I love Moose Tracks. And Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
Yup.
#14
There were only three problems with Jinx's new life (albeit rather large problems, but still, there were only three of them).
1. She had the same room as she used to have.
Normally, this wouldn't be a big deal—in fact, this would usually be counted as a blessing.
However, it was more than a little daunting to be in the same room with the same furniture (there weren't many new kids at this particle orphanage, so her room had never been filled up. They were trying to save it for her, anyways), and think that it was all some strange dream—until you stepped outside the room. Then, you would see some new pictures on the walls, and the handful of new kids, and it was like watching them freeze to death or seeing the blood seeping out from under the rocks all over again.
In short, it sucked.
2. She missed Wally.
Like, not just as a 'you're my friend and I'll probably never see you again', but a 'I miss watching Adventure Time, Ben 10 and The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack and eating breakfast with you and spending every moment of my life with you, like I have for the last 9 months'.
It hurt like hell.
3. She was being adopted.
She spent years there (years! As a cute little girl with her cute little brother!) and she never once seen a parent who wanted to adopt her and her brother.
And now, not even a week into her arrival, she'd already received notice that she had three prospective parents.
One pair lived here, in Jump City.
One pair lived in Maine.
The last pair lived in North Dakota.
Jinx didn't want to go live with any of them. She didn't want to live here, at the orphanage.
She didn't want to live anywhere.
There were only three problems with Wally's new life (sure, there were only three, but they were three sucky problems).
1. Life in this place, without Jinx, was boring as hell.
That's it. It's boring. He'd already seen most of the shows they'd watched (Adventure Time, Ben 10, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, etc.), so watching them again wasn't fun.
Not to mention, he hadn't bothered to make any friends while Jinx was here. Some part of him just assumed they'd be together, no matter what.
2. He didn't want to make new friends...
...but the nurses were bugging him about it. How was the concept of not wanting any friends so confusing...?
On the bright side, Dr. Kent said his interactions with adults (including himself) were improving, and he'd probably be able to go home soon.
Go righteous anger?
3. He really missed Jinx.
His heart hurt.
"Jinx, this is Sharon Parker. She lives her in Jump City," the Headmaster introduced the blond woman to Jinx. Jinx, still in her school uniform (after all, the other thing this orphanage was famous for—other than 'the incident'—was its great educational program), pulled on her green and black plaid tie.
She nodded at the smiling woman, "Hi."
The Headmaster stood up, "Well, I'll leave you to it. You've been dismissed from classes for the rest of the day, Jinx. Your teachers will leave your homework in your room."
He then stood up and left the room, leaving Jinx with Sharon Parker.
Sharon grinned at her, pulling out her wallet, "So... how does ice cream sound?"
Today was ice cream day.
Ice cream here sucked. They only had vanilla and strawberry.
Why the hell would you bother to serve ice cream if you don't have chocolate?
"This is really good ice cream," Jinx admitted.
Sharon smiled, scooping another huge spoonful into her mouth. Seeing Jinx's shocked expression, she struggled to explain through her mouthful of Moose Tracks ice cream.
Jinx held out of hands, "Woah, dude, chill. No need to chill yourself trying to explain something to me."
She finished swallowing, smiling bashfully, "I'm immune to brain-freezes."
Jinx looked shocked, "Nooooooo! Reeeeeally?"
Sharon nodded, looking proud, "A rare medical phenomenon."
"That so?"
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