Chapter 8
As Arthur left Molly's house, he felt a whole deal of stress leave his body like he shook off a bad cold. The only thing he needed to worry about now was whether Molly would reciprocate those feelings back to him. Arthur wondered why he told Molly he liked her, it was strange for someone at an age like his to think about stuff like that, but Molly was different. She felt like any one of his other good friends, well secret friends. He enjoyed her company too, she was cool, adventurous, and he trusted her enough to talk about anything. Arthur continued on down the street, he thought about what was for dinner, but before he could finish that thought, a figure from the bushes grabbed him and pushed Arthur onto the pavement.
"Jesus Christ!", Arthur had yelled.
The figure was wearing a large raincoat and a fedora as he held Arthur down.
"I need to have a word with you yellow jacket!", snarled the figure.
Arthur tried to push the figure off, but only managed to rip off his fedora. Arthur gasped in realization that the figure was none other than his best friend Buster Baxter.
"Buster, what is the matter with you!", Arthur yelled finally pushing off his best friend.
As Buster gained his footing he dusted off his raincoat and pulled up Arthur. "Let's stop this game and hopscotch and take this book club over to the Sugar Oven.", Buster had said coolly.
"English! Buster what the hell is the matter with you?", Arthur yelled.
As Buster picked up his fedora he said to Arthur, "I need to talk to you Arthur, I need to ask you what is happening between you and Molly."
"Wait wait wait….. so you've been following Molly and I for two weeks?", Arthur asked.
"Yeah.." Arthur and Buster had resumed their conversation on the street at the Sugar Bowl.
"and some mysterious party has hired you to find out what is going on between Molly and I?"
"Yes."
"In those past two weeks, did it ever occur to you to come ask me directly?"
"No, not really. I was busy with other cases", Buster said as he thought back to the two weeks he wasted watching Bionic Bunny.
Arthur sighed as he rubbed he forehead in a circular motion trying to forgive his friend's lack of focus and morals.
"Have you been in contact with this person ever in the past two weeks?", Arthur asked.
"No, I just forgot about it after Molly hit you that one day…. Oh yeah! I did get a letter from him, It said 'I'll take care of the girl myself'. I still haven't gotten my rotten food back yet!", Buster said as his mind wandered.
Arthur eye's widened as he heard those last words from Buster, "Wait, take care of the girl? He's going after Molly!"
Arthur left his seat as fast as Buster could eat, as he sprinted out the Sugar Bowl. Buster was following behind, a sundae in tow. Arthur's mind raced as he began to imagine terrible things happening to Molly. They arrived at the MacDonald residence after sprinting for ten minutes, Buster collapsed in exhaustion and threw up as they encountered the front door of Molly's house swung open. As they approached the door, Arthur noticed a note lying on the ground.
'Meet me at Lakeview Baseball Diamond if you want to see the your lady in Red.' He crushed the note in his hand and began to sprint again towards Lakeview Elementary.
"I can't run anymore Arthur!", Buster said gasping for air as he ran after Arthur. One thing was for sure, Buster was getting too old for this shit.
