Note: to the cake-sniffing readers. This was written by three best pals, otherwise known as Gene, Phineas, and Brinker. We do not own A Separate Peace by John Knowles. However, we do own this story. Flames are not welcome... we put our heart and soul into this story. This was a joint-effort between a writer known as strawberryfinn, who you can visit here at and the writer known as quiksand and an anonymous writer named Twinkle-Bobs. We put a lot of effort to this in our chop-suey station in San Francisco.We hope you realize how amazingly written this story is! Nominate it for the Nobel Prize.

Once upon a time there were 2 little boys named Gene and Phineas. One day they decided to play a game of hide-and-seek.

Phineas was "it". He leaned against a tree and counted. "1…2…3…"

Gene wandered around in circles. Being an unintelligent child, he hid behind a nearby Brinker Hadley and his large rear end.

Brinker's butt was so large that Phineas could not see Gene anywhere.

"Ready or not, here I come," he said, looking wildly around. "Oh Gene, where are you?"

Haha, thought Gene, he'll never find me here. I won't make a noise. Then Brinker sat down.

Oh my God, thought Gene. He couldn't breathe. He started to see stars and food. And then, little bubbles of air burst into his face and his face felt warm.

I'm dying, he thought vaguely, so he screamed loudly, "I'm here! I'm here Finny!"

Phineas pushed Brinker into the Devon River, and pointed at Gene. "Haha! I win! You lost! Loser!"

Poor Brinker with his ginormorous butt was floating around in the river. His tub-of-lard was like a floatation device, except he was floating upside down. He could barely breathe and then he saw the little mermaid.

"This is a little slice of heaven," he murmured under the water, and then passed out.

Meanwhile, Gene started to cry at his defeat. "That's not fair."

Phineas ignored him and continued his gloating. "I won, I won, I won…"

Gene pulled himself to his full height and said, "I hate you Finny!"

Finny bristled in anger. "I hate you too!"

Gene smirked, "Well I won because I said I hated you first!"

Finny began to cry, being an immature little brat. "No, that's not fair!" He hit Gene hard on the head, and made Gene cry even harder.

"I'm sorry Finny! I'm sorry! I wanted to break your leg, but my love for you stopped me. I love you! I LOVE YOU!"

Finny grinned at him. "I love you too pal. Let's go to San Francisco."

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