Chapter 29: Jake's Afterthoughts

With Jake...

Jake walked down Brach Street toward his house. When he got there, he trudged through the door and closed it behind him. He leaned up against it and mumbled, "I'm not sure if I should've done that..."

"Done what?" a voice called from a distance.

Jake looked up and around. He walked into the living room to see that Stella and the nameless hamster were sitting on the couch. Jake looked at the ground and whispered, "Did you say something?"

"What did you do that you're not sure you should've done?" Stella inquired with frankness in her voice.

"Well, uh...," Jake muttered. "I met a girl today... I invited her to the wedding on Saturday. She's pretty nice, but I think she's trying to do something..."

Stella shrugged and looked toward the nameless hamster. "Oh well."

The voiceless hamster shrugged, too.

Jake turned toward the nameless hamster and mumbled, "So, you've found a new best friend? Sigh..."

The nameless hamster nodded.

"Oh yeah, Jake, he doesn't think my hat is fuzzy. He thinks it's pretty," Stella retorted.

"...I think it's fuzzy," Jake murmured.

"Well, that's you, not Jamie."

"Plus I should've gotten to name him..."

"No, because I'm his new best friend, so haha."

"...No comment..." Jake sighed. "Why do you torment me, Stella?"

"I don't torment you; I mock you."

Jake sighed, "You're starting to sound like your leader..."

Stella shrugged. "Let's go, Jamie," she said as she stood up and walked out of the living room with the voiceless hamster behind her. Jake felt a sweatdrop form on the back of his head and he remarked, "I regret kidnapping her somewhat. ...Then again, this stage will be over soon after the wedding."

Later with the Bad Hams...

Caitlin, Natsu, and Megan rushed down the stairs toward the dining room. They were late since they were supposed to be in the dining room ten minutes before seven and it was three minutes after seven. The three ham girls rushed in and sat down at the table with Mike, Becky, and Roger.

Mike glanced over at the three girls and retorted, "You're late."

"Sorry... We were in the game room, and we didn't see the time until just a minute ago," Natsu remarked.

Mike nodded. "Whatever," he muttered under his breath.

After a few minutes, the maids started bringing out the dinner. It was a chicken stir-fry that was sizzling hot with soy sauce. Caitlin eagerly waited for one of the maids to bring out hers, and when the maid did, she immediately started in on it. Mike watched her a minute before saying, "You know, I think CC likes stir-fry."

Caitlin looked up with a cute smile. "Haha, very funny, Mike."

Mike smiled and looked over at Natsu. Natsu nodded, and Mike nodded, too. Caitlin watched them and mumbled, "Heke?"

The room grew silent. Caitlin paused and muttered, "Oops. I said one of 'their' most common quotes. Sorry, y'all. Habit."

The room returned back to normal.

"So... CC, did you ever call your husband back?" Mike asked.

"Not yet, I'm going to after dinner." Caitlin shrugged. "He wants to come see me, but he doesn't know that I'm with y'all. What should I tell him?"

"...Me? I'd keep lying, but that's gonna get you in trouble because you're no good at lying. Just tell him to screw himself and get over wanting to control you."

Caitlin giggled, "Hehe, that sounds like something you'd say."

Mike winked. "Duh, of course."