Keep track of how many times I used the word 'Bloody' in this page. Then I'll give you a cookie.

Chapter 9- Faint

Mom just merely screamed. But she screamed like a bloody damn banshee!

We all covered our ears to tune out the scream. I didn't have to because I could just turn off my hearing aid. I feel like slapping my mom. After all those bloody times I told her? After all those times I explained of how much bloody pain Otto had to endure? And she screams when she finally bloody meets him? That's just plain rude!

To stop her from screaming, I covered her mouth and shook her like crazy. She finally stopped and fainted. Everybody sighs. Now, how can we explain this one?

"Otto," I say, "help me get her to bed." He nods and uses his tentacles to lift her up carefully.

I sit in my computer chair and got into deep thinking. "We have to find a way to convince her."

Otto raised his hands in the air. "Come on! Admit it! She's not going to let me stay here and you know it!"

I laugh. "Oh Otto, you know very well that's a mother's reaction when she sees a known criminal let in her house by her kids."

"Oh? Here, I usually thought a mother's reaction was to grab her kids and make a run for it."

"That's usually a case for non-fictional people." I pause, guessing that's a bloody offensive comment. "No offense doctor."

Otto chuckled. "None taken."

Mom wasn't really unconscious for long. She still has her kids to worry about. But while we waited for her to wake up, I fixed us some grilled cheese sandwiches, since Otto's stomach growled like a bloody lion. Poor guy, I must be starving him!

"No," he explained. "I didn't eat all of my lunch, that's all." Uh-huh. Bloody Right.

Charles placed a lukewarm towel over mom's forehead. She woke up the minute she felt the wetness of the towel.

"Charles?" she said, opening her eyes.

"Yeah, mom?"

"I just had the strangest dream."

"Like what?"

"Crystal let Doctor Octopus in the house."

The moment we were given time to absorb what she said, everyone laughed. Otto included. Otto's laughter turned her back to reality.

"You!" she gasped out. She sat up and grabbed Charles and reached for me, trying to protect us. But I stand in front of Otto, protecting him. I knew this would happen, and I know this will turn out alright.

"Bloody hell, Mama!" I say, with a scowl. "How dare you! Whatever happened to the time when you gave a poor man 20 bucks?"

"Come here Crystal."

I refused. She kept begging me to come, to come to safety. But what is there to be safe from? Otto is harmless, especially to his loyal fan. Yeah, that's what I am. A bloody loyal fan.

Smiling to show that I have the situation under control, I turned around to face Otto in the eyes and braced him to a hug. Otto was shocked at this embrace, but hugged back instead. Just an innocent father-daughter like hug, no other thoughts.

After a few short minutes, I turned around and tried to reason with my mom. "Come on ma, you know very well that I like this guy. Please, let him stay. Whatever thing he did wrong, he never meant to do it. Come on, I know you've seen it at the movie. Please mom! I'll never complain again! I did my chores today!"

My mom looked at me square in the eye. She trusts me in a lot of things, but does she trust me in this one?

My mom frowned but then smiled sadly. Yes. She does trust me.

"Okay," she said. "He can stay." I yelped in excitement. I never felt so alive or happy.

I began to bounce around happily, as if my mom was going to take me to Disneyland. Hell, this is even better than Disneyland. There are so many questions I want to ask him, so many things I want to show him, and so many people I want him to meet. I made a vow in my mind to show Otto that this world is a better place to be. And I'm going to show him.

To be continued...

Next: Drawing

Bloody! Sorry, forgive me if I made this bloody short. I can easily get that bloody writer's block and that I bloody promised to post a bloody chappie every day. I'm in bloody school, remember bloody that, and I get caught in some bloody homework.

Man, I'm feeling bloody stupid, saying bloody a lot in this page. But see if you can tell me how many times I said it.

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