Chapter Eleven: Watson Talks to Jessica Monroe and Holmes has a Flashback

After his talk with Holmes, Watson decided to visit Jessica Monroe. Rover had just left when Watson arrived.

"Hello," said Jessica, seeing Watson.

"Hello. Are you Jessica Monroe," asked Watson.

"Yeth," said Jessica's lispy voice.

"Do you have a friend named Rover," asked Watson, kindly.

"Yeth. Do you know Rover-Doggie," questioned Jessica.

"No, but my friend, Sherlock, does and he says you know Rover, too," replied Watson.

"Rover-Doggie ith my friend," said Jessica.

"Really," asked Watson.

Jessica nodded her head yes.

"Have you ever seen Rover," inquired Watson.

"Yeth. He funny-lookin," giggled Jessica.

"Really? How is he funny looking," questioned Watson.

"He wearth funny panth, and shirth. He wearth two. Hith hare is pointy, and two difent colors," supplied Jessica.

"Has Rover talked to you," pressed Watson.

"Yeth. He funny," Jessica laughed.

"Oh. Well, that is all. Good bye, Jessica," said Watson.

"Bye, bye," said Jessica, waving her hand.

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While Watson was talking to Jessica, Holmes was thinking about Rover. A bit of Watson's earlier conversation came to his mind, 'If only you can hear and see him, then how do you know that he is real?'

Holmes thought then to when he was six, a few months after the vase incident.

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'How do you become visidle,' he asked Rover.

Well, I have to do something that the Invisible Friend Administration thinks is really, really, really, really, really good. Rover had said.

'Why don't you,' asked Holmes.

Because then it wouldn't mean anything, cuz I didn't do it purely out of the goodness of my heart.

'Oh. Do you want to be visidle,' Holmes asked next.

Rover thought about it for a few moments, then said, Yes. It would be nice, sometimes, for everyone to see and hear me, Sherlock.

'How would you get a last name if you were visidle,' Holmes inquired.

I'd make one up. I already did, so I'll be ready if I ever become visible. said Rover.

'What is it,' asked Holmes, curiously.

Maybee.

'Maybe?'

Yes. Isn't it a great last name?

'I guess so. It sounds funny,' Holmes replied.

'Would you member me if you became Rover Maybee,' asked Holmes.

No, but I would feel like I've met you somewhere before.

'Oh,' said Holmes, 'would I member you, Rover?'

Yes, you would remember me, even though I couldn't remember you.

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That was over ten years ago, and Rover still was invisible, obviously.

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After talking to Jessica, Watson went back to Baker Street, thinking about what he'd heard from the little girl. She believed to see and hear a man named Rover. It's probably just a coincidence, thought Watson, I mean, Holmes never said what Rover looked like, and he seemed different according to Jessica, than what he was like at Baker Street. To Jessica, Rover was an amusing friend, and at Baker Street, he seemed like a mischief causing pest. Maybe if I asked Holmes what Rover looks like, then I could see if Jessica's "Rover-Doggie" and Holmes's Rover were the same man. That's what I'll do, thought Watson, arriving at his flat at 221 B Baker Street.

A/N: Well, that's chapter eleven! In the next chapter, Watson questions Holmes on Rover's appearance, and maybe another prank or two from Rover himself! R/R!

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