Instead of posting different snippets (which I define as stories around 1,000 words or less) that I write as separate entries, I decided that from now on I'll post them here as part of the same collection. So, this collection will include different genres and different characters, with some snippets being related to earlier ones. Hopefully this will make reading my stories easier for readers. :)

Disclaimer: I don't own these characters. Oh, and I'm not making any profit off of them. I also don't own the song "He Ain't the Leavin' Kind" by Rascal Flatts, from which the title was inspired in a roundabout way.

Prompt: Brian lost it.

Genre: Humor/Friendship

Pairings: None

Rating: K+

Summary: Jim finds out that Brian lost something he really shouldn't have.

They're the Disappearing Kind

"You lost them?" Jim asked his best friend in astonishment.

Brian nodded his head grimly. "Yeah."

Jim groaned and buried his face in his hands. "Brian, please explain to me how you managed to lose them. They were right in this room with you when I left, and I only went out for two minutes to get the mail. How did they manage to leave?"

Brian shrugged. "I don't know, Jim. You know how they are."

Unfortunately, Jim did know how they were. "Did they seriously just up and walk out the door?"

"Yes." Brian furrowed his brow. "I came back from grabbing my phone from my room just when you walked in the door, and they were gone."

Jim sighed. "Well, do you at least have an idea of where they are? Did you hear them discussing anything?"

Brian shook his head ruefully. "Nope. They were surprisingly quiet. Maybe they just wanted to explore the college?"

"Great. It's not like there are a hundred places where they could have gone or anything," Jim replied sarcastically.

Brian snapped his fingers. "We can call them. They both have cell phones. And you know, this worrying is kind of pointless. I mean, they are just a year or two younger than we are. They can take care of themselves."

"Yes, but that doesn't mean that they do take care of themselves," Jim muttered as he pulled out his phone. "They can be as bad as Trixie and Honey."

"True," Brian admitted.

"Hey, Dan?" Jim said into the phone a few moments later. "Where are you guys?" Jim rolled his eyes at the answer. "Seriously?"

He turned to Brian. "Mart got hungry, so they went looking for some food. But it sounds like they managed to get lost." He spoke into the phone again. "Look, hang on and Brian and I will find you guys in a bit."

"You know, I always thought that Trixie would be the one that I would most have to worry about when she's an adult," Brian remarked as the two college boys left to go after their guests. "But now I'm thinking that Mart might be the more worrisome one. Honestly, sometimes I swear he only thinks with his stomach."

"Well, it's better that he thinks with his stomach than with another part of his anatomy," Jim commented offhandedly, smirking. He dodged the punch in the shoulder that Brian sent his way.

"You've definitely been spending way too much time with Dan recently," Brian muttered as they turned a corner and saw the two lost boys looking at them sheepishly.