Chapter Three - Something In Common
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Sandy sniffled, watching Boss break down again. She felt her own eyes water.
"Me and my dad stayed with her until day break, January 1st, when she..." Boss trailed off, tears pouring from his eyes.
"Aw, Boss-man..." Sandy murmured.
"She died New Years..."
"I'm sorry, Boss. I'd feel pretty bad, too, if the Ham-Hams were cleebrating a holiday when my mom died. That's why you have a crush on Bijou, huh? She looks a lot like your mom. Is that yellow ribbon your mom's?"
"Yeah...Heke? Wait a sec! Why the hell am I telling YOU all this shit?!"
"I dunno...Cuz you're like that."
"OUT, OUT, OUT!!!"
"No, Boss, I can help you! I can tell the hams and-"
"YOU'RE NOT GONNA TELL ANYONE, GOD DAMN IT!!!"
"But-"
"GET OUTTA MY FUCKING HOUSE, SANDY!!!"
"Just let me help!"
"HOW YUH GONNA HELP, HUH?!?!?! HOW?!?!?! ARE YOU GONNA BRING MY MOM BACK FROM THE DEAD OR SOMETHING?!?!?!"
"No, but I can listen! I'm a good listener!"
"WELL I DON'T THINK YOU'RE LISTENING TO ME WHEN I SAY 'OUT, OUT, OUT'!!! NOW OUT, OUT, OUT!!! AND I DON'T NEED ANY HELP!!!"
"FINE!!!" Sandy snapped. "I'll go! I'll go and you can be all alone with a ham that never wakes up, no offense to Snooze-man, so you can cry your soul out to nothing but the emptiness of this Clubhouse! Go on! Kick me out! Tell me to leave! Push away the only paw that's trying to help you up." Sandy stuck her nose in the air. "Hmph. I'm leaving."
"OKAY, THEN!!! GO!!!"
Sandy gathered up her and Stan's things and walked towards the door.
"...wait..."
Sandy stopped.
"Maybe I need a little help," Boss muttered gruffly. "Just someone to talk to, I guess. But all you're gonna do is listen, got it? If you're as good a listener as you say."
"Cute..." Snoozer murmured in his sleep.
"SHUT YOUR MOUTH YOU STUPID SOCK-HEAD!!!"
"Okay," Sandy agreed, nodding. "I'm goin', Boss."
Sandy was about to open the door when Boss grabbed her and turned her around, making her drop the stuff she was carrying. He pinned her on the wall by her chest-fur like he would usually do to Stan or Howdy. He glared at her.
"Tell anyone and I swear that I'll be the one to make you suffer..." Boss growled at her.
Sandy gulped.
"Okie-dokie, Boss," she agreed. "Just don't, like, kill me."
Boss let her go.
"Follow me," he ordered. "And keep quiet."
"Where're we going?" Sandy asked.
"...Visiting."
Sandy followed Boss in complete silence. They slowly trudged through the forest, Boss stopping once in a while to look around.
"Boss where are we going?" Sandy asked quietly.
"Shh," Boss whispered. "I think I remember where it is."
"Remember where what is?"
"..."
Sandy followed Boss until the two came to a small clearing in the forest.
"Boss, what is-" Sandy started.
"Shh," Boss interrupted.
He had a solemn look on his face as he approached a yellow-like toad-stool. He looked upon the earth in front of it.
"Hi, Momma," he murmured, his eyes watering.
Sandy's eyes widened.
"Boss, is what I'm seeing really true?" she asked.
*well, she figures out this is where my mom's buried.* Boss thought. *smart ham.*
"Your mom's a mushroom?!"
Boss face-faulted and fell over, his sweat dropping Anime-style.
"NO, YOU IDIOT!!!" Boss barked, blowing Sandy off her feet.
Sandy rubbed her head as Boss walked over back over to the mushroom.
"See that?" he asked, pointing the plot of soil in front of the mushroom. "That's where my mom is."
"Then...You're mom's dirt?" Sandy asked.
Again, Boss face-faulted and fell over, his sweat dropping Anime-style.
"STOP PLAYING DUMB, HOWDY!!!" Boss bellowed, called Sandy the wise-crack's name.
Again, Sandy was blow off her feet by the angry gust of Boss's breath.
"Just trying to lighten the atmosphere," she murmured apologetically.
"This is where my mom's buried," Boss stated.
Sandy approached it. There was silence.
"Oops," Sandy sighed.
"What?" Boss demanded.
"I forgot to bring flowers," Sandy replied.
"Don't bother. My mom was allergic to flowers. I should've brought ribbons or somethin'."
The two looked at the grave.
"Well, that's one thing you and Stan got in common," Sandy chuckled to Boss.
"What's that?"
"Both our moms were killed by cats!"
"Eh-"
Boss was a little confused by Sandy's bright expression and her dark statement. Wouldn't that mean-
"Hey, doesn't that mean your mom's dead, too?" Boss asked.
"Yeah," Sandy replied. "I never got to know what she looked like, but I know I got my stripes from my dad. And another funny thing, she died right after we were born! Ha!"
"...I don't see what's so funny."
"It's the ironny, Boss. Why see the dark side when you can laugh? Laugh, Boss, laugh!"
"Um...Ha-ha-ha?"
"No! Laugh like you're being tickled?"
"Heke?"
"Tickled!"
"???"
"Laugh as if Stan just got dumped."
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!"
"There we go! My turn! Ahahahahahahahahaha!"
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"
For no real reason, the two laughed. But as the seconds started to pass, their laughing slowly turned into crying...
"I MISS YOU MOM!!!" they both shouted, hugging each other tightly as tears poured from their eyes. "WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"
"Sandy?"
Boss and Sandy blinked, looking up just as Stan walked out of the bushes. Boss and Sandy jumoed away from each other, drying their eyes quickly.
"Stan, what're you doing here?" Sandy asked.
"I followed your scent. What're you two doing here?...And why the heck were you hugging each other?"
"We weren't hugging."
"Yeah, sure! Ooh-lah-lah! Do you two got an affair going on? Boss and Sandy sitting in a tree, K-I-S-"
"WE WEREN'T HUGGING!!!" Boss and Sandy bellowed, knocking Stan off his feet.
"Okay, okay," Stan agreed. "But what are you doing here?"
"Um..." the two murmured.
"We got lost!" Boss lied.
"Hide-and-seek!" Sandy said at the same time.
The two glanced at each other.
"We were playing Hide-And-Seek," Boss said.
"We got totally lost," Sandy said at the same time.
Stan looked at Boss and Sandy strangely as the two grinned slyly.
"Okay..." he murmured. "Sandy, where's our stuff?"
"At the Clubhouse!" Sandy replied.
"We were just heading there!" Boss added.
With that, the two ran off.
"Hey! I thought you were lost!" Stan yelled. "...Or were you playing Hide-And-Seek?...I'm confused!...Hey, wait for me!"
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Sandy sniffled, watching Boss break down again. She felt her own eyes water.
"Me and my dad stayed with her until day break, January 1st, when she..." Boss trailed off, tears pouring from his eyes.
"Aw, Boss-man..." Sandy murmured.
"She died New Years..."
"I'm sorry, Boss. I'd feel pretty bad, too, if the Ham-Hams were cleebrating a holiday when my mom died. That's why you have a crush on Bijou, huh? She looks a lot like your mom. Is that yellow ribbon your mom's?"
"Yeah...Heke? Wait a sec! Why the hell am I telling YOU all this shit?!"
"I dunno...Cuz you're like that."
"OUT, OUT, OUT!!!"
"No, Boss, I can help you! I can tell the hams and-"
"YOU'RE NOT GONNA TELL ANYONE, GOD DAMN IT!!!"
"But-"
"GET OUTTA MY FUCKING HOUSE, SANDY!!!"
"Just let me help!"
"HOW YUH GONNA HELP, HUH?!?!?! HOW?!?!?! ARE YOU GONNA BRING MY MOM BACK FROM THE DEAD OR SOMETHING?!?!?!"
"No, but I can listen! I'm a good listener!"
"WELL I DON'T THINK YOU'RE LISTENING TO ME WHEN I SAY 'OUT, OUT, OUT'!!! NOW OUT, OUT, OUT!!! AND I DON'T NEED ANY HELP!!!"
"FINE!!!" Sandy snapped. "I'll go! I'll go and you can be all alone with a ham that never wakes up, no offense to Snooze-man, so you can cry your soul out to nothing but the emptiness of this Clubhouse! Go on! Kick me out! Tell me to leave! Push away the only paw that's trying to help you up." Sandy stuck her nose in the air. "Hmph. I'm leaving."
"OKAY, THEN!!! GO!!!"
Sandy gathered up her and Stan's things and walked towards the door.
"...wait..."
Sandy stopped.
"Maybe I need a little help," Boss muttered gruffly. "Just someone to talk to, I guess. But all you're gonna do is listen, got it? If you're as good a listener as you say."
"Cute..." Snoozer murmured in his sleep.
"SHUT YOUR MOUTH YOU STUPID SOCK-HEAD!!!"
"Okay," Sandy agreed, nodding. "I'm goin', Boss."
Sandy was about to open the door when Boss grabbed her and turned her around, making her drop the stuff she was carrying. He pinned her on the wall by her chest-fur like he would usually do to Stan or Howdy. He glared at her.
"Tell anyone and I swear that I'll be the one to make you suffer..." Boss growled at her.
Sandy gulped.
"Okie-dokie, Boss," she agreed. "Just don't, like, kill me."
Boss let her go.
"Follow me," he ordered. "And keep quiet."
"Where're we going?" Sandy asked.
"...Visiting."
Sandy followed Boss in complete silence. They slowly trudged through the forest, Boss stopping once in a while to look around.
"Boss where are we going?" Sandy asked quietly.
"Shh," Boss whispered. "I think I remember where it is."
"Remember where what is?"
"..."
Sandy followed Boss until the two came to a small clearing in the forest.
"Boss, what is-" Sandy started.
"Shh," Boss interrupted.
He had a solemn look on his face as he approached a yellow-like toad-stool. He looked upon the earth in front of it.
"Hi, Momma," he murmured, his eyes watering.
Sandy's eyes widened.
"Boss, is what I'm seeing really true?" she asked.
*well, she figures out this is where my mom's buried.* Boss thought. *smart ham.*
"Your mom's a mushroom?!"
Boss face-faulted and fell over, his sweat dropping Anime-style.
"NO, YOU IDIOT!!!" Boss barked, blowing Sandy off her feet.
Sandy rubbed her head as Boss walked over back over to the mushroom.
"See that?" he asked, pointing the plot of soil in front of the mushroom. "That's where my mom is."
"Then...You're mom's dirt?" Sandy asked.
Again, Boss face-faulted and fell over, his sweat dropping Anime-style.
"STOP PLAYING DUMB, HOWDY!!!" Boss bellowed, called Sandy the wise-crack's name.
Again, Sandy was blow off her feet by the angry gust of Boss's breath.
"Just trying to lighten the atmosphere," she murmured apologetically.
"This is where my mom's buried," Boss stated.
Sandy approached it. There was silence.
"Oops," Sandy sighed.
"What?" Boss demanded.
"I forgot to bring flowers," Sandy replied.
"Don't bother. My mom was allergic to flowers. I should've brought ribbons or somethin'."
The two looked at the grave.
"Well, that's one thing you and Stan got in common," Sandy chuckled to Boss.
"What's that?"
"Both our moms were killed by cats!"
"Eh-"
Boss was a little confused by Sandy's bright expression and her dark statement. Wouldn't that mean-
"Hey, doesn't that mean your mom's dead, too?" Boss asked.
"Yeah," Sandy replied. "I never got to know what she looked like, but I know I got my stripes from my dad. And another funny thing, she died right after we were born! Ha!"
"...I don't see what's so funny."
"It's the ironny, Boss. Why see the dark side when you can laugh? Laugh, Boss, laugh!"
"Um...Ha-ha-ha?"
"No! Laugh like you're being tickled?"
"Heke?"
"Tickled!"
"???"
"Laugh as if Stan just got dumped."
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!"
"There we go! My turn! Ahahahahahahahahaha!"
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"
For no real reason, the two laughed. But as the seconds started to pass, their laughing slowly turned into crying...
"I MISS YOU MOM!!!" they both shouted, hugging each other tightly as tears poured from their eyes. "WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"
"Sandy?"
Boss and Sandy blinked, looking up just as Stan walked out of the bushes. Boss and Sandy jumoed away from each other, drying their eyes quickly.
"Stan, what're you doing here?" Sandy asked.
"I followed your scent. What're you two doing here?...And why the heck were you hugging each other?"
"We weren't hugging."
"Yeah, sure! Ooh-lah-lah! Do you two got an affair going on? Boss and Sandy sitting in a tree, K-I-S-"
"WE WEREN'T HUGGING!!!" Boss and Sandy bellowed, knocking Stan off his feet.
"Okay, okay," Stan agreed. "But what are you doing here?"
"Um..." the two murmured.
"We got lost!" Boss lied.
"Hide-and-seek!" Sandy said at the same time.
The two glanced at each other.
"We were playing Hide-And-Seek," Boss said.
"We got totally lost," Sandy said at the same time.
Stan looked at Boss and Sandy strangely as the two grinned slyly.
"Okay..." he murmured. "Sandy, where's our stuff?"
"At the Clubhouse!" Sandy replied.
"We were just heading there!" Boss added.
With that, the two ran off.
"Hey! I thought you were lost!" Stan yelled. "...Or were you playing Hide-And-Seek?...I'm confused!...Hey, wait for me!"
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