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CHAPTER 7: SOMETHING SOMETHING PRANK CALL (Part 2)


Abby, Rachel, and Fanny were lined up in front of Kuki, staring intently.

"Well?" Rachel whispered. "Is he answering? Put it on speaker phone!"

Kuki obliged her request. "He's not picking up- oh! Shh!"

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Wally noticed his guests had followed him downstairs, and were loitering by the stairs. He figured a middle-of-the-night phone call was more interesting than staring at a pause screen. He picked up the phone before it could ring again, and brought it up to his ear.

"Ello?"

"Er, hello," answered a guff female voice. "Is this Wall- er, the Beetles residence?"

"Yeeeaaahhh... Who's this?"

"Why, this is... uh..." Wally could hear indiscernible whispering on the other end of the line. He glanced over at the other boys, who simply stared back.

"Who is it?" Hoagie asked in a hushed tone.

A different gruff female voice spoke. "Uh, this is... Flo'rence... from the... Food Storage... Appliance... Association. Uh, we're conductin' a survey for, uh..." She cleared her throat. "Tell me, sir... is yo' refrigeratuh runnin'?"

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"I don't get it," Fanny whispered.

Abby placed her hand over the transceiver. "When he says 'yes,' Abby will say 'bettuh go catch it!'"

Fanny blinked. "Oooh, right! Like it's runnin'! I get it!"

Abby rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, I think it is."

At this, Abby smirked at her audience. "Well, yah bettuh-!"

"Hold on, I'll go check."

Abby gawked at the phone. "Man, that boy is dumb."

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The three boys watched Wally set the phone on the table and set off for the kitchen. Patton and Nigel exchanged confused glances.

"Uh, Wally?" Hoagie asked as the blond boy passed him.

"Yeah?"

"What are you doing?"

"I'm checkin' to see if the fridge is runnin'. It'll only take a sec."

The trio eyed Wally in awe.

"Man, that boy is dumb," Patton whispered.

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"Wait, he's actually checking?" Rachel asked, refraining from laughing just yet.

"Seriously. 'The Food Storage Appliance Association'? That di'n't tip 'im off?" Abby sighed. "Only Wallabee Beetles..."

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"So what do you guys think?" Hoagie asked, staring across the room at the phone. "Prank call?"

"No doubt," Nigel answered. "Shall we investigate?"

Patton chuckled. "Let's."

The three crept across the living room to the phone. They exchanged glances with one another, until Hoagie cautiously reached for the phone, as if it might leap at him.

"I think this phone has a speaker," Nigel whispered, hovering his pointer finger over a green button. He hesitated a moment, and then pressed it.

"Wow. How long does it take to check an' see if the stupid refrigeratuh's runnin'?" a familiar voice sounded through the speaker. "It's not a difficult task, even fo' him!"

Hoagie almost jumped in surprise. "Abby?!"

"Hoagie?!"

Patton looked over at Hoagie. "Abby? Numbuh 5?"

"Is that Numbuh 60?"

"Kuki?"

"Huh? Nigel?"

"Rachel?!"

"Is this still Beetles' house?"

"Numbuh 86?!"

"Uno!"

"Numbuh 86? Like, Fanny Fulbright?"

"That's right, tubbo!"

"Calm down, Fanny."

"Rachel? What on Earth is going on?!"

"It's a slumber party at my house!"

"You ain't s'posed to tell 'em! That's why it's a prank call!"

"Well, they already know we're not the Food Application Special Society."

"That doesn't mean...! Ugh, look, just hang up-!"

There was a click, and the line went silent, leaving the three boys staring at the phone in Hoagie's hand, dumbfounded. It wasn't until Wally reentered the room moments later that the silence was broken.

"The fridge is still runnin'!" the Aussie announced proudly. "Oi, why'd you hang up?"

Hoagie returned the phone to its place. "Wally, it was a prank call..."

"But... what about the survey?"


A/N: Yeah, so, sorry if that formatting was all weird, jumping between scenes like that. Since it was almost entirely dialog, I thought I could get away with it. It's one of those things that works better on a screen than on a page. Ah well, there it is.

As I said before, thank you all for being awesome. Please review if you can. But even if you don't, thanks for reading.

- Marty