"YOU DID WHAT", cried WildWing as all of the ducks were in the living room.
"I said I was sorry", said Canard, "I let my anger get the best of me."
"YOU DID WHAT", repeated WildWing not able to grasp the concept of his best friend hitting his most cherished brother.
"I hit him okay", retaliated Canard, "I didn't mean to but he was mouthing off!"
"YOU DID WHAT", repeated WildWing once more.
"I HIT HIM! He was mouthing off and being a brat!"
Nosedive sat on the couch smiling, as if he was gloating, "That's what you get", thought Nosedive, "That's what you get for messing with your best friend's brother."
"He was being a brat", cried Canard in disgust, "Don't yell at me! He was the one who brought home the speeding ticket!"
"It wasn't a speeding ticket", cried Nosedive.
WildWing went blank.
"Wing you okay", asked Tanya.
There was a pause.
"This was because", said WildWing quietly than his voice rising loudly, "OVER A SPEEDING TICKET?"
The others looked away sick with shame.
"It wasn't a speeding ticket", cried Nosedive.
"NOSEDIVE", screamed WildWing.
It was Canard's turn to gloat.
"How dare you run off like that! You know better than that! And better yet you come back, with a tongue ring and green hair! What were you thinking?"
"I was bored!"
"So you decided to do that!"
"So what? You do weird stuff too!"
"That's besides the point! The point is you ran off!"
"Why shouldn't I?"
"Because you are part of this team!"
"Team! Team! Ha! I'll show you team! Maybe you guys are a team but I am most certainly not apart of it! He hit me! Team members don't hit each other! Canard I'm sorry if you can't stand me, but you know what that makes the feeling mutual!
Mallory you are always yelling at me, making it worse, and wouldn't stop! I'm sorry Mallory but you know what you have annoying antics too! I'm not perfect so live with it!
And Duke what you couldn't say anything, Mr. All Mighty thief, and takes jack from no one? What you couldn't defend me?
Grin did your really have to stay neutral? Couldn't you have stepped in? But no you had to be unbiased! Thank you!
And WildWing you're my brother! You're supposed to defend me no matter what even if I'm wrong, just because I'm your brother! You completely blew me off for the movies the other day, but I thought who cares, he's just excited because Canard is here. But then you and Canard starting doing things, with out me! That used to be me! No I'm not jealous but you couldn't you have planned something with me too, or do I no longer count?"
Tanya waited for her penalty but received none.
"And another thing", cried Nosedive whose eyes were welled up, "I do mind that Canard is sleeping in my room."
With that said Nosedive ran out of the room.
"I'll go talk to him", said Tanya feeling that Nosedive needed someone but wouldn't respond to anyone else.
As soon as she left the room she heard immediate screaming. However she didn't care, they could handle themselves, they were adults, Nosedive however was not.
Tanya knocked on the door, but received no reply.
"Nosedive can I come in?"
"Fine."
She entered the room to find a crying teenager at the end of his bed holding his pillow tightly.
"I didn't mean to make them start fighting like that", said Nosedive, "And I didn't mean to get everyone upset. And I shouldn't have made WildWing mad. I was wrong, but I can't fix it this time."
Tanya sat on the bed, deciding it was best to listen and not talk.
"I mean it's not fair though! He gets me so mad, you can't win with him! No matter what I do, it's never good enough! Ever!"
"Canard", asked Tanya.
Nosedive nodded. "You know this year was my prom year. I should be worrying about proms, and girls, and stuff like that! I mean spending time with Thrash and Mookie yesterday was so…real. That was real, that was the life that I want and used to have."
"I'll talk to them. Maybe they have forgotten all of things that you have sacrificed for this team."
Nosedive rolled his teary eyes. "Sacrificed ha."
"I beg to differ. For instance you don't get to have a prom this year, or have regular friends, or hang out and just do nothing, or get bored. You never allowed to get bored. That's sad. You miss your friends don't you? And you miss your teenager life right?"
Nosedive nodded and sank his head into Tanya. Tanya decided it was best to play mother, and so she did and acted her part well.
Finally the teenager cried himself to sleep in her arms. Surprisingly the noise had stopped. She walked out the door, and found the ducks right there.
"You were eavesdropping", she cried.
"Yeah well he's my brother", said WildWing, "Where is he now?"
"Sleeping, don't touch him."
"I hope all of you are happy", said Tanya, "I hope that you realize you have succeeded in your mission to make Nosedive an adult. But remember something he's a teenager, not a secret agent like us! So allow him to be a teenager. I'm truly disgusted in all of us including myself although Nosedive fails to find my faults. You have completely destroyed Nosedive's childhood."
She walked off.
WildWing looked into the room and found Nosedive's shirt stained with tears.
"You have completely destroyed Nosedive's childhood", thought WildWing Tanya's words echoing in his mind.
"Not if I can help it", said WildWing to apparently no one, "Not if I can help it."
"I said I was sorry", said Canard, "I let my anger get the best of me."
"YOU DID WHAT", repeated WildWing not able to grasp the concept of his best friend hitting his most cherished brother.
"I hit him okay", retaliated Canard, "I didn't mean to but he was mouthing off!"
"YOU DID WHAT", repeated WildWing once more.
"I HIT HIM! He was mouthing off and being a brat!"
Nosedive sat on the couch smiling, as if he was gloating, "That's what you get", thought Nosedive, "That's what you get for messing with your best friend's brother."
"He was being a brat", cried Canard in disgust, "Don't yell at me! He was the one who brought home the speeding ticket!"
"It wasn't a speeding ticket", cried Nosedive.
WildWing went blank.
"Wing you okay", asked Tanya.
There was a pause.
"This was because", said WildWing quietly than his voice rising loudly, "OVER A SPEEDING TICKET?"
The others looked away sick with shame.
"It wasn't a speeding ticket", cried Nosedive.
"NOSEDIVE", screamed WildWing.
It was Canard's turn to gloat.
"How dare you run off like that! You know better than that! And better yet you come back, with a tongue ring and green hair! What were you thinking?"
"I was bored!"
"So you decided to do that!"
"So what? You do weird stuff too!"
"That's besides the point! The point is you ran off!"
"Why shouldn't I?"
"Because you are part of this team!"
"Team! Team! Ha! I'll show you team! Maybe you guys are a team but I am most certainly not apart of it! He hit me! Team members don't hit each other! Canard I'm sorry if you can't stand me, but you know what that makes the feeling mutual!
Mallory you are always yelling at me, making it worse, and wouldn't stop! I'm sorry Mallory but you know what you have annoying antics too! I'm not perfect so live with it!
And Duke what you couldn't say anything, Mr. All Mighty thief, and takes jack from no one? What you couldn't defend me?
Grin did your really have to stay neutral? Couldn't you have stepped in? But no you had to be unbiased! Thank you!
And WildWing you're my brother! You're supposed to defend me no matter what even if I'm wrong, just because I'm your brother! You completely blew me off for the movies the other day, but I thought who cares, he's just excited because Canard is here. But then you and Canard starting doing things, with out me! That used to be me! No I'm not jealous but you couldn't you have planned something with me too, or do I no longer count?"
Tanya waited for her penalty but received none.
"And another thing", cried Nosedive whose eyes were welled up, "I do mind that Canard is sleeping in my room."
With that said Nosedive ran out of the room.
"I'll go talk to him", said Tanya feeling that Nosedive needed someone but wouldn't respond to anyone else.
As soon as she left the room she heard immediate screaming. However she didn't care, they could handle themselves, they were adults, Nosedive however was not.
Tanya knocked on the door, but received no reply.
"Nosedive can I come in?"
"Fine."
She entered the room to find a crying teenager at the end of his bed holding his pillow tightly.
"I didn't mean to make them start fighting like that", said Nosedive, "And I didn't mean to get everyone upset. And I shouldn't have made WildWing mad. I was wrong, but I can't fix it this time."
Tanya sat on the bed, deciding it was best to listen and not talk.
"I mean it's not fair though! He gets me so mad, you can't win with him! No matter what I do, it's never good enough! Ever!"
"Canard", asked Tanya.
Nosedive nodded. "You know this year was my prom year. I should be worrying about proms, and girls, and stuff like that! I mean spending time with Thrash and Mookie yesterday was so…real. That was real, that was the life that I want and used to have."
"I'll talk to them. Maybe they have forgotten all of things that you have sacrificed for this team."
Nosedive rolled his teary eyes. "Sacrificed ha."
"I beg to differ. For instance you don't get to have a prom this year, or have regular friends, or hang out and just do nothing, or get bored. You never allowed to get bored. That's sad. You miss your friends don't you? And you miss your teenager life right?"
Nosedive nodded and sank his head into Tanya. Tanya decided it was best to play mother, and so she did and acted her part well.
Finally the teenager cried himself to sleep in her arms. Surprisingly the noise had stopped. She walked out the door, and found the ducks right there.
"You were eavesdropping", she cried.
"Yeah well he's my brother", said WildWing, "Where is he now?"
"Sleeping, don't touch him."
"I hope all of you are happy", said Tanya, "I hope that you realize you have succeeded in your mission to make Nosedive an adult. But remember something he's a teenager, not a secret agent like us! So allow him to be a teenager. I'm truly disgusted in all of us including myself although Nosedive fails to find my faults. You have completely destroyed Nosedive's childhood."
She walked off.
WildWing looked into the room and found Nosedive's shirt stained with tears.
"You have completely destroyed Nosedive's childhood", thought WildWing Tanya's words echoing in his mind.
"Not if I can help it", said WildWing to apparently no one, "Not if I can help it."