"Dude! They're all the same! Just pick one, Agnes's plane will land any second!" Mordecai emphasized impatienly.
Rigby didn't change his concentrated expression, "You know, if you keep saying that it'll ruin my thinking and make me take even longer!"
Mordecai facepalmed, resisting the urge to smack the raccoon upside the head. It was one of the many annoying traits Rigby had, taking too long to order. Where ever the duo went to eat, Rigby would take up to a half an hour just deciding on what to eat. That's the reason they hardly went out to eat. Well, that and the fact they didn't have any money. Luckily, Benson knew these two would get hungry and was generous enough to give them enough money for food for themselves, and maybe something for Agnes.
"Hmm... If I get the grilled cheese supreme that may be too much cheese... But if I get a regular grilled cheese I won't get enough..." Rigby mumbled mostly to himself.
Mordecai sat at one of the small, nearby tables. He rested his head in his hands and boredly looked out the large window at the gate nearest to him. His eyes widened when he saw a plane land at the gate. He knew that was Agnes's plane. He worridly glanced at his watch, this was the exact time it was supposed to arrive. He darted out of his seat so fast he knocked the chair down. He ran up to Rigby and roughly grabbed his arm.
"Ow..." Rigby whined, "Dude, what are you doing?" Rigby attemped to release his arm from the blue jay's grip, but he was much stronger than he was. Mordecai seemed unfazed by his friend's struggle and kept a straight face toward the gate.
"Agnes is here, we need to get to the gate!" Mordecai said.
Rigby mumbled something under his breath, though Mordecai couldn't exactly make out what it was. They finally made it to the gate, and people came flooding out og the entrance. There were so many people, Mordecai couldn't find Agnes, she was rather small. Mordecai was worried she might get trampled with so many people around. Then, he saw a glimps of light brown fur.
"Agnes!" He yelled.
After a few moments, a voice answered, "Mordecai!"
He couldn't find where the voice came from, as the enormous crowd of people was much too loud. Mordecai looked around frantically, Rigby gave him a reassuring look.
The crowd of people was starting to die down, Mordecai heard a voice that said, "Geez, to think these people would have somewhere to be right now."
Mordecai didn't recognize that voice. Rigby saw her and tugged Mordecai's arms, interupting his thoughts. He looked in the direction Rigby was pointing and saw her, it was indeed Agnes. Agnes the rabbit. Her light tan fur was slightly ruffled from bumping into various people. Her large, misty blue eyes were calm, despite being around such a large group of people. She had a small stature, even her back-breakingly straight posture didn't make her look very tall.
If you took one glance at her, you could definately tell she was a rabbit. She had long ears, that were almost as tall as her, long feet, and the icing on the cake; her little cotton tail. Mordecai smiled as the memories came flooding back with his little step cousin.
"Agnes!" Mordecai and Rigby shouted at the same time. Said rabbit turned her head over to their direction.
"Is that Mordy and Rigby I hear?" She asked teasingly with a smirk. They both ran up to her, Rigby hugged her immediately. Agnes took a startled step back, taken aback by the sudden embrace. She then smiled and hugged Rigby back.
"No need to give me a heart attack, and judging by your greasy fur I'm guessing you're Rigby?" Agnes said with a smirk. Rigby let go, and lightly chuckled.
"Yeah, it's me." he said.
"Good to hear your voice again. Where Mordy?" Agnes asked.
"I'm over here." Mordecai said, hugging Agnes. She hugged him back.
"What, do we get no love?" A girl in the group behind Agnes. She tucked her orange hair, that went down to her mid-back, behind her ear. She was a human, a little shorter than Mordecai. She was wearing a white tank top underneath a green half sleeved shirt and a pair of jeans. Her pale skin shined under the bright lights.
"I-I didn't..." Mordecai stammered, unsure how to respond to that question.
She laughed, "I'm kiddin' dude. My name's Phoebe. So, you're the Mordecai and Rigby that Agnes won't shut up about?"
"Hey!" Agnes shouted, playfully elbowing her red headed friend. Rigby snickered.
"And this is Dave and Sanjay." Phoebe gestured to a skunk no taller than Rigby, and a swan with a rather long neck. The skunk, Sanjay, gave a pleasent smile and waved. The swan, Dave, did the same. Mordecai shook their hands.
"Nice to meet you guys." He said.
"Likewise." Sanjay responded.
"So, you guys ready to go down to the park?" Mordecai asked the group. They all nodded.
!#$%&*
They took two hours to find their way out of the parking lot, most of the time spent were when they were looking for the van. They ended up being stuck behind one of the buses, and they took forever to get out of there.
Not to mention, the hour long drive was not comfortable to say the least, the van was cramped and everyone had a limitted amount of space. As the van rushed passed trees and buildings making them look like green blurs, they all kept pushing each other for space.
"Knock it off!" Mordecai shouted at everyone in the back seat.
"Easy for you to say, there's no room back here!" Phoebe said, almost in a whine.
Mordecai groaned, "Then, why don't some of you just sit in the trunk?" he suggested, since the trunk was empty.
"That doesn't sound safe, what if police cars roll by?" Sanjay asked, as he tried to wriggle free from being wedged between Phoebe and David.
"Then just duck down until they go away!" Rigby said, aggrivated as he pushed Agnes for more room.
"Ow! Rigby, quit pushing!" Agnes shouted, pushing Rigby into the window he sat beside.
"Quiet!" Mordecai shouted. Everyone went wide-eyed, then put their hands on their laps and stayed silent. No one spoke a word until Mordecai went through the Cheezers drive-thru.
"Welcome to Cheezers," the voice in the box said, "May I take your order?"
"Yeah, just give us a second." Mordecai said to the box, then turn to the other in the back seat, "What do you guys want?"
"Girlled Cheese Delux." Agnes said with a small smile.
"Me too!" Rigby shouted, raising his hand.
"Ditto." Said David, also raising his wing.
"I'll have a Grilled Cheese Supreme." Phoebe said.
"Cool, what would you like, Sanjay?" Mordecai asked the skunk.
Sanjay shrugged, "I guess I'll just have a soda."
Mordecai nodded, then turned back to the colorful box outside, "Can we have three Grilled Cheese Deluxes, one Grilled Cheese Supreme, one soda, and one regular Grilled Cheese?"
After a moment, them box asked, "Would like any tomato soup?"
Mordecai turned back to the back seat, "Do you?"
"No thanks." Agnes said.
"Pass." Phoebe and Rigby said.
David and Sanjay shook their heads.
"No thank you." Mordecai said to the box.
It took a second, then the box responded, "Okay, that'll be $12.49 at the register, thank you for ordering at Cheezers."
Mordecai drove up around the corner and to the window. He dug out his wallet and managed to find the cash Benson had loaned them, and handed it to the outstreched hand that had recentely appeared from the window. The hand retracted, and after a few minutes came back out with three bags of orders and a soda.
"Thanks." Mordecai said to the man in the window, then turned back to the others, "Okay, Rigby, Agnes, and David, here's your Grilled Cheese Deluxes. Phoebe, here's you Grilled Cheese Supreme. Here's you soda, Sanjay." He said, distributing their orders to the correct person. Then, they all heard a loud honk. Mordecai glared into his mirror and saw a brunette man in a red car poking his head out the window and shaking his fist, "Move it!" He shouted.
Mordecai pushed the gas pedal, continuing to glare into his mirror, and only stopped when the man's red car was no longer in sight.
Mordecai opened the van door and stepped out. Over the time it had taken to get to the park, the fighting had ceased, mainly because most of them were eating, and the inside of the van had managed to smell like cheese. He felt the soft grass between his talons and stretched, followed by a yawn. The humid night air danced between his feathers, giving him a slight chill. The fireflies floating around in the night almost seemed like stars.
Mordecai opened the door to the back seat, and David poked out his head and hopped out, Sanjay followed close behind. Phoebe popped out of the door with tired eyes. When she stepped in the grass, her legs began to wobble. Mordecai, thinking she would fall, reached out to catch her, But she put up a hand and said , "I got it."
Mordecai nodded to her, then was nearly pushed to the ground when Rigby rushed out of the door and dashed into the house screaming, "Bathroom!" while holding his crotch. Mordecai, though slightly taken aback by the sudden push, managed to laugh at his friend, then notcied that Agnes hadn't yet gotten out of the van. He looked inside and saw Agnes fast asleep with her ears over her eyes. She looked so peaceful, Mordecai smiled softly at her, remembering how she always fell asleep in the car when she was little. She looks like such a sweet little child.
Mordecai pick her up and her head rested on his shoulder, and he followed the others inside. He looked around and saw the other employees were already busy greeting the group he had met a few hours ago.
"What are you guys still doing here?" Mordecai asked, most of the employees left at around six, and according to his watch it was almost eleven.
"we decided to stay and meet the group we were gonna end up working with," Benson said as he walked over to Mordecai, "What took so long?" H asked with a hint of annoyance.
"We sorta had trouble finding our car in the parking lot." Mordecai explained with a sheepish smile, then noticed one of his friends weren't here. "Hey, where's Skips?"
"Skips? He had to go down to Harris City to pick up those orders of cotton candy Mr. Mallard wanted for the festival." Benson responded.
Mordecai saw Sanjay and David having a conversation with High Five Ghost and Muscle Man, Phoebe srtuggling to understand exactly what Pops was talking about, and Rigby coming downstairs with a relieved look.
"Is that your cousin?" Benson asked, snapping Mordecai away from his thoughts.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, this is Agnes." Mordecai gestured to the rabbit sleeping on his shoulder.
Mordecai didn't know what Benson was thinking, but he saw him smile softly at her, "Well, we'll start working tomorrow."