Genre: 4th Wall, Humor, Romance
Characters: Full Cast

Mako's Message: It's a quarter after one, I'm not drunk but I'm done here now. I lost all control and didn't edit this, but I'm done here now.

And that's it for my crappy parodies.

Anywyay, it's been three years since I started writing PC. Been a long journey, but we should be past the halfway mark.
So, here's some fun and games that should hopefully amuse you all a little bit.

Thanks again for reading and reviewing. I wouldn't be able to do it without you.

When Alice stepped into Justice Forever headquarters, she immediately stopped and stared at the massive, "Happy 3rd Anniversary!" banner strung up on he wall and all the food laid out on the tables, as well as several coolers full of ice and drinks, several of which were alcoholic, and a widely grinning Mindy standing in the center of the room.

"What in the worl-

"Oh god, she's doing it again. Quick, somebody start writing down everything she says!" Dave said as he saw the banner and food.

"Uh," Donald said, "Third Anniversary of what? Justice Forever is only a year old and that was months ago."

"Am I going to have to answer these questions every time?" Mindy said with an exasperated sigh..

"What are you talking about? 'Every time' what?" Donald asked.

"It's the third anniversary of our story, Precocious Crush!"

"Someone is writing all this down, right?" Dave asked.

"Yup!" John said from a desk off in the corner.

Alice just looked even more confused, "But didn't we just do this back in January?"

Mindy rolled her eyes, "Yeah, in story time. But for the author it's been a year. It is kinda sad though that we've only gotten through...five and a half months, or forty chapters. He really needs to step up his game. Not that it's been all peaches and roses. He had to move, his kid was sick for a couple weeks, we started therapy."

"Oh great," John said, "Our 'god' is crazy'"

"Not that kind of therapy," Mindy said, "But it's not any excuse really. If he's serious about doing this for a living he's gonna have to learn to focus and get things done." The she slowly raised and turned one hand palm up, "The story did kinda blow up though, and since he's determined to respond to every review, that has taken up a bit of his time. He's also written other stories and has been helping a few new authors get their stories started and working as an editor," she stopped and let out a sharp 'Ha!' before continuing, "Sorry, couldn't help myself. Working as an editor," she snickered, "for another author."

Dave looked at her and said, "I thought you said YOU were the author last time."

She raised one one finger, "I said I was the authors mouthpiece. Any other questions before we get this party started?"

Donald raised his hand, "Yeah, who are they," he said, pointing towards an excited redhead, a confused brunette, and a beautiful blond. "and what are they doing here?"

"Oh. They're friends and part of the story, don't worry about them."

Jessi raised her hand, "How did I get here? I don't remember any-"

Mindy waved her question off, "Don't worry about it. But you should know that everybody reading loves you."

Jessi blushed and shrunk in on herself, "Uh...thank you?"

"What did you mean when you said the story 'blew up'?" Marty asked.

"Oh, in the month following the release of the second movie-"

"Wait what?! Movie!? There's a movie about us!?"

"Ah...well, some of us. Me, Dave, Chris, Marty, and Donald for example. Alice, Angela, Jessi, and Riley are original characters to this story. And some spin offs. And...then there are characters like John and your father," she said gesturing at John and then Dave.

"What about my father?"

"Well...until the second series, your father didn't have a name, so...your father and the one in the original material don't have the same name. And John...well, John isn't his name in the source material either, it was 'Sal Bertolini". John Genovese was the name of the mob boss in the comic. In the movie, which is where most of our universe branches off from, it was changed to Frank D'amico."

"What about me?" Donald asked.

"You...never had a name beyond 'Dr. Gravity'"

"Wow. That's lame."

Mindy grinned sheepishly and shrugged, "You were a side character at best."

"Okay, wait. Stop. We're getting off track. You said the story blew up. That's a good thing right?"

Mindy nodded vigorously, "Oh my god yes. Best thing to happen to the fandom since it came into existence. In the month after the second movie, the number of readers skyrocketed. The day after it premiered over five thousand people read our story, and the number of people who subscribe to it almost doubled. And since then we've broken a thousand subscribers. We're more popular than ever!"

"Okay, let me see if I understood all that." Alice said, "There was a comic about you, Dave, and Chris," Mindy nodded. "It was made into a movie." Mindy nodded again. "And people started writing stories about it." Mindy grinned and continued to nod encouragingly, "Which is when our story...our universe...started?"

"Pretty much."

"And then there was a second comic, and a second movie, and after the second movie came out, we got tons more readers."

"Yes."

"I need to sit down."

"Oh, don't be like that Alice! The readers love you! Some of them even wished you could have been in the movie."

"I have no idea how to take that."

"Anyway," Mindy continued, "Our readership has more than doubled since last year, and the author even made a facebook page for his work. Your facebook page has more Likes than his though," she said, nodding to Donald.

"So," Dave said, "What's all this for?" gesturing at the food and drink.

Mindy pointed to the banner, "To celebrate. Duh. He's been at this for three years. Three years of people reading and reviewing and caring and laughing, and loving, and crying with us." She paused to let that sink in, casting a glance over at Jessi. "Sure, it may not have felt that long to us, but while he may not be posting as often as in the first year, we're becoming deeper characters, our stories are becoming more complex. We're growing. And this is out birthday."

Dave snorted and shook his head, smiling, "Well happy birthday to us and shit. Can we eat now?"

Mindy laughed, "Of course! I thought your question and answer session was never going to end."

And with that, the members of Justice Forever, plus Marty, Angela, Jessi, and Riley headed towards the food, talking about what had just been "revealed" to them.

"Do you believe this? Cause I don't know if I do."

"I dunno. It seems a little to much to be faked."

"Oh, something is definitely going on with that girl. When this happened back in January it looked kinda like she fell asleep on her feet and then she couldn't remember anything from the last two hours."

"Should we be worried?"

"Were DID you get the beer?"

"We're under a bar. Where do you think?"

"Hey!"

"I paid you back then and I'll pay you back now."

"Side character, she said I was a side character."

"At least she mentioned you. The way she tells it I barely exist."

"I wonder if she knows the future."

"I do but I'm not telling. Spoilers."

"I wonder if what happened to the...original? Justice Forever if half our members are new to our universe."

"Oh come on! Do you really believe that we're at the mercy of some unknown 'author' dictating everything that happens to us? That those two are essentially the literal center of the universe?"

"Actually, it's more like I'm the center, but I'm orbiting Dave, and all of you guys are orbiting both of us, with Angela and Jessi orbiting me, Riley orbiting Dave, and Chris on some fucked up elliptical orbit around us, occasionally crashing through us and fucking everything up."

"That...actually makes some sort of weird sense."

"It does explain some things."

"So wait, I'm friends with the person who's at the center of the universe? Damn Mindy, how much more awesome can you get?"

Mindy almost dropped her plate when she was suddenly pulled away from everyone else, "What the hell Jessi."

Jessi stopped when they were both in a semi private area of the headquarters, "Is everything you said true?"

"Yes."

"So...they all.. oh god. So all these people saw what happened to me? What I did?"

"It's not that kind of story," Mindy smiled, "Nobody was following you around, seeing everything you did. They did see us together in my room on Valentine's Day though."

Jessi blushed crimson.

"Hey, don't be embarrassed. Everyone who wasn't worried about you, or calling me an idiot for letting you leave, and after giving you knife too, were cheering you for kissing me. They were happy for you to admit it, and more than a few people wanted us to get together. Some even started writing stories about us."

"Really?"

Mindy chuckled, "Yes. Even our author is thinking about writing one."

"That...would be nice," she said, not looking Mindy in the eye.

"Well, the rules are kinda being broken left and right at the moment. I could kiss you again if you'd like."

Jessi looked up at her with a nervous little smile, but then suddenly seemed panicked, "Are...are they watching right now?"

"Well, reading, but yes."

"I...I don't think I could do that with so many people watching."

"So you could do it in front of a few people?" Mindy smirked.

"No! I just..." Jessi slumped against the wall and stared at the floor.

Mindy leaned against the wall besides her for a moment before finally asking, "Have you met her yet?"

Jessi blinked at her, "Met who?"

"Her."

Jessi didn't seem to know who she was talking about, but she got the implication and blushed again and resumed staring at the floor.

"You're going to love her. She'll make you forget all about me."

Jessi muttered, "I seriously doubt that."

Mindy grinned and elbowed her gently in the side, "Seriously. You deserve someone who'll make you happy. Everyone wants to see you have a happy ending."

Jessi stayed silent for a moment before asking, "Were you serious? When you said they loved me."

"Absolutely."

"Even after..."

"Jessi, you set records. When all that came out, more reviews came in than ever before. They were ready to grab pitchforks and torches and hunt down your family and lower them slowly into a mulcher."

Jessi looked like she didn't know if she should be happy or horrified.

Mindy smiled, "Trust me. It's all uphill from here. Or would that be downhill... Whatever. It's only going to get better for you."

"Thanks."

"What're friends for? Now come on. Lets get some food before those bottomless pits we call friends eat it all."

Jessi snorted, "You're one to talk. Didn't I see you order three double cheeseburgers and then take them apart to make one six pattie burger once?"

Mindy laughed and shoved Jessi towards Angela who was laughing about something with Riley.

She went over to sit on the arm of a couch, but before she could start eating, Dave came over, "So. You really know everything that's going to happen?"

"Well, not everything. Most of our story was unplanned when he started. And some of it was spontaneous. And sometimes things happened because he let us control our own destinies just a little."

"But you do know some things."

"I do."

"Like?"

Mindy turned and reached a hand up to Dave's cheek and smiled softly at him, "Oh Dave. My dear, sweet Dave. You have no idea what you're in for. But trust that it'll all be for the best, okay? Even when you think it's at it's worst?"

Dave pulled back slightly, "That...was less than encouraging."

"He likes being cryptic," she shrugged, "Thinks it's part of the fun."

Eventually, all talk of 'authors', 'stories', and 'characters' was forgotten and they all spent a few hours just talking and enjoying each others company. But the party did come to an end, and when it did, Dave couldn't find Mindy.

"Hey," he said, grabbing Donald by the arm, "Have you seen Mindy?"

"Oh, yeah. She and that girl, Jessi? Went into the back room a while back. Never saw them come out though."

When Dave reached the door though, Mindy was already opening it. She stumbled and swooned and fell into him. "What...the fuck? When did we get here? Was there a party? Oh god, I didn't get drunk again did I?"

Dave laughed, "I see you're back to normal."

"What? Oh god. I did get drunk again didn't I?"

"No, you didn't."

"Then what-"

"Don't worry about it. We can talk about it when you're feeling better. Uncle John took notes."

"Notes? Notes on what?"

"Like I said, don't worry about it."

"But-"

"Will you trust me?"

"...fine."