Chapter 1: Excitement
It was the night before the ceremony and Flint couldn't be more excited. He wanted to be a thinkquanot so badly. He wanted to prove to Chester that he was a great inventor and that he could make the world a better place. He spent his whole life looking up to Chester in hopes of being a great inventor like him, but never in his entire life did he think he'd actually be working for him. He thought it was a great honor, for he was told by one of his coworkers that not everyone got to work for Chester V at Live Corp. Only the best of the best did and Flint was one of them.
It filled him with great pride to know that he was indeed special in Chester's eyes. That he saw something in him that no one else did or so he thought, for he had no idea about the real reason he was there. Unlike everyone else, Flint was there for an entirely different reason, a villainous reason, but Flint being as naïve as he is, was easily swayed by Chester's manipulative ways. He had no idea of Chester's real plan. But all of that was about to change.
As Flint walked down the hall to his apartment, he saw Sam struggling to get into hers and went over to help. "Hey Sam, do you need some help?" he asked walking towards her. Struggling, Sam looked up and saw Flint walking towards her and said, "H-hey Flint. Y-yea I could use some help." "Alright, be right there." Flint said walking faster. He managed to get there just in time to catch some groceries that fell out of the bag she was holding. "Wow, nice catch Flint!" Sam said still struggling. "Thanks. Guess I got here just in time." He said putting the groceries back in the bag. "Here Sam, let me carry that." He insisted. "Are you sure Flint?" She asked. "It's kinda heavy." She said. "Of course, I can handle it." He said reassuringly. "Alright, if you say so." She said while letting Flint take the bag. "Wow, you weren't kidding." Flint said struggling to support the weight of the grocery bag. "See, I told you. Let me unlock my door so you can put that down." She said. "Sounds good." Flint said still struggling.
After the conversation ended, Sam unlocked her door and her and Flint entered the apartment where Sam had to help Flint put the grocery bag on the kitchen counter. "Thanks Flint, you're the best." She said before kissing him on the cheek. Flint blushed and said, "You're welcome, I was happy to help." After a brief awkward silence, Sam decided to start a conversation about the vesting ceremony. "So, you excited about the vesting ceremony?" She asked. "Oh boy am I ever!" Flint said with excitement. "I'm hoping that Chester V picks me as the next thinkquanot! It'd be beyond awesome to work beside him as a great inventor!" He said still filled with excitement.
After Flint said that, Sam started to feel different about the whole vesting ceremony. "Yea, but Flint, you're already a great inventor. I honestly think that you don't have a prove anything to him because you're already as good as he is." After she said that, the conversation started to go south."You might see me that way, but Chester doesn't." Flint said negatively. "Look, Chester is, well, he's blind if he can't see that you're already a great inventor and something tells me that he only cares about himself." Sam said sounding slightly irritated. "What?! How dare you say that about him! He's not selfish!" Flint said angrily. "Like me, he spent his whole life trying to make the world a better place! And unlike me, he actually succeeded!" Flint said fighting back tears.
Now Sam felt really bad. She'd forgotten how fragile Flint's emotions were. "Flint, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said those things about him, but I just feel like he's a different person on the inside. You know, like he's not the person he seems to be on the surface. I'm just a little unsure about him." "I get it, I'm sure you're not the only who's thought that way about him. I'm just trying to stay on his good side." He said. "I know, and you should, but just keep an eye on him. Because you never know." Sam said calmly. "Yea, I know and I will. I just hope he isn't the person you say he is." He said. "Yea, me too. Hey, how about we call it a night. You have a big day tomorrow." Sam said with a motherly tone. "Yea, you're right. I should be getting to bed." Flint said feeling tired. "Yea, you should. Good night Flint." She said before kissing him on the cheek again. Flint blushed and then returned the kiss. Only he kissed her on the lips. "Good night Sam." He said before leaving her apartment and going to bed.