so this chapter kinda felt like it needed to happen and honestly i might redo it at some point but right now here it is! for some reason i uploaded the new chapter to DeviantArt first...don't know why though. anyway, so we get a brief look at Sam in this chapter as well. i could have gone a bit more in depth but this chapter just felt forced so i wanted to get it done and over with.

Chapter 3: Making Plans

Mikey sat there in his spinning chair for what felt like hours, it was actually about five to ten minutes, when he got a notification that Sam had accepted his request.

TurtleCat28: calling

Popped up on the screen with the options to either answer with video, answer with audio, or ignore the call. Of course though Mikey chose the option to answer with video, and on his screen was Sam with a weird look green lump on her head. Is that a turtle on her head? Mikey wondered as he looked at the object that suspiciously looks like a shell.

"Is that a turtle on your head?" Mikey asked pointing to the lump, Sam glanced up and took it off her cranium, stroked the shell to encourage the tiny reptile to come out.

"Yep yep! This is my red eared slider, his names Caboose." She replied as she turned the now dubbed Caboose around to show Mikey, "I got him when I was a freshman for my birthday."

"Why did you name him Caboose?"

"Because he kind of acted a bit slow and was generally doing stupid and weird stuff in his tank. Also because he reminded me of Caboose from Red vs. Blue."

"What's Red vs. Blue?" Sam stopped for a minute, got up and took Caboose with her, and came back with a DVD box set that said Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles.

"This is RvB; it's a popular web series on the internet made by the company Rooster Teeth. You know, I should show this to you at some point." The moment she said that Mikey felt a feeling of anticipation wash through him.

"How about tomorrow at my house?"

"Sure! That sounds cool where do you live?" Sam asked while grinning, and Mikey told her. To say that he was surprised to find out that she is only about five houses down was a nice feeling. With the date and time figured out, tomorrow at 10:00 A.M., Mikey was in a sort of euphoric state of mind for a good hour or two. After that they spent a good hour discussing topics that they both enjoyed such as art, comics, and video games. Sam eventually had to leave because she had to feed Caboose and make dinner.

After about two more hours or so on the internet he went downstairs to play some video games. When he walked into the family room his parents weren't there anymore, apparently when he went into the kitchen for a snack his mother told him his father got called back to the office for an emergency because the new employee messed up something important while she was making dinner. With that he then told his mother about the, Mikey guessed he should call it a date, to his mom. She was excited for her son to say the least if her words 'My son is becoming a man!' and the ensuing hug is anything to go by.

After that he went to play some video games until dinner was ready. While his mother and he were eating his dad came home with the situation at the office handled and dug ravenously.

"Did anything happen when I was out?" asked Richard

"Mikey's going to have a girl over tomorrow." Replied Mikey's mother. His father stops for a few seconds to swallow what was in his mouth.

"Really? Was that what you were excited about earlier." He asked his son

"Yeah, turns out she's only a few houses down. Were gonna be watching a show called Red vs. Blue." Replied Mikey, "She even has a turtle!"

With that they finished dinner and Mikey went up to his room to clean it up just in case they were going to hang out in there, and just as a precaution Febreezed his room leaving clean linen smell permeate the room. When he was finally done it was about 11 o'clock at night and decided he'd better get to bed so he could get up early and drifted off into dreamland.

Earlier that same day with Sam

After talking to Mikey, Sam took Caboose and put him back in his tank downstairs. Caboose may only be about six inches but he has a 125 gal. tank in the family room as his home with some plants and a completely self made sunning station with a mounted UV light and heat lamp. As soon as she sat him down in his sunning station he immediately went to the water and started to swim around. While Caboose was swimming Sam walked to the kitchen to start making dinner for both herself and her little turtle buddy.

Sam ended up just ordering out from a local ramen shop because she couldn't decide what to make, and she didn't feel like defrosting anything either. But while she was waiting for her food to arrive she took a small leaf of dandelion greens and a couple food pellets of turtle food and sprinkled them in Caboose's tank.

"What should I watch now?" Sam wondered to herself as she layed down on the couch while turning on the T.V. and started flipping through the channels trying to find something to watch. Besides the Blood Gulch Chronicles, should I bring anything else with me? Thought Sam as she finally put something on. Nah, I don't even know if he will like the series or not. Start small Sam, don't rush things he's cute don't screw it up. Sam thought to herself as she mindlessly watched whatever she had put on the T.V.

About 15 minutes went by before the doorbell rang, getting up Sam went to the front door with the cash need to pay the guy that brought her the amazingness that is ramen. Plus tip. As it was it was a relatively boring night, watching T.V. for a bit, eat ramen, then get stuff ready to take to Mikey's. After that she got ready for bed then it was off to dreamland.