I do not own any of these characters besides Andy and his friends.
Phineas woke up in a start when he heard loud banging coming from his front door. he rubbed his eyes and quietly got off his bed so that he wouldn't disturb his sleeping wife. He tiredly walked over, out of his room, down the stairs, and towards the front door. It was 7 in the morning on a Saturday. Who on earth would have the gull to disturb him and his family at his time?"
Phineas opened the front door and answered. "Hello?"
"Boo!" A voice from below yelled.
Phineas screamed and backed up until his butt landed on the ground. Once he was able to tell who was at the door, he began to breathe easily, with his heart still beating rapidly.
He got up and narrowed his eyes at the dark-skinned boy at the front door. "Umari, what are you doing here?"
Umari excitedly answered the tall red-haired man. "Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Flynn! Is Andy here? I want to have fun today!"
Phineas scoffed before walking over to the staircase and calling his son to come down the stairs. "Andy, there's someone at the door for you?"
Andy was still in his pajamas as he darted down the stairs and followed his dad towards the front door. He raised his eyebrow at his friend.
"Umari!"
Umari smiled wide. "Oh hi, Andy! You see, my father is out of town on a business trip, my mother is always busy at home, Pablo is away to visit his grandma n Mexico, Linus is busy helping his father at the shop, and Simon is away at debate camp! Goddamn, Simon is a nerd! Anyway, we could have an adventure today, y'know! I just drank at least 3 Monster energy drinks and I am HYPE UP! Woo hoo! I feel like I'm top of the world! Anyway-"
Umari was interrupted when Andy put his finger against his lips to shut him up. He turned and found both Phineas and Isabella behind him, snickering, trying hard not to laugh at their son's rather hyperactive friend.
Isabella spoke up with the smile still etched on her face, trying to hold back a laugh. "Andy, honey, Umari's right. Maybe you guys should get some fresh air."
Andy pleaded with his mother with his eyes but then Umari spoke up excitedly. "Thank you, Mrs. Flynn! You guys have a good day!" He then turned to Andy. "I'll go to my house and wear my A-PLUS uniform. You do the same and meet at the zoo."
Andy looked confused. What is so exciting about the zoo? Before he could ask any question, Umari was already out of his sight, running ecstatically back home laughing.
Andy narrowed his eyes and shut his front door. He turned to see his parents still smiling and snickering at both him and Umari.
"I bet today will be a blast. Huh, son?" Phineas spoke with a funny smile.
"Oh shut it, dad." Andy scoffed before heading upstairs to change.
Both Umari and Andy were at the zoo by noon. They were at the entrance when Andy asked.
"Why are we here."
Umari glanced over at him and smiled. "You'll see..."
When they got their tickets scanned, they were allowed in. Umari had motioned Andy towards a specific exhibit where the snakes were.
"Uhhh, Umari?" Andy spoke with a worried expression etched on his face
"Yes..."
"Have I ever told you that I'm am...ophidiophobic?"
"Yep," Umari answered with a sinister smile. There was a fence protecting the visitors from the snakes, who were hissing at all the folks watching and taking pictures.
Umari then whispered in Andy's ear. "Don't worry. I brought a ton of anti-venom."
Andy looked at him like he was the devil. "Uhh, why did you bring anti-venom?"
Umari didn't answer. Andy was startled when his friend pushed him over the fence and into the enclosure with the snakes.
Andy stood up and with haste in his voice, screamed. "UMARI, WHAT DID YOU DO?!"
Umari then pulled out a bullhorn to get everyone's attention. "Ladies and gentleman! Please witness as my friend shows some love to these lovely reptiles by giving them each a kiss...on the lips!"
The color drained from Andy's face as people were handing Umari cash to watch him perform a dangerous act. Andy turned towards the venomous snakes that were hissing and staring straight at him with the predator's eyes. Andy began shaking in fear as he screamed.
"Umari, GET ME OUT OF HERE!" His voice trembling.
Umari called out from above. "I can't! I already charged these people 30 bucks each to see this act. Just man up and kiss at least one snake!"
Andy took a deep breath. One snake. Is that it? Alright, just one...simple...tiny... a snake.
Andy walked over to the herd of snakes and made sure he picked out the tiniest one there is. He decided to go with the one nearest to him. He took in every inch of courage he had to even touch the snake.
But then, the snake struck Andy right in the lips. Andy muffled his screams of shock and agony as the snake locked his fang deep into his lips.
The whole crowd watched in awe as the ever insane Umari smiled and recorded the entire scene with his smartphone. "Wait until my forefathers hear about this!"
In the end, after many PAINFUL anti-venom injections, Andy and Umari walked back to their neighborhood. Andy's lips were completely SWOLLEN and the bite mark was visible. Besides the disfigured lip, Andy had a pissed-off expression on his face. How could he explain to his father this if his lips are too swollen for him to talk?
But he insisted that Umari walked him home, hoping his parents would give Umari a good tongue lashing before calling HIS own parents.
"Don't worry, Andy. I know it hurts, but the pain will fully go away in about...three weeks."
Andy shot Umari a death glare as they reached his front door. Andy rang the doorbell and soon enough, his father answered.
"Oh, son, how was you-OH, MY GOD!" Phineas yelled as he was horrified at his son's swollen lips. He took a closer looked before speaking up. "What happened?"
Andy tried to speak, but all that came out were muffles and spit.
Phineas, knowing that now his son cannot speak, looked over at Umari and gave a stern glare. "Do you have something to do with this, Umari Sheriff?!"
Umari smiled before giving a sympathetic look. "Mr. Flynn, Andy was wanted a selfie with one of the snakes, so he jumped over the fence to do so, little did he know that snakes were dangerous, but he wanted to kiss one and the little snake did him no good." He lied through his teeth.
Andy widened his eyes before protesting, waving his arms up and down and shaking his head. But his father's look softened.
"Oh, I see. Thank you for getting my son some help, Umari. You shall head home before your father comes to town."
"Yes, Mr. Flynn." Umari then looked at Andy and gave him an eager smile. "Ok, pal, see you tomorrow for another day of fun with the other boys."
With that, Umari ran back home laughing, leaving Andy standing there, watching him, clenching his fists, about to explode with anger.
Yup, that's it for this chapter. I'm sorry if Umari was...a little extra here. HAHA, he's already my favorite.
Do you guys have any suggestions for the next adventures of Andy and his A-PLUS crew?
Also, if you guys are having trouble pronouncing Umari's name, it kind of like this: ah-mahr-ri. Just to clarify.