Chapter XVI
October 25, 2006
“This is seriously the best idea I’ve had in ages,” Casey remarked as they stood in
line to enter a haunted house. “I haven’t done this in years!”
“I don’t know. What if it’s too scary for you?” William asked. He had never been to
a haunted house before. He also didn’t really care for scary movies.
“It’s going to be fun,” Casey told him. “And you have me to protect you.”
“Well, I should hope so.” William said.
Casey looked at him, smiled and added, “But I wouldn’t be able to stop you from
peeing your pants if you got too scared.”
“What?” William asked, shocked.
“If it does happen, we’ll just tell everyone you did it on purpose,” Casey said,
laughing manically. William wondered if she secretly hoped he would walk out of the
haunted house with wet pants.
“That’s not going to happen,” he informed her.
“Things happen all the time, dear,” she told him. “It can’t be helped. Some people
don’t have a choice.”
“I can hold it in,” William insisted. “Like for a long time.”
“Oh, I believe you,” she rested her head on his shoulder. “You can hold it in
forever if you need to.”