ME: Hi ho, chaps! The exams are over, and I'm in a jolly good mood!

CHIBI CHAO: What Enid Blyton novel did you just fall out of?

ME: Nah, I'm only kidding Chao. Anybody who still speaks like that deserves to be shot...(Coughs.) But anyway, no more exams for a whole year, I'm so happy!

CHIBI JENNA: Good Mars, call all the news channels, she's happy!

CHIBI GARET: Yay! Happiness means cookies and an end to the mental abuse!

ME: (Holds up a Monopoly board.) Says who?

CHIBI GARET: Waah! (Hides under the kitchen table.)

ME: Ahem. We need a disclaimer!

ROSES ARE RED.

VIOLETS ARE BLUE

I OWN NONE OF THIS.

SO YOU'D BETTER NOT SUE!

ME: Eh, where did that come from?

CHIBI CHAO: That's Chibi Garet's attempt at writing poetry.

ME: (Sweatdrops.) Uhh, right. Let's just go straight to the questions.

Mikaa: Jebus, what is with all the questions? It's like I already told ya, guy, everything will be revealed in time. (Cackles evilly.) But seriously, Felix will die an old, lonely man with thirty or so cats to keep him company...no, I'm kidding. Really.

Nuva: (Fingers still jammed firmly in ears.) La la la, I'm not listening...

MIDNIGHT C: LOL, interesting image, isn't it? I had some misgivings about making Garet blonde at first, but decided that sometimes it's much more fun to make my favourite character suffer. Mwahahahaha...

Hotgirl515: Nyah nyah, I'll be as mean to Ivan as I want, and you can't stop me! So ha! (Sticks tongue out at you.) And then I'll be mean to Alex, and then Felix, and Kraden, and Sheba...(Goes on like this for a long time.)

Zidanet: (Shudders.) Trust me, you just don't want to know.

?: So it's you again. I accept your comments as I do all flames, but one question; why the Hell did you come back and read more chapters after flaming me already?! I mean, come on now, you don't like it, you don't read it. 'Tis as simple as that. Oh, and by the way, that's a very creative name. You must have stayed up all night to come up with something so brilliant. (Coughs.)

Person who, unfortunately for him, has a crush on Jenna: Erotic references?! (Bursts into a fit of giggles.) Dude, I'm 14, I couldn't write anything erotic if I tried for a month! I just leave everything to the reader's imagination, and you sir, have a very dirty mind. Erotic references, honestly. (Still giggling like crazy.)

ME: Tally-ho then, chaps!

ALL MUSES: ...

ME: Oh, just start the bloody chapter!

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What was it about Thursdays?

Jenna tapped her fingers against the arm of the chair and stared off out the window. It was raining.

Again.

Bah, stupid bloody rain. As if the weather in Vale wasn't bad enough.

"Hey look, it's raining again." Garet said, coming into the living room and throwing himself down onto the settee beside Jenna.

"Oh, well spotted. If there was a prize for making pointless observations, I'm sure they'd give it to you."

He made a face. "Now, now. There's no need to be so nasty. It was a harmless comment."

"Yeah well, I can do without your brilliant comment." She shifted slightly so her head was on his shoulder. "I'm bored!"

"Now who's making pointless observations?"

"Do you even know what observations means?"

"Yes, actually, I do!" From his pocket, Garet pulled out a large, red leather-bound book. On the spine in shiny, gold letters were the words, 'The full and extensive new Angaran dictionary and thesaurus.' And in smaller letters beneath, 'Now expanded to include all three hundred slang words for that certain part of the male anatomy. Yes, that one. You know what we're talking about. It's the only reason you bought this book'.

Jenna blinked. "How did you manage to fit that in your pocket?"

"Trade secret, my dear. Now..." Garet and opened the dictionary and flipped through the gold-tipped pages. "Observations, observations, observations...ah ha! Here it is!" He smirked smugly. ""Observation: Noun. The act or an instance of observing."

"But you still can't tell me what it means!"

"I just told you!"

"No, you didn't!"

"I did!"

Jenna whacked Garet over the head with her staff. "Don't argue with me!"

"Ow!"

"Serves you right!"

"Bah, nuts to you, woman!" He stuck his tongue out at her.

"Well, that's mature."

"Oh yeah? Well I'm rubber and you're glue..."

"Hello there!" Mia's annoyingly cheerful voice cut through Garet's obviously adult and well thought-out retort (Ha ha.). "Isn't it a lovely day?"

"The Hell it is!" Garet growled, glancing out the window. "It's been raining non-stop!"

"And that's a good thing!"

"Mia, my friend, we love you and everything. But please, shut up." Jenna said, glaring over at where the blue-haired Mercury adept stood in the doorway. "Your cheerfulness on a downright bloody miserable day like this does nothing but give me a headache."

"Well, somebody's not in a good mood today!"

"No really, you think?"

Mia rolled her eyes. "Oh, fine. Let's all just sit and be miserable." She sat down on the sofa next to Jenna.

The other woman sighed in relief. "Thank you."

"Hey, wait. Something's not right here." Garet looked over at Mia suddenly. "Where's Isaac? You two have been practically joined at the hip recently."

Jenna smirked. "Yeah, or joined at the..."

"He's out job-hunting!" Mia said quickly, knowing where the female Mars adept was taking the conversation. "Apparently, the idea of Garet being employed before he was is a rather bitter pill to swallow."

Garet smiled smugly. "Yes, well, I am a rather remarkable individual."

"I find it more remarkable that anybody would be stupid enough to employ you."

"Ooh, touchy subject is it? Afraid your boyfriend's gonna become a dead- beat free-loader are you?"

"No, but I'm afraid that you'll soon find yourself being on the receiving end of another arse-kicking from a woman."

"Well I'll be buggered, Mia just swore." Garet looked both shocked and pleased. "Looks like I'm rubbing off on you afterall!"

"Yes, you're such a bad influence." Mia retorted dryly. "However else would I learn such a dreadful obscenity without your help?"

"Now that was just mean. Maybe it's Jenna that's rubbing off on you, not me."

Jenna's left eye twitched (Eerily similar to her brother's eye-twitch when he found out he was being 'evicted'.). "And just what is that supposed to mean?"

Garet's amber eyes widened in fear. "Nothing! It meant nothing." He got down on his knees. "Please don't kill me, I'm a good boy really!"

Mia raised an eyebrow at Jenna. "Wow, you got him whipped good."

The female Mars adept grinned. "You want lessons?"

"Sure!"

Garet got up and sat back down on the chair, sighing heavily. "Poor Isaac."

"Hmm." Jenna moved again so she could sit in Garet's lap. "I'm bored!"

"You've said."

"I'm bored too!"

"Oh, yay. I'm stuck indoors with two bored women, both prone to male- targeted bouts of violence. How fun." Garet sounded like he had just been given the death sentence.

"Come on, it's not all that bad." Mia said, smiling. "We could always go outside. Rain is fun!"

"Woman, slap yourself right now. Rain is not fun. Rain is anything but fun. Rain is- hey!" Garet sat up so quickly Jenna was almost sent flying out of his lap. "I know what we could do!"

"What?"

"Get drunk!" He rubbed his hands together in anticipation. "I have three bottles of whiskey in the kitchen cupboard."

"Oh no you don't." His fiancée poked him roughly in the chest. "What have I told you?"

The male adept groaned. "I know. No mass alcohol consumption, except for special occasions and...other things."

"Damn right. Don't you go dare turn into an alcoholic on me!"

"Well, I really don't want to. But I fear that being married to you will turn me to drink sooner or later."

Twitch. "Oh, don't push me, Garet. I can still rip out your spleen and play it like a bagpipe before the day is out." Jenna stood up. "Now f you'll excuse me, I'm gonna get a drink of water." She went into the kitchen.

Mia leaned over closer to Garet. "I take it that anger management book you bought her hasn't worked then?" She asked in a hushed tone.

"Nope. All it's done is make her develop that odd facial twitch."

"Yeah, that's kinda creepy."

He shivered a little. "Tell me about it."

"Back!" Jenna said, re-entering the living room. Mia and Garet immediately sat back.

Garet looked at his fiancée as she sat back down on his knee. "Hey, Jenna, I've been thinking."

"A dangerous pastime." She replied.

"For Garet anyway." Mia added with a nod.

"Alright, alright. Smart-mouth comments are not appreciated here." He scowled at the women. "But anyway, it's Ivan's 18th birthday soon. Does that count as a 'special occasion'?"

"Well yeah, I guess."

"Yippee!" He stood up suddenly, causing Jenna to actually fall out pf his lap this time, hitting the ground with a 'thud'! "Oops..."

Mia looked over to where Jenna was sprawled on the floor. "Oops is right." She said, nodding grimly. "You're gonna suffer for that one, Garet."

"Eh heh heh." He smiled nervously. "It was an accident!"

"Oh, Garet..." Came a voice from the floor that sent shivers down his spine.

"Y-Yes?"

"Help me up please." Hmm, her tone was sweet, and therefore deceptive.

"Uhh, okay." Garet bent down and helped Jenna to her feet, eying the woman suspiciously. He dusted her off. "Better?"

"Much. Thanks." She smiled, but the eye-twitch was there, still giving Garet reason to be afraid. Very, very afraid. "Oh. Don't look so worried, I'm not going to hurt you."

"You're not?"

"No." Suddenly, the pleasant demeanour changed, and suddenly, to Garet anyway, she seemed to grow horns and breathe fire. "I'm going to kill you!"

"Eep." Spinning on his heel, Garet turned and bolted out the room. Jenna followed him closely, shouting bloody murder and holding great, big handfuls of fire.

"Grr, you get back here right now, Garet! Garet! I said get back here! I'll kill you!"

Groaning, Mia slapped her forehead and sunk lower into the nice, cream coloured settee.

"That is, without a doubt, the most dysfunctional romance ever!"

Mwahahaha, later!:

"Well, any luck on the job market then?" Mia asked, lying down on the bed and staring up at the ceiling.

"Nah, nothing." Isaac replied, not looking up from his book. "And the relentless rain didn't help much either."

"Mercury, am I the only person who likes rain in this entire Goddamn town?!"

Isaac looked up from his book suddenly, raising an eyebrow. "Did you just say 'goddamn'?"

His girlfriend blushed slightly. "So what if I did?"

"Well, it's just...cool, is all."

"Cool?"

"Uhh, yeah." The blonde looked moderately uncomfortable. "Cool."

Mia frowned. "Cool, what do you mean by tha...oh! Right." She blushed again. "It's, erm, 'cool'."

Isaac blushed too. "Yeah."

There was an awkward pause. Then, "How long is your mum gonna be in Bilibin? She's visiting her cousin, right?"

"Yeah." Isaac put the book down by the bedside table. "She'll be gone for at least another three days."

Mia grinned at him. "Well, that's good enough for me!"

And the light went out.

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ME: Well, there ya go. Not my finest hour, buy I think of this chapter as just filler really. A little bit to keep the readers from beating me to death with point sticks. (Shudders.) But anyway, next chapter! Ivan's 18th birthday! Mwahahahaha...it will be interesting...

CHIBI GARET: Speaking of Ivan, where was he this chapter? And Sheba too?

ME: Ah, now, that will definitely be explained next chapter! And notice how they're both conveniently gone at the same time? (Coughs.) Not hints dropped though...

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