The Boy At The House (16b)

Paula wakes up by a yelling seagull. The room is totally bright, and Gina and Daniel are standing at the window looking out. The window is wide open. Paula looks around in the room. Everybody is awake except Richard, who is totally wrapped inside a light-blue quilt. His blond, curly hair is sticking out.
"Okay, it's already late", says Daniel and smiles. "Time to do things."
Dilan bends over Richard. "Mmmmm", he says with a muffled voice close to the curly hair in some attempt to imitate an angry animal. The curly hair turns around and the sleepy face of Richard appears.
"Good morning Richard", Paula says and smiles.
Richard smiles back. "Good morning".
"You've got a mission", Dilan says to Richard. "Stand up, soldier."
"Okay, I was down out the hallway out here a little while ago, and it's totally silent down there. I think he's either gone or sleeping", says Daniel.
"Exactamente!!" Dilan says decisively and points with a finger right out in the air and then does a soldier's salute at his forehead with two fingers. "Let's rock and roll!" He ruffles Luke's hair and then throws himself towards Richard and ruffles his hair too. Both these throw themselves over Dilan and they whirl around in a wrestling battle.
"Shhhh", Gina says. "What if he is outside?" She points towards the window. The boys look up.
"So what?" "Y?" Luke says and they continue wrestling, tickling each other and giggling.
Daniel goes to the door and unlocks it. The boys ceise wrestling and get up one after the other. Suddenly all of them are standing up. Daniel disappears to the hallway.