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Chapter 1
The moonlight creeped upon the Reid family house, reaching into Mr. and Mrs. Reid's room with baby kate sound asleep. Even the rambunctious D.W was as quiet as a mouse in her own humble abode, dreaming away little dreams. But not everyone was dreaming in the Reid house, one was scheming. As the moonlight entered Arthur's room, we see all his toys like his bionic bunny doll and his basketball shine in the moonlight. Arthur stared at his alarm clock as it read 11:58 p.m., he anxiously waited until his digital clock struck 12:00 a.m. Arthur then striped off his pajamas and underneath we see that he is fully clothed. As continued on with this plan he went under his bed and pulled out a bundle of rope. As Arthur smiled as he gazed upon the rope he walked over to his window and carefully opened it up so he would not make a sound. As Arthur pulled the window up all the way it made a screeching sound as Arthur gritted his teeth. He looked back to see if you he didn't wake anyone. After a few tense seconds, Arthur continued on with his plan, his body language showed that he could not waste any time. He moved towards his bed post as he took one end of the rope and tied it firmly to the post, he tugged on the rope a few times to test it's durability. Arthur moved back towards window as he threw the rope down onto the ground outside his window. Before he began his descent out into the night, Arthur grabbed his glasses off his nightstand and put them on, he also grabbed one of his jackets out of his closet. Finally ready, Arthur started his descent down the side of his house, a mixture of fear and desire kept him calm as he climbed down the rope.
As he reached the bottom he thanked God that he didn't slip and fall he started his long walk down the road. He made sure to hide himself whenever a car passed, because he knew people would ask what an eight year old was doing walking around at 12 at night. He imagined himself to be Dark Bunny as he tried to sneak out of sight of people.
"Hrrmm", Arthur grunted.
After a couple of minutes sneaking through his neighborhood Arthur made his way towards his destination. He looked up to see the glowing red neon sign labeled "Rodriquez Bros Diner". Arthur stared at the sign quizzly as he entered the diner.
The diner gave off a feeling of a mix between solitude and loneliness, that and a bad smell. There was barely anyone in the diner, just a few people and a group of loud college students sitting in a booth. Just then out of the kitchen came the manager Luis Rodriguez, he was a brown dog dressed in a flamboyant red suit as he came out and greeted Arthur.
"Hi welcome to Rodriguez brothers diner, just one person?", asked Luis.
"No, I'm meeting someone here, why does it say Rodriquez instead of Rodriguez?", Arthur asked.
"What?" Luis then ran out of the restaurant to see the sign.
He ran back in as he went into the kitchen. Arthur could hear the whole ordeal outside, "Goddamit Danny! You don't spell Rodriguez with a Q, you spell it with a G, aww Jesus.."
As Arthur left Luis to his woes he made his way down the aisle till he spotted the person he came to see in the dead of night. He noticed her bright red hair shining in the florescent lights of the diner, and her long bunny ears protruding out of her head. She brushed her hair back to keep her eyes being obscured on the drawing she was sketching in her notebook. She was wearing a black army jacket that was too big for her as she sat there focused on her drawing. Arthur began to breathe heavily as she saw her, he felt all the coldness leaving his body as Arthur began to feel hot in the cold night.
Finally as he arrived at the table he greeted the girl, "Molly."
The girl looked up as he heard her name seeing Arthur standing at the table. "Hey nerd.", Molly said teasing Arthur.
He chuckled after hearing that, still same old same old thought Arthur. "I'm good Molly how are you?"
"Well I was good today till you asked me to come meet you here so late. Isn't it past your bedtime baby?" Arthur smiled again at Molly's insults, he really knew she was playing with him.
Before they could continue their conversation, Luis approached their table and said, "What can I get for you kids?"
"Coffee, for me.", Arthur had said.
"I'll have Coffee too", Molly said.
Arthur didn't know why he ordered coffee, but it seemed appropriate to the occasion. Molly not wanting to look like a baby ordered coffee as well.
"All right so two coffee's, you know it's pretty late for you kids to be out here, where are your parents?", Luis asked.
Molly raised her fist towards the manager as she said, If you know what's good for you, you would stop playing 20 questions and bring out our coffee's before you enter a world of pain."
Molly stared at Luis a good second before he ran off to get the coffees. As he left Arthur could hear him speak some Spanish under his breath as he disappeared back into the kitchen. Arthur then turned his gaze towards the dark city outside. He admired the vast emptiness of the streets, except the occasional passing car, the night seemed peaceful. There were only a few clouds outside, but it seemed that little by little more clouds would form sooner tonight.
"So are you gonna tell me why you asked me to come here in this diner in the middle of the night?", asked Molly.
Though Arthur heard Molly, he continued to stare out into the night. "Hello? Arthur, Arthur?"