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Author's Note: I forgot all about KND until I recently ran across some artwork for and that jogged my memory and inspired me to write this little gem :)
Part 1
Abigail ( formely Numbah 5) Gilligan sat at her computer, tapping her nails on the desk. She couldn't believe that she was sitting alone, again tonight. Her husband
Hoagie (formerly Numbah 2) had a good job, but he was at work all the time. It's been a month since he's come home before 11, because he always had to work late,
but he said he would stop taking extra flights so he could spend more time with her, but where was he? Just then the phone rang. "Hey babe?" Asked Hoagie "Yes"
Abby replied frustratedly "My boss asked me to do an extra flight tonight and tomorrow, and I accepted." "Seriously, Again. You said you would be home early." "I
know." "You said you'd stop doing extra flights for your boss." "Ok babe I know you're mad, the day after tomorrow I will take you out on a lovely date to fancy
seafood restaurant, I've even made the reservations, but I gotta go, alright babe. Abby just hung up the phone without saying anything. She thought to herself
that it was a good thing they didn't have kids or he'd never be there to see them. Although she actually wanted kids and discussed this with Hoagie a few times
before, but he always said he didn't want to do it. She held her pillow and fell asleep on the couch.
The next morning she awoke to the bright and beautiful sunlight. She admired the golden glow of it's rays an it looked on her skin. She felt warm. Then decided to
start her day by making a cup of coffee. Abby took in the steam, savoring the aroma, graciously taking each small sip. She really felt grateul or the moment. In the
middle of the this her phone rang. This time it was Kuki (formerly Numbah 3) and her best friend who married Wally (formerly Numbuh 4) and they had a daughter
who was a year old. "Hey girlie, how are you?" Abby proceeded to tell her what happenned last night. "But I'm not mad anymore do you think I should tell him?"
Asked Abby "Oh yes, by all means do it, nothing's worse than fighting and nothing's better than reconciliation. Kuki hears her daughter getting into something and
says I've got to go, but DO tell him. Abby hangs up er cellphone and dials Hoagie. "Hello?" "Listen Babe I'm not mad anymore and would love to go out with you
tomorrow night." "That's great! You're going to love it. I'll be coming straight home from work and pick you up at 7, so wear something nice." "Okay."
"La la la la la, Abby sings. She looks dances around her room thinking about tomorrow night, then sat down on her beautiful red velvet couch to give some thought
to what she would wear. Looking at the couch, rubbing it's texture rang a bell. She goes way into the back of her closet, almost getting last in there, she pulls out a
slinky, deep red spaghetti strap dress. "I knew I had a dress that matched this couch." She says to herself. Next Abby makes hair and nail appointment for the
next day. She wasn't really into all that but she wanted to look dazzling for this special night. She calls and asks Kuki if she could come with her, but Kuki said when
you have to chase a one year old around, you really don't have time. Abbs understood this and said ok, she still looked forward to the next day. Tomorrow she told
everyone at the salon about the date she had that night, and all the ladies sounded excited. "He's taking you where?" "That place is expensive, can he afford it?"
"Sure, he has good job as a pilot." When the beauticians were done, she took a look in the mirror and was stunned. Her hair was already long, so the waves gave it
a siren affect and her nails were painted a shimerry Christmas shade of red, and silver was her accent color on her middle nail.
When she went home she put on the dress that completed the look. Once again she was stunned by her own relection. Noticing that it was almost 7 Abbs went to
the window and waited. And waited some more, she looked at the clock and it was 7:15. Fifteen more minutes passed by it was now 7:30 and she gets a call. It was
Hoagie, he says "I'm running late, but if you go to the restaurant I can meet you there in about 30 minutes." "Abby rushes out the door, gets in her car, then drives.
It takes her no time to get to the restaurant an impressed with that."Wow, I beat Hoagie here." She thinks to herself. A waiter approches her asking "May I take
your order?" She answers "Not yet, I'm waiting on someone." "I'll be back when you're ready." The waiter replies. Finally at 8:00 she gets a call rom Hoagie saying
"Listen, I'm not going to be able to make it, I took an extra flight tonight and I will be going on a buisness trip tomorrow "What!" She screamed. Then the waiter
returned to her table and she told him "That's ok, I've got to go. And she continued her conversation outside. "I don't belive this! You promise to take me out to dinner,
you have me spend MY money to get my hair and nails done, then you have me sitting alone, looking like a damn fool!" "Wait, Baby!" Hoagie tried to plead "I don't want
to hear a word! Don't even come home tonight!" She hung up, got back in her car and drove home furiously. When Abbs got in, she threw her phone on couch and tried
to sleep, but her she was too upset, and her phone kept ringing. Figuring it was Hoagie she ignored it. When she got a third call in a row she got up to tell Hoagie to stop
calling, but when she looked at her phone, she saw a number she didn't reognize. "Hello, who is this?" "It's Nigel (formely Numbuh 1) I'm outside."
"What! Man, nobody's heard from youin three years and now out of the blue, you show up? "I'll explain when you let me in." " Grrr, Ok." Abbly replied then went downstairs.
She opened the door letting Nigel and the warm breeze of late August in. "I don't get it, three years ago you married Rachel and had a baby, and none of us ever heard
from you again, then you come here tonight, unannounced? Where is Rachel and the baby anyway?" "It's a long story, you might want to sit down for this." And Nigel
proceeds to tell it. Two hours pass and he finally finished with "She screwed me over and took my son."
