*Cries* It won't let me write an author's note! *Sniff* Darn, I shall just have to settle for torturing you guys by writing them at the beginings of my chapters *Evil smile*

Please review more guys! You don't know how much your reviews mean to me! Huge thanks to everybody who's reviewed so far! I'll give shout outs to everybody who's reviewed so far in the next chapter, promise! Reviews make my day!

Okay, now to get to the point of what my author's note was to be about (haha, 'to be', who says that? I do :p ). The point 'twas not about one of my poor dear cats having to go to the vet and getting a shot, It wasn't about my Mocha Coffee Coolata (Which by the way was yumm), nor was it about rap music these days which consist of lyrics that go "Move yo' ***, move it to da' floor, get yo' *** pumpin', let's head to the bar after da' moves grow slo', boy yo' better believe, I'll be scraemin' all night yo', even after yo 'leave" (Now how is that music? It's swear words [Don't get me wrong, I swear sometimes, but not that much] I mean, all it does is drive kids to swear, have sex, drink, and party.), but the REAL POINT was to say thisssssss:

The story may not nescesarily (Spelling? Why is that word so hard to spell??) revolve around Ziggy EVERY Chapter, but the story is still is about him. Some of the chapter's will feature things like Magnet's past, some of his flashbacks, Squids, ya' know. Same 'ol, Same 'ol. I'll explain more as the chapters come out. If you have any suggestions, don't hesistate to thow them out at me..Just ya' know..don't like...hurl them at me....

So, enough torture---er....*cough*....'merriment'. Let us get on with the chapter! *Drumroll* Wow, chapter 10 already? By the way, I'm not fluent in Spanish, I only know a few phrases, and I'm using a Spanish dictionary for the Spanish that I don't know, so alot of it may be wrong....*cringes*

Chapter 10: Home Sweet Home and Sleepless Nights

"Mom, when's Ricky coming home?" Sam whined to Nancy, helping her with the dishes.

"Not for a while sweetie." She answered, handing a china plate to Sam.

Sam grew quiet for a few minutes, and then looked up to her mother, "Do you think he did it?"

Nancy paused, and then crinkled up her face, thinking obviously. "I don't know." She answered after a while.

"Oh."Sammy answered.

"Why?"

"Because I don't think he did." Sam said, finishing the last piece of silverware and running up to her room.

Nancy just looked at the spot where she had been a few moments ago.

"Did I make a mistake?" She asked herself quietly.

ZigZag couldn't sleep, and not for the lack of trying. First off, there was the fact that he thought if he went to sleep, he could die any minute. And second, Armpit had a very, very bad reaction to the beans. Also, he snored. Not a good combination. Just as he was about to go over to Armpit's cot to presonally make sure he couldn't snore anymore, He heard someone with an Hispanic accent ask, "Who are you?"

"It's me, Magnet, ZigZag." Ricky answered, trying to feel his way over to Magnet's cot now, ignoring Armpit.

"What's up, man?" Magnet asked him, then emitted an , 'Ouch!' as ZigZag hit him in the face as the result of trying to grope around in the darkness.

"Sorry man." ZigZag said, "I can't sleep, why are you still up?"

"Nada dormir." Magnet said, then In English he he said, "I can't get to sleep."

"I know what you mean." Ricky replied, then he was silent for a few seconds, as he heard a noise. He instantly moved closer to Magnet and asked, "What was that?"

"What was what?" Magnet asked, then said, "Silencio." He listened for a few moments, and then they heard a slight whimper coming from across the room. Magnet and ZigZag looked at each other, or at least, they thought they were. It was hard to see in the darkness. As they heard another whimper, they decided to figure out who the sounds were coming from, so they headed across the room, bumping into various objects and heads (Luckily not waking anyone else up) as they eventually made their way up to the source of the whimpers.

Squid.