Chapter 2

Later that day, Thaddeus started to think in the best way in which he could get his desired revenge while eating a gargantuan portion of ice cream in front of the TV.

"Real life should be a little bit more like cartoons…" Thaddeus commented, while watching his favorite television show, a sadistic animated series about a schizophrenic cat which was psychically and emotionally tortured by a malicious mouse, who find enjoyment in that feline´s misery. "In cartoons, everything is easy and fun …And when someone gets hurts or something goes wrong, everything is back to normal at the end of the day…Nothing ever changes in cartoon´s world…"

"I´m not sure if I would like to live in a cartoon…" Thor said. "After all, living in a world where every single day is exactly the same would end becoming exasperating with time…"

"Don´t be silly, Thor!" Thaddeus replied his brother, with an angry expression on his perfectly triangular face. "Now do something useful and gum me!"

"But…You are already eating ice cream…I don´t think that it would be good for you eating ice cream and chewing gum at the same time…"

"You are not my father, Thor!" Thaddeus shrieked. "Don´t dare to tell me what would be good or bad for me, you despicable snob!"

"I´m not a snob…" Thor muttered, folding his arms. "And if you are going to act like one big baby, then you better plan your stupid revenge against Phineas and Ferb alone!"

And after saying those harsh words to his brother, Thor left the living room, while Thaddeus stayed there, watching cartoons.

"I don´t need him anyway…" Thaddeus said to himself. "I don´t need anyone…I could plan my revenge against those pesky Phineas and Ferb alone. I can also gum myself alone…"

And in that way, Thaddeus was able for first time in his life gum himself alone. He felt proud of himself, as if he actually achieved something useful, but at the end of the day, he also felt empty inside, as if his subconscious was perfectly aware that his apparent self-confidence was nothing but a mask to cover his sadness and solitude.

"Thaddeus, you are not a big baby. You are actually awesome! What other kid in the world was able to eat chewing gum and ice cream at the same time? No one! You are an utterly special snowflake which is far above the average…"Thaddeus said to himself, as several tears started falling from his big hazel eyes.

On the next room, Thor sighed while he was trying to ignore the fact that he could perfectly hear his brother crying and talking to himself in such a pathetic manner, that he couldn´t help but feel incredibly sorry for him.

After all that was the reason why Thor deliberately let his little brother to believe that he was the leader of the two, in order to help him with his low self-esteem problems caused by the divorce of their parents. He still remembered the afternoon Thaddeus cried on his shoulder, asking him why father had to leave them:

"Did I do something wrong?"

Thor didn´t know how to answer the many questions of his little brother. All what he could do was to stay at his side every time he needed him. But now things seemed to be getting out of control, as Thaddeus slowly become a spoiled brat…Who still had very serious low self-esteem problems.

"I wish to be able to help you, brother…" Thor muttered as he continued hearing Thaddeus crying and talking with himself in the next room.