I Think I should do this story now. I remember wanting to do it a while ago, and I forgot all about it. ^_^"

Anyway, enjoy!


Ra smiled as the group chatted, trying in vain to get in on it.

A break had come around for the little monsters, so they decided to walk around the town for a while. It was only for a week, but hey, no school was ALWAYS amazing. Even Richard and Jimmy had a break from school, so they had decided to tag along. And where ever Richard went, Zeke and Thatch were not far behind. Thatch, as he was the human's best friend, and Zeke, because his knowledge of earth was limited. Even if he had been here for a couple of years, he still felt a bit paranoid around humans. Hence why he hung around Richard. He always felt most comfortable around the pale fleshie.

The mummy smiled when he found Thatch laughing nervously at Mantha's joke. The strange thing was, his face was turning red, and he refused to look the girl in the eyes. Ra couldn't help but wonder why he had been doing that so much lately. It wasn't like Thatch was uncomfortable around girls. He hung around DummyGirl, Harpy, Loreli, Lexi and Amber no problem. It was just Mantha. Did he feel like she hated him or something?

" So Zeke. "

Ra felt his ears perk up uopn hearing Casper's voice. He figured he COULD listen in. After all, they WERE in a large group. It wasn't technically evesdropping.

" How are you liking things here on earth? "

The currently black haired looking human simply shrugged to his question, scratching his head a bit.

" It's ok. The food's a bit disgusting, but at least it isn't, you know, harmful. "

Zeke explained.

" Well, actually the water is. It burns everytime I touch it. Swallowing it would be disasterous. "

" Oooh... "

Mantha cooed in realization.

" So THAT'S why you looked like you were burning that night Thatch died. "

Mantha looked slightly nervous when she realized she brought up Thatch's death. The creatures had been avoiding this topic for a while now, as everytime they mentioned it, even only slightly, Thatch would flip out. He'd start by sweating, then he'd get teary eyed, and finally, he'd just break down. Muttering to himself, crying, and shaking like a leaf in a hurricane. They knew he faced Frost, Charlene and his parents, but it seemed like something else happened that he wasn't telling them. They wanted to help him, but he wouldn't tell them why he kept getting so traumatized.

Turning to the gray vampire, Mantha was deeply relived to find he hadn't heard her. He had been to busy talking to Richard. The zombie girl sighed, and turned her attention back to Zeke.

" Uh, yeah. Water of any kind burns. I try to avoid it, really. "

" Any thing else about earth that you enjoy? "

" Well, I like learning about creatures. "

He explained, a small sparkle of excitement in his currently emerald eyes.

" How they have such amazing powers, how some of their appearances differ from a humans, and- Oh!- how ghosts are the really the spirits of a deceased human! "

Mantha chuckled a bit, covering her mouth to keep from being heard.

" Don't they have creatures or ghosts on YOUR planet? "

Zeke frowned a bit, folding his hand behind his back.

" Alas, no. My planet doesn't believe in creatures. And ghosts cant be produced on my planet. Since we are built, born in some areas, we are still made like machines. Robots, if you will. Although we are living, and can be birthed naturally, we only live through our LSS. Once thats gone and we die, thats it. "

" That's it? "

Ra couldn't help himself from asking.

" Nothing else happens? You don't go to heaven? "

" No. We also don't believe in that. Our souls are... fake. Artificial. Again, we're robots. We, um, don't have a real soul..."

Everyone could tell it was getting harder for Zeke to talk about this, so they all dropped this subject. Things fell eerily silent for a bit, no one sure about what to say. Finally, Casper cleared his throat, gaining the aliens attention.

" So. What's it like living with Richard? "

Zeke's eyes grew wide at this question, letting his arms droop back to his sides.

" Oh, I don't live with Richard. "

" You don't? "

" No. Mr. Bradley would flip if he saw me. My hollogramic image doesn't work while I'm sleeping. "

" So... "

Richard said softly, obviously getting very concerned about his alien friend.

" Where DO you live? "

Zeke fell silent, rubbing his right leg with his left foot, seemingly refusing to answer the question. And that's when it hit everyone: Zeke didn't have a home.

How could this alien NOT have a home? He'd JUST said his hollogram doesn't work while he's sleeping! Not having a PLACE to sleep was just plain dangerous! And Ra wasn't going to stand for it! The mummy grabbed Zeke's arm, forcing him to look at him.

" You can NOT sleep on the streets! "

" Well, what can I do? "

Zeke retorted, yanking his arm away. He never did like it when people did things like that...

" I don't exactly have money or a job... I'm disguised as a twelve year old. "

" Well... at least stay with me while I'm on break. "

If his disguise hadn't been on, his antennae would have stood up tall. That's how surprised he was to hear Ra's offer.

" R-really? "

He mumbled, getting a gentle nod out of Ra.

" Of course! I can't let you get caught. "

Slowly, Zeke smiled warmly, not used to people actually attempting to be nice to him. The boy held his hand out, slowly shaking the mummy's hand.

" That would be wonderful. Thank you. "


Ending this here. :)