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Holy Monkeys people! I am so sad right now. Ginger from my Vet Med class ran away! Tubbs got out too but he was found in the Men's Locker room. But Ginger was never found! She's Gone forever! I'm so sad! Someone left the door open and they ran for it! Tubbs was too fat to get far. POOR GINGER!

Chapter 8

Unwanted Visitor

The telephone rang loudly from the living room, the Fur Elise playing.

"Zuko can you get that!" Zuko heard Amy shout from her room. Zuko had just finished putting his clothes away. He went into the living room and answered the phone, "Hello?"

"Hello? Amy? Who is this?" Said a female voice.

"This isn't Amy. Who should I tell her is calling." Zuko asked, saying what Amy had taught him to say.

"Um, tell her its Courtney Darling!" Said the girl in a British accent. Zuko frowned, these people talk in the strangest manner.

"Um, Sure…..AMY! Courtney Darlings is on the phone!" He heard Amy burst out laughing at what he said. She came out and took the phone.

"'ello 'ello, my Lesbian lovah! How are you darling?" She asked in the British accent. Zuko's eyes went wide. Amy shook her head, covering the receiver, "I'm kidding. That's what we always say to each other." She told him. Zuko nodded but was still slightly startled.

Amy went back to the phone, "Yo………yep I'm calling a meeting…….the boy on the phone?……..yeah he's staying at my place for awhile………..You'll see who he is…….." The expression on Amy's face was unreadable; her eyes were wide with shock, "NO!" She shouted in the receiver, "We haven't done that! Get your mind outta the gutter! I can name a few things you and Garret have done."

There was some shouting coming out of the phone. Zuko backed away from the phone, uncertain what was going on. Amy smiled cat-like, "Are you done?" She asked Courtney sarcastically, "Okay. See you soon…….. Yes you can bring Garret. K' bye." She hung up.

"What was that about?" Zuko asked as he got a bag of Cheese Doritoes, Zuko was very partial to Doritoes.

Amy shrugged, "Just Courtney blabbering, She one of my good friends. She's hilarious. We call each other Lesbian Lovers just for fun, we don't mean it. We are both like guys, and we act semi normal."

"I could guess that." Zuko ate another chip.

Amy smiled, "It's not normal to be normal."

Zuko was puzzled, "Wait, what?"

"Being normal is not right, you have to be at least a little crazy."

Zuko didn't understand it in the least, but he decided to let it go.

Amy got Bear his food, "How about you take a shower before my friends get here." She suggested. Zuko agreed, "Where's the shower?" He asked.

She showed him where it was, located in the bathroom, and left him alone.

Amy got out Soda and chips for her friends, while doing this she wondered how she was going to introduce Zuko to her friends. Bring him out and say, "Taaadaa?" or casually tell them at first and then bring him out. Amy didn't know what to do. She had to swear them all to secrecy too, that wouldn't be a problem, her friends were all good at keeping secrets.

Bear hopped onto the couch and curled up, watching her as she cleaned up the living room and set out the food for the get together. Bear reached out to get a chip but Amy saw him, "Bear," She said, "No pup."

He whimpered and pulled back. Amy rolled her eyes and checked her watch, 2:56 pm. ' Zuko should be out by now.' She thought. She listened, and couldn't hear the shower running anymore.

"Zuko?" She shouted wondering what he was up to in her parents bathroom.

"Yes?" Came his reply from the room.

"Ya done yet?"

"Umm…no…I'll be out soon. Just trying to find a comb."

"They're in the drawer to the left of the towels."

"…… Got one."

Amy went back to organizing the food and drinks. There was a knock on the door. Amy froze, "Holy Shit" The knock was two sharp raps. Not one of her friends knocks.

"Zuko stay hidden." She commanded, "Hide somewhere and stay quiet." She heard him do what she said. Amy opened the door to a fat, shrewd faced man with a shiny bald head. He was dressed in a black suit with a boring black tie: one of Dad's workers for Coastal Restoration. (My dad has quite a few jobs. 1. He's a flight instructor, teaching Saudi's how to fly. 2. An Inventor, he invented Artificial reefs to help coastal restoration. 3. He's a Coastal Restoration worker 4. Harley Davidson Biker. I think that covered everything.)

"Hello Mr. McNed." Amy said sweetly, "To what do I owe this visit?" Acting in an innocent matter.

Mr. McNed looked around behind her, as if trying to find someone, ( I am not kidding people. Mr. McNed looks like Uncle Vernon from Harry Potter. But twice as fat and mean) "Your father wanted me to check on you, make sure you're not destroying the house." He brushed past her and went in without being invited. Amy kept the fake grin plastered on her face at this rude revolting man. She wanted so desperately to deck Mr. McNed, but that would be like a chipmunk taking down a bear: Not gonna happen.

"I'm not destroying the home sir." She said calmly. She wanted the bear out of the house as soon as possible before he found something and reported it to her father. Amy dreaded the thought of what would happen if Mr. McNed found Zuko, him calling the police would be the least of her worries. Finding a character out of an Anime TV show would put Zuko in great danger. The fat man went into the living room. He saw the coke and chips set out, he frowned contemptuously.

"You're having a party." He said disdainfully, stealing a chip from one of the bowls and cramming it into his mouth. Jeez Louezz! Didn't this guy have any manners!

Amy shook her head, thinking quickly for a good answer that wouldn't get her in trouble, "No sir. I'm just having a small get together with a few friends from my school, no party. Just to talk about stuff. No music or dancing." The man looked doubtful, "Any boys?" Her asked suspiciously, knowing that this would be the juiciest piece of information that he could tell her father, this would be a $20 bonus if he caught the Admiral's daughter with a boy.

Amy nodded, "Only one." She said. Mr. McNed felt smug, $20 dollars in the pocket now. But what she said next popped his bubble, " But he's gay." Amy lied about Garret, knowing that her father wouldn't care if a man not interested in girls was with his daughter.

Mr. McNed blanched, "Okay. Well it looks like everything is clean here…….."

Zuko could hear a man in the house, not a very nice one he concluded. Zuko was hiding in the closet behind some of Amy's father's flight suits, wrapped in nothing but a towel. He was in the dark, but dared not make a flame in this enclosed space, there were clothes all around him and any of them would catch fire. He listened to Amy and the man talk; he did not like the man already and was sure Amy didn't either from the way she was talking. Zuko was very uncomfortable, he stood on a binder. He couldn't kick it away and it was only a matter of time before it broke under his weight. If he moved, it would snap, if he didn't move, it would snap. No win-win situation here, his only hope was that the man left before the binder broke.

'Come one! Leave!' He silently willed the man, what was taking so Goddamn long! Finally, when it sounded like the man was going to leave………..the binder snaps, loudly!

"What was that!" Mr. McNed snapped, looking around for the source of the noise. Amy made something up quickly, "Eh, the ice in the freezer. It does that." She said, hoping that it would convince the priggish man.

Mr. McNed didn't buy it, it didn't sound like ice to him, someone was here he was sure of it! He went to the place where he thought the noise came from. He went into the parent's bedroom; he saw the empty shopping begs on the bed.

"I just got back from shopping," Amy was glad that Zuko thought enough to hide the clothes.

Mr. McNed searched the room, under the bed and behind the TV without any luck, he was about to give up and believe that the noise did indeed come from the freezer, but his eyes fell on the closet door. Aha!

'Oh shit.' Amy saw him head for the closet. "There's no one here." She insisted, making a show of throwing the bags away and acting bored, like it didn't even matter to her. Act calm; it confuses them. Them being all the ass holes in America like Mr. McNed.

"I beg to differ. I can tell you're hiding something." Mr. McNed opened the closet and stepped inside.

Zuko kept as still and quiet as he possibly could, he heard the closet door open, and he froze. The closet light flicked on and he could see the man from between the flight suits. Amy came in behind him, her face filled with worry. Zuko hoped that he wasn't found.

Mr. McNed looked trough the closet, shifting aside coats and jackets that were hung up. Amy bit her lip nervously, praying to God that he couldn't find Zuko.

"You're wasting your time, "Amy said, nonchalant, "There is no one here except me and the dog."

But Mr. McNed didn't listen, he wasn't about to let some sarcastic teenage girl get the better of him. He was being paid fifty dollars for this trip, and an extra tip if he found anything that would get Amy in trouble. Mr. McNed moved on with his search with renewed determination

Zuko watched in horror as the man came towards his spot. The man reached out to pull the flight suits aside when…..

Beep beep beep beep beeeeeeeep!

The mans hand pulled back and went to his pocket. He looked at his beeper, he cursed.

"Damn, I'm late. I have a meeting to attend. You might have gotten away this time, but next time I will find what you're hiding." He promised.

'Not if I can help it.' Zuko and Amy thought simultaneously. Mr. McNed marched out of the closely. Zuko and Amy heard the front door slam shut.

"He gone?" Amy heard Zuko say.

"Yep." She pulled aside the flight jackets to see Zuko in nothing but a towel.

"JESUS!" She shut her eyes and looked away, "Oh My God! Sorry!" She said quickly, trying to get out of the closet with her eyes closed, and banged into the doorframe.

"OW! DAMMIT!" She cried. Zuko couldn't help but laugh, it was too funny.

"Are you alright?" He asked.

Amy nodded, eyes still closed, "Yeah I'm fine. Let me get out of here so you can get dressed. Oh my Gawd, I am so sorry." She repeated, finally making it out of the door.

"It's okay. Imagine what it would've been like if that man had found me like that." He said. Amy burst into a bout of the giggles, holding her sides as she tried to talk, "That would've been waaaaayyy baaaaad! Haha! Parish the thought ol' chap. That was too close. Next time, the attic. What broke in there anyway?"

Zuko looked at the snapped binder, he described it to her, "A black flap thing that has three rings and papers in it. The outside snapped in half."

"A binder." Amy answered, "It doesn't matter now. Are you done yet?"

Zuko was wrapping his hair up in his traditional pony tail, it was easier now once he learned how to use hair gel to keep it manageable, "Yes, I'll be out when I'm done." He tied it off and came out of the bathroom into the living room where Amy was waiting. She looked him up and down, impressed. He was wearing blue jeans and a black shirt that had 'The Black Knight' on it from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The Knight had all of his limbs cut off, the caption said, "It's just a flesh wound!" (A.N:I love Monty Python, I had to add him. I have the shirt, I love it to death!)

Zuko looked at Amy, "Done. I'm hungry." He picked up a handful of Doritoes and munched on them. Bear was at his feet looking up at him with big puppy eyes, begging for a treat.

"No Bear." Amy warned the beggar. Zuko sat on the couch, flicking the television. There were Avatar reruns on. The episode today was Jet's episode.

It was one of Amy's favorites; she couldn't help but think that Jet was hot, but still insane. When the episode was over, it was 3:30 and Amy knew that some of her friends would be arriving soon. She asked Zuko to stay in her parent's bedroom until she came in and got him. There was a TV in the room, so Zuko went willingly, wanting to get back to Amy's recorded episode of Naruto, the Japanese version. Amy closed the door behind her and warned Zuko about her friends, warnings that are meant to be taken seriously.

"Some of my friends….scratch that, all of my friends are weird in one way or the other. But in a way that doesn't require them to be in Happy Village Health homes. But there is one girl that is the worst and her name is Sydnee. She's short, never call her that!" Amy's face was serious. "She is 'space efficient', not 'vertically challenged' she gets pissed when she is called short alright. She's space efficient with thick black hair and she like to say random stuff. She's Squirrel Master she insists." Amy smiled at the look on Zuko's face, one of freakish fear, "Don't worry. All of my friends like you. But they are going to be shocked that you are in our world though."

Zuko frowned, " How many of your friends are coming?"

Amy shrugged, "I don't know, it depends on how many can get away from their parents. These are people that you will see at my school. So you'll have a chance to meet everybody."

The doorbell rang and there was a rhythmic pounding on the front door. Amy smiled, "That's them!" She shut the door and went to answer the door.


Hoped you people liked it! Mr. McNed is a mean horrible man that does not deserve to live. My mom thinks he's creepy but Dad doesn't fire him because of all Mr. McNed's "Connections". Psh!

I am so sad. NOOO! Ginger!

I'm going to Prom on Saturday night! YES!

Tomorrow is my Boyfriends birthday and I had to beg my dad to let me go out to dinner with him. Dad gave in so now I'm going to Yamato's! I love Japanese! YES! Life is getting so much better for me! Except theGinger part! She will live on through my story! Leave a review please!