Interruption

Haha, crappy ending is crappy. Please don't kill me, I'm submitting epilogue (equally crappy) tomorrow to make up for such an abrupt end. You remember when I said I can't even look at this story without feeling nauseous, it's mainly because of this ending. Luckily (excluding Titanic), the stories I'm working on at the moment I've worked hard to try and keep in character, and making sure to have a not so bad ending. I've also got in contact with Musachan, who's betareading my story as well, so that should hopefully help with my characterization. So, this concludes my first Homestar Runner story. And the earth trembled in fright.

A lazy Mu- Yeah, I like how the story focused on The Cheat for a while. And Strong Bad's mask I just assume got hidden somewhere along with the rest of Senor Cardgages... memorials. And you're right, Uzi/SB is the BAM!

End Interruption

Chapter 20

When I asked the Lord to send a friend,
Though many came and went.
He gave much more than I ever asked,
For you are the friend He sent.

-Unknown

"Give me a fucking break!" The Cheat shouted, glaring at Strong Mad. "I finally get out of that place and you're telling me I have to go back?!"

Strong Mad made sure to take authority. "I'm paying for it, you'll see Dr. Johnson every Wednesday afterschool, even during breaks. Understand?"

He grumbled angrily, but crossed his arms instead of talking. Javier had to admit he looked a lot like a twelve year old right then, but he wouldn't say that aloud. Good way to make The Cheat attack him. "Fine." The Cheat stood up. "I'm going for a walk."

"Did you finish your homework?" The Cheat rolled his eyes at Strong Mad's question but nodded. "Okay. I want you to go with Strong Bad though. Take one of my jackets too; we don't need you freezing to death."

Javier stood up and followed The Cheat to the door. After they were walking the streets The Cheat finally was at liberty to complain. "I swear, he acts like a mother hen!"

"You should see Homestar at two in the morning." He laughed. "The Cheat, you're like his little brother, he's worried about you."

He quieted about that subject but turned around to ask him another question. "Hey Strong Bad, do you know my name?"

"Uh, not really." He shrugged sheepishly. "I'm used to your nickname."

"It's James." The Cheat said this like a new word he had just learned, letting the syllables roll of his tongue. "I don't know, do I seem like a James?"

Javier looked at him critically. "Yeah, I suppose you do."

The Cheat snorted, not believing him. "Okay, sure. Anyway, how's Homestar, don't you two usually go to Marshmallows Last Stand today?"

He nodded. "Yeah, but his mom is gone for most of the day so he has to watch Homsar."

The Cheat kicked a pile of snow. "How is he? Homsar, I mean."

"Meh." Javier shrugged. "I feel sorry for him. The doctors were hoping that his condition would improve, but it hasn't really. He's really bothered by it."

He whistled. "That really stinks. He seems like a good guy, once you get past the whole speech problem and the fact he's a freshman."

"Ugh, I'm glad those days are over."

They laughed at the liberating freedom of being able to claim they were on their last year of school. At this realization they started grabbing snow and making snowballs, running for cover and throwing the missiles at each other as they did. The Cheat, being smaller, was able to retreat behind a large log of a tree that had fallen ages ago in the park. Javier managed to find a large boulder and set to work building a large pile of ammo.

As he was patting the last snowball he got a tap on his shoulder. Spinning around, he was about to launch the snowball at the person he stopped. Homestar had his hands up in surrender; Homsar was next to him building snowballs as well. "Need help?" He asked coyly. Javier just grinned evilly.

The Cheat peeked over the stump curiously as the fire of snowballs ceased. He couldn't see Strong Bad, but he could guess where he was hiding. The boulder was the only thing large enough besides trees for him to hide behind. Strong Bad really wasn't really that creative.

Grabbing a couple of snowballs, he made a dash, getting ready to throw them. When he rounded around the corner though, Strong Bad wasn't there. The Cheat stood there in confusion for a second before he was pelted with snowballs from three different directions. He could hear Homestar's and Strong Bad's laughter, so he took a wild guess who was attacking. "Ambush!" He shouted, making a lunge for cover behind a large tree.

When the snowballs stopped again he peeked around. "I give!" He called. "I can't take on three of you. I propose Strong Bad is on my side."

When there was no response he knew he had let his guard down too quickly. Strong Bad jumped from the shadows behind him and grabbed him in a head lock. They wrestled to the ground while laughing while Homestar and Homsar ran over. Finally they broke apart and the teams stared at each other before bursting out in gales of laughter. "The Cheat, you look like a snowman!" Strong Bad managed to gasp out.

"You guys win most definitely, this round anyway." The Cheat suddenly grinned with a secret knowledge. Jumping up, he used his fingers to whistle before ducking for cover. There was a war cry and two more streams of snowballs started hitting the three man team. It was now evenly matched, The Cheat, Marzipan, and Strong Mad, against Strong Bad, Homestar, and Homsar.

"Turning against family! Traitor!" Strong Bad shouted, ducking for cover. Strong Mad just laughed, glad he had decided to follow them to make sure they were all right. The older man hadn't been able to have a snowball fight since he was a kid, and this was just what he needed.

The Cheat turned around the bend of the tree and ran into Marzipan, sending them falling into the snow with an 'oof'. The Cheat pushed himself up and off her and helped her up. "I didn't think we would meet like this again so soon." He joked. "And I'm not even bleeding this time."

"Try to keep it like that." The corner of Marzipan's smile twitched upward. She gave him a peck on the cheek before turning around to scan for the enemy team. "Come on, let's go check it out." They grabbed each others hands and made a race for the other side. The two fingers that were left on his hand that he held with Marzipan felt warm through the glove, and she didn't even wince at the feeling of his deformed hand. The Cheat smiled contently. Who knew, maybe he could get therapy without losing all of his sanity.

Three people sat contently in a café nearby, talking and laughing. The musky scent of the coffee permeated through the room along with the smell of deli sandwiches. Strong Bad sipped on his cup of hot chocolate, trying to warm up. "How long do you think it'll take them to realize that we've left?"

Homestar also sipped on his drink. "About an hour, give or take." Homsar just breathed into his hands to try and warm them.

"I might need to stay at your house again." He joked.

"I have no problem with that."