It was a quiet and peaceful morning at the Xxxxx Xxxxx subdivision. Everyone was sound a sleep.
Except for this boy.
"Young man! If you don't get your butt down here I'll burn every piece of chocolate we have!"
"Great! We'll have tons of melted chocolate then!"
"I'll drag you out of there if you don't come down this instance!"
"Seriously Mom?! I know you won't do that!"
"Try me!"
"Ok."
"Ohh! You're gonna get it!"
The mother stormed through the boy's room.
"Max-ernest! Get out of bed!"
"Why?!"
"You have a class to attend to!"
"No!"
"Oh really?"
"Yeah!"
You know what happend next? Maybe you can relate on this.
"Gahhhh! Mom! Stop pulling me! My butt is going to be exposed! Stop!"
"Well better get your freaking tiny butt out of bed!"
"Ok, Mom! I'll get out of bed, for crying out loud!"
"If you don't come down in 5 minutes I will ban you from eating chocolate!"
"Ok, mom! Jeez.. Chill! I'll come down. Good Morning,by the way."
"Awww... How sweet..Well, Good morning to you too honey!"
Then M.E.'s mother gave him a gentle kiss on the forehead then left his room.
Before coming down he gave an eye tearing-heart felt-relatable goodbye speech to his beloved bed.
"You know bed? I think you're the world's most powerful magnet! I just can't be separated from you. Dang it!I will come for you okay? I'll come back. Please don't go. We'll sort this out later. I hope things aren't over for us."
"I love you."
Max-ernest took one more look of his bed then remorsefully marched down stairs. While walking, Max-ernest smelled something that made his stomach roar.
"Hmgh.." moaned Max-ernest.
A few more steps.
"Is that,what I think it is?"
"Holy cow."
"It's freaking hot chocolate and chocolate sandwich."
"I love you, Mom!"
"What did you say Max-ernest? Mommy can't hear you Paul-Clay is crying like a baby!"
"Mom! But he is a baby!"
"What?!"
"Nothing!"
"Ok sweetie. Finish your food before going to school okay?"
"Yeah mom!"
In a blink of an eye Max-ernest's breakfast was *boom* gone. Just like a magic trick. *boom*
After like 10 minutes Max-ernest was already done and he was about to go to school. Just like a magic trick *boom*
Seriously?! Like how on earth do boys do that stuff? It's like one minute they were sleeping and the next they're already finish? WTF? Ok back to the story.
"Bye mom!"
He quickly ran out. Just like a magic trick *boom*
dingdong..dingdong..dingdong..
Then the wooden door screeched open revealing a pointy-eared girl. Wait for it.
With a stern face.
"Good Morni-what now?" Max-ernest said.
"Do you know how many minutes you've been late, huh doofus?" she said.
"What? I was exactly on time! Well it's not that bad. Right?"
"Yeah! If 5 minutes wasn't bad for you, your highness!"
"Oh come on! It was only five minutes!"
"What happened?"
"Well my mom had a real hard time in separating me from my bed, so yeah."
"I don't care! You should have use an alarm clock or a thingy device!"
"Seriously, Cass? Are you like the principal now? Take your mask off Mrs. Johnson."
"Really funny, Max-ern- oh shoot. Oh shoot!"
"Huh?! What?"
Then Cass dragged Max-ernest and ran as fast as she could. She was like a Kenyan competing for the olympics or some sort.
"Cass? What the hell?"
"Doofus! Look at your watch!"
"The bus leaves like on 7:20 am,Cass! It's like 7:05am! Wait what the? Oh Shoot me Lord! It takes like 20 minutes to walk from here to the bus stop!"
"We won't make it in time Max-ernest!"
"Oh god!"
"Come on M.E. use your powers!"
Then an innocent little girl passed by. She was eating a three scooped ice cream on a cone while playing with the newest set of barbie dolls in the whole town. And by her side was her rainbow like-unicorn filled-heart covered-sparkly-glittery bike.
"Hey little girl how much for your beautiful bike?" asked Max-ernest.
"20 dollars, Mr. Porcupine" Not as innocent as we thought she would be.
"Wait! Hold it now! Hold it now! 20 freaki- uhmp! Ouch!"
Cass gave him a punch that will surely leave a mark.
"Here's the money little girl."
"What? Have you lost your mind? This is against the law! It's overpri-"
"Max-ernest! Just give me 10 freaking dollars for goodness sake!"
"But-"
Without even saying a word he forcefully gave his lunch money for the week.
"Don't worry M.E. Will get our payback later. I assure you. For now just put on a happy face and flow with my plan." she whispered.
"Okay. I hope you have a really good plan about this!" he whispered back.
"Okay that's our payment."
"20 dollars?" the girl asked.
"20."
"Fine then. You can go with my bike."
"Before we leave, just a little question. How much is your ice cream?" Cass asked.
"2 dollars! Bet you can't buy this because you two are poor!"
"Hell yeah we are."
"Umm, Cass hate to interrupt you in your little chitchat over there but it's 7:15am!"
"Shut up!" Cass shouted.
"How about your barbie dolls? How much does that cost?"
"20 dollars."
A wide grin spread across Cass's face.
Then Cass "accidentally" pushed the little girl's arm causing for her three scooped ice cream to fall on her face as well as on her 20-dollar barbies.
In three..two..one *boom*
The not-so-innocent girl cried hysterically as if the world was about to end or even worse.
"Bye little girl!" Cass said sarcastically.
"Now that's what you call overpricing!" Max-ernest said and offered a high five from Cass.
"How bout' that?" she then winked at him.
"I totally love yo- I mean not love-love you. Yeah you get the point!"
"Ok, I guess? I told you we were going to get our reven- Fudge! Move your butt! We're going to be really late!"
"Hold on tight ,Cass!"
Then the bike zoomed off like it had rockets.
"Damn you, Max-ernest!"
Every corner, every kid, every person looked at them like they were from hollywood or something.
"Max-ernest do you have a spell on how to delete everybody's minds?"
"Wish I had one Cass, I wish I had."
"Well, dang it then."
They finally arrived just as the bus's door was about to close. The two rode the bus just to see everyone laughing at them including Yo-yoji. They were taunting them with names such as Rainbow pals, Pink duo, Sparkle friends and even worse.. GAY. It totally made Cass and Max-ernest turn into red.
Cass then shouted.
"Please just shut up,okay? You don't know what we have been through!"
"Yeah you don't know! We were just robbed by an innocent girl! She was breaking the law! It says according to the repub-"
"Shut up,M.E. and just sit down!" she said exhaustedly.
"Okay. Chill."
"Now to find a seat."
"Hey, Cass! There's a seat over there! But only one of us can sit down."
"Then you sit down!" she said being the survivalist and all eventhough she was really tired from running.
"Seriously? You go or I'll really carry you there!"
"As if you can!"
"Want a bet?"
"Really, Max-ernest? You can't even lift your own backpack!"
"Pshhh.. you underestimate me!"
He then warmed up. Then *boom* he carried Cass like a princess to her seat. Just like a magic trick. *boom* Cass didn't get the chance to refuse because of shock. He then put Cass down on her seat.
"Oh my gosh. I think I broke a tendon!"
"AYIIIEEEIEIEIEIEIEIE!" the students teased.
Now their faces turned redder than before. They both blushed like crazy.
"I totally hate you." Cass said.
"A simple thank you would be pretty much appreciated."
"Sorry, thank you by the way. You're a real gentleman."
"You bet I am. Ouch!"
"Hey, yo! Are you alright?" Yo-yoji asked thoughtfully.
"Yeah."
"Gentleman." he said sarcastically.
"Pfft." Max-ernest answered.
"BTW! You totally gotta tell me the sick story behind you and Cass riding that awful bicyc- What the hey hey?"
Then a not-so-pretty girl entered the bus just before they were about to leave. Well you know she is not ugly-ugly. She is pretty, I mean every girl is pretty,right? but she is just like any other oridinary girl. That is why we will call her the not-so-pretty girl for a while.
"Oh, seriously! Just move this freaking bus!" the students complained.
Everyone then shut up their mouths when this not-so-pretty lady passed by.
"I'm sorry I'm late." the not-so-pretty girl said.
Yo-yoji's eyes were like popping out and his jaws were wide open.
Cass then pointed out Yo-yoji. Max-ernest saw Yo-yoji's reaction and he was sure that Yo-yoji was totally grossed out by the girl. Everyone started gossiping about her. Some even laughed at her.
You see, in Cass's and Max-ernest's school "pretty" is defined as girls who have long blonde-ish hair, slim bodies, faces which are covered with make up, girls with the newest set of designer clothes and lips which are smeared with different flavored smoochies. Well for the the not-so-pretty girl she was the opposite of that. She had braces, glasses, clothes that don't match at all and she always carries books.
Everyone started laughing and making fun of this girl. Except for Cass and Max-ernest.
"Hey, Cass look! The girl is being made fun of!" ME pointed out.
"That is not very nice! I mean she is pretty!"
"Oh. Guess I'll be standing up.." the not-so-pretty girl said.
Cass then looked at Yo-yoji. She wanted him to give the seat to the not-so-pretty girl. Yo-yoji hesitated. But you know how girls rule the world right? So yeah Yo-yoji reluctantly gave up his seat.
"Hey! You there!" Yo-yoji shouted-
