103 5: A GOOD AND NOT SO GOOD MORNING.
~THE NEXT MORNING~
June 1'st
(2017)
The next morning, at the De Vil Inn Express, Lois was in her suite, sleeping in her bed while Moose slept at the foot of the bed. A clock sitting on a dresser on the right side of the bed, that read 8:59, turned to 9:00 o'clock A.M., causing the alarm to go off, awaking Moose instantly.
"Morning already?" Moose then stood up on the foor of the bed and shook himself. The six week old puppy looked and saw that Lois was still asleep in bed. " Well, that figures. Even here in London, the alarm clock is going off and Lois doesn't even hear it. (Sighs) Oh boy." Moose walked up to his sleeping mistress and nudged his head against her's. "Hey. Hey, wake up."
"Come on, Mom, it's Saterday." Said Lois in her sleep.
"Come on, Lois, wake up." Moose said to himself as he nudged his head against Lois's again.
"I don't wanna go to school. Five more minutes." Said Lois in her sleep.
"Oh, brother." Said Moose. He nudged his head against Lois's a third time.
"Come back in an hour." Said Lois, still asleep.
Moose then barked in Lois's ear, startling her awake.
"Okay, i'm up, i'm up, i'm up!" Said Lois. She then looked down and saw Moose sitting in her lap. "Moose, i told you not to do that to me." The 20 year old girl then heard the alarm clock going off. "What time is it?" Lois looked at the clock on the dresser on the right side of the bed. "9:00 o'clock? Ugh, you gotta be kidding me." She then pressed a button on top of the clock, turnning off the alarm. "Oh well, i might as well get up and get dressed for work. But first thing's first." Lois picked up a white telephone on the dresser and picked her room card up off the dresser and saw the hotel number on the card. "Room service '666'? That's a strange phone number. Oh, well." Lois then dialed the number and waited for someone to pick up on the other line.
"Room servise, how may i help you?" Said a woman on the other end in a british accent.
"Yes, high, this is Lois Richards, room 103. I'm calling for service." Said Lois.
"Oh, yes, of course, miss Richards. Alonzo informed us of your stay here at the De Vil Inn Express Hotel. How may i be of service to you this morning?" The woman asked.
"Yes, i was calling to ask what you have on your breakfast menu." Said Lois.
"Oh, darling, we have everything on the menu." Said the woman.
"Really, everything?" Lois asked.
"Yes." Said the woman.
"Well, in that case, send up some hashbrowns, some scambled eggs, three strips of bacon, a bisket with grape jelly, pancakes, a strawberry funnal cake with powder on it and some orange juice." Said Lois.
"Oh my, all of that?" The woman asked.
"Yes, please." Said Lois.
"Okay, you're order will be up in just a few minutes." Said the woman.
"Thanks, bye." Said Lois before hanging up the phone.
~AT CLARK'S HOUSE~
Meanwhile, on the countryside of London, at Clark's house, Max was sleeping on a bed inside a bedroom.
"Rise and shine, sleeping beauty. It's time to get up." Said Clark after opening the door to the bedroom with his four dogs at his side.
Max, however, was still asleep in bed as if he hadn't heard his brother's voice.
"A heavy sleeper, are we? Well, i have just the cure for that." Clark looked at his Jack Russell Terrier. "Friday." The Jack Russsell Terrier looked up at his master. "Help our guest out of bed, would you?"
Friday ran inside the room and up to the bed that Max slept in. He hopped up on the bed and walked up to the sleeping 12 year old. He then nudged his head against the boy's head in an attempt to wake the boy, to no avail. The Jack Russell Terrier then barked in the 12 year old's ear.
"AH!" Screamed Max as he sat up in bed. "What the world?"
"Rise and shine, sleeping beauty. It's time to get up." Said Clark.
"What time is it?" Max asked.
"Oh, it's just 9:00 o'Clock A.M." Said Clark.
"Well, why'd you wake me up at 9:00? It's not even 10:00 o'Clock yet." Said Max.
"Because people with day jobs have to get up with the chickens." Said Clark.
"Job? What job? I don't have a job." Said Max.
"You do now. As of today, you are working at the dog groomers for the whole summer." Said Clark.
"Me? Working? The whole summer?" Max said.
"That's right, starting today and right now. Come on, let's get a move on." Said Clark.
"But i thought..."
"Yeah, i know what you thought. You thought that you were gonna just be sittin' around this house all day, everyday the whole entire summer while i did all the work. You might be able to get away with that back home with Mom and Dad, Max, but that dog doesn't hunt here." Said Clark.
"But i..."
"But nothin'. You're not gonna sit around my house all day every day while i'm out there doing all the work. You're gonna work and pull your weight while you're here in London. Come on, Friday." Said Clark. The Jack Russell Terrier jumped off the bed and ran out the bedroom door. "Get dressed. We'll be leaving soon." The 21 year old then closed the door to the bedroom.
Max then plopped down on the bed and blew wind out of his mouth.
~AT THE DE VIL INN EXPRESS HOTEL~
The doorbell of Lois's suit rang and Lois answered it. "Who is it?"
"Room service." Came a male british voice on the other side.
Lois looked through the peep hole on the other side of the door and opened it. There stood a man with a cart with Lois's breakfast sitting on top of it on a trey. "Here's your order, miss Richards. I hope that everything you order is all here and accounted for." Said the man.
"Yes sir, it is. Thank you. Thank you so much." Said Lois.
"You're welcome." Said the man.
"Now, how much do i owe you?" Lois asked.
"Oh, that won't be nessecery, miss. Everything is all payed for by miss De Vil. This order is free." Said the man.
"Really? It's all free?" Lois asked in disbelief.
"Yes, it is." Said the man.
"I like that price. When i see miss De Vil at work today, i'll be sure to thank her. Thanks again for the breakfast." Said Lois. She then picked the trey up off the cart.
"You're welcome, miss. Do you need me to carry your trey in for you?" The man said.
"Oh, no sir, i got it. But thank you, though. Have a nice day." Said Lois before carrying her trey of food inside her suit.
"You too." Said the man before closing the door to her suit.
Lois carried the trey over to the kitchen table and placed it on the table and sat down in a chair and prepared to eat, but was interupted by a bark. She looked down and saw Moose sitting on the floor next to her chair, looking up at her with pleading brown eyes for her to give him some of her food. "Don't worry, Moose, i didn't leave you out. If i don't eat all of this, you can have the rest, okay?"
Moose barked. "Good idea." He thought to himself.
"Okay." Said Lois. The 20 year old girl then turned back to the trey of food on the table in front of her and started eating.
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~AT CLARK'S HOUSE~
"Hey, Clark, you got my breakfast ready? I don't smell nothing cooking." Said Max as he came out of his bedroom, now dressed out of his P.J's. "Clark? Clark?" The 12 year old boy entered into the kitchen where he saw his brother sitting at the kitchen table. His dogs, Rex, Lassie, Jake and Foster, were sitting on the floor beside him. "Hey, Clark."
"Well, well, well, guys, look who finally decided to join us. It's Sleepy McSleeps a lot." Said Clark to his four dogs.
"Very funny. Where's breakfast?" Max asked.
"That's the first thing out of your mouth? Not "Good morning, Clark. Did you sleep well?" Said Clark.
"(Sighs) Good morning, Clark. Did you sleep well? Where's breakfast?" Said Max in a bored tone.
"Good morning to you, too, Max. I slept alright. And breakfast is right here on the table." Said Clark.
"Great, i'm starving." Said Max. The boy went over to the table where his brother was sitting and sat down, only to see that there was no food on his side of the table. "What the Mick? Hey, what gives? Where's the food?"
"Well, 'MY' breakfast is sitting here on 'MY' side of the table. 'YOUR' breakfast is sitting inside the refridgerator, waiting to either be cooked or warmed up. Take your pick." Said Clark.
"What? Why?" Max asked.
"Were you not listening to a word i said in your room just a few minutes ago? I told you that you were gonna start pulling your weight around here while you were here with me for the whole summer. That you were gonna help me on my job, and that you were going to do some work around the house. That inclueds cooking your own breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper, washing the dishes, as well as taking the trash out, and washing and drying your own cloths." Said Clark.
"You gotta be kidding me." Said Max.
"Do i look like i'm kidding to you?" Clark asked.
"No, it's just...i thought that maybe we could spend some time together while i'm here for the whole summer." Said Max.
"You mean you thought you were gonna sit around this house all day playing video games and texting your friends while i'm out there doing all the work. That's what you were thinking, wasn't it?" Said Clark.
Max: "No, i just..."
"Well you're wrong." Said Clark.
Max: "But..."
"But nothing. Butts are for ash treys. I happened to have a talk with Mom and Dad the day they called me, and they told me how you're always sitting around their house all day, playing video games and hanging out with your friends and texting them. Well, that's not gonna happen here. As of now, if you want something while you're here in London, you're gonna have to either work for it or get it yourself." Said Clark.
"Clark, i'm a very busy teenager, i don't have time for that kind of grown-up stuff." Said Max.
"But you apparently have enough time to be sitting around all day, everyday, playing video games, texting other kids, listening to music and hanging out with your friends. Now that is strange." Said Clark.
"Alright, alright, you've made your point. I'll get it myself." Said Max before getting up from the table and going into the kitchen.
"That's better." Said Clark.
Max walked over to the refridgerator, opened it and got out a jug of milk. He then sat the jug on the counter and opened it and got out a box of serieal. "So tell us, Max, how was your vacation?" "My vacation? It was great. It was very fun. Thanks for asking." "What did you do for the whole summer?" "Why, i spent the whole summer in U.K., London, England, with my brother, cleaning house and working."
"I heard that." Said Clark.
"You were meant to." Said Max before getting a bowel out of the dish washer and placing it on the counter. The teen then started pooring serial in his bowel.
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~AT THE DE VIL INN EXPRESS HOTEL~
On the kitchen table now sat an empty trey with empty plates and an empty glass that once contained orange juice.
"Whew." Said Lois as she sat back in her kitchen chair. "Boy, i'm full. I haven't had breakfast like that since...since...well, actually, i've never had breakfast like that before."
"You and me both." Moose thought to himself as laid down on the floor. Having ate the leftovers of the brekfast that Lois was too full to eat, the six week old puppy was now tired, just like his mistress.
"You too, huh?" Said Lois as she looked down at Moose.
"Me too." Moose thought to himself.
"I didn't know eating that much could make you tired." Lois said.
"It can if you have all that food that you ordered." Moose thought to himself.
"Okay, now that we're both stuffed full, let's get out of here and head over to the House Of De Vil." Said Lois. She got up from the kitchen table and Moose followed her out of the kitchen. She got her purse off the right dresser, opened it, and got out Moose's red leesh. The 20 year old girl bent down and placed the hook part of the leash onto the Dalmatian's red collar. She stood up and she and Moose walked out their hotel suite. They walked down the quiet halls of the hotel and soon came to a stop when they reached the elevator. Lois pressed the button, and after waiting a few minutes, the doors opened. She and her Dalmatian stepped inside and Lois pressed button number '1,' causing the doors to close.
~INSIDE THE ELEVATOR~
Lois and Moose listened to the music that was playing inside the elevator while it carried them all the way down.
~IN THE LOBBY~
Once the elevator reached floor 1, the doors opened and Lois and Moose stepped out and started walking through the lobby.
"Good morning, miss Richards." Said the man behind the counter.
"Good morning, sir." Said Lois. She and Moose walked out of the hotel through the glass double doors.
~OUTSIDE THE HOTEL~
Once outside the hotel, underneath the entrance roof, Lois and Moose stopped in their tracks.
"Oh...my...good." Said Lois. In front of her and Moose was a huge, white car. "Wow. What kind of car is this? And what's it doing here?" The 20 year old girl and her dog walked up to the vehicle. "Hello! Hello! Is anyone in there? Hello!" But there was no answer. She then looked down at Moose. "Guess there's no one home. They must already be inside. But that doesn't make sense. I mean why would somebody park their car outside under the hotel shade?"
"Good morning, London, England." Came a british voice from inside the car.
"Whoa!" Said Lois as she flinched and backed away from the car with Moose. "Who-who said that?"
Moose then started barking at the car.
"Don't be silly, Moose. Car's don't talk." Said Lois.
"Who are you calling a car? I'm Auto, a (2017)." Came the same voice, but this time, Lois was sure it came from within the vehicle in front of her and Moose.
"Did you say that?" Lois asked the car known as Auto.
"Did i say what?" Auto asked.
Lois looked down at Moose. "A talking car."
"Hello, miss Richards, need a lift? Like, to the movies? The Mall? Maybe a ride work?" Auto asked.
"You did say all of that, didn't you?" Lois said.
"Yes. Yes, i did." Said Auto.
"What are you doing here? And where's your owner? And why are you parked here under the hotel's shade?" Lois asked.
"I'm here to escort you to work at the House Of De Vil. My owner is you. And i was parked here to take you wherever it is you want to go." Said Auto.
"Seriously? You're my car?" Asked Lois in excited disbelief.
"That's right. Now hop in, girl." Said Auto as the driver's door opened on the left automatically.
"Wow. A car that opens it's own doors for you. This is my kind of car." Said Lois. She and Moose walked over to the left side of the car and got inside the vehicle and the door closed automatically. The 20 year old girl instantly noticed a control pannel in front of her with lots of buttons and a screen in the middle. "Oh my gosh, a control pannel! This is deffinitly my kind of car!" Lois placed the six week old puppy in the right front passenger seat and placed her purse in the back seat. She then placed her hands on the steering wheel. "Okay, let's go."
"Wait. Don't forget your seatbelt." Said Auto. A seatbelt then put itself around Lois's waist.
"Wow. You think of everything." Said Lois.
"What can i say, it's my job." Said Auto.
"Now can we go?" Lois asked.
"Okay then, just tell me where you want to go and i'll take you there." Said Auto.
"Take me to the House Of De Vil." Said Lois.
"Not a problem. Just let me trace the location and we'll be on our way." Said Auto.
"Trace? What do you mean trace?" Lois asked.
The screen in the middle of the control pannel then came on and a red icon appeared on the screen.
"A GPS?" Said Lois.
"Ah, yeah, baby. And that's not all either. Watch this." Said Auto. After a few minutes, another red icon appeared on the GPS screen. "Ah-ha. There it is. House Of De Vil, here we come. Hold on tight now. It's gonna be a bumpy ride."
"Wait, what do you mean by...Whoa!" Before Lois could finish her sentence, the car sped off with her and Moose in it.
~WITH CLARK AND MAX~
Sitting on the table in front of Max was an empty bowl that once contained serial and milk. The 12 year old was now sitting at the table, texting a friend on his cellphone with his feet up on the table.
Clark and his four dogs then walked into the kitchen. "Oh, good, you're finished. Come on, let's go."
"Go? Go where?" Max asked.
"To my job." Said Clark.
"You mean work? No way. I'm not goin' to work. It's Saterday." Said Max.
"Well, it's either work or back home with Mom and Dad. And i'm not leaving you here alone. Now get your feet off the table and let's go." Said Clark.
"(Sighs) Fine." Said Max. The 12 year old got up from the table and proceeded to leave with Clark.
"Wait." Said Clark.
"What?" Max asked.
"Put that bowl and that glass in the sink." Said Clark.
"(Sighs)." Said Max as he looked up at the sealing. "Okay." The teenager picked up the glass and the bowl and walked over to the kitchen sink and placed the dishes inside.
"That's good, now push the chair under the table." Said Clark.
Max walked back over to the table and pushed his chair under the table. "There, are you happy now?"
"Do me a favor. Lose the the attitude. Now come on, let's go." Said Clark. He, Max and the four dogs went out through the front door.
~OUTSIDE~
The brothers and the dogs walked over to the jeep and Clark opened the back door for his dogs.
"Get inside, you guys." Said Clark. Rex, Lassie, Jake and Foster got inside the back seat of the jeep. "There you go." The 21 year old closed the door.
"And what about me?" Max asked.
"What did you say?" Clark asked.
"I said what about me. Why don't you open the front car door for me?" Said Max.
"Your hands do not appear to be broken." Said Clark.
"Fine. I'll do it myself." Said Max before opening the front passenger seat and getting inside.
"That's better." Said Clark. He then got inside the driver's side of the jeep, started it up and drove off for his destination.
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