Author's Note: Okay, three things about this chapter - one, it's short. Two, it's "a little" dramatized in terms of physicality. Three, I think it's funny as hell!! By the way, YES, the names of the "others" are quite similar to Wally and Kuki's name. I did that on purpose. lol. Also, just to let you know, the chapters that will follow this MIGHT get shorter. I don't know because I haven't written them yet. Anyway, here's the next bit. ENJOY:)
Chapter 11: An Unexpected Visitor
The noise in the clubhouse stopped abruptly when the door slammed open and someone ran in, crashed onto the couch, and landed violently on Wally. Everyone stood instinctively as the scene occurred quickly before their eyes. Kuki gasped in horror, while Nigel and Hoagie immediately rushed to Wally's defense. Before they could even take a step, he had already single-handedly pinned down his attacker.
"Geez, Beatles. You weren't kidding when you said you have good reflexes."
There on the couch, stuck beneath Wally's strong grip, was a girl. She had long blonde hair with dark highlights, tied up in a ponytail with a few strands hanging loose down the sides of her face.
"Are you crazy?!" Wally scowled as he got off her, "If I hadn't recognized you right away, I would've broken your neck!"
"Awww," The girl laughed as she sat up, "Do I sense a bit of affection disguised in that oh so masculine rage of yours?"
He rolled his eyes, making her laugh even more.
"OH MY GOSH!" She exclaimed when she spotted the autographed picture of Froggy McDougal on the table next to the couch, "Is this thing real?!"
"Yeah, he gave it to me," Wally nodded towards Walter.
"Dude, where did you get this?!" She asked him.
Walter re-told the story about his father's profession and meeting Froggy McDougal at the studio.
"That's so awesome…!" The girl said dreamily with gleaming eyes, "You actually met him! And at a Rainbow Monkeys set too! That only shows that he has a sensitive side… It's so sweet!"
"You like Rainbow Monkeys?" Wally asked her, raising one eyebrow, "You?"
"Well I don't watch the shows or anything, but I still think those things are cute as hell! What's that song of they sing again? Rainbow Monkeys, Rainbow Monkeys, oh so very round and super funky!"
"Erm…it's chunky."
The girl turned around and looked at Kuki. "It's what?"
"Chunky," She said, "Oh so very round and super chunky."
"Oh!" The girl laughed, "Wow that was dumb of me!"
There was silence in the room after that. Looking around, it was only then that she realized that everyone was watching her.
"Hello everyone," She said playfully, "How are you all doing?"
No one answered. Apparently, everyone was still in shock of her grand entrance. Wally broke the silence with a sigh.
"Everyone," He said, "This is Katie, my girlfriend."
There would have been another silence if Katie hadn't suddenly coiled in the couch and said in a sarcastically bubbly way, "Awww, you called me your girlfriend! I'm so touched!"
"Shut up," Wally snapped at her.
"No, you shut up!" She snapped back.
As she laughed wildly at her own comeback, a smile spread across Wally's face. It was the same mischievous grin that was his signature. It made him look happy, unlike how he had been for the last few weeks.
As he and Katie jokingly snapped at each other, they seemed unaware of awkwardness and curiosity that lingered in the rest of the room, victimizing everyone else who still had no idea what was going on.
Kuki stood in the corner next to Walter. As she stared at the grin on Wally's face, the one that made him look quite gleeful, she was greeted by a sudden pain that seemed to accompany every fierce beat of her heart.
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Her name is Katie, Wally met her at the arcade, and she likes everything that he likes. That was basically everything that everybody learned by afternoon of that day. Having nothing better to do for that day, they all ended up in the park where they witnessed the oddly similar behavior that the new couple shared with each other.
"Geez, this is embarrassing. She throws a football stronger than I do…" Hoagie said in embarrassment.
The whole gang, including Walter, was sitting on a picnic mat on the side of the field. In the distance, Wally and Katie were throwing a football back and forth. They all noticed that every single one of her throws was as perfect as Wally's.
"You didn't know about her?" Nigel asked Hoagie.
"Who? Katie? No. He didn't tell me about her. Did he tell you?"
"No. I don't think he told any of us."
They all looked at each other. The silence between them confirmed that nobody had known about her until now.
"Well, I asked him about her earlier," Abby said, "They've been going out for a week."
"How long have they known each other?" Kuki asked.
"About two weeks. He met her just around the time that you and Walter started going out."
The quality of the silence between them changed from curiosity to awkwardness. All but Walter seemed to feel it.
The silence was interrupted when Katie suddenly crashed onto Walter, knocking him sideward, and violently flipping over him. She landed on her back, on the grassy ground.
"Sorry about that!" She said to everyone as she stood up and turned back to the open field. She roared, "I AM SO GONNA KICK YOUR BUTT FOR THAT!"
Wally was in the distance, lying on the ground. At first, he looked like he was having a seizure but everyone realized that he was actually laughing. He was laughing so hard that he had fallen to the ground. Apparently, he thought it was funny to pick Katie up and hurl her towards the gang.
Everyone was completely shocked by it. Kuki could personally imagine herself crying if Wally, or any guy for that matter, had done that to her. But as it was, Katie didn't seem offended, but more motivated to get Wally. As soon as she regained her balance, she charged at him at full speed. He got back to his feet in time just to run away from her. But because he had a delayed start, and her speed was at par with his, she caught up to him. She landed on his back and clung on. He was still laughing.
They landed on the ground and began to wrestle. Their movement was a striking resemblance to the wrestling matches that Wally watches on TV.
"Oh my god, they're so violent!" Walter said, unable to take his eyes off of them.
"And it looks like they're actually having fun…!" Hoagie added, equally amazed.
As they all watched the couple indulge in their violent flirtations, none of them could deny the chemistry between the two. It was just as strong as the chemistry between Kuki and Walter. It was an amazingly perfect match.
Kuki sat there watching with everyone else. Somehow, despite the fact that her arm was around her lovely Walter, and the fact that Wally and Katie's energy was incredibly infectious, she couldn't avoid the knots that have formed in her stomach.
