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I sat on Henry's couch nervously.
He just stood there in the middle of the living room with the cookies, after having closed the door.
He looked liked he didn't much know what to say.
Man, I thought. He is so cute. Even with his hair messy and his clothes looking like they hadn't ever been ironed, he was still very, very cute.
I wondered what he thought about me.
He didn't seem to be thinking very much about how I looked right then...
Gafinalan
I stood there like an idiot with the plate of cookies. What should I do with them?
What's going on? I heard Mertil call urgently from the room.
Nothing, so far. I don't know what to do with these cookies!
Take them!
I did!
Well, put them down somewhere. On the table!
I did as he said, rather roughly, just dropping the plate on the dining room table. The clatter of it made Daisy jump a let out a little "Oh!"
Now what, since you're the human social genius?!
You're the one who keeps the house so spotless and morphs human! What are your instincts telling you?
I tried to allow the human instincts to come up.
Hunger was the strongest. The cookies were tormenting and tantalizing. I walked back over to the table, ripped off the plastic wrap from the cookies, and began to eat.
Well? What are you doing?
Eating them!
Daisy watched, looking quite surprised from the couch.
She's staring at me funny. I told Mertil.
Tell her you like them.
"MMMM!" I said out loud, making her jump again. "These are really good!"
She stared, smiled nervously. "Oh, well, thank you!"
She just sat with her hands in her lap looking around nervously.
I stopped suddenly. My eyes widened.
Mertil!
What now?
I think these might be POISONOUS! (That's for you TARTAN! ;P! )
WHAT?! Why?!
They taste very, very sweet. Almost too sweet!
No, I mean, why would they be poisonous?
Oh. Well...I don't know...She could be a Yeerk!
Do you have any idea how paranoid you sound?
I scowled. Well...well...
Why would the Yeerks go to the trouble of poisoning us, when they could just kill us right away?!
Well...they wouldn't want to come in here and deal with me, would they?! I replied lamely. He was right. There was no reason the Yeerks would want to kill us. We certainly weren't harming their invasion efforts directly!
"This place is very, very nice." She said, crossing her legs. I looked, puzzled at this gesture.
What did it mean?
What if Mertil was right about her attraction to my host?!
Oh no. If she tried to mate with me...!
Hmm...maybe Mertil was right; perhaps I was just being very paranoid.
I decided that it was probably something human females just did, since I had seen it done before by them, many times.
"Thank you." I said, slowly.
"Oh, well, you're welcome."
An awkward silence followed, while I snacked on the cookies.
She turned to me. "So...ah...how...how is it you came to live here?"
I swallowed. Stared. "Uh...I...uh..."
"Not to pry." She assured me. "Just curious. See, I've been here a while and I've seen you here and there and I've been so curious." She laughed.
I blinked.
Well how's it going? Have you found out what she wants yet?! Mertil asked desperately.
No! She won't leave!
Do you think maybe she wants some of the cookies?
Why would she want them if she gave them to me?!
I don't know! You might offend her though! Just offer her some!
"Uh...would you...like one?" I asked, feeling like a glutton now. Why hadn't I realized it and asked before?!
"Oh...um, sure! Some tea would be nice."
I stared. "Tea?"
Mertil
I heard Gafinalan in the kitchen, pots and pans banging around, cabinets opening and closing, and I wondered what in the world was going on. Was he going to feed her?
Gafinalan! I called. I said offer her cookies! Not feed her!
You can shut up! He screamed hysterically in thought-speak. Do you know what she wants?!
What?
Tea!
What's that?!
It...it's like some type of fluid...like Dr. Pepper.
I gasped. My Dr. Pepper!
What? What about your Dr. Pe-
I heard a SPLOSH and the clattering of a cereal bowl.
-pper.
Gafinalan
I had stepped right in Mertil's bowl of Dr. Pepper on the floor!
I held back a human scream of rage. My pant leg was wet now!
"Uh...Mr. McClellan?" Daisy had heard it! Oh no!
She walked over to the kitchen. She stared at me. At my pant leg. At the bowl. At the puddle of Dr. Pepper on the floor.
I had been trying to find a cook book that might tell of how to make tea. I knew what it was. I just had no conceivable idea of how to make it. I certainly never drank the stuff!
"Uh...is everything okay?" She asked softly, politely. She had a nice, soothing voice.
"Uhh...uh...y-yes! Everything is fine!" I briskly picked up the bowl. Stared at the Dr. Pepper puddle. I was not going to clean that up! Mertil was going to clean that up! It wasn't my fault! He should know not to just leave that lying around! It was dangerous to our cover!
"What's that for?" She walked closer. Oh no! My heart pounded away; loud and warning in my head. She stared at the puddle. She then looked up and saw the bottle of Dr. Pepper on the counter. "Is that Coke?"
"No it's Dr. Pepper." I replied stupidly, not thinking. Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!
"Oh." She said, and nodded a little. "Um. Really?"
"Y-yes." I said putting my hands on my hips and pretending like I was just looking out the kitchen window to the greenhouse. Maybe I could play this off innocently...
"What's it doing on the floor?" She said softly, curiously. Slowly.
Or not.
"Uh...that uh...that's for um... my...dog! It's for my dog. He loves Dr. Pepper..."
My dog?! Did dogs even drink anything?!
Oh no... I groaned in thought-speak to Mertil.
What?! Mertil said, worriedly. What what what?!
Oh, nothing. I snapped. You've just killed us both! Blown our cover! With your stupid Dr. Pepper!
WHAT?!
Nothing! I snapped.
"Your dog? You have a dog?" She looked questioningly at me. "I've never seen a dog here before..."
"No! I mean...yes! Well, it's uh...it's uh...it's more of a cat, really."
I could have beat myself upside the head with the bowl just then. More of a cat?!
More of a cat?! Mertil exclaimed. He had heard.
"More...of a...cat?" Daisy said, looking puzzled. A smile slowly spread out on her face. She began to shake. I wondered at first what was wrong with her.
Then I realized she was laughing! At me!
I sighed, and looked down at the floor in resignation.
"I'm sorry!" She said, still laughing. "It's just...ahahaha! You...oh! Heeheehee! You look so funny with that bowl, and your pants and shoe all wet!" She kept laughing. And then she pointed at my head. "And you're hair!" She waved her hands about. "Oh, I'm so sorry! Hahaha! I'm so rude!" She tried desperately to apologize further, but she was helpless with laughter. Then she cried out. "More of a cat! Hee hee hee!"
I started laughing a little too. I couldn't help it! She had such a funny laugh! Mertil chuckled in thought-speak in my head.
She's nice. He observed.
Yes, yes. She is. I acknowledged. She's very nice. But after she leaves, you're getting your rear in here and cleaning this up! And don't ever leave any more bowl mines for me to step on! Got it?!
Yes, sir! Mertil said merrily.
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