I really don't know what to say about this chapter… It's kind of weird and goes off on a random tangent. Though I always end up adding unrelated details don't I? Hmm… Please read anyway.
Standard Disclaimer: Nope don't own anything…
Here we go…
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February 13th, 10:00 am- One Day before Valentine's Day
"I was thinking orange and purple," announced Melody as she looked around the empty room.
"And everyone else was thinking… red," stated Elliot as he pinned a red heart on the wall. Melody scowled.
"Orange and purple are prettier…" protested Melody.
"No they aren't."
"Oh yes they are…"
"You're wrong…"
"Well you're dumb."
"Well you're…"
"That's enough, both of you," interrupted Pete sounding a bit aggravated. "The last thing we need is this juvenile holiday sparking another juvenile argument."
Melody turned to face him. "It's not juvenile; Valentine's Day is romantic."
Pete looked like he wanted to contradict Melody but contented himself with putting up some decorations.
Melody was a bit disappointed, she had expected a more of a fight. Now what could she do for fun… "Malik what do you think? Do you think it's juvenile?"
"No not at all… Pete just likes to call everything juvenile…" replied Malik.
"Well, of all the juvenile things…" Pete stopped realizing that Malik had made his point. All of them laughed.
"Okay that's enough mockery…" scolded Leehalt. He was now admiring a bunch of hearts he had pinned onto a corner. Now… if he could find a picture of Ekatrina…
"Leehalt that's ugly," exclaimed Melody suddenly. Leehalt frowned as she rearranged his decorations. "There that's much better… and now the finishing touch." Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out two rolls of streamers. "Orange and purple…"
After renovating Leehalt's special corner, Melody began taping the colorful ropes all over the room.
"Now that is ugly…" said Malik as he witnessed the room's transformation. Melody laughed. She walked over to Malik and wrapped the streamers around him.
"There," she declared proudly, "orange and purple are definitely your colors." Malik chuckled and began to remove the streamers. "No leave them." Malik ignored her and continued.
Leehalt was currently fixing his creation. "Hey," he paused in his activities. "Werner's not here...." He glanced around as if he expected Werner to appear with a loaded pistol. He mumbled something and went back to his wall.
"Yeah, nor is Duran," added Elliot mirroring Leehalt's suspicion.
Melody gasped suddenly. She glanced at Malik. "If he broke his promise…" she began. "I don't trust him…" She stood up suddenly. "Come Malik we're going to go check if Duran kept his word." She picked up the edge of a streamer and dragged Malik forward.
"You're choking me…" mumbled Malik.
"Come on hurry up."
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Melody burst into Werner's office with Malik in tow. And surely enough there was Werner and Duran talking. "Duran what are you doing?" demanded Melody. Both men seemed slightly startled.
"Nothing…" replied Duran, "Oh did you think…" He laughed. "You're really very silly."
Melody glared at him. "Don't push it..."
"So he's not betraying you, can we go now?" asked Malik, tugging at the length of party decorations wrapped around his neck.
Werner laughed. "Melody what did you do to him?"
"Oh this… nothing really," said Melody.
"Are you kidding? She almost killed me…" Malik threw off the last remaining bits of orange and purple onto the floor. "There… I can move now."
"Wait… a minute have you guys started decorating?" asked Werner in slight alarm.
"Yes, we have… why?" answered Melody.
"I better get decorating too or this may turn into a catastrophe…"
"Okay we'll come with you."
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"Ah, it burns my eyes…" exclaimed Malik. Even Werner couldn't have described it better. The room was literally an eyesore. Leehalt had hoarded all the larger, brighter hearts and placed them in a corner; horribly arranged… The rest of the room wasn't much better. The walls were adorned with red hearts, some torn by Elliot's rough handling and the streamers… purple and orange?
"What is this?" yelled Werner more out of surprise than anger. He had expected a catastrophe… not this.
"It's a manifestation of your hideousness…" stated Leehalt. He didn't have an artistic eye, but it was ugly. And he couldn't pass up a chance to insult Werner.
"Listen Leehalt, I don't have time to waste with your idiocy," snapped Werner.
"Idiocy? You shouldn't be talking…"
"Shut up!''
"Maxwell…"
"Stop it both of you," shouted Duran. "It doesn't matter whose face the room is a manifestation of. Nor does it matter who's more intelligent. All that matters is that we get this place fixed up."
"I'd never though I'd say this but Duran is right. We need to fix this place up…"
Everyone murmured in agreement. They'd start from scratch… and try to do a better job. All they needed was new decorations, cooperation, time, tape, artistic talent and a whole lot of other things they didn't have. How bad could it come out?
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This was a little weird… but the next chapter is even weird and more random… oh well it'll get interesting… a little story about Melody's past and other odd good stuff. Please Review… However it probably won't be posted until after Valentine's Day… on Tuesday maybe… So I'm leaving this chappy and the other as a present.