This was co-written with TamaranianWarrior
This story takes place one year after Horton first discovered the speck. Things have settled down since then, however JoJo is in a bit of a predicament of his own.
Main Characters: Jodi MacMahan, Janice Braun, Jojo O'Malley
Jodi MacMahan
Age: 16
Hair color: black w/ white streaks
Eye color: gray
Fur color: black on her torso, dark and light gray stripes on her arms and legs
Physical disability: mute (hates it, too, because most Who's never pay attention to what she thinks)
Main personality traits: Comforting, very in-tune to other Who's emotions, loves music
Best feature: JoJo has a lot in common with her, and can sit in silence for hours without feeling compelled to talk
Worst feature: Nervous that she'll lose someone close/friend because they feel uncomfortable around her
Relationship w/ JoJo: Unsure about how he feels about her, but secretly has a crush on him
Janice Braun
Age: 16
Hair color: Black w/ Blue streaks
Eye color: Brown
Fur color: Silver and neon blue stripes
Physical disability: Walks with a limp due to a Who-Car crash
Main Personality traits: Kind, supportive, assuring, confident, not afraid to show her emotions
Best feature: Makes JoJo feel more comfortable around her because she is just herself around him and makes him feel like he can be himself around her
Worst feature: Scared of a serious relationship and talks slightly more than the typical Who when excited
Relationship with JoJo: So far they are just good friends, nothing more, at least Janice thinks so
JoJo O'Malley
Age: 17
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Brown
Fur color: Black and White stripes
Physical disabilty: none
Main personality traits: Shy, smart, loves music
Best feature: his singing
Worst feature: Shuts Who's out sometimes
The Love Triangle
(DISCLAIMER: We do not own any Horton Hears a Who characters mentioned except for Jodi and Janice. We also do not own any brands mentioned.)
CHAPTER 1
Jojo had finally found the time to go see the new movie, "Norton Hears a Human." He was so close to escaping when his mother called out to him.
"Hunny! Do you want me to come with you? Are you sure you want to go to the Who-Cinema all by yourself?" Sally, Jojo's mother, asked as she handed one of Jojo's 96 sisters, Hattie, a glass of water.
Jojo rolled his eyes. "Yes mom, I'm seventeen. I think I can make it to the Who-Cinema by myself." Sally laughed lightly at his tone.
"Alrighty sweetie...M-MOLLY! No! No! Fish don't eat shoelaces!" Sally patted Jojo on the head and ran off to stop Molly from killing poor FishStix. "Oh," Sally called out to Jojo as she tried to restrain the screaming Molly, "Don't forget to call me once you get to the cinema!"
"Ok mom! Bye." And Jojo ran out before he was stopped by anyone else. Making it to the Cinema in five minutes, he got in line behind two other Who girls. One of them was jumping in excitement, while the other smiled politely and tried to calm the jumping Who. The Who jumping started rabling on about the new movie.
"Jodi! I can't beleive Norton Hears a Human is playing! My mother said it was a bit odd. She was like, 'Whats a human? Some silly make believe thing? Can't you grow up? YOU ARE SIXTEEN, MY GIRL! SIXTEEN!' And I was like 'Mom! Chillax! Take a chill pill! Hop in the fridge for a bit. It's only a movie! It's not like it's rottin' my brain or anything!' and she was like 'Janice! I AM NOT HOPPIN' IN THE FRIDGE! You think I am a peice of frozen Roast Beast? You hop in the fridge, MY GIRL!' and I was like..." She went rambling on and on about who said what and what she had to say about that and on and on and on and...well, you get the point.
Meanwhile, Jojo was just staring at the back of the talkative Who, thinking 'I thought my dad was the only one who could talk that much.' Suddenly, the jumping Who dropped a small marble out of her pocket, but didn't notice. Jojo followed it with his eyes until it clunked him on the foot.
Jodi heard the marble fall, and turned to pick it up, when she came face to face with Jojo. Her face immediately turned red, and trembling, poked her friend Janice in the shoulder.
"Jodi? Were you even listening to what I was saying? I was at the part where my brother almost got swallowed whole by a Who-Potamus and then..." Janice stopped her idle chitchat for a moment when her eyes met Jojo's.
Jojo became uncomfortable with having them both staring at him, so he bent down and picked up the marble. When he straightened up, he saw that the Who called Jodi had stepped back, her face still a vibrant red. Jojo handed the marble to Jodi, unaware that it was actually Janice's.
Jodi shook her head, looking at the ground, and pointed to Janice. Janice stepped up and took it from Jojo.
"My marble! Oh! Thank you!" Janice took the marble from Jojo and admired it a moment before putting it back in her pocket. "Thanks so much! I don't know what I would do if I lost it. It was a gift from my grandmother before she died." Everyone's face grew solemn at that last comment. Then Janice spread a great big smile across her face and extended her hand out to Jojo. " I'm Janice Braun! And this is my best friend in the entire universe, galaxy, and..." She stopped an looked at the two uncommunicative Who's faces. "I didn't think anyone could be as silent as Jo..." Jodi stopped her from speaking and shook her head. Janice nodded, and Jodi shyly took Jojo's hand in hers. Turning it over so the palm faced her, she took her finger and spelled out her name.
J.O.D.I.
Jojo smiled, nodding at both of them. "I'm Jojo. Nice to meet you both. So, you're going to see 'Norton Hears a Human'?" Jodi nodded, then slapped her forehead as Janice's face lit up as she started to speak.
"Ya know, my mother said is was a bit odd. She was like, 'Whats a human? Some silly make believe thing? Can't you grow up? YOU ARE SIXTEEN, MY GIRL! SIXTEEN!' And I was like," "MRMPHT!" Jodi cupped her hand around Janice's mouth in mid-sentence in fear that Jojo might leave. Turning to him, she signed her reply.
'First, I'm mute, so this is the only way I can talk. Can you understand me?' Jojo nodded. Jodi continued signing. 'I'm glad. And yes, we've been waiting for it to come out for months. As you can tell, Janice is a bit excited.' To this, Janice furiously nodded her head, still unable to speak. Jodi released her, making sure she wouldn't start rambling again.
"I'm sorry Jojo." Janice's face turned bright red. "You don't hate me do you? I- I mean for talking too much? It's kind of a habit." Janice giggled when Jojo shook his head no and said,
"No. I live with 96 sisters, so I'm used to it." Jodi tilted her head.
'96?' She signed. 'So, you're the mayor's son, right?' Jojo again, nodded. 'I thought I recognized you. You were the one who's voice broke through.' Jojo smiled.
"Right again. You have a pretty good memory, but I don't even remember you two." Janice spoke up.
"Well, actually, we weren't there." Janice looked down at her feet. Jojo looked confused. "During the well, event, Jodi and I got in an accident." Jojo got concerned with the usually talkative Who's sudden stop. Jodi picked up where Janice left off,
'Sorry, it's still a sensitive issue for Janice because her leg never fully healed. She still has a small limp. I got a broken arm, but it healed completely.'
"Um, how did you lose your voice, if you don't mind me asking." Jodi shook her head.
'I was born without it. Whenever Janice sees me upset about it, she makes a joke that my 58 brothers took it while I was sleeping. She has 16 brothers and 16 sisters, but they're all younger than four.' Jojo looked surprised, then shook it off since he had two sets of quadruplets as sisters.
Suddenly a squeaky man's voice piped up. "Young ladies! Are you in line or not?"
"Oh my apologies sir! Ya see...in line my pal Jodi and I made a new friend. His name is Jojo. He is the son of our mayor! You do realize he was the one that save our entire town that time! He should be treated like royalty. And since we are his friends we should get free tickets...AND POPCORN! Yeah oh and free Coca-Cola...NO! WAIT! What about Sour Patch Kids! YESSSS!" The ticket salesman rolled his eyes when Jodi stepped in front of Janice.
"What now?! Are you the queen of Zambia? So I'm guessing you want free tickets too? Hmmmm? C'mon! NEXT!"
Jodi glared at the salesman, turning around with her cheeks slightly red from embarrassment. Jojo stepped up.
"Three tickets to 'Norton Hears a Human' please." The salesman took the money and gave him the three tickets. Jojo then gave two of the tickets to Jodi and Janice, motioning for them to come in. Janice whooped, running in, while Jodi was walking slowly with her head bent, still embarrassed. Jojo walked beside her, putting a comforting hand to help with her embarrassment.
When they reached Theatre #3, Janice turned around and screamed. "HOLY HOTSAUCE! WE FORGOT THE POPCORN!" She then ran as fast as her little Who legs would carry her over to the Concession stand. "8 boxes of whoppers, 2 boxes of Sour Skittles, and a super DOOPER large Popcorn."
The concession salesman's mouth hung open. "P.U.! You got some onion breath, sir! Now wheres my stuff?" Janice tapped her little purple nail on the counter.
"Okay, Okay, little Who! Here's your stuff. Now the total comes up to...wow...150 Who-Coins." The salesman stared at her amusingly.
"Fine. Here." Janice slapped all 150 Who-Coins on the counter. "Now gimme my snacks!!" With that she ran off.
Jodi smiled and tried to take one of the Sour Skittles box, when Janice yanked it away, muttering "mine" while she sat down. Jodi shook her head, motioning for Jojo to follow her.
'We'll never get any of the snacks. You take this and get something for yourself. I'm pretty sure you don't have any money left after buying our tickets. Thanks for that, by the way.' She signed, handing Jojo half of her money. Jojo accepted it, and stepped up to the counter.
"I'd like a box of Twizzlers, and a small coke." The salesman gave him the snack and drink, taking the money Jojo put the money on the counter. Stepping to the side, he let Jodi step up. She started to sign what she wanted, but the salsman stopped her.
"Sorry, but I don't know Who-sign language." Jodi's face fell, but Jojo stepped up.
"She wanted a box of Sour Skittles, and a small lemonade." After giving the snacks and taking the money, the man turned away. Jodi thanked Jojo, and they got back to their seats just in time for the movie.
The movie started and Janice laughed about every 2 seconds at everything, even if it wasn't funny. Jojo began regretting deciding to sit beside her. A little while later though, his feeling began to change. "You can eat some of this popcorn if you like. I know my Who-belly won't hold it all." Janice whispered to Jojo. Jojo looked at her and nodded.
A little while later, Jojo stuck his hand into the super DOOPER large popcorn bucket and felt around for the perfect peice, when his hand touched something. He looked down and saw a small purple nailed hand touching his. His gaze shifted to Janice who apparently didn't notice. "WHOOOOOOHOOOOO!! THAT WAS FUNNY!! HAHAheheHAHhehe!" She shouted. Then she fit his hand into hers. Again, she didn't notice. He tightened his grip. She still didn't notice. He squeezed it. She then looked over at Jojo. However she didn't pull away.
T-Hello! TamaranianWarrior here! If you were wondering, Janice is basically my character and Jodi was created by AzarathianWarrior.
A-Arri for short.
T-Yeah okay then I'll be Tammy! Anyways I support Janice and Jojo's relationship but I don't think Janice really likes Jojo That That much. Okay yeah thats all.
A-...Ok then. Wait, does that mean that it'll be Jojo/Jodi?
T-NOOOOOOOO! Jojo/Janice! Cuz if Jodi and Jojo stay together, they'll NEVER talk to each other. Plus...I think Jojo has a soft spot 4 Janice
A-..Ok. Just checking. Anyway, after chapter 2, if you support Jojo with Janice, then head over to Tammy's version. Jojo and Jodi will be here. (but we recommend you read both stories)
T-Yes. Please read both stories. You might like one couple together better than the other based on Chapter 3! Okay then thats all :)
