"REBEL! THANK GOODNESS YOU'RE OK! OR ARE YOU OK?! DID THESE MEN KIDNAPP YOU?! I WILL GET THEM, GET AWAY FROM MY FRIEND YOU FEINDS!"
"Eddie?" I ask in shock.
"Yes, it is us, darling Rebel." Rollins and Sebastian hang awkwardly in the doorway, watching Eddie squeeze the life out of me.
"The little boy is suffocating Miss Rebel…" Cleveland adds. I want to say something, to agree, but Eddie has his arm securely around my neck.
"Hey, Edz, Rebel doesn't look so good," Rollins says inching his way in the door. I try to undo his grip but it's no use. I literally can't breathe. The room is fading out when Eddie's grip is finally unhinges itself and I fall to the ground, sputtering and coughing. I lay down and the room slowly shifts into focus, and the ringing in my ears subsides. Matt comes and kneels down in front of me but I turn my head to see Mello forcing Eddie out the door.
"Wait," I call, sitting up. "These guys are my friends. How did you get here? Why did you come here?"
Eddie pushes Mello away and makes a scene of shaking off the invisible dust on his shoulder that Mello tarnished him with.
"Rebel, we were worried about you, you didn't call us, or check in. We had no idea what happened to you. SO I CALLED UPON THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP, UNICORNS, AND CHOCOLATE AND THEY LED ME TO YOU!" Eddie rants.
Mello sits on the couch and strokes his chocolate bar, whispering to it, "shhh, it's ok, I know you didn't cheat on me…."
Insert awkward silence here.
Matt shakes his head, "How did you break down the door? It's stainless steel."
"How did you not break down the door," Eddie retorts.
"Because we have a key and live here! What's your excuse?"Mello says angrily.
"NANANANANANANANANANANA BATMAN!" Eddie sings.
I inch my way over to Rollins and Sea Bass. "Is it me, or is Eddie more outgoing then the last time?"
Rollins sighs, "Yeah, well back at Whammy's he held back A LOT, because he didn't want to scare you away. But once you were gone, he realized you would have liked him for who he was anyways, so he reverted back to his normal self."
"This is normal?" I ask, watching Eddie dance around the room, making comments and singing.
"Awww, can we keep him?" Cleveland asks, patting Eddie on the head.
"He isn't some puppy!" Mello says, "he's a pain in my ass that's going to be a lot of trouble!"
"He's house broken," Rollins says.
"He's nearly broken everything in the house already!" Matt bellows.
"We can feed him, take him for walks every day, and give him clean water," Sebastian adds quietly.
"Look, he even knows some tricks," Rollins says, "Eddie, come!"
Eddie runs to Rollins.
"Sit down."
Eddie goes and pulls up a red chair, dragging it all the way to Rollins, sitting in front of him.
"Speak."
"I SAW THE SIGN, AND IT OPENED UP MY EYES, I SAW THE SIGN," Eddie sings.
"Yeah, Eddie is like your own personal radio station, you can even change the channels," Sea bass says, then goes and hits Eddie on the back of the head.
Eddie's song then changes, "MAYBE I'M NOT LISTENING, BLAME IT ON MY ADD BABY! SAIL!"
Rollins hits him this time and Eddie starts babaling about someone from Whammy's house.
"Commercial," Rollins mutters, hitting Eddie again, "THIS GIRL IS ON FIRE! SO BRIGHT SHE CAN BURN YOUR EYES, YOU BETTER LOOK THE OTHER WAY!"
"Does he have an off button?" Nigel asks.
"Nobody asked you Nigel!" everyone says in unison.
"Well does he?" Matt asks.
"Yeah," Rollins says, "Shut up Eddie."
Eddie promptly shuts his mouth and stares off into space.
"That was it?" Mello says in disbelief.
"That's right, and this can be yours for the small triple payment of letting all of us stay here," Rollins says in a TV voice.
Mello grabs his wallet from out of his back pocket and pretends to rifle through it. "Sorry, I'm all out of patience. But here's a dollar if you leave right now."
"I'll take a rain check on that…" Rollins mumbles.
"Oh, sorry, I'm all out of rain checks too, but I can give you some sarcastic bullshit for free."
"Mello, these guys are my friends," I plead.
"One third of them almost killed you!" Mello says, putting his wallet back in his pocket.
"JACKEL PINGUIN!" Eddie blurts out.
We all look at him for a moment and turn back to our conversation.
"We can get him one of those backpacks with a leash on it, if he starts roaming too far, we'll pull him back in," I say.
Mello thinks for a long time then sighs.
"Ugh, ok I guess we can keep him."
"Yes! Thank you!"
Everyone cheers except for Mello and Matt, who try to smile, but are only able to scowl.
"But the moment he messes up, he's sleeping outside!"
Hi everyone! This is a shorter chapter, but a chapter none the less! Comment, review and I hope you enjoyed.
