like that," Rikki said.

The three of them laughed at each other and their siblings. It was going to be a hard life with the three mini mes.