The next morning, I wake up to see the boys are gone and there are empty poptart wrappers and gatorade bottles on the ground.

Ember: "How many times is this gonna happen to me?"

Then I see a note on the cooler.

'Dear Ember,

We went to get a few things.

We'll be back in 15-30 minutes.

From Felix'

Ember: "At least he told me this time."

I open a poptart and gatorade bottle. Once I am finished, the boys come back with a bunch of junk.

Felix: "Hey Ember, we're back."

Ember: "Yeah, what is that stuff?"

Andy: "Stuff we can use."

Sam: "Junk from the dump."

Ember: "I'm going for a walk."

Jake: "We are going to have a working stove when you get back."

Ember: "Okay."

I leave with my notebook and a pencil. During my walk, I feel as if I am being watched. I look around and see a crow looking at me. I start walking back to the shack, because it's kinda freaking me out. When I get back, none of them are here.

Ember: "Of course, why should I even expect them to be here."

I grab a gatorade and start writing some lyrics. As I am taking a sip of my gatorade, Felix and Sam come in. Felix fiddles with his talisman while Sam is just laying on a bed and then Andy runs in.

Andy: "They've got Jake."

Felix: "The crows?"

Andy: "No the cops."

Felix: "Divinity of the elements, I summon thee."

Andy: "Is a poem the right response?"

Ember: "Why do the cops have Jake?"

Andy: "We were trying to get food and because we don't have money, we had to steal. But the cops got him."

Ember: "Ugh, you idiots. I could've got whatever you wanted. All you had to do was ask. I have plenty of money on me."

Andy: "We didn't know."

Ember: "How do you think I got all of this stuff?"

Andy: "I thought maybe you flirted with a guy to get it, like how you made that $50 check go down to $20."

Ember: "That was the first and only time I have ever done that. Why is Felix the only helpful person around here?"

Felix: "We have to get him back."

Sam: "He's probably loving it. A bed for the night, free food, how bad can it be?"

Felix: "We have to rescue him. The talisman won't work if we're not all together."

Then Andy remembers the security camera in the gym.

Ember: "You guys do realize, they won't keep Jake for long. He's a minor with no parents. They will put him in a different facility to be adopted with child protected services after a certain amount of time, so we need to hurry."

We wait for Andy to make a magnet to erase the footage of them trashing the gym.

Andy: "Okay done."

Sam: "That's great, but how do we get you to the police station so you can delete the footage?"

Then Phoebe comes in.

Phoebe: "Maybe I can help."

Felix: "What are you doing here?"

Phoebe: "Need an adult to help you get into the police station."

Felix: "We still have to get past all the crows."

Andy pulls out popcorn for the birds.

Ember: "At least you stole something useful."

Felix counts to 3 and then opens the door and we all run to Phoebe's car while dropping the unpopped popcorn. I get in the passengers seat in the front and the boys get in the back seat. As the crows peck on the van, Andy screams like a girl and Sam laughs. Then Phoebe drives us to the police station.

Phoebe: "When we get there, I talk, you say nothing."

Ember: "Okay."

We pull up and see Jake with an officer and a lady right outside the building.

Jake's Dad: "Phoebe, 3 boys, and a girl. One of who has already contravened the law and another who looks familiar."

Phoebe: "I thought I told you to unstack the dishwasher?"

Jake: "Huh?"

Jake's dad: "You know each other?"

Jake: "Oh yeah, she's my-"

Phoebe: "Auntie."

Jake's Dad: "Ah, yeah, right."

Phoebe: "They're all cousins. Well he's a step cousin."

She was referring to Andy with that last bit.

Phoebe: "Alright kids, let's go. Who's on dinner duty."

I raise my hand as Jake's Dad stops us.

Jake's Dad: "Yeah, nice try Phoebe, but they're not going anywhere. Inside, now."

I growl and say, "What did you guys do this time?"

They look at me and Jake's Dad tells us to move it. I was just keeping their attention off the birds, but that didn't really work since they looked up as we went in.

As he is about to show us a video, Felix mumbles to his talisman.

Felix: "Divinity of the elements, I summon thee, Earth, Water, Air, Fire, Aether, I invoke thee."

There is a gold flash and the crow sounds disappear and the computer goes all staticy. We see a janitor on the screen, cleaning the gym.

Ember: "What a let down. I wanted to see what he said you did."

Jake's Dad: "You saw it, it was here."

Jake: "I don't know what you're talking about."

We start laughing and Jake says, "Maybe it was a dellusion."

He looks around.

Jake: "Oh don't worry, Jenna says it's a perfectly treatable disorder."

We all go to the van, this time I am in the back next to Felix while Jake is in the front and then his dad runs out.

Jake's Dad: "Hey, you can't just take them like that."

Phoebe: "Why not Sargent? You've got nothing to charge them with."

Jake's Dad: "Yeah, maybe not for the school break in, but there are other charges related to shoplifting."

Phoebe: "Mhm, charge away."

He looks at Jake and then at the ground.

Jake's Dad: "Never mind."

Felix: "Where the hell is Sam?"

Phoebe: "Well my nephews and niece, how about you come have dinner at my place?"

Felix: "That's cool, but Ember's cooking so,"

Jake and Andy look at Felix.

Felix: "It's not happening, okay, she was stalking us."

I snicker a little.

Phoebe: "Hang on, are we missing someone?"

Then Sam comes running out with his skateboard.

Ember: "Found him."

Phoebe drives us back to the shack where we get out and just sit on the beds without Sam.

Jake: "Here's to Andy for saving our butts."

Andy: "And to Felix for knocking back our first home-cooked meal."

Felix sighs and I roll my eyes at Andy. Then the door opens and Sam walks in with 2 loafs of bread and I think it's peanut butter.

Sam: "Did some skate busking."

We all cheer for him. Then we eat some bread and peanut butter.

Sam: "Man this is the best BLT I've eaten."

Andy: "Even without the B."

Felix: "Or the L."

Jake: "Or the T."

They all laugh while I am completely confused. I just ignore them and finish my food. I don't say anything about how I could've gotten them a real BLT if they had told me, and let them enjoy this.

Ember: "So what was on that video?"

Jake: "Felix, Andy, and I trashed the gym when we found out we don't exist."

Andy: "It was so awesome. Where were you during that?"

Ember: "I was in my only relaxing, quiet place at school. Felix must have found me after that, cause I had no idea what happened. I'll see you guys in the morning."

Jake, Sam, Felix, Andy: "Good night."

I go into my bed, slip my bra off while I'm under the covers and sleep with my arms wrapped around my body pillow.