The next day, Robert was bored shitless.
"Man, am I bored shitless," exclaimed Robert. "Let's see if Lawrence wants to do something."
He picked up the phone and dialed Lawrence's number.
"Hello?" answered Lawrence.
"Hey, Lawrence," Robert greeted his friend. "It's me Robert. You wanna do something today?"
"Oh sorry, Robert, but I'm busy," replied Lawrence. "I've got a lot to do with my experiments n'all. Next time."
Lawrence hung up.
"OK, I'll call Tim and Memo then." Robert said as he dialed the number. "Hey Tim, you guys wanna do something?"
"Nope, I can't," answered Tim. "Memo and I just got pets and we wanna teach them stuff."
"What did you get?" Robert asked, with a hint of disappointment.
"I got a Baby Dragon and Memo got a raven," replied Tim. "I'll see you tomorrow."
Tim hung up.
Robert's pet then pointed to Tracy's number on his phone book and squeaked.
"No fucking way," said Robert. "Last time I called her, we were so damn bored she just left and I feel bad about that."
Robert sighed and looked out the window in his room.
"Hey, let's go swimming," he finally said. "What do you think?"
Lesser Dragon just looked at him then slumped down on the carpet and took a nap.
"Screw you then," Robert blurted angrily. "I'll just go by myself."
He walked and tripped on his way upstairs, gathered his things, and went out the door.
When Robert got to the beach, he saw an Armored Starfish slowly making its way to the sea. Robert then just sat down on the shore looking at the afternoon sun and took a nap (how much does this guy sleep?).
While Robert was sleeping, his pet dragon came out. It saw Robert and looked at him wonderingly.
Hey, when is this asshole going to feed me? thought the reptilian. So Lesser Dragon bit Robert on the leg.
"AAAAAHHHHHHHH, you little shit!" Robert cried out. "That hurts!!"
He then noticed that it was already dark.
"Damn, how long was I asleep?" Robert wondered outloud.
Lesser Dragon shrugged.
"Well, in any case…" Robert said and then noticed how blue the beach was.
The moon was like a dim sun lighting up the sand with stars as if someone had lit a million candles just to be looked at.
"Wow, it's so beautiful," he exclaimed in awe. "I can't believe I've been missing out on such an event. If you think about it, it's really not that bad here."
Suddenly, out of the sky, a ball of light came hurtling toward Earth.
"Uh-oh, it's God," Robert said to Lesser Dragon. "Quick, if we hurry we can pray for forgiveness."
The light took the form of a young girl with dark hair and eyes. She wore a white sleeveless dress with a blue-violet skirt. Long white sleeves tied at her elbows cascaded nearly to her knees and a yellow sash with designs on it was wrapped around her waist. She carried a long staff she called the Nirvana.
The girl noticed Robert and his pet kneeling and praying. She walked over to them.
"Ummmm….excuse me? Robert is it?" she asked him.
Robert looked up in surprise.
"Hey, you're not God," he exclaimed. "Who the fuck are you?"
"I'm Caroline, the Spellcaster," she introduced herself. "Nice to meet you."
"Yeah, ditto," Robert said as he got up from his knees. "You really scared me."
"Sorry about that," apologized Caroline.
It then began to get cold.
"C'mon, let's head to my house," said Robert, noticing the girl shivering.
Caroline looked around.
"Where is it?" she asked him.
Robert pointed to his cliff-like house.
"Ummm, that's just a big rock," Caroline noted.
"No, it's what's inside the rock," he replied, rolling his eyes. "C'mon I'll show you."
Robert, Caroline, and Lesser Dragon went inside the house. When they entered the living room, Caroline looked around.
"Wow, it's like you're living in a steak house or something," she articulated.
"Thanks, I get that a lot," said Robert. "Let me show you around."
Robert then began to give Caroline a tour of the house.
"On the left is the kitchen, the back is the bathroom; on the right is the living room with big screen TV and—"
Caroline cocked her head at the T.V.
"It's big," Robert said as he turned it on.
She jumped back in surprise.
"Hey, there's little people trapped inside the black box!" she exclaimed, pointing at the T.V.
"It's kinda hard to explain it," said Robert, scratching his head. "C'mon I'll give you a tour downstairs."
Caroline followed Robert downstairs.
"OK, here's the spare room for visitors on the right," he pointed to a door. "The left is my room."
Caroline walked into Robert's room.
"Wow, it's nice." She said as she sat on his bed. "The bed's fluffy too…huh? Hey I found a magazine…hmmm…how come two anime people have no clothes? It also looks like the guy is suffering from a real bad snakebite and the girl is trying to suck the poison out."
Robert quickly snatched the magazine away.
"I REALLY don't think you should look at that," he said, embarrassed.
Caroline looked at Robert in a weird way.
"You're strange," she said to him.
Robert went to get extra blankets and pillows for Caroline. When he came back, he found her sleeping on his bed.
Great, now she's asleep, he thought. Where will I sleep? Look at her. I don't want to wake her; she looks so peaceful. I'll just sleep on the couch.
Robert then looked back and smiled. He turned off the light and closed the door quietly, went upstairs, and slept on the couch till the next day.