Winter
Sunday December 30th 4:39AM
Five Years after the events of Conflict.
It was a freezing December morning in the park in Twin Peaks, where Rigby, a small raccoon and Mordecai, a blue jay were sleeping in their room, inside a large green house in the middle of the park. Mordecai was resting on his bed, while Rigby rested on his trampoline, covered in dirty clothes that he never wore. Rigby's opened slowly and he shivered. "God…it's freezing…" Rigby muttered, getting off the trampoline. He rubbed his eyes and walked over to the door, putting his hand on the door knob, but not before he glanced over at Mordecai, who was resting in his bed. Rigby opened the door slowly and quietly shut the door behind him, so he didn't wake Mordecai, who was in a deep sleep.
Rigby walked quietly over to the nearby bathroom, a couple of doors down from their room and washed his face. He picked up a small footstool next to the sink that he used so he could see into the mirror above the sink, he stepped on the footstool and glanced into the mirror above the sink and sighed, as he noticed several bags under his eyes. "I haven't had a good night sleep in a month…I really need to start sleeping, otherwise Benson's gonna know I haven't slept." Rigby muttered to himself. Rigby stepped down off the footstool and put it back besides the sink and left the bathroom.
He walked back over to his room and opened the door and closing it quietly behind him. Rigby tip-toed over to his trampoline, (Which pretty much looked like a pile of laundry.) and jumped on it, making the trampoline creak a little. Rigby glanced over at the alarm clock next to Mordecai's bed and read the date and time. "Four Thirty Nine. 30th of December." Rigby read, lying back down on his trampoline. Rigby grabbed a piece of dirty clothing and used it like a blanket, covering his body. His body was shivering like crazy due to the freezing winds passing through the windows, which Mordecai needed open to sleep.
Rigby never understood why Mordecai needed windows open to sleep, personally he thought it was kinda weird. Rigby moved those thoughts to the back of his head and fell into a deep sleep.
9:41AM
Rigby awoke from his sleep, noticing that he was laying on the ground. "I'm on the ground?" Rigby asked himself, slowly pulling himself up off the ground. "Mordecai…?" Rigby groaned. Rigby looked over at Mordecai's bed and noticed that he wasn't there. "He must have covered for me, again…" Rigby muttered. "These days, he always covers for me, I feel sorry for him, maybe I should go apologize." Rigby muttered, leaving the room and walking down the stairs. Mordecai wasn't in the living room, or the kitchen. Rigby began to get worried, Mordecai would always say goodbye before he left somewhere.
Rigby looked at the television and noticed a note on it. Rigby picked up the note and began to read it.
Dear Rigby
If you're reading this, you slept in again and I had to cover for you. While you were sleeping I decided to check out the new game store down in Downtown, if it's past 9AM I'm probably at the coffee shop. Anyway, hope you had a good sleep and can't wait to show you the game I have planned to get for you.
From Mordecai
Rigby held the note in his hands and smiled in excitement. Mordecai got him a game? Rigby was so eager to find out what game he got him. Rigby opened the door of the house and noticed the snow outside of the house and walked back inside. "Too cold to go out there without some sort of covering…now where's my hoodie?" Rigby thought to himself. Rigby walked upstairs and grabbed his hoodie from under his trampoline. He dusted the hoodie off and slipped it on. Rigby noticed Mordecai black jacket and picked it up for him.
Rigby's hoodie was a blue and white child-size hoodie that Mordecai had bought for him for his 25th Birthday. Rigby put the hood over his head and walked downstairs. He opened the door and went outside, in the freezing snow.
Meanwhile, at the coffee shop, Mordecai was enjoying a nice cup of coffee. Since it was freezing outside, Mordecai had ordered several coffees to warm himself back up, because he left without his jacket. "Rigby should be here now…" Mordecai sighed, tapping his fingers. Mordecai had bought Rigby a coffee aswell, he had the urge to drink it, but decided to leave it for him. At that moment, Rigby walked through the door and shut it behind him. As Rigby opened the door, the bell sounded, alerting the waiters and customers that someone else had entered.
Rigby noticed Mordecai straight away and sat with him. "There you are, I was beginning to think you weren't coming." Mordecai smirked. "Well, I'm here. And I see you forgot your jacket, so I brought yours." Rigby handed over Mordecai's black jacket. "Thanks dude, it's freezing outside." Mordecai took the jacket from Rigby's hands. "Well, new year's is approaching, what's your New Year's resolution?" Rigby asked. "Not sure. But this year can you not pick the same New Year's resolution as the past five years?" Mordecai sighed.
"What? Isn't the year of the Rigby good enough for you?" Rigby smirked. "Well, one year I can take, but five years…it's kinda getting old, dude." Mordecai laughed. "Well, fine, but what's your resolution?" Rigby asked. "Hmm…spend more bro time with you?" Mordecai smiled. "That's a good one." Rigby laughed. "What's yours…?" Mordecai asked, before being interrupted by a familiar red robin waitress.
"Hey Rigby, Hey Mordecai." The Robin greeted. "Hey Margaret…" Mordecai groaned. "Hey." Rigby greeted, unenthusiastically. Rigby and Mordecai didn't even like looking at Margaret anymore, after the 'stunt' she pulled five years ago.
FLASHBACK
"I can't believe you Mordecai, I can't stand being shared between you and Rigby. It's either Rigby or me. Pick one of us." Margaret crossed her arms.
"What…?" Mordecai's eyes widened. "Oh god…" Eileen covered her mouth. Rigby backed away, and left the room with Eileen, walking into the kitchen. They peered behind the kitchen wall and watched the fight between Mordecai and Margaret. "Margaret, you've never had a problem with Rigby before." Mordecai said, confused. "Yes I have, I can't stand being the third wheel."
Time Skip
"But…I can make you happy…and make you feel things you've never felt before…" Margaret pulled herself to Mordecai and began to rub her hand against his chest seductively. "Margaret, I said, we're through!" Mordecai shouted, pushing Margaret away. "Fine!" Margaret shouted, leaving the house and slamming the door.
END FLASHBACK
"Can I take your order?" Margaret asked. "No, we've already got our coffees thanks." Rigby glanced at Margaret with a fake smile. Margaret glanced over at Mordecai and sighed, walking over to another table. "Well, what's your resolution dude?" Mordecai asked again. "Hmm...Ride a roller-coaster without getting scared to death." Rigby laughed. "Perfect." Mordecai smiled. At the same time, Mordecai's phone vibrated. Mordecai picked up his phone, opened it and noticed a message from someone named Ethan.
"Who's this guy?" Mordecai asked Rigby, showing Rigby the phone. "Could it be that guy that we met after the plane crash?" Rigby asked. "Maybe." Mordecai glanced at the phone. "Read the message." Rigby demanded. Rigby came and sat over next to Mordecai and read the message with Mordecai.
Dear Mordecai
I don't know if you remember me, if you don't my name is Ethan, and we met after the plane crash we were in. Remember Shaun and Jason aswell? Well, they're here with me and we had something to tell you. We were thinking of meeting up with you and Rigby, sort of having a bit of a reunion. We're in the country at the moment and we're on a road trip, we thought we'd stop in Twin Peaks on the way. If you want to meet us, we'll be stopping at the Coffee Shop in the morning, after we check into the Motel. We're gonna be staying for a couple of days.
From Ethan at 10:12AM
"The coffee shop?" Rigby glanced over at the door. "Dude, those guys were pretty cool, I remember them." Mordecai laughed. "I don't remember much of them." Rigby sighed. "Yeah, because of the severe concussion you got after being struck by that rock during the hurricane." Mordecai sighed. "Possibly." Rigby nodded in agreement. "Well, the message said they'd be here sometime in the morning after checking into their Motel, so I guess we should wait for them." Mordecai suggested.
"Sounds like a plan. Hey! Eileen!" Rigby called. Eileen came running over to the guy's table and glanced at Rigby. "Hey Rigby, what did you need?" Eileen asked, getting out a small notepad. "We need two more coffees, plus a couple of meat ball subs. We gotta fuel up for our reunion." Rigby stood onto the table and showed off his muscles on his arms. (He doesn't have any.)
Eileen chuckled a bit and wrote it down. "Wait, reunion? What kind of reunion?" Eileen questioned, sitting at the table. "We're meeting with the other three survivors of that crash we were in five years ago." Rigby grinned. "Really? Why are they in Twin Peaks?" Eileen continued to question. "They're on a road trip, they said they'd stop here." Mordecai explained. "Cool, well, I'll go get you're coffees and subs. I'll be back soon guys." Eileen jumped off her chair and ran into the kitchen nearby.
Mordecai watched Eileen leave and glanced over at Rigby. "I think she likes you!" Mordecai exclaimed, putting his wings into Rigby's face. "No." Rigby replied, slapping Mordecai's wings away. "Sure dude, sure." Mordecai chuckled, finishing his coffee. "Well, it's around Ten thirty now, they should be here soon." Rigby said, glancing at his watch. "I can't believe it's been five years." Mordecai sighed. "Yeah, I can't believe it either." Rigby laughed, crushing his plastic coffee cup and throwing it into the bin.
"Well, it'll be exciting to see them again…" Mordecai began, before glancing over at the door. The door opened and the bell sounded, three men walked into the coffee shop and walked over to the counter, ordering some food and drinks. The three men walked over to Mordecai and Rigby's table and stood in front of it. "Well, look who it is, it's been forever!" One of the men exclaimed. "Wait, is that you Ethan?" Mordecai asked. "You bet it is." The man replied, sitting next to Mordecai. "And Jason and Shaun?" Rigby smiled. "Yeah!" The other two men shouted in unison. Jason and Shaun sat next to Rigby.
"So…what's up?" Mordecai asked. "Well, nothing much. We've been travelling for a while, until we realised that we were going past Twin Peaks, so we thought about sending you a message." Ethan explained. "How did you get our number?" Rigby asked. "Electronic Phonebook. Never fails." Shaun laughed, showing Rigby his smartphone. "Nice." Rigby nodded in agreement.
"Well, it's nice to see you again." Jason smiled. "Same with us." Mordecai smiled and nodded. "What happened after we left the Hospital?" Rigby asked. "Well, after you left the hospital, us three managed to get jobs down at a local school as janitors. Of course we didn't last long. We lived in a cheap apartment for a while, on low wages. Until Ethan had the amazing idea of writing a book on the adventure we had and how we survived and felt while we were in the woods." Jason nudged Ethan.
"You seriously wrote a book? That's amazing. Did you publish it?" Mordecai asked. "Yeah, didn't you get a copy?" Ethan asked. "We didn't even know about it." Rigby sighed. He felt awful. "Don't worry, I have a couple of spare copies." Ethan smiled, grabbing a couple of books from his backpack. "Awesome!" Rigby and Mordecai shouted in unison. "Wait Rigby, you don't read." Mordecai smirked. "Oh yes I do, you'll see." Rigby smiled.
Mordecai chuckled and put the book on the table. Then, Eileen came over and handed over Rigby and Mordecai's subs and coffees. "There you go guys!" Eileen smiled. "Thanks Eileen." Mordecai and Rigby thanked. "No problem. Oh and you're coffees and burgers are coming right up." Eileen glanced at Ethan, Jason and Shaun. "Good, I'm starving." Ethan rubbed his stomach. "So, why did you do this road trip?" Rigby asked, glancing at Eileen as she left.
"Well, I got a job in the town of Cartlyn Falls." Shaun shrugged. "Cartlyn Falls? That town's only like…twenty miles away!" Rigby exclaimed. "Yeah, we're heading over on Wednesday." Ethan shrugged. "Dude, are you gonna live there?" Mordecai asked. "It will depend on if we get our jobs or not." Jason sighed. "You all got jobs?" Rigby asked. "Yeah, I got one in Cartlyn Falls as a teacher. Shaun got a job in Cartlyn Falls as a mechanic and Ethan got a job here in Twin Peaks as a groundskeeper.
"A groundskeeper? Where at?" Mordecai asked. "Some park called East Pines." Ethan shrugged. "East Pines? Heh, we know that place, it's pretty much a copy of the park." Mordecai laughed. "The Park? Where's that?" Shaun asked. "It's where we work, it's just down the street, can't miss it. Has a big yellow and white sign out the front of it." Mordecai continued. "Oh cool, maybe I should have got a job there, Ha." Ethan smiled. "Oh, no it's fine. At least we'll still see each other pretty often." Rigby laughed nervously. "Alright…" Ethan chuckled. "Here's your burgers and coffees guys." Eileen brought over a couple of plates with burgers on it and a couple of coffees and sat them on the table.
"Enjoy." Eileen smiled, walking off to serve other customers. "Well, let's eat." Ethan smiled. A couple of minutes later, the five men finished their coffees and food and continued to talk. "We're gonna head back to the Motel for a while." Shaun said, getting up off the table. "Well, alright, we'll meet you here tomorrow?" Mordecai asked. "Sure." Jason and Ethan nodded. "Well, cya guys." Shaun smiled, leaving the shop with the other two men, hearing the bell chimed as they left the Coffee Shop.
"Ha, it was nice to see them again." Rigby smiled. "Yeah, I thought it was nice." Mordecai smiled. "Alright, keep an eye on my seat, I'm gonna go empty the tank." Rigby got off of his stool and walked over to the restrooms. He relieved himself and walked out of the restrooms, drying his hands with some paper towel. He threw the paper towel in the bin, but before he could walk over to Mordecai's table. He heard Margaret and Eileen talking around the corner. Rigby listened to them through the wall and was shocked and intrigued by what he heard.
"Are you sure…I mean, I think he hates me after that 'stunt' I pulled five years ago." Margaret sighed. "Don't worry Margaret, you'll find someone else. I'm still proud that you did that for Mordecai. I'm sure he doesn't know that you faked it just because you didn't want Mordecai and Rigby to split up again, as you thought that they…well liked each other more than friends, as we both know isn't true, are you gonna tell him someday?" Eileen asked. "I know they do, anyway I will tell him someday, just not today." Margaret glanced over at Mordecai, who was twiddling his thumbs at his table. "Well, I'm gonna go back to work. Cya Eileen." Margaret finished the conversation. "Bye Margaret." Eileen replied, walking around the corner and noticing Rigby around the corner with his arms crossed.
"I guess I have some explaining to do?" Eileen asked, nervously.
Welcome Back to the Regular Show Stories Series! I hope you're enjoying this so far, this is sure to have lots of drama. And Sorry for any typos or grammar issues in this story, too tired to re-read it at the moment, I hope you enjoy the story overall though. And now back to the drama…
Oh! So Rigby finally finds out about the fake 'stunt' Margaret pulled five years ago. What will he do about it? And what will life with Ethan, Shaun and Jason will be like? Tune in to Chapter Two of Winter, to find out! Welcome, To the Season of cold, Winter.
R.S.M.
