So sorry for the long wait. (I only posted this notice on 'It Runs in the Family') I had two major projects to do, but now they're finished and I'm back in business! So, let's get started!
61. Rain
The gray clouds loomed over head, rain showering down over the small city. You could hear the slight rumble of thunder, and the rain grew harder by the minute.
But underneith a soft blanket, two five year olds couldn't care less about the rain. "Wow, did you see this!" Robbie asked, pointing at the comic book page.
"Can you read what it says?" Maddie asked. Robbie bit his lip. "Not yet," he replied, "but I will!"
"Well, Daddy said it's supposed to rain all week, so we've got time to learn together!" Maddie smiled. With that, they flipped to the next page.
62. Spill
Mordecai carefully poured three cups, two with soda and one with juice. Balancing his cups in his hands perfectly, Mordecai turned and took a step. Unfortunately, Sammi ran out in front of him. The three cups slipped out of his hands, and Sammi got covered in soda and juice. She looked stunned. "Um, sor-" Before Mordecai could finish, the little green skinned girl let out a high pitched scream.
Still screaming (much to the dismay of everyone at the party), Sammi ran towards the one person who would help her. As soon as she reached the table where he was sitting, Muscleman cleaned her face with a soft napkin. Cleaned up and no longer screaming, Sammi gave her dad a smile. "Thanks Daddy!" she said sweetly.
"No problem, Princess," Muscleman replied as he stood up. He gave his daughter a pat on the head, grabbed his full cup of soda, and walked towards a certain bluejay.
63. Pictures
Margaret couldn't believe it. Eileen was surprised, but took it with good humor. Mordecai and Rigby couldn't help but laugh. Skips stayed stoick, as if he knew something like this would happen. Pops thought it looked fine, while Benson thought it looked like a disaster but didn't say anything.
No matter what the reaction was to their school pictures, Maddie and Robbie always said the same thing.
"Don't ask. Just, don't ask."
64. Report (based off a real experience)
She stood in front of the class, all the eyes on her. Her hands were shaking, her face was hot, and she felt her eyes begin to water. 'Why am so nervous? It's just a stupid 5th grade report.' Even so, she still felt terrified.
"Psst!" She looked over to her right, and saw Robbie. He gave her a smile, and a thumbs up, silently saying 'You'll be fine.'
Maddie smiled back. "Hm hm." She would definitely thank Robbie later, but right now (thanks to his help) she had a report to give.
65. Lunch
Kimi and Greg were at a Newspaper Club Pizza Party. Robbie was at home sick, and Maddie had to make up work so she was studying in the library. So, Taylor was sitting at their usual table all alone. But really it wasn't too bad, no one was bothering her or anything. "Hey!" The fox jumped, and looked at the short boy next to her.
"Can I sit here?" Mikey asked. Taylor blinked. "Um, S-sure," she answered, moving a strand of black hair out of her face. Mikey sat down with his lunch, trying not to look at her.
"Don't think I'm sittin' her cause I want to," Mikey said (a little too) quickly, "My friends aren't here and I need a place to text where the teachers won't catch me." The two stayed silent the rest of the lunch period. When it ended, the two said a quick goodbye and went their seperate ways.
"Well, that wasn't too bad," Taylor said to herself with a smile. Not too bad at all.
(I have no idea where this came from XD Opposites attract I guess)
66. Career
"Whoa!" Robbie's tail wildly twitched back and forth as he watched the giant yellow monster chew up the bags of trash. "Dad! You have the coolest job ever!" Rigby smiled at his seven year old.
"Yeah, I do," he said with a cocky attitude. Garbage man wasn't exactly the coolest job according to most people. But that didn't really matter today. "Hey, you wanna feed it some more?" "Yeah!"
Together, the two raccoons lifted the bag of trash and threw it into the garbage truck. They cheered as the truck munched away. "Best 'Take your kid to work' day ever!"
67. Gum
"Ow! Owwwww!" Maddie howled as her hair was pulled harder.
"Hey, at least you only have feathers, think about how I feel!" Robbie shouted before letting out another yell. "Dad! That hurts!"
As Mordecai and Rigby tried to pull their kids apart, Pops was looking at the floor while Benson was pinching the brim of his nose. "And this, is why I didn't want you to give the kids gum," the gumball machine said.
68. Help
Skips rubbed his temples. Why is it that after hundreds of years he still couldn't figure this out?
"Skips? What's wrong?" "Are you okay?" The yeti looked up and saw his two favorite students walk in.
"Eh, it's nothing," Skips replied tiredly. He would figure it out, eventually. The two walked over, and looked at the computer on Skips' desk. "Did you try hitting the 'Esc' button?" Robbie asked. Before Skips had a chance to answer, Maddie reached over and pressed the key. Instantly, the screen went back to normal.
"... I appreciate the help, but please don't tell anyone about this. It's been a long day, alright?" The kids just simply smiled at the yeti.
Oh Skips XD When it comes to computers, he reminds me so much of my dad, lol
69. Motherhood
"Oh Eileen, I'm so happy for you!" Eileen smiled as she patted her currently flat (but not for long) belly. "You're going to be a great mother! I just know it!" Margaret said happily. She always was the positive one. The cardinal looked away from Eileen, and her smile faultered, just a little.
"I wonder when it's going to be my turn," she said, sounding distant, "I wonder if Mordecai even wants kids. I mean, we've never really talked about it but..." The scarlet bird stopped talking when she felt a hand on her arm.
"You know how sweet Mordecai is, of course he'll want kids," Eileen said with a smile, "and you two will make great parents." Margaret smiled back, and the two best friends spent the rest of the afternoon talking about baby showers and future playdates.
70. Grandpa
"Daddy?" Mordecai and Rigby were over at the park house, visiting Benson and Pops (Skips was currently on vacation). The kids were outside playing, but they had come inside for some reason. "Yeah?" Mordecai asked, "What is it?"
"Well, me and Robbie just remembered our teacher told us to make a family tree," Maddie explained, "and we wanted to know: Are Pops and Skips and Benson apart of our family?"
"Well, yeah." "Of course." Mordecai and Rigby answered. "So, does that mean they're like our grandpas or something?" Robbie asked. The two dads instantly began to snicker. While Pops didn't mind at all, Benson felt a little embarrassed.
"Uh, you guys can just call me Benson," Benson insisted. "Okay Grandpa Benson," the two six year olds said in unison before happily walking away. Mordecai and Rigby looked at Benson, trying their best not to laugh. The gumball machine glared at the two. "Go ahead," he said, his gumballs turning red, "Call me Grandpa, see what happens."
71. Race
"You're not gonna win this time, furball!"
"That's what you think!" Even in the hot summer weather, neither kid ever turned down a challenge to a race. As the end of the sidewalk got near, Maddie switched gears on her bike, and reached it first.
"Well, looks like I won," the twelve year old bird said smugly.
"Hm hm," Robbie replied, "Joke's on you, the score's still 89 to 34." "I can still catch up... eventually."
72. Hampster
"I can't believe you lost him."
"You were watching him too you know!" A voice cleared it's throat, and the two twelve year olds looked up. "What are you guys doing?" Skips asked.
"Well, our science teacher asked us to watch the class hampster, and we-" Maddie started to say, but was cut off by a scream from Benson (although, it could've been mistaken for Pops. It was certainly high enough).
"Oh, nevermind," said Robbie, "we found him."
73. Torture
"Where is the tower?"
"RIGHT BEHIND YOU! GEESH, JUST LOOK BEHIND YOU!" Mordecai rolled his eyes as his friend yelled at the tv again. "Dude, she can't hear you," the bluejay reminded, "and even if she could she would just ignore you. It's working for me."
"How do they think this is educational!" Rigby shouted, "this is torture!"
"Well, at least the kids enjoy it," Mordecai replied, refering to the two toddlers watching the television show.
"As soon as Robbie gets old enough, I'm showing him what real tv is!" Rigby said, ignoring Mordecai, "Because there is no way I'm watching this stuff for ten more years!"
74. School
Ever since Maddie and Robbie had started middle school, it had been a whole new experience.
Huge assignments, small assignments. New friends, new annoyances. Learning new things, listening to boring lessons again. There were days where everything went their way, making for a great day. There were days where they had to deal with crap from the eighth graders or boring lectures, and the day felt like an eternity long. And there were days when it would just be everything in between.
No matter what happened each day, what changed or what became a daily experience, the bottom line never changed. It was still school.
And they still had six more years of it.
75. Sleepover (okay, I'm kinda cheating on this one, this was part of a short story I included on one of my drawings, but I thought it would be cute to include it)
Every once in a while, the kids would sleepover at the park house, spending the night playing old video games and snacking. One time, Benson went downstairs to get a drink. "Oh Benson," Pops, already downstairs, said quietly but happily, "isn't that precious?"
Benson looked, and couldn't help but smile. Maddie and Robbie were asleep on the couch, but instead of laying opposite ends like they usually would, they were leaning on each other, cuddling under the blanket. Benson knew it probably happened by accident, and in the morning they would be embarrassed and deny that it ever happened. But it was still cute.
"We should go back upstairs, we wouldn't want to wake them," suggested Pops.
"Uh, I'll be up in a sec, Pops," replied Benson. The lolliman nodded, and then climbed up the stairs once again. Benson then went into another room, and came back with a cell phone in his hands. Quickly and secretly, he took a picture of the two kids on the couch. He smiled. He would have to remember to send this picture to Maddie and Robbie's parents, and the rest of their little park 'family'.
76. Bunny
Maddie couldn't help but stare at the chocolate rabbit in her hand.
"What's wrong?" Robbie asked, his face covered in melted chocolate. Maddie shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know," she said honestly, "the chocolate's great, but... it's just something about the happy bunny in a dress and apron."
Robbie swallowed. "Yeah, it does kinda give off a weird feeling," the raccoon thought, studying the box, "Like, deja vu or something." ... "Eh, probably nothing." With that, the kids continued eating their chocolate.
This was a throwback to Ch. 2 of 'IRitF' btw
77. Moon
It was a warm summer night. Maddie and Robbie were sitting on the lawn, talking and trying to catch random fireflies while Mordecai and Rigby sat on the porch and played head-to-head on their DS's, something they hadn't had the chance to do in a while. Eventually getting bored, the two twelve year olds walked over to their fathers.
"Wow, the moon looks pretty tonight," Maddie commented.
"Did you know that there's a basketball themed castle inside the moon?" Mordecai asked. The two looked at him as if he were crazy.
"There's also a giant monster, and some baby ducks on the moon too," Rigby added. The kids looked at them curiously. "But, you guys don't want to hear about that," Mordecai said with a smile.
"Yes we do!" "Come on dude, tell us!" Pretending to be annoyed, Mordecai sighed and said, "Alright, if you guys really want to hear it..."
78. Anniversary
Margaret scowled. Mordecai had promised he would be home early tonight. They had already missed their reservation at the Sunset Lounge, the 2nd most romantic restaurant in town (but in Margaret's opinion, it was the most romantic since it had a view of the sunset, which had already set).
*Ring ring! Ring ring!* "What!" Margaret snapped. ... "Why do you want me to come outside?" ... "Mordecai, I don't know what you're up to..." The bird walked outside, and around to the back of her house, "But whatever it is, it's not going to make me forget about..."
Margaret never got to finish. She dropped the phone as soon as she saw the sight in front of her. A mini waterfall, flowers, candles, a 5 star dinner for two, Pops playing a beautiful melody on his piano, and to top it all off, a beautiful painting of a sunset that would never go down. She saw her husband, looking handsome in a tux and smiling at her.
"Happy anniversary Margaret," he said smoothly (even though his heart was racing a mile a minute. But then again, that's just Mordecai).
79. Bet
Robbie couldn't help but giggle at his friend. Her hat was just ridiculous! Not that he didn't already know that.
The violet bird sighed. "Yeah yeah, laugh it up Furball. You just better hope you don't lose the next bet."
"Hey, you're the one who agreed to it."
80. Crossing a Line
Ever since the three could talk, Mikey had always teased Maddie and Robbie. Whether it was the usual name calling or downright insulting them, or something more annoying like hitting them with paper balls or shoving them aside. While the two certainly didn't enjoy it, they got used to it after a while. That was just Mikey, it's what he did.
However, on the days when one of them was really upset about something, whether it was a hurt or sick family member or they were just really depressed about something, the green skinned eighth grader usually kept his mouth shut. Just because he teased them all the time didn't mean there wasn't a line, nor that he didn't respect it.
That also didn't mean that he wouldn't make up for it by teasing them the next day when they were feeling better.
Another chapter done! Just twenty more to go (unless you want me to continue). Suggestions are still open. Even if you don't have an idea, just suggest a word or phrase or character(s). Please review, and I'll see you next time!
