Jemaine carried a small bag of his essential belongings over his shoulder. He was walking in the direction of Dave's house, hoping that Dave would let him stay a few nights with him. His thoughts wandered back to the incident with Bret that had spurred Jemaine leaving their apartment.
Bret stood at the kitchen sink, washing dishes from a dinner he had made for himself and his girlfriend Coco.
"Do you think you could let me eat the leftovers, Bret?" Jemaine asked, as he hadn't made any dinner for himself.
"No, there was none left. Sorry," Bret responded, his back to Jemaine.
"Do you ever think Coco is turning you into a woman, Bret?" Jemaine asked after a few seconds of silence.
"What?" Bret asked, turning off the water and turning towards Jemaine.
"Well, she made you make her dinner, and now she's made you do the dishes. Don't you think that should be her job as a woman?" Jemaine said.
"No, she didn't make me, I offered," Bret replied, his eyebrows furrowing in confusion.
"Well, yes, but also she is turning you into a woman,"
"No, how can she be turning me into a woman when I offered to do this?"
"She's making you clean her dishes, mainly, and also she didn't offer to help. I think she left so quickly because she didn't want to help, and also, because she's turning you into a woman,"
"Jemaine, she had to get home because her roommate called because he forgot his key,"
"Right, but also, she did not want to do the dishes. She was sitting there with the dirty dishes thinking 'Oh no, dirty dishes. I'm a woman, I'll have to clean them,' and then her roommate called and she thought 'Ah, yes. Now I can escape my responsibilities.' And that is why she left so fast,"
"You are being rude about Coco, and now I don't want to hear anymore about it," Bret left the kitchen and went into the bedroom.
Jemaine followed him and sat on his bed and faced Bret. Bret ignored Jemaine and picked up a magazine from a bag Coco had given to him, and began to read it.
"Is that magazine you are reading called 'Women's Day'?" Jemaine asked Bret.
"Yes, it has a lot of craft ideas that I think will help me in my own crafts," Bret replied, not getting what Jemaine was trying to imply.
"Ah, so it's a women's magazine," Jemaine nodded to himself.
"Well, yeah, I guess so, but it has cross stitching tips that I think apply to us all,"
"And Coco got that for you, did she?"
"Right,"
"Do you think, maybe, she bought that for you so you'd turn into a woman?"
Bret set his magazine aside, rather forcefully, and looked at Jemaine. "Jemaine, if you are going to keep insisting Coco is trying to turn me into a woman, I'm going to have to ask you to leave,"
"You're asking me to leave?" Jemaine asked his mouth turning into a frown.
"Yes, only if you don't stop saying Coco is turning me into a woman," Bret clarified, not wanting his best friend to think he was kicking him out.
"Yes, well, can I leave in the morning; it's quite dark outside,"
"Yeah, okay,"
And with that the two friends went to sleep.
In the morning, Bret woke up with a wig on his head and an apron tied around his waist. Jemaine's things were all over the floor and Jemaine was nowhere to be found in the apartment.