"I've actually got the perfect idea," Jenna says. The other girls look at her, excited. "We'll watch a movie, and they will feed us while we sit back and relax."
"That sounds awesome," Alicia says.
The girls go on talking, and you look at your brother and dad. Bronson seems to have become very depressed and continues to stare at the ground. Dad, on the other hand, notices you looking his way.
"What are we going to do?" you ask quietly.
"Just keep thinking of a way out. I'll let you know if I think of anything."
You sigh, looking around.
"Are you saying that trying to get away on our own is better than being with Jenna?" you ask. Dad says nothing. It feels strange, you think. You've been discovered by your sister, but you may be better off trying to get away from her and making your way through an unknown house at the size of an insect. You begin to feel as glum as your brother.
"Don't lose hope," Dad says to you and Bronson. "Be patient; our opportunity will come. If we just give up now, we won't live to see another day. Let's do as they say, and soon things will get better."
Meanwhile, the girls have chosen a movie to watch and have poured a small bowl of trail mix upon a paper towel on a nearby bed. Jenna scoops you and the others up and puts you beside the trail mix, and you see that the girls have gathered blankets and pillows upon the floor in front of the TV.
"Here's the plan," Jenna tells you three, as if you were no longer her family. "We're going to lay down here and watch a movie, and you three need to give us our snacks. We'll open our mouths when we're ready, and one of you needs to be giving us something to eat."
"And you better be quick," Rachael says, raising her head beside the bed to look at you three. "Or else."
"If you guys aren't doing a good job, you'll be in big trouble," Jenna says.
"We might even feed you all to the dog," Camila adds.
"Now," Jenna says, slamming her hand on the bed and toppling all three of you, as well as bouncing around the trail mix, "show some hustle!"
Jenna's face disappears from view as she lies down beside her friends. You look to Dad, who has already picked up an M&M--which is just as big as he is--and is grimly carrying it across the bed. You and Bronson follow suit, fearing upsetting the girls. You pick up a piece of popcorn, which is surprisingly light but makes your hands buttery. Bronson walks with you, a raisin in his arms.
Near the edge of the bed, you and the others approach carefully. Bronson nearly slips upon the slope of the bed, and Dad drops his M&M in a hurry to try and save your brother. Luckily, Bronson does not fall off, but the M&M rolls off of the bed and hits Jenna's cheek.
"Try to get it in our mouths," she says, annoyed.
Looking down, you see Rachael's open mouth, awaiting your piece of popcorn. Her eyes flicker toward you and you gulp uneasily as you both make eye contact. A misstep, you think, and you could find yourself falling down into that mouth. Rachael returns her attention to the movie across the room, and you toss the popcorn down to her. You watch as it falls into her open mouth, tumbling against her tongue. She closes her mouth before it hits her uvula, and she barely chews it before she sends it to her stomach. Her mouth reopens, and there is no sign that it ever existed.
"How come I'm not getting anything?" Camila asks. "My mouth is open."
"That's right," Jenna says. "There's only three of you, and you need to keep all four of us happy, so you'd better hurry."
"I want Bronson to feed me," Camila adds. "An M&M, please."
You and the others hurry back to the trail mix. The pace back to the bedside quickens, but you three remain cautious at the slope at the edge. Dad successfully feeds Alicia a cereal piece, and Bronson tosses Camila her M&M. You drain a raisin into Jenna's mouth, which she takes one bite into and quickly spits out.
"Ew!" she exclaims in disgust. She sits up and turns to you three. Her attention turns immediately upon you when she discovers who threw her the raisin. "Don't give me raisins! I hate raisins!"
"Sorry," you mutter, quickly hurrying back to the snacks.
Jenna lies back down, and another cycle of feeding the girls continues. This time, you...
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