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Chapter 4: Phone Call

-[Sanzo POV]-

"Sanzo are you there?" crackled the voice from over the line. I didn't answer and instead shut off my phone.

"Who was it, Sanzo?" I heard Goku ask.

"Nobody, now let's go home you stupid monkey."

"But we just said we were going to have dinner together!!!!" I heard him wail before glancing at my watch.

"It's fucking four o' clock right now! Who the hell eats dinner at four?!" I yelled before turning to Hakkai. "I'll meet you at my house at seven. We'll sweat the details later." Hakkai nodded and I exited the apartment, a pouting Goku following me. We went downstairs and climbed into my car. Strangely, I was uninterrupted by any whining as we drove for the first few minutes.

"Hey Sanzo..." the voice was somewhat quiet.

"What?" I asked irritably.

"Who was that? On the phone I mean..." I didn't answer him, and he didn't persist. The silence in my car went unappreciated as we drove back to my apartment. I opened the door and a red flash caught my eye.

"Ohhh! We have voicemail!" I heard Goku say as he rushed in to push the button.

"Goku! No!" I growled out, but he had already pushed the button. The usual greeting was heard before the message practically exploded out from the machine.

"SANZO! HOW COULD YOU HANG UP ON YOUR OWN MOTHER LIKE THAT?! YOU DISRESPECTFUL SON! AFTER I'VE RAISED YOU FOR SO LONG!!!" I groaned inwardly, shutting the door as the message continued to play for the next minute or so. There was a small silence before I heard Goku break into a fit of laughter.

"IT'S NOT FUNNY YOU DAMN MONKEY!" I yelled, quite enraged. It only 'caused him to collapse onto the floor, clutching his stomach and laughing harder than before. I stalked angrily toward the couch and flopped down onto it, lighting a cigarette. A moment later, Goku had quieted down and came up behind me.

"Sorry about that, it was funny though..."

"Tch, for me it wasn't." I felt his arms fall around my shoulder but I didn't pull away.

"Hey, Sanzo. Maybe you should call your mom back. She must have had a reason other than nag a you, right?" asked Goku, climbing over the back of the couch and tumbling into my lap. He grinned at me before giving me a small kiss.

"Frankly, I don't care what she wanted from me..." I said, puffing on my cigarette.

"Sanzoooo! That's so mean of you!" pouted Goku.

"What are you so worked up about?! It's my mother!"

"Sanzo, come on..." whined Goku, tugging slightly at my shirt. I sat there for a moment, glaring at him before shoving him off my lap and going over to the phone. I hesitated slightly before dialing the number for my house. It was degrading after not punching in the number for ages.

"Hello?"

"Hello mother," I said rather indifferently.

"Well, finally! You actually had some common sense to call back."

"I didn't call back to have some fancy chit chat with you. What's the reason you called me for?"

"Honey, you know that you haven't visited us for a while." I wanted to throw up. Mothers can be so annoying! One moment they're bitching at you like there's no tomorrow and the next they're acting like a soft, sympathetic goon. "We know you're going to start college soon and we wanted you to come back and visit us. You're probably having fun hanging out with your little friends and..."

"Mom, I'm not eight years old anymore!"

"Sanzo, let Mommy finish what she was saying. Anyways, we just wanted you to come back and visit us once before you go to college and maybe meet your little girlfriend. You have one don't you? I wouldn't doubt it since you're probably a nice handsome young man now..." I smirked slightly to myself, trying to picture her reaction if she knew about me and Goku. However, that probably wouldn't be much of a good thing, would it?

"Fine, we'll visit tomorrow. But I'm not staying around the whole day, there's stuff I need to attend to." What I really wanted to say was that it was a waste of my time, but I wasn't in the mood for another lecture and some more nagging to deal with.

"You remember how to get here right?"

"Mom, I lived there for sixteen years of my life."

"Okay, bye bye Sanzo! Mommy loves you!" There was a click as she shut off the phone and I twitched slightly before looking at Goku.

"Say a word about that and I seriously will not hesitate to kill you." All I received was a goofy looking smile from the younger boy.

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Author's Note: Well that's it for this week. I hope you enjoyed this chapter =]

P.S. You people are so cruel, making me write this when it's almost my birthday...jk jk about the cruel part anyways. Reviews are a good enough present for me. XP