What We Tried to Forget
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Disclaimer: I don't own this. Well, any appearances of the neighbor(s) are mine, but anything else, not. Review!
AN: End of prequel chapters. Will probly go into prequel every so many chaps,
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Jack cautiously stepped into the kitchen. Cal and Fabrizo were sleeping in the living room, and it didn't take much to wake them. Since Rose's return, two days before, he had been blissfully ignoring his housemates.
Therein lay his mistake. Cal had managed in less than seventy two hours to eat all the food in the house. He had even consumed the tuna Fabrizo had found in the mailbox.
Fabrizo had assisted him in this; while Cal lay on the couch, Fabrizo had fed him.
Jack stood in the desolate room. The cabinets were empty and the refrigerator door hung open, revealing a barren interior. He sighed; this time Cal and Fabrizo had gone too far.
Jack walked across the hall and into the living room. Cal was sprawled on the couch, Fabrizo on the floor. The TV glowed soundlessly.
Jack carefully stepped over the sleeping Fabrizo. He snapped off the TV. Cal awoke with a start. Irritated, he turned to face Jack. "Why did you just do that?"
Jack stared. "What?" "You heard me." Cal's tone resembled that of a kindergarten teacher. "Why did you do that?" "Because you were asleep." "So?" "It was a waste of electricity." Cal's lips puckered. "How many times do I have to tell you, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS EKECTRICITY!!"
"Then how does your precious TV work then?" Jack asked calmly. Cal was adamant. "My TV has nothing to do with that horrible stuff." Tears appeared in his eyes. Jack groaned.
He had been hoping to avoid this.
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Rose slipped unnoticed into the living room. Cal was crying on the couch and Jack looked close to tears himself. The best thing what could happen, was that she would manage to calm Cal down. The worst was that he would continue to cry.
Gritting her teeth, Rose thought of a plan.
She never thought of one. Fabrizo had left the room and wnadered into the hall. He was leaning against the wall, daydreaming about french fries. A knock on the door interrupted him. He skipped to the door and opened it. His eyes went wide at what he saw. "AHHHHHHHHHHHAHHHHH!!!" he screamed in terror. Fabrizo ran up the stairs, not stopping until he reached the attic. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~