I own nothing but the plot bunny. And yes, I love popcorn and foreshadowing. :P

#14 written! Yay; occurs early November 2009.

Knocking on Spoony's door, Linkara waited for it to be opened so he could escape the still oppressive Arizona heat. The shift from snowy Minnesota to sunny Arizona had been sudden due to the teleporter. A secondary reason for his visit was tucked under his arm.

"Who is- oh, hey, Linkara," Spoony greeted him as he opened the door. "What's up?"

"Just came by for a visit," he shrugged as he entered the front hall. "How are you doing?"

"Fine… Scarlett is off grocery shopping and Miles is still at work," Spoony informed Linkara as they sat down on the couch in the living room. "How's Iron Liz?"

"She's great," beamed Linkara. From out of the crook of his arm came a rather thick book. "Recently we reread a book from our high school days: Crime and Punishment."

"I think I read that a while back," Spoony acknowledged, studying the book Linkara was now proudly displaying. "I don't remember much of it though."

"Want to borrow this copy then? We're both done with it," Linkara offered. Spoony made a face. "I dunno. I have video games to play, dates with Scarlett to go on, Thanksgiving is coming up…"

"And that's what else I wanted to talk to you about," Linkara smiled. Spoony lightly punched his best friend in the arm. "The upcoming anniversary of the day we met?"

"Uh-huh."

"Well…" Spoony looked sheepish. "I was thinking us and our girls could go to the Grand Canyon. I haven't gone in a few years…"

"That'd be great," beamed Linkara. "I mean, I'll have to check with Iron Liz first but I think she'd go for it."

"Yeah, I need to check with Scarlett," Spoony nodded. Suddenly he shook his head, amused. Tilting his head Linkara asked, "What?"

"Do you think we should invite Nostalgia Critic? I mean, together we are pretty much the main caballeros of Channel Awesome."

"Eh… I think he's closer to Nostalgia Chick than to either of us," Linkara decided. Spoony had to admit, "You're right."

"So… trip to the Grand Canyon?"

"Yep."

After a few minutes of comfortable silence Linkara flipped through the book. "So… are you sure you don't want to reread it? It's pretty good."

"You're just going to keep pestering me until I borrow the book, aren't you?"

"Affirmative, as Billy would say."

"No need to start on the Power Rangers references… I'll read it, okay?" Spoony sighed bemusedly as he held out a hand for the book. Happily Linkara passed Crime and Punishment over. Eying the thickness of the book Spoony warned him, "It might take me about three weeks to squeeze in enough time to read it all, just saying."

"It was two for me and Iron Liz," Linkara admitted. "Of course, we read about a chapter a night curled up on the couch eating popcorn."

"Nice. Buttered, kettle, what?"

"It varied on our mood."

"Okay… now I'm hungry for popcorn. You want some?"

"Sure," Linkara nodded. "We can work out the details of the trip over popcorn."

"And soda."

"And soda," Linkara echoed in agreement as the two got up from the couch. "You and your caffeine."

Edit: after watching Linkara's latest videos I have two thoughts. One, I hope the talking comic book wasn't a representation of Lewis' self-image. Okay, he might be on the stocky side but he's not even really chubby. Two, in "Suburban Knights" why wasn't Linkara the pyromaniac?