A distant night bird mocks the sun
Chapter 21 and I will drink my coffee slow
Sorry this is so long
It was 6am in the morning, and the four monkees were still all sprawled about their living room, surrounded by the news papers they had thrown about the night before.
While each of the young men were snoozing away, the telephone began ringing rather loudly that morning. With the person closest to the phone being Davy, who happened to be sleeping on the kitchen table.
Quickly jumping on his feet, Davy accidentally landed upon Micky, who happened to be sleeping underneath the same table.
"Good morning to you too."Micky yawned
"Sorry Micky, I didn't know anybody was under there. "Davy replied
"That's okay Davy, just think of me as the new floor mat."said Micky now sitting up on the floor
As the phone continued ringing loudly, a voice suddenly came from across the room, telling somebody to answer the phone. Completely forgetting all about the phone, Davy finally answered it, then shouted to Mike who was lying upon the back less sofa, with his face hidden underneath the newspaper want ads.
"Hey mike, some one is on the phone for you. "Davy said as he held out the receiver
"Unless it's someone offering us a gig I ain't here. "Mike said with his face still hidden
"They say its important. "Davy sighed
"I'm coming. "Mike grumbled "It's getting so a man cant get any sleep, around here anymore. "
Taking the receiver from Davy, Mike put the receiver against his ear, and quickly moved it away once he heard his Aunt Kate on the other line, yelling at him for making her wait.
Keeping the receiver at a distance until his Aunt calms down,Mike looked over at Micky and Davy, who both had smirks upon their faces. When his Aunt finally did calm down, Mike found out the reason she was calling.
Learning that she needed some help down at the ranch,Mike promised that he'd be there as soon as he could. Sighing after hanging up the phone, Mike walked over to the sofa and sat down.
"Is everything alright?"asked Davy
"No. My aunt kate's having a bit of trouble down at her ranch."said Mike
"What can we do?"asked Micky
"I told her that I'd drive down there as soon as I can. "Mike sighed
"Did you want us to come down with you, and lend a hand?"asked Davy
"Y'all can come, if you dont mind doing a bit of hard work."said Mike
"Hard work doesn't scare me."Micky scoffed
"It's settled then, we'll leave after we clean this place up."said Mike
With going to his Aunt's house settled, their next step was to do something about the mess of papers that had taken over their house. Since they had a lot of cleaning up to do, they guys first settled down to a breakfast of cereal and orange juice.
While the three of them were eating, they noticed an empty chair, where Peter normally sat at every morning.
"Has anyone seen or heard from Peter?asked Mike yawning
"I haven't seen him since last night. "said Micky
"Do you think we ought to, go looking for him?"asked Davy
"He couldn't have gone far, right?"asked Micky
"Well, it is Peter and he usually does wander off on his own."said Mike rising from the table
"I don't think we're gonna find anyone or anything, unless we clean up this mess."said Davy
As Mike and Davy got up to clean the mess, Micky remained at the table where he finished his breakfast of cornflakes abd orange juice.
While they were rummaging through the mess, Davy finally uncovered a leg among the papers, and told Mike that he found Peter, who greeted his friends with a cheerful smile.
"Morning fellas. "Peter said smiling cheerfully
"Mornin' Pete."Micky said in between spoonfuls of cereal
"Alright, now that we found Peter, lets wirk on cleaning up this place."said Mike
"Why should we clean it?"Davy asked in protest "I thought we had a cleaning lady, to do all this."
"Oh, you mean Mrs. Weefers?"said Micky "She doesnt come until the second Tuesday of every, month with an 'R' in it. "
"And besides that, today is Thursday and its the middle of May. "Mike sighed
"Maybe we should just leave everything the way it is, until September."Peter suggested
"Hey ! That's not a bad idea. "said Micky
Glaring at his three friends, Mike strolled over to the cabinets under the kitchen sink, and grabbed a box of trash bags which he threw at Micky, and then over to the closet, where he grabbed the dust pan and broom.
Once they had everything they needed to ckesn with, Mike gave everyone their own little area of the house to begin cleaning. Going their separate ways, the others began cleaning, while Mike rushed up the spiral staircase to get changed.
As Davy and Peter were busy cleaning, Micky on the other hand dropped the broom he was holding, and stood in the middle of the room watching the other two clean.
While lugging a bag through the house, Davy looked over at Micky who smiled at his young friend, and shook his head. Dropping the bag on the floor, Davy stood face to face with Micky, and asked what he was doing.
"Hey Micky, what do you think you're doing?"asked Davy
"Nothing but standing here, minding my own business."said Micky
"Don't you think that, maybe you ought to be cleaning up in here, like Mike yold us to do. "said Davy
"Oh David, unlike you and Peter over there, Mike does not scare me so in conclusion, I dont have to slave away by cleaning. "Micky sighed with a smirk on his face
"Well, I don't think it's fair, for Peter and I to do all the work, while you stand around doing nothing. "Davy said crossing his arms
"Davy's right Micky, you're just ad responsible for making this mess, so its only right that you clean too. "Peter chimed in
What started out as a normal conversation at first, soon turned into an all out argument between Micky, Davy and Peter, who were all fighting about who was the most responsible for the mess.
Being able to hear what was going on downstairs, Mike had just finished getting changed, and was now standing upon the upstairs balcony. Clearing his throat as he stared down at his three friends, Mike calmly asked them who or what started the argument.
"Okay, could somebody please tell me, what is going on down here."said Mike
"Why don't you ask Micky. "Davy said as he grabbed the bag and left the house
"Mick? What happened, and why aren't you cleaning?"asked Mike
"I was just standing here minding my own business, when Davy came over here and bothered me. "Micky sighed
"Uh huh."said Mike "First of all, you should be cleaning, and secondly Davy and Peter, I think you've done enough for today. "
"Are you sure about that Mike?"asked Davy
"I'm sure." said Mike "Now you two, go on and find something to do."
"Who's going to clean the mess?"asked Peter
"Don't worry,I've got some one in mind. "Mike said as he stared directly at Micky
Smiling uneasily at Mike, Micky was soon handed the broom, dust pan and trash bags. As for Mike whom Micky said didnt scare him, he sat down in a chair, and put up his feet, whike Micky had to clean the rest of the living room all by himself.