Chapter 4 Reunited

Yay! New chapter! I actually oughta be doing my homework right now, but I heard that the other day Richard Harris died, and being a devoted fan to Harry Potter, and the fact that I had a sleepover and didn't go to sleep till after one in the morning, I'm kinda out of it. To my reviewers: BlackGlovedWolf: Thank you for being my second reviewer of all time!!! And Tess: If you post an evil review, I know where you live!!!!!!! And no, I'm not threatening her. She's a relative!!! I'm just joking. Geez. Ash: It actually took me a minute to figure out who you really are. Thx for reviewing, even though I had to scream at you before you remembered to! So, how's Pikachu? (Don't ask. It's a looooong story)



Mike sat up with a start. It took him a moment to remember where he was. Then he slid back into reality with a start. He had tried to reunite Sulley and Boo, but Boo wasn't in her room. Boo was gone. But Mike had thought of something. Why was it always night in kid's rooms when it was day in the monster world? Then it had hit him. Time passes differently in the monster world than in the human world. But he didn't know how much time. And he almost didn't want to know. Mike had snuck into the library and was up almost the whole night looking through books, trying to find out how much time had passed for Boo since Sulley had last seen her. He scowled at the heavy book in his hands. Nothing there. Then he thought of someone who could help. No doubt she would know, if only Mike could screw up the courage to ask her.

Mike took a deep breath and walked into Monsters, Inc. and made his way to the paperwork office. The yellowish slug-like female monster turned around. "Wazowski. I'm assuming you are not here to file paperwork." Well, duh, its Roz.

"No, that's not why I'm here!" Mike snapped. All this Boo mess was really dissolving his patience. He took a deep breath. "Look, Sulley-"

Roz interrupted. "Where is Mr. Sullivan today?"

"He's not feeling well and he's not coming today! Give the guy a break! This CEO crap is really running him ragged!!" Mike snapped. Mike took another deep breath. "Anyway, Sulley's friend has a daughter who is doing this project-no, a report on the human world, and I, um, need to know, um, how long a monster year is in the human world."

Roz leaned forward and studied at him. Mike gulped. She could see right through him. Could she possibly know that he had smuggled a door station and door out of the factory? Roz leaned back. "That, Wazowski, is an no- brainer question," she said. Mike held his breath. "One monster year equals 18 human years," Roz added.

"ThanksRozbyeI'llgetmypaperworkinsoon!" Mike called over his shoulder as he ran out of the factory. 18 years?! Boo would be, what, 20? Where was she? Did she even remember them????

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"Sulleysulleysulley!!!" Mike hollered as he ran inside the house/apartment/condo/thingy. Sulley had his CEO clipboard, and although Mike knew he was really looking at the picture Boo had drawn for him. Sulley turned with a start.

"Ok, I was at the library all night and then I went to the factory and asked Roz and she told me that one monster year equals 18 human years!" Mike said, trying in vain to catch his breath.

Sulley's eyes widened. The same thoughts that had occurred to Mike occurred to him. Where was Boo? Did she even remember Sulley????? *********************

That night, Sulley cautiously opened the white door covered in pastel pink flowers. If Mike was right, if 18 years had passed, then Boo would be-what, almost 21? Sulley didn't know why he was going back into Boo's old room. It was pretty stupid, there was almost no doubt that she had packed up and moved somewhere else, and he'd probably never see her again.

Sulley tiptoed over to the bed, half of him chiding himself for not just accepting she was gone, and the other half clinging to the shred of hope that she was nearby, and he would see her again, but that was impossible. Giving himself a little shake, Sulley turned to leave Boo's room and face Mike again, when he heard a voice.

The voice wasn't speaking English, but just kinda blabbering, just like how Boo had talked. Sulley turned, startled at how much it sounded like Boo talking to him. But it wasn't Boo. It was that kid who had Boo's room now, the one Sulley had mistaken for the real Boo. But what startled him most was the kid's reaction to him. Most kids freaked out when he walked into a bedroom, but this kid, this kid was laughing.

"Shhhhhhh!" Sulley hissed, making his way over to the bed. And he tripped, falling flat on his face. The kid really liked that, and Sulley remembered that Boo liked it when people fell over. His smile was wiped away, however, as the doorknob on the door leading to the rest of the house began to turn.

"Kristin? Kristin, what are you doing up, you little bugger?" A young woman entered, and tickled the kid mercilessly, but stopped as soon as she noticed Sulley. "Who are you? What are you!?" the woman asked. Sulley stood up, hardly daring to believe it. Standing in front of him, with an arm around the kid, was Boo.

Was it really her? There was the same silky black hair, sweet face, and the large brown eyes. "Boo," he whispered, unable to speak correctly.

The woman completely froze. "How do you know my old nickname?" she whispered, putting a hand on her forehead.

"Because I gave it to you," Sulley replied, his throat tight.

The woman closed her eyes, memories darting across her mind.

The closet door opened, and Mike entered. "Sulley, is that-?" Mike gasped.

"It's her, Mikey," came the reply.

"Mike and-" she stopped and opened her eyes. "Kitty," she whispered. "It's you-"

"It's me," Sulley replied. Boo tried to say something else, but she knew that if she even opened her mouth, she'd burst into tears. So she came forward, and hugged her best friend. And cried anyway.

They stood in that position for a while, until Mike sorta cleared his throat. Boo finally let go of Sulley and turned to see Mike. "Mike Wazowski!" she exclaimed and picked him up and squeezed the life out of him.

"Um, hi, Boo," Mike choked. "Nice to see you too!" Boo set him down, laughing.

"Oh God! I'm taller than you now!!" Boo laughed, not noticing Mike giving her the evil eye. The girl in the bed said something else. Boo turned and walked to the girl, scooping her out of the bed. "Hey, Kristin, this is Kitty, and Mike Wazowski."

"Kristin? Who-?" Sulley began, a confused look on his face.

Boo grinned. "Kristin is my daughter."

Sulley and Mike both gasped. "Wow," Mike said. Sulley just couldn't believe it. She had grown up so much.

"So, who's the father?" Sulley asked curiously. A bitter, sad smile crossed Boo's face.

"He died about a month ago," she said. Mike just looked kinda shocked. That wasn't fair.....

"Boo, I'm sorry," Sulley said.

"Thanks. And it's Michelle," Boo said. Noting the confused look on their faces, she added, "My real name, its Michelle." A slightly awkward silence built up between them. "So, um, I'll go get our stuff," Michelle/Boo broke the silence.

"Whattya mean?" Mike asked.

"I wanna return to Monstropolis. I wanna go back to Monsters, Inc. and meet up with the old crowd. Y'know, Celia, Roz, etc, etc." Boo answered. "I'm sick of this life. I just wanna go back to a place where I was happy."

"Wow," Mike replied. "I can't believe you remember all that stuff!"

"You really wanna come with us?" Sulley asked, still kinda skeptical. Boo/Michelle nodded vigorously.

"I mean, it'd only be a visit, but, I dunno...." she let her voice trail off, looking hopefully up at him. Sulley noted the look on her face. It looked like she wanted to tell him something, but couldn't put into words. Or maybe-she didn't want to put it into words?

"Well, there's a big problem with your lovely plan," Mike jumped in. "You two are kinda humans?"

Michelle's face fell. Sulley gave Mike an evil eye. "Hey, Mike, remember when you took that costume and Boo's sock and threw it at the CDA so I could take Boo and get her through the door?" Sulley said. "What did you do to the costume?" he added, jerking his head toward Kristin.

"I think it's in the factory somewhere. Yeah, that would work for the kid," Mike said.

Michelle exclaimed, "Oh, I remember that!!! But wait, what about me?" The group pondered that little difficulty. "Wal-Mart®!" Michelle exclaimed. (A/N: I don't own Wal-Mart either.) "I'm sure I could find a costume there! Y'know, like a Halloween costume!"

Sulley turned to her. "Well yeah, but it isn't it a little after Halloween for you guys?"

Michelle grinned. "Well, yeah, but to keep the plot from getting crazy, let's pretend that Wal-Mart® sells costumes all year round. See, it's actually March, meaning my birthday is a couple months away, on May 9."

"Happy birthday, two months early," Sulley grinned. Then his face turned all business-y. "Ok, here's the plan: you two come with us and spend the night, then tomorrow, Boo-" She gave him a look. "I mean, Michelle, goes to this Wal-Mart® place and gets a costume. Ok?"

"Works for me," Michelle said, her voice giddy. She was going to spend time with Sulley and Mike!!! The group took a step to the closet.

"Ladies first," Mike said, waving Michelle and Kristin inside the house/apartment/condo/thingy. Kristin turned to Mike and Sulley.

"Kitty," she said.

Finally, a long chapter! Sorry, that thing with the costumes got a bit pointless, but it just kills me (cause it's funny) when a character comments on or questions the plot.