Thanksgiving
It was around two weeks since CR-S01 had been released. The one videos contained in the camera had a crucial evidence that proved CR-S01 couldn't have caused the outbreak. While Rosalia rushed to the teacher, a glimpse of the school clock could be seen. It was one hour passed the time of death of the first victim, proving his alibi. But CR-S01, despite being free now, was still having a hard time. It turns out keeping some secrets can make some people mad. Tomoe and Gabriel were really angry at him and didn't talk to him for three days. Hank was alright with it, but CR-S01 didn't know why exactly. When he asked, Hank suddenly disappeared after a news of a robbery nearby was heard from a radio on at the lobby. As he walked down the hallway he heard Maria's familiar screaming.
"Hey!" she called. "You! CR!"
He sighed to himself a bit. "What is Maria?"
"I just wanted give you wanted this!" Maria said.
"An invitation to a Thanksgiving dinner?" CR-S01 asked.
"Yeah!" Maria said. "Naomi invited all of us so everyone's going!"
"It's okay." CR-S01 answered. "I'm alright eating by myself and-"
"C'mon!" Maria shouted suddenly. "It's like a get-to-together for friends! You have to come!"
"But-" CR-S01 tried to defend.
"I'll tell Naomi you're coming. It's at seven!" Maria said. The surgeon tried to talk back but the EMT ran away before he got the chance. He sighed to himself.
…
"A Thanksgiving dinner?" Lisa asked her son.
"Yup!" Joshua answered. "Alyssa invited me over!"
"Why not?" Lisa said. "It sounds like fun."
"Yes!" Joshua said. He was too excited for words. Especially since he knew that everyone would get together at the dinner, including the doctors. He was hoping there he could get some answer from them on how they knew each. The doctor and his mom kept changing the subject every time he asked.
…
Gabriel strode through the halls. He still was a bit angry at the surgeon for keeping it a secret but he couldn't blame him either. He would keep being hated by his biological parents and being framed by his own foster father a secret too! Like when Maria tried keep it a secret from CR-S01 about his sister. For a kid who was horrible at lying, he could read people even better than the diagnostician himself. But he didn't really know how the surgeon reacted to it since he was sent back to prison soon after. He looked at the letter in his hand. He was a bit worried on accepting Naomi's invitation to her Thanksgiving dinner. Naomi was the worst cook in the world. The only edible food she made was curry. The only reason why he agreed to go was that the everyone else was going. Maria was invited along with Tomoe and Hank. The look on their faces if they ate her cooking was worth having to eat Naomi's inedible food. But he wondered as well if he would survive by that time… It wasn't soon till he ran into the surgeon.
"Yo kid!" he greeted.
"Hello Dr. Cunningham." CR-S01 greeted back. "So your going to Dr. Kimishima's dinner as well?"
"Woah," Gabriel said. "You're coming to? I thought you would go eat alone or something."
"Maria didn't give me much of a choice." CR-S01 said. Gabriel couldn't help but chuckle to himself a bit. Now CR-S01 would have suffer eating Naomi's cooking too. He was now definitely going.
"What are you laughing about?" CR-S01 asked.
"Nothing." Gabriel replied. CR-S01 was about to point out several gestures that said otherwise but the diagnostician walked away quickly before he could. The surgeon sighed to himself a little.
…
Hank looked at the letter and shook his head. "Sorry Maria." he apologized. "But I'm already going with Clair."
"Aww." Maria grumbled a bit. She was alright with it though, it was a better excuse than "I'm too busy and I can eat by myself." She grumbled a bit at CR-S01's lack of social skills. He may be a genius surgeon but he couldn't even do something as simple as make a conversation last for three minutes.
"Is something Maria?" Hank as he looked at her angry face and fist shaped hand.
"Oh, it's nothing." Maria responded quickly. "It's just that, man, why is it that he can't do anything simple like talk to someone!" Hank quickly realized who she was referring to.
"Everyone's got their own personalities." Hank said calmly. "And how they do things."
"I know!" Maria said angrily. "But we've known each other for a year now and he still doesn't do things with us like a group!"
"Well," Hank began. "He did have an ankle tracker. It wasn't much of a choice."
"But what about after?" Maria grumbled more. "He didn't want even go with us to celebrate his freedom! He only went because I convinced him!"
"Didn't you threatened him?" Hank asked. "And maybe it was because he was released on his work hour he didn't want to go?"
"There's more to life than working!" Maria defended. Hank sighed to himself. There was just no use trying to get through to her.
"Anyway, I got to go give Tomoe her invitation too. See ya Hank!" Maria said before running again.
"She's on the tenth floor!" Hank said.
…
"Tomoe!" Maria called to her friend.
"Maria?" Tomoe asked. "What is it?"
Maria began telling her about Naomi's Thanksgiving dinner. "That sounds lovely." Tomoe answered. "It's a shame Dr. Freebird can't come."
"Yeah." Maria agreed. "But I'm happy things are working out for him."
"Indeed." Tomoe said. "I'll go tell Hanzou that I'll be he having dinner at Naomi's place tonight instead of home."
"You do that!" Maria said. "I'm gonna be off work early so I'll go see if I have something good to wear tonight!" Tomoe chuckled a bit before seeing Maria off again. Like Gabriel, she was mad at CR-S01 but how could she even? What he did was no different from her leaving Resurgem without notifying anyone. She was still surprised that CR-S01 was going. She thought he would feel awkward and eat alone. Now that she thought of it, it was strange. When anyone else asked, CR-S01 didn't seem to budge. It was only Maria who seemed to have the ability to coax CR-S01 to do it. But then again, she always threatened him.
…
"Shopping. Shopping." Alyssa hummed. "Why are shopping anyway Naomi? Can't you ask Mr. Navel to cook it?"
"No." Naomi answered. "He's still working. Besides,…"
"What?" Alyssa asked.
"It's nothing." Naomi answered. She didn't want to answer that Navel did a better job in cooking than her. She would rather buy her dinner than ask him to cook for her.
"So what are we looking for again?" Alyssa asked. "Turkey, grilled sweet potato, salmon…"
"Here, Alyssa." Naomi said. "It's half of what we need. Can I count on you to look for them?"
"All by myself?" Alyssa asked.
"Yes." Naomi said. "But if we get lost, we meet where?"
"Entrance." Alyssa answered.
"And?" Naomi continued.
"I should call Naomi." Alyssa answered again.
"Good." Naomi said. Ever since they were separated, Naomi took precautions to make sure nothing like that would happen again. She even bought her a cell phone. She sighed a bit to herself as she saw her daughter run off.
…
"Hey." Hank greeted.
"Hello." CR-S01 said back. He was in his room, or his old room at least. It was still barred but it wasn't shut like before. The bed that used to stay there was replaced with a desk and there were book shelves there at walls which were filled with difficult looking, medical books. The last thing there that brightened up the office was a Cosmo. Ever since Maria gave it to him, he had taken care of it as if it was an actual human being rather than a plant. Maybe it was to make for the times he hadn't.
"It looks like a healthy flower." Hank said. "It looks better from when you first brought it here."
"Thank you." CR-S01 smiled. "I'm surprised a bit myself that it still remained alive despite the odds."
"That reminds me." Hank said. "Whatever you do, don't criticize Maria in anyway during the dinner. That means you can't act surprised either."
"Huh?" CR-S01 in confusion. Why was he telling him something everyone knew?
"She's going to where a dress." Hank said. CR-S01 dropped his sprayer. Since it was a potted planted, he couldn't use a hose. He needed to use a sprayer filled with water instead, but that's not important right now.
"Is this a joke?" he asked.
"Tomoe said it so I'm pretty sure it's real." Hank said. "Go ask for yourself."
"O-Okay." CR-S01 answered. He still needed time to take in the fact that Maria was going to wear a dress. He began wonder if Maria was ill in
anyway and was going through delusions.
Is it hallucination or delusion?
*sigh* I'm beginning to lose interest... But I'm going to finish this story! Once I get an idea of what exactly I'm writing...